Esham discography | |
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Studio albums | 21 |
EPs | 9 |
Compilation albums | 9 |
Singles | 23 |
Music videos | 50+ |
Mixtapes | 6 |
Esham is an American rapper from Detroit currently signed to Reel Life Productions, a label he co-founded in 1989. His discography consists of 21 solo studio albums, eight studio albums as a member of NATAS, three as a member of Soopa Villainz where he is known as "Black Spade", and two as a member of 3 Headed Monster. His solo discography also includes multiple EPs, compilations, mixtapes, singles, and over 50 music videos.
Esham initially recorded and released the self-financed album Boomin' Words from Hell in 1989. After co-founding Reel Life Productions, Esham released three more albums independently: Judgement Day and KKKill the Fetus . His next album, Closed Casket , was distributed by Warlock Records.
In 1997, he began a production agreement with Overcore Records, which co-produced his discography with the re-branded Gothom Records until Overcore went defunct. Esham's Gothom/Overcore releases were distributed internationally by TVT Records. In 2002, Esham signed with Psychopathic Records, where he achieved his highest level of success and released his album with the most consecutive charts, A-1 Yola . He departed from Psychopathic afterwards and continued to release his music on Reel Life Productions.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US [1] | US Heat [2] | US Indie [3] | US Rap [4] | US R&B [5] | ||
Boomin' Words from Hell |
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Judgement Day |
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KKKill the Fetus |
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Closed Casket |
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Dead Flowerz |
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Bruce Wayne: Gothom City 1987 |
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Mail Dominance |
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Tongues |
| 195 | — | 7 | — | 46 |
Repentance |
| — | 9 | 10 | — | 71 |
A-1 Yola |
| 176 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 48 |
Sacrificial Lambz |
| — | 50 | — | 21 | 42 |
Suspended Animation |
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DMT Sessions |
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Venus Flytrap |
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Dichotomy |
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Scribble |
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Dead of Winter |
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She Loves Me |
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She Loves Me Not |
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Psyops |
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Purgatory |
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Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US [1] | US Heat [2] | US Indie [3] | US Rap [4] | US R&B [5] | ||
Detroit Dogshit |
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Bootleg: From the Lost Vault, Vol. 1 |
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Hatchet History: 10 Years Of Terror |
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Acid Rain |
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Insane Clown Posse - 20th Anniversary Hallowicked Collection |
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Reel Life Hits & Acid Trips |
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The EP Collection (1991-1994) |
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Bloody Screamz Of '17 |
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Soopa Villainz - The Hit List |
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Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US [1] | US Heat [2] | US Indie [3] | US Rap [4] | US R&B [5] | ||
Erotic Poetry |
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Homey Don't Play |
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Hellterskkkelter |
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Maggot Brain Theory |
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Lamb Chopz |
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Esham 4 Mayor |
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I Ain't Cha Homey |
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Holy Black Mamba |
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Amuse-Bouche |
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Title | Mixtape details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US [1] | US Heat [2] | US Indie [3] | US Rap [4] | US R&B [5] | ||
The Butcher Shop |
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DET (Doin Every Thang) - The Mixtape |
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The Dark Knight: The Return Of Bruce Wayne |
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Hellaween: Pure Horror |
