Effective period / Period of releases: 1992 - 1993

Members: DJ Chubby Chub, David Willis, Antonio Hooker, Paul Reevers

Original Flavor was a hip hop group from the mid 90's. The group originally consisted of Ski and Suave Lover. They released two albums This Is How It Is (1992) and Beyond Flavor (1994) although for Beyond Flavor Suave Lover was replaced by T-Strong and DJ Chubby Chub. They had a hit with the song "Can I Get Open", which reached #46 on the Billboard Maxi Singles chart. This track prominently features Jay-Z. The group disbanded after released Beyond Flavor but they began work with Roc-A-Fella Records at the time with Jay-Z, Damon Dash and Kareem Burke. (courtesy Wikipedia)