Ugly Duckling
Ugly Duckling, an American hip‑hop group formed in 1993, consists of rappers
Dustin McFarland (Dizzy Dustin) and Rodney Pleasant Jr. (Young Einstein) and
vocalist Andy Cooper. The trio met through mutual friends in the mid‑1990s and
began crafting music that echoed late‑1980s and early‑1990s rap, favoring
sampled drum breaks and live scratching. Their first self‑released cassette,
Down The Road, circulated in 1995, building a local following that led to the
1998 independent single "Fresh Mode" on Special Records and a subsequent
worldwide distribution deal with 1500/A&M/Universal...
