{{Short description|American rapper (born 1975)}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Marvaless | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Marva Jean Cooks | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|08|28|mf=y}} | origin = Sacramento, California, U.S. | instrument = | genre = {{hlist|Rap|Gangsta rap|West Coast hip hop|Hardcore rap}} | occupation = Rapper | years_active = 1992–present | label = Marvaless Muzic, West Coast Mafia Records, Legasi Records, AWOL Records | associated_acts = C-Bo, Lunasicc, Messy Marv | website = }}
'''Marva Jean Cooks II''' (born August 28, 1975),<ref>{{cite web|title=California Birth Index, 1905–1995|url=http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths?c=search&first=Marva&last=Cooks&spelling=Exact&4_year=1973&4_month=8&4_day=28&5=&7=&SubmitSearch.x=28&SubmitSearch.y=13&SubmitSearch=Submit|publisher=Family Tree Legends Records Collection (Online Database)}}</ref> known professionally as '''Marvaless,''' is an American rapper from Sacramento, California.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169657/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Marvaless > Biography|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|publisher=allmusic|accessdate=2012-01-25}}</ref>
==Career== In 1992, a year after finishing high school, Cooks got together with C-Bo to record her debut album, ''Ghetto Blues'', through AWOL Records. Successive solo releases were ''Just Marvaless'' (1995), ''Wiccked'' (1996), ''Fearless'' (1998), and ''Ghetto Blues 2001'' (2001). During this time, Cooks also made a series of guest appearances on records by acts including 2Pac, Conscious Daughters, Mac Mall, Master P, Mac Dre, and AWOL label mates Lunasicc and C-Bo. She also performed with artists including Ice Cube, Biggie Smalls, Do or Die, and Redman.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name=ksfm>{{cite web|url=http://ksfm.radio.com/2011/11/23/introducing-marvaless-aka-marva-jean/|title=Introducing Marvaless AKA Marva Jean|accessdate=2012-01-25|date=|publisher=KSFM}}</ref>
In 2003 she returned to the scene with ''Bonnie and Clyde'', a collaboration album with Messy Marv, followed by another collaboration, ''3 Da Hard Way'', with The Jacka and Husalah of Mob Figaz in 2005. She followed with her next solo album ''Ready Made'' the same year. Her most recent album, ''Queen of The Mob'', was released in 2010 and she is planning to release another solo album, ''Marva Jean'', with Legasi Records.<ref name=ksfm/> She also featured in the album "A Female Grind" by Thugg Miss in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=Album:A Female Grind|url=https://www.amazon.com/Female-Grind-ThuggMiss/dp/B00INMN9LY|website=amazon.com}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Studio albums=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Release ! colspan="2"| Peak chart<br/>positions<ref name="AMG">[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169657/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} ((( Marvaless > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))]. All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2011-09-12.</ref> |- ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US<br/>R&B |- ! scope="row"|''Ghetto Blues'' |align="center" rowspan="1"|1994 |align="center" valign="top"|— |align="center" valign="top"|100 |- ! scope="row"|''Wiccked'' |align="center" rowspan="1"|1996 |align="center" valign="top"|— |align="center" valign="top"|48 |- ! scope="row"|''Fearless'' |align="center" rowspan="1"|1998 |align="center" valign="top"|— |align="center" valign="top"|43 |- ! scope="row"|''Ghetto Blues 2001'' |align="center" rowspan="1"|2001 |align="center" valign="top"|— |align="center" valign="top"|— |- ! scope="row"|''Ready Made'' |align="center" rowspan="1"|2005 |align="center" valign="top"|— |align="center" valign="top"|— |- ! scope="row"|''Queen of the Mob'' |align="center" rowspan="1"|2010 |align="center" valign="top"|— |align="center" valign="top"|— |- |}
===Collaboration albums=== * ''Bonnie and Clyde'' <small>with Messy Marv</small> (2003) * ''3 Da Hard Way'' <small>with Husalah and The Jacka</small> (2005)
===Extended plays=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"| Title ! rowspan="2"| Release ! colspan="2"| Peak chart<br/>positions<ref name="AMG"/> |- ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US ! scope="col" style=font-size:90%;"| US<br/>R&B |- ! scope="row"|''Just Marvaless'' |align="center" rowspan="1"|1995 |align="center" valign="top"|— |align="center" valign="top"|71 |}
==Guest appearances== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| <br/>Title<br/><br/> ! scope="col"| Release ! scope="col"| Other artist(s) ! scope="col"| Album |- ! scope="row"| "Stompin' in My Steel Toes" |rowspan=2| 1995 |rowspan=3| C-Bo |rowspan=2| ''Tales from the Crypt'' |- ! scope="row"| "Take It How You Want Too" |- ! scope="row"| "I Can't See tha Light" |rowspan=5| 1997 |rowspan=3| ''One Life 2 Live'' |- ! scope="row"| "I'm Gonna Get Mine" |rowspan=2| C-Bo, Lunasicc |- ! scope="row"| "Survival 1st" |- ! scope="row"| "The Funk Is On" | Lunasicc, C-Bo |rowspan=2| ''Mr. Lunasicc'' |- ! scope="row"| "It Don't Stop" | Lunasicc, Killa Tay |- ! scope="row"| "Professional Ballers" | 1998 | C-Bo, Pizzo, Mac Mall, JT the Bigga Figga, Killa Tay | ''Til My Casket Drops'' |- ! scope="row"| "Dub C M'D Out" | 2002 | C-Bo, Lil Cyco, Pizzo, Thug Misses | ''West Coast Mafia'' |- ! scope="row"| "New Beginning" |rowspan=2| 2012 | C-Bo, Rydah J. Klyde, T-Nutty |rowspan=2| ''Orca'' |- ! scope="row"| "Dramatic" | C-Bo, Killa Tay |- ! scope="row"| "Respect a Real Bitch" | 2014 | Thugg Miss, TinkBadChick | ''A Female Grind'' |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marvaless Marvaless] on Discogs * [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p169657|pure_url=yes}} Marvaless] on allmusic * [https://music.apple.com/us/artist/marvaless/43487834 Marvaless] on iTunes * [http://www.reverbnation.com/marvaless Marvaless] on Reverbnation * {{Facebook|pages/MARVALESS-OFFICIAL/140384105980347}} * {{Twitter}} * {{YouTube|u=therealmarvaless|Marvaless}} {{Marvaless}}
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Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American rappers Category:Gangsta rappers Category:G-funk artists Category:Rappers from Sacramento, California Category:Rappers from the San Francisco Bay Area Category:Underground rappers Category:21st-century African-American women rappers Category:21st-century African-American rappers Category:21st-century American women singers Category:20th-century African-American musicians Category:20th-century African-American women Category:21st-century American women rappers
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