E40

 

Real Name: Earl Stevens

Birth of Date: November 15, 1967

Birth of Place: Vallejo, California, Album

Throughout the '90s and into the next decade, E-40 led a generation of Cali Bay Area rappers and attracted a large cult following of listeners that spread from the West Coast to the South. Forty's uncanny rhyme delivery set him apart from the mainstream, as he coined a plethora of slang terms and experimented with overdubbed vocals. Moreover, his longevity and sincerity earned him many alliances, first among his Bay Area colleagues, then with Jive Records and numerous Dirty South camps, among them No Limit and Cash Money Records. Forty never did completely crossover to mainstream success, remaining mainly a regional sensation, yet influenced many over the years with his unique style and stayed true to his principles throughout.
Born Earl Stevens and later host to numerous nicknames -- "Charlie Hustle," "Forty Fonzarelli," "40-Watter," and more -- 40 grew up in the Cali Bay Area and aspired to follow in the footsteps of Too Short. Like that Oakland legend, 40 built a street presence with mixtapes long before he released his first album. After years of mixtape hustling, he decided to start his own label, Sick Wid' It, and began extending his reach beyond the streets of Vallejo, the Bay Area city he called home. Forty entered the national rap game forcibly in 1994 with an EP (The Mail Man), a single ("Captain Save a Hoe"), and an album (Federal); and he also released an album by his group, the Click (Down and Dirty).
These recordings made their way to the office of Jive Records, who offered to distribute the Sick Wid' It catalog. As part of the deal, in 1995 Jive re-released the aforementioned releases as well as new albums by 40 (In a Major Way) and the Click (Game Related), and attracted substantial interest toward the Sick Wid' It camp. For 40's next album, Tha Hall of Game (1996), he again worked with longtime producer Mike Mosley but also collaborated with Bay Area heavyweight Ant Banks, who produced "Rappers' Ball," a successful single that featured Too Short and K-Ci.
After Tha Hall of Game put 40 on the brink of a mainstream breakthrough, the rapper took a year off and returned with a massive double album, The Element of Surprise (1998), and then another album shortly afterward, Charlie Hustle (1999). These two albums, unfortunately, did little to expand 40's fan base, nor did subsequent albums such as Loyalty and Betrayal (2000) and Grit & Grind (2002); though they did spawn a few popular singles ("Nah Nah," "Rep Yo City"). By this point, ten years or so after 40 had established Sick Wid' It, the rapper seemed perennially poised for breakthrough success yet, at the same time, was perfectly content with his strong following amid the West Coast and Dirty South scenes. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

 

Album

Federal Album

• Drought Season
• Rat Heads
• Federal
• Outsmart the Po Po's
• Hide 'n' Seek
• Let Em Have It
• Questions
• Extra Mannish
• Carlos Rossi
• Nuttin' Ass Nigga
• Shouts Out

 

Mail Man Album

• Neva Broke
• Bring the Yellow Tape
• Practice Looking Hard
• Ballin' Outta Control
• Where the Party At
• Captain Save a Hoe
• The Mail Man
• Captain Save a Hoe (Remix)

 

In a Major Way Album

• Intro
• Chip In Da Phone
• Da Bumble
• Sideways
• Spittin' It
• Sprinkle Me
• Outta Bounds
• Dusted 'n' Disgusted
• 1-Luv
• Smoke 'n' Drank
• Dey Ain't No
• Fed
• H.I. Double L
• Bootsee
• It's All Bad
• Outro

 

Tha Hall of Game Album

• Record Haters
• Rappers' Ball
• Growing Up
• Million Dollar Spot
• Mack Minister
• I Wanna Thank You
• The Story
• My Drinking Club
• Ring It
• Pussy Talk
• Keep Pimpin'
• I Like What You Do to Me
• Things'll Never Change
• Circumstances
• It is What it Is
• Smebbin'

 

The Element of Surprise (Disc 1) Album

 

• The Element of Surprise
• Trump Change
• All Tha Time
• Dump, Bust, Blast
• Hope I Don't Go Back
• $999,999 + $1 = A Mealticket
• Money Scheme
• Zoom
• Mayhem
• Personal
• My Hoodlums and My Thugz

 

The Element of Surprise (Disc 2)

• Do It To Me
• Lieutenant Roast a Botch
• It's On, On Sight
• From the Ground Up
• Flashin'
• Doin' Dirt Bad
• Broccoli
• Jump My Bone
• Back Against the Wall
• To Da Beat
• Dirty Deeds
• Ballin' Outta Control
• One More Gen

 

Charlie Hustle Album

• L.I.Q.
• Ballaholic
• 'Cause I Can
• Get Breaded
• Look at Me
• Duckin' & Dodgin
• Fuckin' They Nose
• Seasoned
• Earl That's Yo' Life
• Rules & Regulations
• Borrow Yo' Broad
• Do What You Know Good
• Mouthpiece
• Big Ballin' With My Homies
• Ghetto Celebrity
• Gangsterous
• Brownie Points

 

Loyalty and Betrayal Album

• Intro
• Loyalty and Betrayal
• Lace Me Up
• Ya Blind
• Sinister Mob
• Nigga Shit
• Nah, Nah...
• Pop Ya Collar
• Record Company Skit
• To Whom it May Concern
• Like a Jungle
• Behind Gates
• Doin' the Fool
• Flamboastin'
• It's Pimpin'
• Clown Wit It

 

