TheArtOfCardThrowingRickSmithJrSRick Smith Jr. Magic Shopgreat deals on amazing magic tricks card tricks learn how to throw cards like Rick Smith Jr. Shop the online Magic Shop. Though one year ABC tried using a different artist each week for the theme, for the most part from 1989 to 2011 Hank Williams Jr. All My Rowdy Friends Are Here. The list of nominees will go down to 25 semifinalists in November, so well probably see lesser Smiths Hall of Fame hopes end there. But who knows, maybe Fake. A page for describing Characters Rick And Morty The SmithSanchez Family. Main Character Index The SmithSanchez Family School The Citadel Others. Busta Rhymes Wikipedia. Trevor George Smith Jr. May 2. Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, actor, record producer and record executive. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after NFL and CFL wide receiver George Buster Rhymes. He is known for his outlandish style and fashion sense depicted in several innovative music videos as well as his intricate rhyming technique, rapping at a high rate of speed with heavy use of internal rhyme and half rhyme, and has received 1. Grammy Award nominations for his work. About. com included him on its list of the 5. Greatest MCs of Our Time 1. Steve Huey of All. Music called him one of the best and most prolific rappers of the 1. In 2. 01. 2, The Source placed him on their list of the Top 5. Lyricists of All Time. MTV has called him one of hip hops greatest visual artists. Busta Rhymes was an original member of Leaders of the New School. He later went on and founded the record label Conglomerate initially Flipmode Entertainment and production crew The Conglomerate formerly Flipmode Squad. In November 2. 01. Busta Rhymes signed a deal with Cash Money Records. On July 2. 3, 2. 01. The Art Of Card Throwing Rick Smith Jr S' title='The Art Of Card Throwing Rick Smith Jr S' />Busta Rhymes announced that he left Cash Money Records due to creative differences and was no longer on Republic. He has released nine studio albums, with the first being the 1. The Coming. His list of hit singles include Woo Hah Got You All in Check, Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See, Dangerous, Turn It Up RemixFire It Up, Gimme Some More, Whats It Gonna Be, Pass the Courvoisier, Part II, I Know What You Want and Touch It, among several others. ZYTOSHOPSCRIPT/attachments/SC/products_pictures/1ee_enl.jpg' alt='The Art Of Card Throwing Rick Smith Jr S' title='The Art Of Card Throwing Rick Smith Jr S' />Early lifeeditBusta Rhymes was born Trevor George Smith Jr. Brooklyn, New York, on May 2. Geraldine Green and Trevor Smith Sr. Jamaica. 1. 21. At age 1. Uniondale, Long Island,1. United Kingdom, spending time in Liverpool and Morecambe, England,1. United States. Music careeredit1. Leaders of the New School and rising popularityeditIn 1. Smith, alongside fellow Long Island natives Charlie Brown born Bryan Higgins, Dinco D born James Jackson and Cut Monitor Milo born Sheldon Scott, formed the East Coast hip hop group Leaders of the New School. The groups big break was when they became an opening act for hip hop group Public Enemy. Public Enemys Chuck D gave Busta Rhymes and Charlie Brown their respective stage names. Leaders of the New School began recording in late 1. A Future Without a Past. Concert Posters and Music Memorabilia. Archival database of Rock, Jazz, Bluegrass, Country Punk, HipHop, Jamband and Soul posters, tickets, flyers. Venue and Graphic. A foulmouthed teenager spent 19 hours on a rooftop throwing bricks and tiles at cars and police today, bringing traffic chaos to a city centre. The 19yearold man. Elektra Records. In early 1. A Tribe Called Quests posse cut Scenario. In 1. 99. 3, they released T. I. M. E. The Inner Minds Eye. Soon after, however, internal problems arose because of Busta Rhymess increasing popularity, and the group broke up on the set of Yo MTV Raps. By the summer of 1. Rhymes began making guest appearances on songs by several artists such as Big Daddy Kane, Another Bad Creation, The Notorious B. I. G., Brand Nubian, A Tribe Called Quest, KRS One, as well on the interludes to Mary J. Bliges debut Whats the 4. R B trio TLCs second album Crazy. Sexy. Cool. He also appeared on the album jacket of fellow hip hop group A Tribe Called Quests Midnight Marauders, with a host of other fellow hip hop pioneers. In early 1. 99. 3, he appeared in a cameo role in Whos the Man Leaders of the New School group members. That same year, he appeared as part of an ensemble cast in the Forest Whitaker directed Strapped which also starred rapper and actor Fredro and Bokeem Woodbine and co starred alongside Ice Cube and Omar Epps in the John Singleton film Higher Learning. In mid 1. 99. 