Classic bay area ganster LPs

Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
edited May 2005 in Music Talk
Please add on to the list of Yay area classic gangster LPs.... Also a question for the Yay area folks. What LP cover is this a re-make of? There was an LP from a Bay Area rap group that had this same cover years before this Mac Dre cover. I remeber the cover, but I can't remember the group or artist!
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  • Chan, that's from the old MAC ep..."The Game Is Thick" (khayree produced)

    RIP both MAc's.

  • MorseCodeMorseCode 1,516 Posts
    Can't forget IMP.

  • JacobWizzleJacobWizzle 1,003 Posts
    Man there are a lot of them but here are some off the top of the dome.

    Askari X "Ward of the State"
    E-40 "Mailman", "Federal", "In a Major Way"
    B Legit "Tryin to Get a Buck"
    Celly Cel "Heat 4 Yo Ass"
    RBL "Lesson to be Learned"
    Totally Insane "Direct from the Backstreets"
    Chunk "Menace to the Game", "Still the Menace", "Marked for Death"
    Mac Mall "Illegal Business"
    MC Pooh "'Life of a Criminal"??
    The Click "Down and Dirty"
    Boss Ball Compilation
    3X Crazy "Stackin Chips"
    Spice 1 "Let it Be Known" and the 1st one on Jive
    All Too Short and Ant Banks
    IMP (don't remember the name of the album)
    Young Cellski "Mr. 2-Took"
    1st Herm Compilation
    415 "415in" (probably my favorite bay rap album)
    I'm sure I'm forgettin some obvious ones too.

  • nice picks btw!

    I'll add a couple

    Hugh E MC - Gangster Knowledge
    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion
    Too Short- Born To Mack/Life Is
    E-40 - Federal/The Mailman
    Mac Mall- Illegal Business
    IMP -Ill Mannered Playas
    Legal Dope comp
    First West Coast Bad Boys comp
    Get Low Playaz- Straight Out The Labb
    Ant Banks- Sittin On Somethin Phat
    Digital Underground- Sex Packets
    Three X Krazy- Stackin Chips/Sick 'O
    Luniz- Operation Stackola
    Rappin 4-Tay- Don't Fight The Feelin'


    etc

  • Man there are a lot of them but here are some off the top of the dome.

    Askari X "Ward of the State"
    E-40 "Mailman", "Federal", "In a Major Way"
    B Legit "Tryin to Get a Buck"
    Celly Cel "Heat 4 Yo Ass"
    RBL "Lesson to be Learned"
    Totally Insane "Direct from the Backstreets"
    Chunk "Menace to the Game", "Still the Menace", "Marked for Death"
    Mac Mall "Illegal Business"
    MC Pooh "'Life of a Criminal"??
    The Click "Down and Dirty"
    Boss Ball Compilation
    3X Crazy "Stackin Chips"
    Spice 1 "Let it Be Known" and the 1st one on Jive
    All Too Short and Ant Banks
    IMP (don't remember the name of the album)
    Young Cellski "Mr. 2-Took"
    1st Herm Compilation
    415 "415in" (probably my favorite bay rap album)
    I'm sure I'm forgettin some obvious ones too.

    doh!

    Good call on Cellski...

    I love "Mr Predictor" as well.

  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    Man there are a lot of them but here are some off the top of the dome.

    Askari X "Ward of the State"
    E-40 "Mailman", "Federal", "In a Major Way"
    B Legit "Tryin to Get a Buck"
    Celly Cel "Heat 4 Yo Ass"
    RBL "Lesson to be Learned"
    Totally Insane "Direct from the Backstreets"
    Chunk "Menace to the Game", "Still the Menace", "Marked for Death"
    Mac Mall "Illegal Business"
    MC Pooh "'Life of a Criminal"??
    The Click "Down and Dirty"
    Boss Ball Compilation
    3X Crazy "Stackin Chips"
    Spice 1 "Let it Be Known" and the 1st one on Jive
    All Too Short and Ant Banks
    IMP (don't remember the name of the album)
    Young Cellski "Mr. 2-Took"
    1st Herm Compilation
    415 "415in" (probably my favorite bay rap album)
    I'm sure I'm forgettin some obvious ones too.

    Damn young Weezey, I knew you would come correct with the list. I might have to roll through your spot this weekend and borrow some of these

  • MorseCodeMorseCode 1,516 Posts
    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Dre Dog- I Hate You With A Passion

    Hey P-Ro, J*rdan told me last night that he was drivin down Divisadero (in his caddy, have you seen that beast before?) around Fell and saw Dre Dog walking down the street and leaned out the window like "Excuse me Mr. Nickatiiinnnaaaaaaa..." but it was too late. I just thought that was hilarious imagining him calling that shit out as his car passed.