Grit & Grind Album

• Why They Don't Fuck Wit Us
• The Slap
• Automatic
• Rep Yo City
• It's All Gravity
• 77 Much
• Mustard & Mayonnaise (Intro)
• Mustard & Mayonnaise
• My Cup
• Whomp Whomp
• Lifestyles
• 'Til the Dawn
• End of the World
• It's a Man's Game
• Pimps, Hustlas (Intro)
• Pimps, Hustlas
• Fallin' Rain
• Roll On

 

Breakin News Album

• Breakin News
• Hot
• I Got Dat Work
• Quarterbackin'
• Married to the Ave
• One Night Stand
• I Hope U Get This Kite
• Act a Ass
• Anybody Can Get It
• Gasoline
• Show & Prove
• This Goes Out
• Northern Califoolya
• That's a Good Look 4 U
• If If Was a 5th
• Wa La
• Pharmaceutical Outro
• Quarterbackin' (DJ Quick Remix)

 

The Best of E-40 Album

 

• Da Bumble
• Flashin'
• Zoom
• Sideways
• Carlos Rossi
• Rapper's Ball
• Captain Save a Hoe
• Hope I Don't Go Back
• Sprinkle Me
• Automatic
• Gas, Break, Dip
• It's On
• Think & Thin
• Bust Yo Shit

 

My Ghetto Report Card Album

• Yay Area
• Tell Me When to Go
• Muscle Cars
• Go Hard or Go Home
• Gouda
• Sick Wid It II
• JB Stomp Down (Skit)
• They Might be Taping
• Do Ya Head Like This
• Block Boi
• White Gurl
• GettheFuckOn.com Part 1 (Skit)
• U and Dat
• I'm Da Man
• Yee
• GettheFuckOn.com Part 2 (Skit)
• Just Fuckin
• Gimme Head
• She Say She Loves Me
• Happy to be Here

N.W.A.

 

Real Name:

Eazy E - Eric Wright

Dr. Dre - André Romell Young

Ice Cube - Oshea Jackson

MC Ren - Lorenzo Patterson

DJ Yella - Antoine Carraby

The D.O.C. - Tracy Curry

Arabian Prince - Mike Lezan

With the double-platinum-selling Straight Outta Compton, N.W.A brought gangsta rap into the mainstream. The album was among the first to offer an insider's perspective of the violence and brutality in gang-ridden South Central L.A. With songs like "Fuck tha Police" and "Gangsta Gangsta" set in a chaotic swirl of siren and gunshot sounds, it also foreshadowed the 1992 L.A. riots.
In 1986 O'Shea “Ice Cube” Jackson, born and raised in a two-parent, middle-class home in South Central - and always more interested in music and books than in gangs - met Andre “Dr. Dre” Young, who shared Cube’s passion for writing rap songs. The two started writing for Eric “Eazy-E” Wright, a former drug dealer who’d started Ruthless Records with his profits; Eazy needed material for a group he’d signed to the label, HBO. When HBO rejected Cube and Dre’s “Boyz-n-the-Hood,” about the South Central town of Compton, Eazy-E decided to record the song himself. Under his direction, the three started working together as Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A).
After N.W.A’s first collection, Cube took a year off to study drafting at the Phoenix Institute of Technology. When he returned in 1988, the group finished Eazy’s solo album and started work onStraight Outta Compton. Released in 1989, the album sold 750,000 copies even before N.W.A embarked on a tour. In the meantime, a media storm had developed over the controversial “Fuck tha Police,” resulting in a “warning letter” from the FBI to the group’s distributor, Priority Records.
After the tour, Cube got into a financial dispute with N.W.A’s manager, Jerry Heller, who Cube claimed had cheated him out of royalties. The two settled out of court in 1990, and Cube moved on to a successful solo career. N.W.A continued recording and selling records but fell out of critical favor. In June 1991 the group made history again when, in the face of strong criticism from politicians and bannings from some retail chains,EFIL4ZAGGIN(“Niggaz 4 Life” backward) reached #1 pop, #2 R&B two weeks after its release.
Members of N.W.A made the police blotter often during the early ’90s, mainly for assault charges that ended up being dismissed or settled. Dr. Dre was involved in the most notorious case when he was charged with attacking the female host of a television rap show in 1991; he pleaded no contest and paid an out-of-court settlement to the host. In 1992 Dre was arrested for assaulting record producer Damon Thomas and later plead guilty to assault on a police officer, eventually serving “house arrest” and wearing a police-monitoring ankle bracelet. Eazy-E also raised eyebrows in the rap community when he attended a fund-raising lunch for President George Bush, donating $2,500 for the privilege.
By early 1992 N.W.A was over, its members scattered to solo careers. Dre left both the group and Ruthless to cofound Death Row Records with Marion “Suge” Knight; Eazy-E later claimed in a lawsuit that Knight had negotiated Dre’s exit with the help of baseball bats and pipes. MC Ren’s Kizz My Black Azz EP (#12 pop, #10 R&B, 1992) went platinum. But aside from Ice Cube, Dr. Dre has had the most chart success: In 1993 The Chronic (#3 pop, #1 R&B) went triple platinum, appeared on a number of critics’ year-end top-10 lists, and spawned several hits. “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (#2 pop, #1 R&B) and “Dre Day” (#8 pop, #6 R&B) featured the rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg, who later in the year had his own hit album (produced by Dre), DoggyStyle (#1 pop, #1 R&B). As a sign of lingering bad feelings, Dre also used his solo album and accompanying videos to ridicule Eazy. In October 1993 Eazy responded with It’s On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa (#5 pop, #1 R&B). Eazy also found success with Ruthless nurturing the band Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, with whom Eazy recorded the single “Foe tha Love of $” (#41 pop, #33 R&B, 1995).
Two years later, Eazy-E split with longtime manager Jerry Heller. Communication among the former N.W.A members quickly improved. Soon Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the others were talking about an N.W.A reunion project. Though he had been the first to leave the group for a very successful solo career, Ice Cube later expressed regret that N.W.A had never built on its early potential. Then, in 1995, Eazy-E died from complications of AIDS. Both Dre and Cube visited him in the hospital shortly before he died. The Ruthless impresario was married two days before his death, and his estate quickly became mired in a barrage of lawsuits filed on behalf of business associates and heirs (which included nine children by seven different women). A final solo album, Str8 Off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton (#3 pop, #1 R&B), was released in 1996.
At Death Row, Dre enjoyed continued popular success, both as house producer and as a performer in a duet with Tupac Shakur on “California Love” (#6 pop, 1996). But Dre unexpectedly left Death Row that same year and soon formed Aftermath Entertainment (in association with Interscope). By now an outspoken critic of the highly publicized West Coast–East Coast hip-hop feud, Dre’s first post–Death Row single was “Been There, Done That.” Dre also discovered a white Detroit rapper named Eminem, whose Dre-produced albums made him as controversial as N.W.A had been a decade before. As Dre prepared to release his followup to The Chronic, he filed suit against Death Row for copyright infringement over the label’s unauthorized release of Suge Knight Presents: Chronic 2000, a compilation album of various artists that Dre felt unfairly “used” his “Chronic” title. (He later dropped the suit.) Dre’s own 2001 (#2 pop, #1 R&B, 1999) featured such guests as MC Ren, Snoop Dogg, and Eminem.
The long-rumored N.W.A reunion finally began to take shape that same year. Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and MC Ren recorded “Hell Low,” the opening track on Cube’s War & Peace vol. 2 (The Peace Disc), and a new track credited to N.W.A also appeared on the soundtrack to Cube’s film Next Friday. That was followed by a national arena tour in 2000 with Dre, Ren, Snoop Dogg, Warren G., and Eminem. Separately and in joint interviews, the former N.W.A partners talked up a proposed album called Not These Niggas Again, but by 2001 any further studio recordings were not, in Dre’s opinion, strong enough to release.

