Spooks was an American hip-hop group, active from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s. The members of the group got together in 1994, taking their name from the 1969 novel by Sam Greenlee, The Spook Who Sat by the Door."Spooks: Infiltrating Your Mind Through Music", Interview conducted by Todd E. Jones, MVRemix, 2004.]
Career After attaining success throughout Europe and North America with their album S.I.O.S.O.S., Vol. 1, Spooks garnered a hit with the single, "Things I've Seen", which featured in the Laurence Fishburne film Once in the Life (2000) as well as the intro for the European version of the American TV series Dark Angel. Shortly afterwards, Spooks followed up with the number 16 on the top 40 charts hit "Karma Hotel." Back home in America, "Things I've Seen" hit number 11 on the hip hop singles charts and "Sweet Revenge" hit number 6 on the R&B singles charts. Water-Water left the group before their second album Faster Than You Know, and died in a car accident in September 2003, days before the album's release.Chris Nettleton, "Death of an MC" (on Water-Water's death) , Drowned in Sound, September 22, 2003.
Discography Albums Year Album details Peak chart positionsAUTBELFRAGERNLDNZSWIUKPeaks in the UK: All except noted: "Faster Than You Know": S.I.O.S.O.S. Volume OneReleased: February 8, 2000 Label: Antra, Artemis, Epic Formats: CD, LP, cassette 39 19 55 73 94 36 73 25 Faster Than You Know...Released: September 23, 2003 Label: Koch Formats: CD, LP, cassette — — — — — — — —
Singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album AUT BEL DEN FRA GER ITA NLD SWE SWI UK "Sweet Revenge"2000 — — — — — — — — — 67S.I.O.S.O.S. Volume One "Things I've Seen" 4 6 10 4 24 28 10 8 10 6 "Karma Hotel"2001 — 34 — 55 83 — 65 48 78 15 "Yes" — — — — — — — — — — rowspan="2" "I Believe" — — — — — — — — — — "Swindley's Maracas" — — — — — — — — — — S.I.O.S.O.S. Volume One "Faster Than You Know"2003 — — — — — — — — — 117Faster Than You Know... "Still Gonna Do It" — — — — — — — — — — "Crazy" — — — — — — — — — — "Change" — — — — — — — — — — "Don't Be Afraid" — — — — — — — — — —
References
External links [ The Spooks] on Allmusic The Spooks on imusic.am Spooks Biography http://www.last.fm/music/Spooks Ming-Xia's solo recordings Interview with Joe Davis and Booker T on drownedinsound.com