4, Rhymes continued to make guest appearances such as the single Oh My God with A Tribe Called Quest, he teamed up with Puff Daddy, LL Cool J, Rampage and former classmate The Notorious B. I. G., on a remix to Craig Macks song Flava In Ya Ear, soon after he would team up again with The Notorious B. I. G. with rappers such as Bone Thugs n Harmony and Coolio on a posse cut, The Points which appeared on the soundtrack to the 1. Panther. At this time, Rhymes engaged in a freestyle battle rap with Ol Dirty Bastard, rapping the first few verses of his future breakout debut single Woo Hah in early 1. Rhymes also worked on unreleased material with artists such as Nas and Mary J. Blige. Some or neither of the collaborations came to fruition, and Rhymes begun recording what would be his debut studio album in late 1. The Coming, When Disaster Strikes, and Extinction Level Event Final World FronteditIn the summer of 1. Busta Rhymes began working on his solo debut album The Coming, and a month after recording the album, he released it in March 1. A month before the album was released, he broke out with a hit single, Woo HahGot You All in Check. Later, he started work on his second album, When Disaster Strikes, which would not be released until September 1. It produced the hit singles Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See and Fire It Up. In 1. 99. 8, Busta Rhymes recorded Extinction Level Event Final World Front. Its lead single Gimme Some More which sampled Bernard Herrmanns theme from Psycho reached No. UK singles chart in January 1. Busta Rhymes enjoyed further transatlantic success in April, when the single Whats It Gonna Be, featuring Janet Jackson, reached the US and UK Top 1. The album received prominent notice for featuring the fastest rapping Busta Rhymes has performed, particularly on a song called Iz They Wildin Wit Us, featuring a guest appearance by Mystikal. That same year, the Flipmode Squad released their group album, and from there, they continued to collaborate. Anarchy, Genesis, and It Aint Safe No Moreedit. Busta Rhymes performing in 2. In 2. 00. 0, Busta Rhymes recorded his final album for Elektra, entitled Anarchy. After Busta signed to J Records, a label started by the then recently ousted Arista Records chief and founder Clive Davis, he released a greatest hits collection Total Devastation The Best of Busta Rhymes, alongside a new album of original work. Continuing the Biblical theme of his previous albums, he titled his record Genesis. The album featured collaborations with Mary J. Blige, P. Diddy, Kelis, and others. Genesis was powered by the hit single with Kelis, What It Is, and his solo single released in November 2. Break Ya Neck. The final single was the summer smash Pass the Courvoisier, Part II, which featured Pharrell and P. Diddy. Despite the success of the two singles, this album did not sell as well as previous releases. Fellow Flipmode members were featured, but minor changes in the roster were noted. In 2. 00. 2, Busta Rhymes released his sixth studio album It Aint Safe No More. The album was moderately successful, with a hit song featuring Mariah Carey and the Flipmode Squad titled I Know What You Want. Another hit single was Make It Clap, featuring Spliff Star. The remix of Make It Clap, features Sean Paul. After its release, Busta Rhymes left J Records. In 2. 00. 4, he signed with American record producer and record executive Dr. Dres Aftermath Entertainment, through Interscope Records. Consequently, upon changing label, a new Flipmode album was cancelled and shelved. As a side note, Busta was also featured as a playable fighter in the 2. Def Jam Fight For NY. The Big Bang and Back on My B. S. editHis seventh studio album, titled The Big Bang, became the first No. The CD sold over 2. US Billboard 2. 00. Nolan Ryan Wikipedia. Nolan Ryan. Ryan with the Texas Rangers in 1. Pitcher. Born 1. January 3. Refugio, Texas. Batted Right. Threw Right. MLB debut. September 1. 1, 1. New York Mets. Last MLB appearance. September 2. 2, 1. Texas Rangers. MLB statistics. Winloss record. 32. Earned run average. Strikeouts. 5,7. 14. Teams. Career highlights and awards. All Star 1. 97. World Series champion 1. NL ERA leader 1. Strikeout leader 1. Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 3. Houston Astros 3. Texas Rangers 3. Angels Hall of Fame. Texas Rangers Hall of Fame. Major League Baseball All Century Team. MLB records. Member of the National. Baseball Hall of Fame. Inducted. 19. 99. Vote. 98. 8 first ballotLynn Nolan Ryan Jr. January 3. 1, 1. 94. The Ryan Express, is a former Major League Baseball MLB pitcher and a previous chief executive officer CEO of the Texas Rangers. He is currently an executive adviser to the owner of the Houston Astros. During a major league record 2. New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1. Ryan, a hard throwing, right handed pitcher, threw pitches that were regularly recorded above 1. The high velocity remained throughout his career, even into his 4. Ryan was also known to throw a devastating 1. While his lifetime winning percentage was. Ryan was an eight time MLB All Star, and his 5,7. He leads the runner up, Randy Johnson, by 8. Similarly, Ryans 2,7. Steve Carlton by 9. MLB history. Ryan, Pedro Martnez, Randy Johnson, and Sandy Koufax are the only four pitchers inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame who had more strikeouts than innings pitched. Besides Jackie Robinson whose number was retired by the entire MLB, and Frank Robinson 3 teams, Ryan is the only other major league baseball player to have his number retired by at least three different teams the Angels, Astros, and Rangers. Ryan is the all time leader in no hitters with