 

Album

N.W.A. and the Posse Album

• Boyz-N-The-Hood
• 8 Ball
• Dunk the Funk
• A Bitch is a Bitch
• Drink it Up
• Panic Zone
• L.A. is the Place
• Dopeman
• Tuffest Man Alive
• Fat Girl
• 3 the Hard Way

 

Straight Outta Compton Album

• Straight Outta Compton
• Fuck Tha Police
• Gangsta Gangsta
• If it Ain't Ruff
• Parental Discretion Iz Advised
• 8 Ball (Remix)
• Something Like That
• Express Yourself
• Compton's N the House
• I Ain't Tha 1
• Dopeman (Remix)
• Quiet on Tha Set
• Something 2 Dance 2

 

100 Miles and Runnin' Album

• 100 Miles and Runnin'
• Just Don't Bite It
• Sa Prize, Pt. 2
• Real Niggaz
• Kamurshol

 

Efil4zaggin Album

• Prelude
• Real Niggaz Don't Die
• Niggaz 4 Life
• Protest
• Appetite for Destruction
• Don't Drink That Wine
• Alwayz Into Somethin'
• Message to B.A.
• Real Niggaz
• To Kill a Hooker
• One Less Bitch
• Findum Fuckum & Flee
• Automobile
• She Swallowed It
• I'd Rather Fuck You
• Approach to Danger
• 1-900-2-Compton
• The Dayz of Wayback

Dr. Dre

 

