Top Quality

Top Quality
Origin	White Plains, New York, U.S.
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1992–1998
Labels	RCA
Associated acts	EPMD, Hit Squad

Top Quality was an American rapper formally signed to RCA Records in the early 1990s. He was the first rapper from White Plains to get a major label record deal.^[1]

After appearing in The Source magazine's Unsigned Hype, a column dedicated to finding unsigned talent, Top Quality eventually caught the eye of EPMD's Parrish "PMD" Smith, who made him a member of the rap collective Hit Squad and was subsequently signed a deal with RCA Records. His debut album, Magnum Opus was released in November 1993 and was executively produced by Smith himself. The album, however, was a commercial failure. Unlike other Hit Squad releases at the time, Magnum Opus failed to sell many copies and peaked at only 95 on the Billboard R&B charts.^[2][3]

After being released from RCA, Top Quality appeared on PMD's Shade Business in 1994 and 3rd Eye's Planets in 1998, but he has not been heard of since.

Discography

Year	Title	Chart positions
		U.S. R&B
1993	Magnum Opus Released: November 14, 1993 Label: RCA	95

References

1. "Top Quality". West Cheddar. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
2. "Top Quality biography at Allmusic.com". Allmusic.com. 2010-10-29.
3. "Magnum Opus chart positions at Billboard.com". Billboard.com. 2010-10-29.