seven, three more than any other pitcher. He is tied with Bob Feller for the most one hitters, with 1. Ryan also pitched 1. Despite the seven no hitters, he never threw a perfect game, nor did he ever win a Cy Young Award. Ryan is one of only 2. Major League baseball games in four decades and the only pitcher to have struck out seven pairs of fathers and sons. Hp Pre Installed Programs Not Showing on this page. Early lifeeditRyan was born in Refugio, south of Victoria in south Texas, the youngest of six children,3 to Lynn Nolan Ryan Sr. Martha Lee Hancock 1. The senior Ryan operated a distributorship for the since defunct Houston Post which required him to rise in the early morning hours to prepare 1,5. The children were expected to help with the daily tasks. Ryans family lived in nearby Woodsboro in Refugio County, until they moved to Alvin in Brazoria County, when Nolan was six weeks old. As a young boy, Nolan enjoyed throwing objects at any target. His father thought baseball a better usage for his arm therefore, he encouraged Nolan to play the game. Ryan joined Alvin Little League Baseball when he was nine, made the all star team when he was 1. Ryan also played various positions besides pitcher. Ryan played baseball for Coach Jim Watson at Alvin High School for all of his high school career. Ryan held the schools single game strikeout record for 4. The record was eventually tied by Alvin High School pitchers Aaron Stewart and Josh Land in the same week in 2. In 1. 96. 3, at an Alvin High School game at Clear Creek High School in League City, Texas, Red Murff, a scout for the New York Mets, first noticed sophomore pitcher Ryan. Coach Watson recounted to Murff that some opponents refused to bat against Ryan and how his hard pitches would sometimes break bones in his catchers hands. In his subsequent report to the Mets, Murff stated that Ryan had the best arm Ive seen in my life. Playing careereditNew York Mets 1. In 1. 96. 5, after graduating from Alvin High School, Ryan was drafted by the New York Mets in the 1. Major League Baseball draft. He was assigned the minor league Marion Mets in the Appalachian League. When Ryan was called up to the New York club the following year, he was the second youngest player in the league. His first strikeout was Pat Jarvis, and he gave up his first major league home run to Joe Torre, a future NL MVP and Hall of Fame big league manager. Ryan missed much of the 1. Army Reserve, pitching only 7 innings for the Mets minor league affiliate in Jacksonville. Ryan returned to the major league to stay starting with the 1. Ryan was unable to crack the Mets pitching rotation, led by Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman. Ryan was used more as a reliever and spot starter by the 1. Mets. To deal with frequent blisters on his throwing hand he often soaked his fingers in pickle brine,1. Ryans teammates and coaches. Ryan pitched well in the 1. Mets. Against the Braves in the NLCS, Ryan completed a Mets sweep by throwing seven innings of relief in Game 3, getting his first playoff win it would take him 1. Then in the 1. 96. World Series, Ryan saved Game 3, pitching 2 shutout innings against the Baltimore Orioles. The Game 3 victory gave the Mets a 21 lead in the Series, which they went on to win in five games. It would be Ryans only World Series appearance in his career. On April 1. 8, 1. Ryan tied a Mets record by striking out 1. Four days later, Ryans teammate, Tom Seaver, topped it with a then MLB record 1. San Diego Padres though Ryan would tie this record four years later. Ryan has credited his time with Seaver and the Mets with turning him from just a flamethrower to a pitcher. Contrary to popular belief, Ryan never wanted to be traded from the Mets and felt betrayed by the team that drafted him. His views on this only calmed once he started running the Rangers and gained a better understanding of the business side of baseball. California Angels 1. On December 1. 0, 1. Ryan was traded to the California Angels along with pitcher Don Rose, catcher Francisco Estrada, and outfielder Leroy Stanton for shortstop Jim Fregosi who would later manage Ryan in Anaheim. The deal has been cited as one of the worst in Mets history but was not viewed as unreasonable at the time. In his first season with the Angels, Ryan, given a chance to pitch regularly as a starter for the first time in his career, had a league leading 3. AL runner up, and to that point, the fourth highest total of the 2. Within five seasons, the season would only be Ryans fourth highest strikeout total. He also set a still standing Major League record by allowing only 5. Luis Tiants 5. 3. Dean Chances 1. 6. Though Ryans actual winning percentage hovered only slightly over. Meanwhile, Fregosi failed to produce as a Met, making no significant contribution to the Mets 1. Texas Rangers mid season. Although the Angels were a sub. Ryan managed to post some winning records, notably 1. Angels franchise record, set by Clyde Wright in 1. He finished 2nd in the Cy Young balloting losing to Jim Palmer 8. It was the closest he ever came in the Cy Young balloting. Ryan also led the league in losses in 1. In the early 1. 97. Ryan started ended in a decision. On July 9, 1. 97.