Real Name: Andre Young

Date Of Birth: February 18, 1965

Place Of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Dre (Andre Young) was born in February 18, 1965, Los Angeles, California.
He was raised in Compton, and got his nickname by adoring basketball superstar, Dr. J. His step-brother is Warren G. His brother got killed in a fight while Dre was on tour with N.W.A "My brother was my best friend. He was three years younger than me." Dre tells of being on the road when he received a phone call with the bad news. "You never forget that."
He started off as a D.J for parties as a teenager, and soon earned himself a spot in the "Eve After Dark" club, where he would play keyboards and sing.
Once a member of the rather anonymous group, "World Class Wreckin' Cru", Dre earned himself a name by producing tracks for Eazy-E, the D.O.C and others, and later became a gangsta rap pioneer as a co-founder, member, co-producer and rapper in the controversial group, N.W.A. (Niggaz With Attitude).
The band was extremely successful and was very promoted by endless scandals and unfettered messages of street violence. The debut album (Straight Outta compton) went platinum with minimal radio play, the second LP entered the charts at number one. "We loved the controversy. It's the reason we blew up as big as we did. It wasn't hurting us, it was helping us."
The group disbanded in '91, but Dre didn't stop for a second:
He established Death Row Records along with Marion "Suge" Knight, and shortly after released "The Chronic" (1992), which sold over three million copies, won two Grammy Awards, and is still considered to be one of the most influential rap albums ever.
The album introduced the new Death Row artists, such as Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound, and marked Dr. Dre not only as one of the most creative producers in the rap/hip-hop industry, but also as a fantastic rapper.
The following Death Row album, Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggystyle", was produced by Dr. Dre, and sold four million copies.
"I was trying to take it places no other record company had ever been," he says.
"Not just limiting myself to R&B and hip hop. I wanted to branch off into jazz, reggae,
and black rock 'n' roll."
In 1994 he directed the short film "Murder Was The Case", and co-produced the soundrack. He also added a song to the soundtrack entitled "Natural Born Killaz", which marked the reunion with former fellow band member, Ice Cube. That was his last work with protege Snoop Doggy Dogg. He decided that Snoop, who didn't make a single step without his mentor, should stick to his own work. In that same year he released a compilation album, entitled "Concrete Roots", which contained some old and some newer material.
In 1995 Dre contributed a track for the "Friday" soundtrack, "Keep Their Heads Ringin'". The track was a massive success, and won Dre the MTV "Best Rap Song" award in '96.
In that same year he left Death Row, and started his own label, "Aftermath Entertainment", a joint venture with Interscope Records.
"At first it was just a big family thing," he says. "But the more money that got made, the further apart everybody came. It's like, certain people started becoming what they hated." He adds:
"I wasn't feeling comfortable with the people I was around. Everybody wasn't professional. I always wanted things at Death Row to be right and positive, because I'm a positive person. And the situation I was in wasn't, plain and simple. It was too much negativity. Most likely, there are gonna be records coming out dissing me, dissing people I've worked with and am going to be working with. It's just a lot of negative bullshit. So from here on out, Death Row Records don't even exist to Dre."
In November 26, 1996, Dr. Dre released the compilation album "Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath", which featured new performances from several well-known artists as well as introducing more than a dozen Aftermath Entertainment artists and producers.
The albums unites hip-hop and R&B , east coast and west coast, hardcore and pop, male and female, old school and new school, delivered by talented performers hand picked by Dre, the album's executive producer.
One of the tracks in the album is "East Coast/West Coast Killas", which collaborates various artists from both coasts such as Nas, KRS-1, B-Real, RBX, and of course Dr. Dre.
"Now I'ma be able to do whatever I wanna do," he claims. "If it works, it's on me. If it fails, it's on me. But I'm an innovator. I like trying things." In that year he also released another compilation album, "First Round Knockout".
On top of the list of Dre's future projects is Helter Skelter, Dre's long-awaited reunion with Ice Cube, which Dre wanted to do since '94.
"If Cube is still into it, I definitely wanna do that record. I don't give a fuck if it's 10 years from now, and we're like walking on canes with gray hair. I wanna do that record, cuz I think it'll be amazing."
There were also rumors of an N.W.A. reunion, but it seems that Dre is not interested. "That was my past," he says. "What I thought was the thing to do then. I mean, I think 'Straight Outta Compton' was a classic hip-hop album. But I do look back on a lot of the things we were saying and doing then and go, "Damn!". But the shit was dope at the time. Would I ever do that N.W.A. material right now? No. No way. I'm more into totally positive moves."
And what about a solo album?
Dre is working on "The Chronic 2000: No Seeds", which will be released on November '99, and has already announced the album will contain two tracks with Snoop Doggy Dogg, with whom he hasn't worked for almost four years, and should also include tracks with Redman, Eminem, RBX, Xzibit and others.

 

Album

The Chronic Album

• The Chronic (Intro)
• Fuck Wit Dre Day
• Let Me Ride
• The Day the Niggaz Took Over
• Nuthin' But a 'G' Thang
• Deeez Nuuuts
• Lil' Ghetto Boy
• A Nigga Witta Gun
• Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
• The $20 Sack Pyramid
• Lyrical Gangbang
• High Powered
• The Doctor's Office
• Stranded on Death Row
• The Roach (Chronic Outro)
• Bitches Ain't Shit

 

The Aftermath Album

• Aftermath (The Intro)
• East Coast / West Coast Killas
• Shittin' on the World
• Blunt Time
• Been There Done That
• Choices
• As the World Keeps Turning
• Got Me Open
• Str-8 Gone
• Please
• Do 4 Love
• Sexy Dance
• No Second Chance
• L.A.W. (Lyrical Assault Weapon)
• Nationowl
• Fame

 

2001 Album

• Intro
• The Watcher
• Fuck You
• Still D.R.E.
• Big Ego's
• Xxplosive
• What's the Difference
• Bar One
• Light Speed
• Forgot About Dre
• The Next Episode
• Let's Get High
• Bitch Niggaz
• The Car Bomb
• Murder Ink
• Ed-ucation
• Some L.A. Niggaz
• Pause 4 Porno
• Housewife
• Ackrite
• Bang Bang
• The Message

Tha Dogg Pound

 

Real Name:

