Gangsta/Hardcore CDs

2001, also known as The Chronic 2001, is the second studio album by American hip hop artist Dr. Dre, released November 16, 1999 on Interscope Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during 1997 to 1999, and production was handled by Dr. Dre, Mel-Man, and Lord Finesse. It is the follow-u...

Liner Note Author: Rhonda Baraka.Recording information: 1996.Recorded in 1996, the year of Tupac Shakur's murder, this live set displays the hip-hop legend at the height of his considerable powers. Energy personified, the rapper charges through a set of tried-and-tested tunes ("Ambitionz Az a Ridah"...

Full Title: The Rose That Grew From Concrete Vol. 1.Personnel includes: 2Pac, Q Tip, Mos Def, Outlawz, Geronimo Pratt, Dead Prez, Tre, K-Ci & Jo Jo, 4th Avenue Jones, Babatunde Olatunge, Danny Glover, Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons, Nikki Giovanni, Sarah Jones, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Sonya Sanchez, La...

In his new release “BACKYARD BOOGIE”, J BOOG showcases his unique style of world reggae music. Born of Samoan decent and raised out of California, J BOOG draws on influences from cultures all around the world. “BACKYARD BOOGIE” features collaborations with PEETAH MORGAN of morgan heritage, TARRUS ...

CYPRESS HILL returns April 6th with RISE UP (Priority/EMI), an album whose thrilling mix of deep grooves and hard riffs are amplified by guest appearances from Rage Against The Machine/Street Sweeper Social Club guitarist Tom Morello, Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda, System of a Down guitarist/voc...

Personnel: 2Pac (rap vocals); Ron Isley, Sleepy Brown (vocals); EDI, Eminem, G-Unit, Jadakiss, Nate Dogg, Noble, Obie Trice, Big Syke (rap vocals).Dozens of posthumous releases have been culled from 2Pac's archives, both by his mother, Afeni Shakur, and by more dubious sources. Eight years after the...

This is an enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files including the video for "What's My Name."Personnel includes: Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dr. Dre, Dat Nigga Daz, The Queen Of Funk, Ricky Harris, RBX, The Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, Warren G, Kurupt, The Hug, Nancy Flet...

Volumes 5 & 6 in the on-going Beat Konducta mixtape series from the onelike Madlib - and these two are tributes to the equally genius-like J Dilla (RIP). Here Madlib (& guest J.Rocc) drops some of his finest, most bumping mixtape work, cutting & chopping up all manner of s...

With the group's ranks whittled down to two after Crunchy Black's departure, Three 6 Mafia returns with the highly-anticipated studio album LAST 2 WALK. MC/producers Juicy J and DJ Paul continue to lace feverish drum tracks and spine-tingling synthesizer arrangements with rugged Dirty South rhymes, ...

Rap super group Westside Connection was formed in 1993 by West Coast rappers Ice Cube, WC and Mack 10. 18 of the platinum-selling group’s best tracks have been collected for the first time The album features appearances by Nate Dogg, Master P and Butch Cassidy and includes a rare out of print...

This includes a bonus DVD disc. Personnel: Ice Cube, George Clinton, M.C. Ren, Dr. Dre, Mack 10, Ms. Toi, Das EFX, Westside Connection, Mr. Short Khop (rap vocals). Producers include: Ice Cube, D.J. Pooh, The Bomb Squad, Budda, Dutch. Recorded between 1990 & 2001. Ice Cube's ferociou...

This reissue contains the EP KILL AT WILL as a bonus.Personnel: Ice Cube, Yo-Yo, Chuck D, Flava Flav (rap vocals); Al "Purple" Hays (guitar, bass); Vincent Henry (flute, saxophone); Tim "Timteo" Rollins (piano); Dan Wood, Epitome Of Scratch, Krissta, Keith Shocklee, Sir Jinx, J. Dee, Ricky Harris, D...

Personnel: Eminem, Snoop, Xzibit, Nate Dogg, Sticky Fingaz (rap vocals); Dido (vocals); Jeff Bass, Steve Berman, Paul "Bunyan" Rosenberg (spoken vocals); Mike Elizondo (guitar, keyboards, bass); Sean Cruise, John Bingham (guitar); Tommy Coster, Jr., Camara Kambon (keyboards); DJ Head (programming).D...

Personnel includes: 50 Cent, Eminem, Young Buck, Tony Yayo, Nate Dogg, Lloyd Banks.Producers include: Dr. Dre, Eminem, John Freeman, Red Spyda, Terence Dudley.50 Cent was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best New Artist. GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' was nominated for Best Rap Album. "In The Club" w...

Let's put the facts together. Song titles like "Gang Bangin Ass Criminal" and "O.G." Lyrics that overflow with references to triggers, lead (we're not talking pencils here), and gunshots. A surname borrowed from one of America's most notorious criminals. A photo of Daz with a bandana over the lower ...

Rap icon and multi-media superstar Snoop Dogg returns to the Priority label with his 10th solo studio album Malice N Wonderland. Malice marks his first album of all new material since 2008's experiemental Ego Trippin and finds Snoop back at the very top of his game, doing what he does best. As a t...

As was true of the first volume of The NWA Legacy released in 1999, the second volume is a collection of recordings made not only by N.W.A., but also by individual members of the rap group, plus friends and associates (Snoop Dogg, Mack 10, Nate Dogg); the tracks date back to the late Eazy-E's 1988 '...

Personnel includes: Snoop Dogg, Master P, Mia X, Mystikal, Fiend, Soulja Slim, Silkk The Shocker, C-Murder, Steady Mobb'n, Big Pimp'n (rap vocals); O'Dell, Big Pokey, Anita Thomas, Crooked Eye, Mac, Eddie Griffin (vocals); Daz (scratches). Producers includes: KLC, O'Dell, MP, Craig B, D.J. Pooh. ...

A great hip-hop album relies on a balance of two components: lyrical skill and correctly-matched production. Often they can be found in conflict, undermining one another; but when an artist masters both techniques, the results can be incredibly rewarding. On his solo debut THE CHRONIC, Dr. Dre not o...

This is an Enhanced audio CD which contains regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files including the video for "California Love."Personnel: 2Pac, Syke, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Dru Down, Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt, Redman, Method Man, Rappin' 4-Tay, Dramacydal, C-Bo, Storm, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Danny Boy...

After running wild on 2009’s Van’s Warped Tour and infuriating the press with their foul-mouthed mixture of Screamo and Hip Hop, the band everyone loves to hate has returned with their middle fingers in the air on their sophomore effort ‘Will Never Die’. That is, everyone asi...

Plies’ fourth full-length release sees the Fort Myers, Florida-based rap superstar teaming with such studio stars as The J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Polow da Don, J.R. Rotem, and Clinton Sparks. In addition to surefire hits like “Becky,” “GOON AFFILIATED” also includes guest...

DJ Drama's third album Third Power. Oh My is the first single from the forthcoming album and features Fabolous, Whiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash is the biggest song in DJ Drama's career and one of the biggest hip hop records of the US summer. The record has received a total of 25,000 spins and was Top Ten...

Boston hip-hop DJ Statik Selektah's fourth studio album features over 40 different singers, MCs, and DJs from the East Coast hip-hop scene, including Talib Kweli, Styles P, M.O.P.'s Lil' Fame and Game Boi.

Tupac was more than just a "rap star", he was an inspiration, a leader and most of all - a poet. This album features a host of contemporary rappers performing material inspired by Tupac's rhymes and poetry, with particular emphasis on his published book of poems, THE ROSE THAT GREW FROM CONCRETE....

2011 album from Styles P. Known for witty wordplay and street life induced lyrics, Styles P is far from your average ringtone driven rapper. Whether a part of the triple threat The Lox, or as a solo artist, Styles' razor sharp slick talk has created a cult-like following by his countless fans wi...

This album features classic Death Row material from 1995 as well as new material recorded recently. A bunch of names come to mind when people think of the early era of Death Row (before 2pac) such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg, RBX, Lady Of Rage, The D.O.C. along with af...

For this release, Tupac Shakur adopted the pseudonym "Makaveli" in honor of the philosopher Machiavelli, author of the devious politician's handbook The Prince. Contractually his final effort for Death Row, it was recorded in seven days and was released on schedule in October 1996, despite Shakur's ...

