Three Times Dope

Three Times Dope was an American hip hop/rap group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consisting of EST (Robert Waller), Chuck Nice (Walter Griggs) and Woody Wood (Duerwood Beale). 3xD, as they were called for short, were a part of the Hilltop Hustlers Crew (which also included Steady B, Cool C, Da Youngsta's, Mentally Gifted, and others). At first, they recorded under the name 3-D.
Their debut LP, Original Stylin' was well-received, peaking at #122 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart and the group became well known for the terminology they created, such as "Acknickulous" and "The Giddy Up".
3xD's follow-up album Live from Acknickulous Land was an attempt at a more serious work. Despite spawning two minor hits, it failed to chart on the Billboard 200. It did, however, peak at #30 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart.
3xD later became closely associated with rapper/producer Kwamé. Their third album, Da Sequel, was not released until 1998.
EST would eventually go on to become an award-winning songwriter for top-tier acts, such as Britney Spears with an unreleased song called "Giving It Up For Love" in 2004 but most notably a Grammy nomination in 2005 for Destiny's Child's "Cater 2 U".
==Links to Peel==
Peel played tracks from the group between 1988 and 1991, but never gave any airplay after that when he found many American hip hop artists as violent and sexist.
==Shows Played==
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*20 September 1988: Greatest Man Alive (album - Original Stylin')
*21 September 1988: Original Styling (LP - Original Styling) City Beat
*27 September 1988: Believe Dat (LP - Original Stylin') City Beat (Peel calls the group 3-D, their alias name)
*28 September 1988: Greatest Man Alive (12-inch) Arista
*18 October 1988: Greatest Man Alive (12”) City Beat
*07 November 1988: Straight Up (LP - Original Styling) City Beat
;1989
*09 January 1989: Joe Familiar (LP - Original Styling) City Beat 
;1990
*30 August 1990: Mr Sandman (LP - Live From Acknickulous Land) Arista
*03 September 1990: In Effect (LP - Live From Acknickulous Land) Arista
;1991
*06 January 1991: Mr Sandman (CJ Macintosh remix) (12 inch) (City Beat)
*20 January 1991: Mr Sandman (CJ Macintosh remix) City Beat
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists