A sort of Latin rap supergroup,
Latino Velvet included Latin hip-hop pioneer
Frost (formerly
Kid Frost; born
Art Molina) and N2Deep's
Jay Tee (born
James Trujillo), as well as
Baby Beesh (born
Ken Franklin) and
Don Ciscone. The group issued their debut album,
Clique, in 1998, nabbing guest spots from
Mellow Man Ace, N2Deep,
Celly Cel, and
Roger Troutman. The follow-up,
Velvet City, appeared in the spring of 2000; Playing Velvet appeared a year later.
–
Steve Huey, Rovi