To say the the Wu-Tang Clan was one of the most influential Hip Hop groups of all time wouldn’t be an understatement, ranked 5th by MTV in 2007. From the rough borough of Staten Island, New York City, they created one of the finest Hip Hop albums in living memory which also launched many of the mem...

Personnel: Nate Dogg (vocals); Ludacris, Xzibit, B.R.E.T.T., Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Mo, The Eastsidaz, Fabolous, Jermaine Dupri, Kurupt, Pharoahe Monch (rap vocals); Megahertz, Mike City, Battlecat (various instruments); A.J. Luke, Marlon Williams, Anthony Mazza (guitar); Tim Izo Orindgreff (flut...

Additional producers: Bilal Bashir, Afrika Islam, Ice-T, DJ Aladdin.Engineers: Vachik, Dennis Parker, Batte.Recorded at Syndicate Studios West, Widetracks, Dodge City and Fox Run Studios, Los Angeles, California.Often hailed as Ice-T's most ambitious and fully realized album, O.G. ORIGINAL GANGSTER ...

Whether as a member of N.W.A., a solo act, or a label head, Eazy-E was one of the most controversial figures in gangsta rap 'Eazy-Duz-It', originally released in 1988, was the only full-length album he completed and sold well over two-million copies. Easy-E was diagnosed with AIDS in 1995, and di...

Producers include: LT Hutton, Jermaine Dupri, DJ U-Neek, KLC, Craig B.THE COLLECTION VOLUME 2 features collaborations between Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and, among others, Master P and Silkk The Shocker ("Hook It Up"), and Jermaine Dupri ("Don't Hate On Me"). This new 13-song release is pure Bone Thugs-N-...

Personnel includes: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Eazy-E, The Notorious B.I.G. (rap vocals); Mariah Carey (vocals); Henry Rollins, Flea.Producers include: Damon Elliot, Mariah Carey, Yella, Sean "Puffy" Combs, D.J. U-Neek.No one ever wore the mantle of progressive hip-hop as effectively as Bone Thugs-N-Harm...

Personnel: Young Buck (rap vocals); D-Tay, David Banner, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Ludacris, The Game, Tony Yayo, Mr. Porter, Stat Quo, Lil' Flip (rap vocals).Recording information: Record One, Los Angeles, California; Soundstage, Nashville, TN; The Big House, Farmington, Connecticut.The timing of Young...

Following up one of his strongest records to date, Snoop Dogg returned in 2004 with an album he audaciously labeled a "masterpiece." Indeed, the rapper's seventh record finds the Long Beach, California native firing on all cylinders, with his usual slow-and-steady delivery freely flowing over tracks...

Personnel includes: DMX, Swizz Beatz, Drag-On, The Lox, Jay-Z (rap vocals); Mary J. Blige, Marilyn Manson, Tamyra Grey (vocals); Rich Keller (guitar, keyboards, bass).Producers include: Swizz Beatz, PK, Irv Gotti & Rebel, DJ SHOK, Dame Grease.Engineers include: Rich Keller, Adam Gazzola.Get at me do...

Personnel include: Lloyd Banks (rap vocals); Eminem, 50 Cent, Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, The Game, Tony Yayo, Young Buck (rap vocals).Recording information: The Big House, Farmington, Connecticut; Sony Studios, New York, New York; Spydadonme, New York, New York; Right Track, New York, New York; 54 Sound...

Personnel: 50 Cent (rap vocals); Jamie Foxx, Olivia (vocals); Eminem, Lloyd Banks, The Game, Tony Yayo, Young Buck (rap vocals); Mike Elizondo (keyboards, electric bass); Dave Cabrera (keyboards).After years of hustling for his music and his life, and taking bullet after bullet, 50 Cent finally foun...

Personnel: 2Pac (rap vocals); Capucine (vocals); Left Eye, Outlaws (rap vocals); "DJ Quik" (various instruments); Greg Dalton (guitar, keyboards); Cold 187 um, Marlon Williams, Darrell Crooks, Danny Devoux, Eric Jackson, George Johnson, Eddie "Spanky" Alford (guitar); Ronnie King (keyboards); Corney...