Daz Dillinger - Delmar Arnaud

Kurupt - Ricardo Brown

Daz Dillinger and Kurupt formed Tha Dogg Pound in 1992. They made their first appearance on Dr. Dre's classic "The Chronic", and it was clear from then that these two complimented each other's skills and techniques and that they would make be tight hiphop team. This was made true by their release "Dogg Food". This album displayed extremely tight rapping skills by both, as well as by Snoop, Hershey Loc, and other guest rappers.Since 1995 they have stayed active with guest appearances and
soundtrack cuts.But don't worry about the future of this Dogg duo: As Daz Dillinger put it in an interview in the Source: "It's me and Kurupt fo' life... I wouldn't want it any other way." Hip-hop has been a lifelong mission for Kurupt.
"Rapping is my life." But while the gift of rhyme has been with him since he was a young boy, Kurupt's rap career didn't take off until, as a teen, he moved to Cali. Wanting to get Kurupt off the streets of his hometown Philadelphia, his mother sent Kurupt to live with his father in Hawthorne, later moving to South Central on his own. It was then that Kurupt hooked up with Snoop Dogg. Soon Kurupt was signed to Death Row Records and dropped lyrics on Dr. Dre's The Chronic and Snoop's Doggystyle. By 1994, he and partner, Daz Dillinger, teamed up as the Dogg Pound and in 1995 released their debut, Dogg Food.As things unraveled at the West Coast powerhouse, Kurupt and future ANTRA CEO Joe Marrone, decided to go it alone and signed a joint-venture deal with A&M Records. The double CD Kuruption was divided into an East Coast disc and a West Coast disc, which included such hits as "We Can Freak It."His latest album "Tha Streetz iz a Mutha" droped November 16.
The project reunites Kurupt with some the West Coast's biggest players Daz Dillinger, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg. Soopafly and Xzibit. KRS-One along with producers Battlecat and Organized Noize are also in the mix.This year we can expect another tight album to hit the streetz - Space Boogie
is set to be released in early 2001... ...and no matter what you call him, be it Tha Kingpin, Kalhoon, Young Gotti, Ricardo Brown or Kurupt, this is one rapper on a mission. Daz Dillinger was born Delmar Arnaud and raised in eastside Long Beach, California, and is a cousin to Snoop Dogg and Soopafly. Daz became the primary production guru for DeathRow Records. After producing for 2Pac's "All Eyez on Me" and Snoop's "Tha Doggfather", Daz made his solo debut in 1998 with an album titled "Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back", released on Death Row Records.
Lately he dropped an album called "R.A.W." performing himself together with artists like Kurupt, Mark Morrison, Tray Dee and other westcoast rappers. In 2001 Suge Knight dropped the album Tha Dogg Pound 2002 this album was a spoiler album to Kurupts newest album. It is a hot album and includes appearences from Snoop, 2pac, Xzibit, Nate Dogg and Crooked I. The album also has production from Dre and Swizz Beats.
It seems as though the dogg pound will no longer be together due to Kurupt rapping for former label Deathrow. Daz Says it is now the end of DPG 4 life.

 

Album

Dogg Food Album

• Intro
• Dogg Pound Gangstaz
• Respect
• New York, New York
• Smooth
• Cyco-Lic-No
• Ridin', Slipin' and Slidin'
• Big Pimpin 2
• Let's Play House
• I Don't Like to Dream...
• Do What I Feel
• If We All Fuck
• Some Bomb Azz Pussy
• A Doggz Day Afternoon
• Reality
• One By One
• Sooo Much Style

 

D.P.G. - Dillinger & Young Gotti Album

• Intro
• Dipp Wit Me
• We Livin Gangsta Like
• Coastin
• We About to Get Fucc Up
• Gitta Strippin
• Work Dat Pussy
• Party at My House
• You're Jus a B.I.T.C.H.
• Treat Her Like a Lady
• At Night
• Best Run
• Shit Happens
• My Heart Don't Pump No Fear
• There's Someway Out
• Here We Are/Go Killem
• I'ma Gangsta
• How Many?
• C-Walkin Cha Cha Cha
• D.P.G.
• Outro

 

2002 Album

 

• Intro
• Roll Wit Us
• Just Doggin'
• Smoke
• Gangsta Rap
• 10 Til Midnite
• Livin Tha Gangsta Life
• Don't Stop
• Change the Game (Remix)
• Crip Wit Us
• What Cha About
• Your Gyrlfriend 2
• Feels Good
• Way Too Often
• It'z All About That Money
• Every Single Day

 

D.P.G. - The Last of Tha Pound Album

• Don't Stop, Keep Goin'
• It Ain't My Fault
• What Yard People Say
• School Yard
• Got to Get it Get It
• Some Likk Coochie & Some Likk Dick
• Stories of Hoez We Know
• Jakkmove
• We R Them Dogg Pound Gangstaz
• Started

 

D.P.G. - Dillinger and Young Gotti II: The Saga Continues Album

• The Saga Continues...
• DPGC Muzic
• Blast 'Em Up (Skit)
• Cuz I'm a Gangsta
• Hittin' Donutz in Tha Streetz
• Say It
• We Gitt
• U Remind Me...
• Make Me a Believer
• I Luv When You
• What You Gone Do?
• Push Bacc
• Ride & Creep
• Outro (Feels Good to be a Dogg Pound Gangsta)

 

Cali Iz Active Album

• Cali Iz Active
• Kushn N' Pushn
• Sittin on 23'z
• Stop Lyin'
• It's Craccin All Night
• Slow Your Roll
• Heavyweights
• Keep it Gangsta
• Hard on a Hoe
• It's All Hood
• Faknass Hoes
• Don't Sweat It
• Make Dat Pussy Pop
• Thrown Up Da C
• Face 2 Face
• She Likes Dat

 

Dogg Chit Album

• Get Out My Way
• I'll Bury Ya
• Everybody
• Anybody Killa
• Mo Murder
• Vibe
• Can't Get Enough
• Dat Ain't My Baby
• This Gangsta Chit Iz Ourz
• 1 N 1 Out
• Where U From
• Throw Ya Hood Up
• It'z a Good Azz Day
• Pull Ya Drawz Down
• Blast on 'Em
• Bucc 'Em
• Blaze it Up

 

Daz Dillinger - Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back Album

• Intro/Gang Bangin Ass Criminal
• It's Going Down
• Playa Partners
• It Might Sound Crazy
• Our Daily Bread
• In California
• Initiated
• Oh No
• Retaliation, Revenge and Get Back
• O.G.
• Baby Mama Drama
• Only For U
• Ridin' High
• The Ultimate Come Up
• Thank God For My Life
• Outro/Why Do We Bang

 

