Mixtape · 1998

KURUPTION! 2 CD's (Disc 1, West Coast Edition & Disc 2, East Coast Edition)

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Tracklist

11-01. THIS ONE'S FOR U (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)5:02
21-02. MAKE SOME NOIZE (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)5:15
31-03. PUT THAT ON SOMETHING (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)5:17
41-04. PLAY MY CARDS (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)4:30
51-05. WE CAN FREAK IT (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)4:10
61-06. FRESH (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)5:00
71-07. C-WALK (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)5:12
81-08. HO's A HOUSEWIFE feat. Fuss, Paul (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)5:20
91-09. CAN'T LET THAT SLIDE feat. Roscoe (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)6:48
101-10. THAT'S GANGSTA (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)3:30
111-11. SURVIVE ANOTHER DAY feat. Gonzoe, Slip Capone (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)4:48
121-12. ASK YOURSELF A QUESTION feat. Dr. Dre (Disc 1) (West Coast Edition)4:47
132-01. IT'S A SET UP (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)7:40
142-02. LIGHT SHIT UP (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)4:46
152-03. GAME (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)6:07
162-04.GIMMEWHUTCHAGOT feat. Barshawn (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)6:15
172-05. IF YOU SEE ME (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)6:16
182-06. THE LIFE (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)5:36
192-07. NO FEELINGS (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)4:39
202-08. IT'S TIME (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)5:28
212-09. I WANNA (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)8:37
222-10. WHO DO U BE (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)3:35
232-11.WE CAN FREAK IT feat. Noreaga (East Coast Remix) (Disc 2) (East Coast Edition)5:11

About

Ricardo Emmanuel Brown (born November 23, 1972), better known by his stage name Kurupt, is an American rapper and record producer who aided gangsta rap's rise via 1990s verses helping set lasting trends. He is one half of the rap duo Tha Dogg Pound, along with Daz Dillinger. His first solo album arrived in 1998. After feuding, the duo reunited in 2005. Kuruption! Kuruption! is the debut studio album by American rapper Kurupt. It was released on Antra Records, a label formed after Kurupt left Death Row Records. It was released as a double album and distributed by A&M Records. Originally scheduled for release on September 1, 1998, with the album cover even announcing that date, the album was pushed back to October 6, 1998. Following his escape from Death Row after one Dogg Pound album, Kurupt’s debut solo album Kuruption! was released on October 6, 1998 and was a double album split into an East Coast and West Coast disc. The East Coast disc, representing Kurupt’s Philly roots, Death Row Records: In 1992, at age 19, Kurupt signed to Death Row Records, newly formed by music manager Suge Knight and Dr. Dre, the rapper and music producer who had just left the rap group N.W.A and its Ruthless Records. At Death Row, Kurupt joined a roster of artists—including Daz Dillinger, Lady of Rage, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, and RBX—who entered the public eye by their features on Dr. Dre's debut solo album The Chronic. Kurupt and Daz soon teamed as a rap duo, Tha Dogg Pound, featured on Snoop Dogg's debut solo album, Doggystyle, in the song "For All My Niggaz & Bitchez". By 1996, the rap genre's East Coast–West Coast rivalry was escalating, spurred on by Death Row's CEO Suge and by rapper 2Pac, new to the label, who believed that a Bad Boy Records circle, in their hometown New York City, had fostered his November 1994 shooting there. Tha Dogg Pound released the single "New York, New York," featuring Snoop Dogg, slighting the city. The duo's debut album, Dogg Food, produced by Daz and mixed by Dre, drew favorable reviews and good sales. Career after Death Row: Tupac Shakur's 1996 murder triggered an exodus of artists from Death Row Records. Preceded only by Dr. Dre, Kurupt was second to leave. He then signed with A&M Records, where he founded the imprint Antra Records, releasing his debut solo album Kuruption! in 1998. Kurupt left the Antra label upon releasing his second album, Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha, featuring the diss track "Calling Out Names", in which Kurupt insults New York rap figures Ja Rule, 50 Cent, Irv Gotti, and DMX, accusing the latter of having an affair with Kurupt's then-fiancée Foxy Brown. During this time, he linked up with fellow Californian Ras Kass, Wu-Tang Clan-affiliate Killah Priest, and Canibus to form a new group, The HRSMN, although, despite promises of forthcoming material, has released only an unfinished white label. While Death Row owned rights to Tha Dogg Pound name, Kurupt and Daz operated as the DPG (Dogg Pound Gangstaz), and also with a larger group, including Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, Soopafly, and others intermittently, altogether the DPGC (Dogg Pound Gangsta Clique). Daz and Kurupt, as the DPG, released Dillinger & Young Gotti, which received lukewarm reviews. Kurupt's following solo album, Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey, with production by Daz and by up-and-coming producer Fredwreck, and released by Artemis Records, fared better. Kurupt's then-fiancée, the late Natina Reed, performed the hook of its single "It's Over" Return to Death Row: In early 2002, an unofficial remix/compilation album titled 2002, by Tha Dogg Pound, provoked questions about the duo's relationship with Death Row. Soon becoming its vice president, Kurupt signed again to Death Row. Given Daz's especial enmity at Death Row's mogul Knight, Kurupt and Daz began feuding, repeatedly bashing each other on records and in interviews. In 2003, Kurupt released DJ Tomekk the single Ganxtaville Pt. III and placed fifth on the German charts, as well as in the charts of Austria and Switzerland. While mentoring Death Row's new artists, including Spider Loc, Crooked I, and Eastwood, Kurupt began his next album, Against tha Grain. Further, he formed a new group, The Riflemen, consisting of Kurupt, Mobb Deep, Jayo Felony, 40 Glocc, and The Alchemist, although the likelihood of a record from this ensemble increasingly slimmed. In 2004, after repeated delays of Kurupt's forthcoming solo album Originals, a bootleg version was released, alike those of Crooked I and other Death Row artists. It was later revealed that Kurupt was more stung by his feud with Daz than he had acknowledged. In April 2005, at a West Coast unity event hosted by Snoop Dogg, with Snoop as liaison, Kurupt and Daz reconciled and restored their rap duo under its original moniker, Tha Dogg Pound. In August 2005, Kurupt's long delayed album Against tha Grain was released, once Kurupt had already left Death Row a second time;

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