  • ArchaicArchaic 633 Posts















    Can't find a scan, but one of my personal faves:



    JT tha Bigga Figga - Playaz in the Game






  • SensiRiderSensiRider 97 Posts
    It's the ice cream man bitch Can't you hear the music?[/b]


  • JacobWizzleJacobWizzle 1,003 Posts
    Dru Down is another one. I completely forgot about the Luniz! Their 1st tape with the condom on it was hella dope too. Also forgot about the boys from Sac, Bo and Lynch. I swear for a good five years every rapper in Seattle sounded like Bo or Lynch.

  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts
    Chan, that's from the old MAC ep..."The Game Is Thick" (khayree produced)

    RIP both MAc's.

    Dope! Thank you for the info....


  • hahah yeah that's Khayree w/ the briefcase....

  • Mr. CasualMr. Casual 953 Posts

  • johmbolayajohmbolaya 4,472 Posts

    I missed out on this one, was it any good?

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    It's the ice cream man bitch Can't you hear the music?[/b]


    Somebody post the back cover of this (or was it the Pimp of the Year 12"?) with the jerry curl and the corncob pipe. That shit was stupendous.

  • Big_ChanBig_Chan 5,088 Posts

    Cali Agents? I would not really call them "Gangster," but I have not heard much of their music. I should have been a little more specific in my post title as well, I was referring to more Old School Bay area joints. Is Planet Asia form the yay? I thought he was from L.A.?

  • SensiRiderSensiRider 97 Posts
    Yeah man I think it's a really good record. To me it's got a few all-time classics (ice cream man, that one where the luniz get taken hostage and Dru Down comes through with the bazooka, and pimp of the year for starters). I like his voice a lot - he sounds serious and OG and I like that a lot more than the sound of some punk kid - but the more time passes the more I realize my taste doesn't always match with others. Here's a taste.



    The man is still alive and his cd's are in print so if you're loving it and jamming it all the time you should probably buy it and all that.

  • These are also good ones...


  • ArchaicArchaic 633 Posts
    Planet Asia is originally from Fresno. He lived in Oakland for a few years and then moved to LA. I wouldn't consider him gangsta either...but he used to rip fools in street ciphers.


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  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Planet Asia is originally from Fresno. He lived in Oakland for a few years and then moved to LA. I wouldn't consider him gangsta either...but he used to rip fools in street ciphers.


    Haha, dude seriously Asia is dope but rarely would "rip fools in street ciphers"





    Actionpackedactionpackedactionpacked

  • grandpa_shiggrandpa_shig 5,799 Posts
    "you from fresno
    dont nobody know who you are
    my name is T*j** i am a star!"


    one of my favorite "rhymes" from the battle and i love how heated saafir gets over that.

  • djannadjanna 1,543 Posts
    ahem.





  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    "you from fresno
    dont nobody know who you are
    my name is T*j** i am a star!"


    one of my favorite "rhymes" from the battle and i love how heated saafir gets over that.

    isn't saafir originally from fresno too?

    Saafir lived in Fresno at one point (I don't think he's "from" there) but that's who this line was about, yes.

  • rootlesscosmorootlesscosmo 12,848 Posts
    "you from fresno
    dont nobody know who you are
    my name is T*j** i am a star!"


    one of my favorite "rhymes" from the battle and i love how heated saafir gets over that.

    isn't saafir originally from fresno too?

    Saafir lived in Fresno at one point (I don't think he's "from" there) but that's who this line was about, yes.

    wow i must be really tired. i didnt even realize i quoted that.

    Even better was when one of 'em got called out for being from Grass Valley.

  • ahem.





    What, get low playaz don't count?

  • The_NonThe_Non 5,691 Posts
    I just got Big Ocean Mobb LP after selling the CD awhile ago (it was sealed).

    ILL!!!

    I liked early Spice 1.

    The Coup is not gangsterism, but I thought I'd mention them.

    And er'body scrambles for the Andre Nickatina. Another one I never cracked open to listen to. Foolish? Maybe...

  • SensiRiderSensiRider 97 Posts
    And er'body scrambles for the Andre Nickatina. Another one I never cracked open to listen to. Foolish? Maybe...

    At the least you should check out the Dre Dog Hate You With a Passion somebody mentioned up above. "I'm a Pisces But I'd Rather Be a Killer Whale" is that serious dark gangster Bay shit.

  • marumaru 1,450 Posts

    oh yeah, those guys are

  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    I've only heard snippets, but these dudes sure do have a dope name and album title:



    The Scrillbillies - Made From Scratch
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