Kurupt - Kuruption (Disc 1) Album

• This One's for U
• Make Some Noise
• Put That on Something
• Play My Cards
• We Can Freak It
• Fresh
• C-Walk
• Ho's a Housewife
• Can't Let That Slide
• That's Gangsta
• Ask Yourself a Question
• Another Day

 

Kurupt - Kuruption (Disc 2) Album

• It's a Set Up
• Light Shit Up
• Game
• Gimmewhutchagot
• If You See Me
• The Life
• No Feelings
• It's Time
• I Wanna
• Who Do U Be?
• We Can Freak It (NY Remix)

 

Kurupt - Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha Album

• I Call Shots
• Loose Cannons
• Who Ride Wit Us
• Represent Dat G.C.
• Welcome Home
• Tequilla
• Trylogy
• Neva Gonna Give it Up
• Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha
• Ya Can't Trust Nobody
• It Ain't About You
• Girls All Pause
• Your Gyrlfriend
• Ho's a Housewife
• I Ain't Shit Without My Homeboyz
• Step Up
• Live on the Mic
• Callin' Out Names

 

Daz Dillinger - R.A.W. Album

 

• Super Cuz
• Street Gangs
• What Cha Talkin Bout
• This Iz Not Over..
• One Nine 99
• Who's Knoccin' At My Door
• When Ya Least Expect It
• What it Iz
• I'd Rather Lie 2 Ya
• On Tha Grind
• If U Want This Pussy
• Your Girlfriend 2
• R.A.W.
• It'z All About That Money
• Movin' Around
• U Ain't Know'n
• Agony
• Feels Good
• My System
• Baccstabber
• Super Cuz

 

Daz & JT the Bigga Figga - Long Beach 2 Fillmore Album

• What You Gone Do
• Playing Hard
• Street Life
• One Nine
• Fillmore
• Game For Sale
• Think Smart
• Still Hustlin'
• Nothing But the Dogg
• Ain't Nothing Changed
• Long Beach 2 Fillmore
• No Love

 

Kurupt - Smoke Boogie: Space Oddessey Album

• Blast Off (Intro)
• Space Boogie
• Hate On Me
• On Da Grind
• It's Over
• Can't Go Wrong
• On, OnSite
• Sunshine
• The Hardest Mutha Fuckaz
• Gangsta's
• Bring Back That G Shit
• Lay it On Back
• Just Don't Give a Fuck
• At it Again
• Kuruption
• Fuck Da World
• The Life I Live
• Bitches

 

Daz & JT the Bigga Figga - Game For Sale Album

• Independent Babble
• I'm a Boss
• They Know
• Makin' Moves
• Balled Out
• Change the Game (Remix)
• Game 4 Sale
• I Ain't Tryin' to Hear It
• Southern Expozure
• Lovin' It
• Sweet Love
• Geez to Get
• Who Got My Back
• Snitchaz
• It Ain't For Play
• What We Came Fo'

 

Daz Dillinger - This is the Life I Lead Album

• Intro - DPGC 4 Life
• Drama
• Ain't That Somethin
• Bitch Bitch Bitch Make Me Rich
• Keep it Gangsta
• I Live Every Day Like I Could Die That Day
• Load Up
• Run Tha Street
• We Do This Passion
• Redrum Galour
• This is the Life I Lead
• Outro - DPGC 4 Life
• Keep it Gangsta (Remix) - Bonus

 

Daz - DPGC: U Know What I'm Throwin' Up Album

• Big Snoop Dogg Intro
• I'll Beacho Azz
• Public Service Announcement
• U Ain't Shit
• WBALLZ Interlude
• Dogg Catcha
• Skit
• All Night Long
• It's Dat Gangsta Shit
• Skirt Out
• Skit
• Don't Stop
• Skit
• Can't Stop That Gangsta Shit
• Skit
• Deez Niggaz Trippin'
• Introduction 2 Mayhem
• WBALLZ Interlude
• Round N Round We Go
• DPGC: U Know What I'm Throwin' Up
• Skit
• Ain't Nothin' But a Gangsta Party 2
• Skit
• I Got Dat Fire
• Yeah Cuzz
• World So Cold
• A Message to Ricardo Brown
• Skit
• Who Dem Niggaz
• Let's Roll
• A Message From Delmar Arnaud

 

Daz Dillinger - Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta LP Album

• That's the Way We Ride
• Do You Think About
• Everybody Givin' it Up
• N the Yard (Interlude)
• Nothin' Can Stop Us Now
• Do U Know
• The Funeral (Skit)
• Fucc Dreamin' the Same Dream
• My Mama Said...
• My Ambitionz Az a Ridah
• Hey How Ya Doin'
• Come Close
• Rocc Wit Daz
• Bomb Azz Pussy 2005
• Nigga Gotta Hustle it Up
• Gittin' Buccwild
• Get a Dose of Dis Hot Ish
• Tha Dogg Pound Gangsta
• Fuck Tha Police 2005

 

Daz Dillinger - Gangsta Crunk Album

• Intro (Penitentiary Chances)
• Now Dat's Gangsta
• It All Goes Down (Skit)
• We Mean Bizniz
• Put'n it Down (Skit)
• We Gon' Sho U
• I'm Lookin for Dat Gangsta Bitch
• Can I Bounce Dat
• Bigg O' Butt
• Tow Up From Tha Flo' Up
• Run Up & Git Dun Up
• It's Time to Ride on 'Em
• A License to Kill

 

Kurupt - Against Tha Grain Album

• Intro
• Speak on It
• Anarchy '87
• Throw Back Muzic '86
• Deep Dishes
• Stalkin
• Can U Feel It
• Slide N Slide Out
• I'm Back
• Jealousy
• Tha Past
• My Homeboys (Back to Back)
• Bullshit & Nonsense
• Calico
• Hustlin
• It's a Wrap
• You Fuckin With the Best
• Outro

