Kurupt, of the infamous and iconic Dogg Pound, dropped an incredible solo effort in 2001 with the release of Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey. One of the standout tracks from this illustrious set of music is "The Hardest Muthafuckas", a posse cut featuring MC Ren, Xzibit, and the late, great Nate Dogg. The four West Coast legends deliver some … [Read more...] about Classic Collaborations: Kurupt, MC Ren, Nate Dogg & Xzibit “The Hardest Muthafuckaz” (Prod. Fredwreck)
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Classic Collaborations: Snoop Dogg & Mel-Man – “Dogg Named Snoop”
Multi-platinum producer and Pittsburgh, PA native Melvin Bradford, a/k/a Mel-Man, is best known for co-producing the six-times platinum 2001 album by Dr. Dre. However, Mel-Man has also produced on a few other several-times platinum efforts for artists including Eminem ("The Real Slim Shady"), Xzibit ("X"), Truth Hurts ("Tired", "Benefit of the Doubt"), The Firm … [Read more...] about Classic Collaborations: Snoop Dogg & Mel-Man – “Dogg Named Snoop”
Classic Collaborations: Scarface & 2Pac – “Smile” (Prod. Mike Dean, Tone Capone, Scarface)
Scarface and 2Pac, two of the most prolific and vivid songwriters in hip-hop history, collaborated to create a deeply introspective masterpiece. As the lead single from Scarface's fourth studio album The Untouchable, produced by Mike Dean, Tone Capone, and Scarface -featuring Johnny P on the hook - the song was released shortly after the death of 2pac, peaking at number … [Read more...] about Classic Collaborations: Scarface & 2Pac – “Smile” (Prod. Mike Dean, Tone Capone, Scarface)
Unvaulted: Exploring Hip-Hop’s Unreleased Albums – Rappin’ Ron & Ant Diddley Dog “Slippin’ Into Darkness”
Oakland rap duo Rappin’ Ron & Ant Diddley Dog, also known as Bad-N-Fluenz, were members of Too Short’s Dangerous Crew back in the mid-90's. The duo released their debut album Bad N-Fluenz on Cellblock Records in 1995 following multiple features on songs by Ant Banks ("Pimp Style Gangstas"), Too Short ("Get In Where You Fit In"), and Goldy ("Never That"). Featuring the hit … [Read more...] about Unvaulted: Exploring Hip-Hop’s Unreleased Albums – Rappin’ Ron & Ant Diddley Dog “Slippin’ Into Darkness”
Unvaulted: Exploring Hip-Hop’s Unreleased Albums – E-A-Ski “Earthquake”
E-A-Ski's Earthquake was set to be the west coast producers debut solo album in 1997 and was originally to be released through Relativity Records. It was set up to be an incredible debut record for E-A-Ski, as so many great things were happening fofr the Oakland, CA-based producer. After producing several cuts on Spice-1's gold-selling albums, 1992's Spice 1 and 1993's 187 … [Read more...] about Unvaulted: Exploring Hip-Hop’s Unreleased Albums – E-A-Ski “Earthquake”