 

Daz - So So Gangsta Album

• Thang on My Hip
• On Some Real Shit
• Rat a Tat Tat
• Weekend
• DPG Fo' Life
• Badder Than a Mutha
• Money on My Mind
• Strizap
• Dangerous
• All I Need
• The One
• Dat's Dat Nigga

 

Daz - Gangsta Party Album

• Intro
• About That
• Gangsta Shit
• Gettin' Money
• That's Deep
• Is This What U Want?
• Caught Up in Tha Game
• Get Ya' Pistol
• Gangsta Party Pt. 2
• Guns Will Blow
• Tell Me What U Want
• Do What the Fuck I Wanna
• Start a Problem
• All About Da Money
• Smoke That Weed

 

Daz Dillinger - Only on the Left Side

• Squeeze
• I'm From the Hood
• Only on Tha Leftside
• My Summer Vacation
• Meal Ticket
• I'm Tha Dopeman
• Blaze Up Tha Weed
• W-Ballz 187.4
• Dip Drop Stop Dip
• This How We Do It
• Do Yo Thang
• Thiz Weekend
• Me & My Cuzzin
• Regretz
• Who I Be
• My Wayz R Shady
• Thiz How We Live

DMX

 

Real Name: Earl Simmons

Date Of Birth: December 18, 1970

Place Of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Following the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., DMX took over as the reigning, undisputed king of hardcore rap. He was that rare commodity: a commercial powerhouse with artistic and street credibility to spare. His rapid ascent to stardom was actually almost a decade in the making, which gave him a chance to develop the theatrical image that made him one of rap's most distinctive personalities during his heyday. Everything about DMX was unremittingly intense, from his muscular, tattooed physique to his gruff, barking delivery, which made a perfect match for his trademark lyrical obsession with dogs. Plus, there was substance behind the style; much of his work was tied together by a fascination with the split between the sacred and the profane. He could move from spiritual anguish one minute to a narrative about the sins of the streets the next, yet keep it all part of the same complex character, sort of like a hip-hop Johnny Cash. The results were compelling enough to make DMX the first artist ever to have his first four albums enter the charts at number one.
DMX was born Earl Simmons in Baltimore, MD, on December 18, 1970. He moved with part of his family to the New York City suburb of Yonkers while still a young child. A troubled and abusive childhood turned him violent, and he spent a great deal of time living in group homes and surviving on the streets via robbery, which led to several run-ins with the law. He found his saving grace in hip-hop, starting out as a DJ and human beatbox, and later moved into rapping for a greater share of the spotlight, taking his name from the DMX digital drum machine (though it's also been reinterpreted to mean "Dark Man X"). He made a name for himself on the freestyle battle scene and was written up in The Source magazine's Unsigned Hype column in 1991. Columbia subsidiary Ruffhouse signed him to a deal the following year and released his debut single, "Born Loser." However, a surplus of talent on the Ruffhouse roster left DMX underpromoted, and the label agreed to release him from his contract. He issued one further single in 1994, "Make a Move," but was convicted of drug possession that same year, the biggest offense of several on his record.
DMX began to rebuild his career with an appearance on one of DJ Clue?'s underground mixtapes. In 1997, he earned a second major-label shot, with Def Jam, and made a galvanizing guest appearance on LL Cool J's "4, 3, 2, 1." Further guest spots on Mase's "24 Hours to Live" and fellow Yonkers MCs the LOX's "Money, Power & Respect" created an even stronger buzz, and in early 1998, he released his debut Def Jam single, "Get at Me Dog." The song was a gold-selling smash on the rap and dance charts and paved the way for DMX's full-length debut, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot, to debut at number one on the pop charts. Produced mostly by Swizz Beatz, who rode the album's success to a lucrative career of his own, It's Dark and Hell Is Hot earned DMX numerous comparisons to 2Pac for his booming, aggressive presence on the mic and went on to sell over four million copies. Not long after the album's release in May 1998, DMX was accused of raping a stripper in the Bronx but was later cleared by DNA evidence. He went to make his feature film debut co-starring in Hype Williams' ambitious but unsuccessful Belly.
Before the end of 1998, DMX completed his second album and a pending buyout of Def Jam pushed the record into stores that December. Featuring a controversial cover photo of the rapper covered in blood, Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood entered the charts at number one and eventually went triple platinum. The following year, DMX hit the road with Jay-Z and the Method Man/Redman team on the blockbuster Hard Knock Life tour. During a tour stop in Denver, a warrant for his arrest was issued in connection with a stabbing, of which he was later cleared; another incident occurred in May, when he was accused of assaulting a Yonkers man who'd allegedly harassed his wife (the charges were once again dropped). More serious charges were brought that summer, when DMX's uncle/manager was accidentally shot in the foot at a New Jersey hotel. Police later raided DMX's home and filed animal cruelty, weapons, and drug possession charges against the rapper and his wife; he eventually plea-bargained down to fines, probation, and community service. In the midst of those difficulties, the Ruff Ryders posse -- of which DMX was a core, founding member -- released a showcase compilation, Ryde or Die, Vol. 1. With contributions from DMX, as well as Eve, the LOX, and multiple guests, Ryde or Die, Vol. 1 debuted at number one in the spring of 1999, further cementing DMX's Midas touch.
Toward the end of 1999, DMX released his third album, ...And Then There Was X, which became his third straight to debut at number one. It also produced his biggest hit single since "Get at Me Dog," "Party Up (Up in Here)," which became his first Top Ten hit on the R&B charts. The follow-ups "What You Want" and "What's My Name?" were also quite popular, and their success helped make ...And Then There Was X the rapper's best-selling album to date, moving over five million copies. During its run, DMX returned to the big screen with a major supporting role in the Jet Li action flick Romeo Must Die. In the meantime, he was indicted by a Westchester County, NY, grand jury on weapons and drug charges in June of 2000. He also entangled himself in a lengthy legal battle with police in Cheektowaga, NY (near Buffalo), when he was arrested in March for driving without a license and possession of marijuana. He missed one court date, and when he turned himself in that May, police discovered more marijuana in a pack of cigarettes the rapper had brought with him. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 15 days in jail, and his appeal to have the sentence reduced was finally denied in early 2001. After stalling for several weeks, he turned himself in and was charged with contempt of court. He was further charged with assault when, upon learning he would not be let out early for good behavior, he allegedly threw a food tray at a group of prison officers. He later bargained the charges down to reckless assault and paid a fine, and accused guards of roughing him up and causing a minor leg injury.
Not long after DMX's release from jail, his latest movie, the Steven Seagal action film Exit Wounds, opened at number one in the box office. DMX also contributed the hit single "No Sunshine" to the soundtrack and signed a multi-picture deal with Warner Bros. in the wake of Exit Wounds' success. With his legal problems finally resolved, he returned to the studio and completed his fourth album, the more introspective The Great Depression. It was released in the fall of 2001 and became his fourth straight album to debut at number one. Although it went platinum quickly, it didn't have the same shelf life as his previous releases. In late 2002, DMX published his memoirs as -E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX and also recorded several tracks with Audioslave (i.e., the former Rage Against the Machine). One of their collaborations, "Here I Come," was featured on the soundtrack of DMX's next film, a reunion with Jet Li called Cradle 2 the Grave. The film opened at number one upon its release in March 2003, and its DMX-heavy soundtrack debuted in the Top Ten. Grand Champ was released six months later, followed by 2006's Year of the Dog... Again. Just prior to that album's release, his revealing BET reality program made its debut. A compilation titled Definition of X: Pick of the Litter was issued in June 2007. Steve Huey, All Music Guide.

 

ALBUM

It's Dark and Hell is Hot Album

• Intro
• Ruff Ryder's Anthem
• Fuckin' Wit' D
• The Storm (Skit)
• Look Thru My Eyes
• Get At Me Dog
• Let Me Fly
• X-is Coming
• Damien
• How's it Goin' Down
• Mickey (Skit)
• Crime Story
• Stop Being Greedy
• ATF
• For My Dogs
• I Can Feel It
• Prayer
• The Convo
• Niggaz Done Started Something

 

Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood Album

 

• My Niggas
• Bring Your Whole Crew
• Pac Man - skit
• Ain't No Way
• We Don't Give a Fuck
• Keep Your Shit the Hardest
• Coming From
• It's All Good
• The Omen
• Slippin'
• No Love 4 Me
• Dogs For Life
• Blackout
• Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood
• Heat
• Ready to Meet Him

 

...And Then There Was X Album

• The Kennel (Skit)
• One More Road to Cross
• The Professional
• Fame
• Alot to Learn (Skit)
• Here We Go Again
• Party Up
• Make a Move
• What These Bitches Want
• What's My Name?
• More 2 a Song
• Don't You Ever
• The Shakedown (Skit)
• D-X-L (Hard White)
• Comin' For Ya
• Prayer III
• Angel
• Good Girls, Bad Guys

 

The Great Depression Album

• Sometimes
• School Street
• Who We Be
• Trina Moe
• We Right Here
• Bloodline Anthem
• Shorty Was Da Bomb
• Damien III
• When I'm Nothing
• I Miss You
• Number 11
• Pull Up (Skit)
• I'ma Bang
• Pull Out (Skit)
• You Could Be Blind
• The Prayer IV
• A Minute For Your Son
• Next Out the Kennel
• Problem Child
• Usual Suspects (Part 2)

 

Grand Champ Album

• Dog Intro
• My Life
• Where the Hood At
• Dogs Out
• Get it on the Floor
• Come Prepared (Skit)
• Shot Down
• Bring the Noize
• Untouchable
• Fuck Y'all
• Ruff Radio (Skit)
• We're Back
• Ruff Radio 2 (Skit)
• Rob All Night (If I'm Gonna Rob)
• We Go Hard
• We 'Bout to Blow
• The Rain
• Gotta Go (Skit)
• Don't Gotta Go Home
• A'Yo Kato
• Thank You
• The Prayer V
• On Top (Bonus Track)

 

Year of the Dog... Again Album

• Intro
• We in Here
• I Run Shit
• Come Thru (Move)
• It's Personal
• Baby Motha
• Dog Love
• Wrong or Right (I'm Tired)
• Give 'Em What They Want
• Walk These Dogs
• Blown Away
• Goodbye
• Life be My Song
• The Prayer VI
• Lord Give Me a Sign

 

The Definition of X: Pick of the Litter Album

• Prayer III
• Ruff Ryders' Anthem
• Get At Me Dog
• Stop Being Greedy
• How's it Going Down
• What These Bitches Want
• Blackout
• What's My Name?
• Where the Hood At
• Party Up (Up in Here)
• X Gon' Give it to Ya
• It's All Good
• Who We Be
• The Rain
• Here We Go Again
• No Love 4 Me
• We Right Here
• One More Road to Cross
• Slippin'
• Prayer (Skit)