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Secret Society Circus |
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Death of an Indie Label |
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Year | Title | Album |
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1994 | "Sunshine" | KKKill the Fetus |
1994 | "Stop Diggin' On The D-L" | Closed Casket |
1994 | "The Fear (Morty's Theme)" | The Fear (soundtrack) |
1995 | "Mental Stress" | Closed Casket |
1996 | "You Better Ask Somebody" | Dead Flowerz |
1999 | "Twirk Yo Body" | Mail Dominance |
2001 | "Silence Of The Hams" | Hallowicked 2001 Sampler |
2001 | "All Night Everyday" | Tongues |
2003 | "Pay" (Feat. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) | Repentance |
2003 | "Woo Woo Woo" | Repentance |
2003 | "In Detroit" | Repentance |
2003 | "Thug Pit" (Feat. ICP, Kottonmouth Kings, Bone Thugs N' Harmony & Tech N9ne) " | Hallowicked 2003 Sampler |
2008 | "World Hustle" | Sacrificial Lambz |
2010 | "SSMD" | Suspended Animation |
2011 | "DMT Sessions" | DMT Sessions |
2011 | "Comatose" | DMT Sessions |
2012 | "Bath Salts" | Venus Fly Trap |
2015 | "Cosmic Car" | Dichotomy |
2017 | "Black Sheep" | Scribble |
2017 | "Trust No One" | Scribble |
2020 | "Bag Of Demons" | She Loves Me Not |
2020 | "Shark Food" | Single |
2020 | "Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven" | Single |
Year | Song | Artist(s) | Album |
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1992 | "Taste" | Insane Clown Posse | Carnival of Carnage |
1993 | "Chop! Chop!" | Beverly Kills 50187 | |
"My Man, My Man, My Man (Bubble Gum Gangster Remix)" | Esham | Dance on the Wild Side (compilation) | |
1994 | "The Fear (Morty's Theme)" | The Fear (soundtrack) | |
1995 | "Losin It" | Project Born | Born Dead |
"Bitcheshate" | Mastamind | Lickkuidrano | |
"Poemz" | Dice | The Neighborhoodshittalka | |
1996 | "Player Hater" | The Dayton Family | F.B.I |
"Live" | Kid Rock | Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp | |
2000 | "Traffic" | The Workhorse Movement | Sons of the Pioneers |
"Cunt Killers" | Esham | Race Riot (compilation) | |
"Aftermath" | Know Good | Aftermath | |
"Nite N Day" | Mastamind | Themindzi | |
"Deep or Dolo" | |||
"Questions" | Insane Clown Posse | Bizzar | |
2001 | |||
"Still Going Thru a Thang" | Ghetto E | Ghetto Theater | |
"Resume Of A Killa" | |||
"Yes Yes Y'all" | Kool Keith | Spankmaster | |
"Dark Vader" | |||
2002 | "Soopa Villains" | Insane Clown Posse | The Wraith: Shangri-La |
2003 | "Conquer" | Esham | Psychopathics from Outer Space 2 (compilation) |
"Oldie But Goodie" | |||
"Demon Faces" | |||
"24's on a '84" | |||
"Wicked Wild" | |||
"Bitch Shut Up" | |||
"Killin' Spree" | |||
"Enjoy Life" | Bedlam | Bedlamitez Rize | |
"Don't Be" | Lavel | Nutty | |
"Sticky Icky Situations" | Anybody Killa | Hatchet Warrior | |
"World Is Hell" | Twiztid | The Green Book | |
2004 | "Roll" | MC Breed | The New Prescription |
"Shotgun"/"Climbing" | Blaze Ya Dead Homie | Colton Grundy: The Undying | |
"Outta My Way" | Monoxide | Chainsmoker LP | |
2005 | "Deadbeat Moms" | Insane Clown Posse | The Calm |
"Bonus Flavor" | Twiztid | Man's Myth Vol. 1 | |
"Wicked Rappers Delight" | Insane Clown Posse | Forgotten Freshness Volume 4 | |
"Thug Pit" | |||
2006 | "All Night Everyday" | Kool Keith | Collabs Tape |
2008 | "2Getha4eva" | Trick Trick | The Villain |
"Think Global" | T1 | Technology | |
"Human Tornado 2008" | Daniel Jordan | Daniel Jordan's Greatest Anti-Hits | |
"I Murder" | DJ Clay | Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 1 | |
"In Love With A Hooker" | Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 2 | ||
"Can't Hold Me Back '08" | Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 3 | ||
2009 | "Murder You Remix" | Mike E. Clark | Psychopathic Murder Mix Volume 1 |
"The Riddler" | Daniel Jordan | Daniel Jordan's Essential Rarities Vol. 2 | |
"Van Helsing" | |||
"Fight Club" | Violent J | The Shining | |
"MM Bang" | Mastamind | Toxsic Avenger | |
2010 | "No Justice No Peace" | SickTanicK | From The Vault |
2011 | "Lasttemptation" | Mastamind | Last Temptation Of Christ |
"Bloodstainstheground" | |||
2012 | "Big Thangs" | J Dilla | Rebirth Of Detroit |
2015 | "Devil" | Scum & Q Strange | Snuff HD |
2017 | "Wolves" | Bukshot | Weirdo: Full Moon |
2018 | "C2H5OH" (Unofficial Test 400 Remix) | Damien Quinn | I'd Hang Out In My Garage But My Mom's A Hoarder |
"This Life" | Scum | Zippers Creepers | |
"Still 7 Mile" | Flagrant Musick | Tha Dark | |
Year | Artist | Album | Song(s) | Record label(s) |
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1989 | Esham | Boomin' Words from Hell | Self-released | |
1991 | Erotic Poetry | Reel Life | ||
Homey Don't Play | ||||
1992 | Judgement Day | |||
Insane Clown Posse | Carnival of Carnage | "Carnival of Carnage" and "Taste" | Psychopathic | |
Natas | Life After Death | Reel Life | ||
1993 | Insane Clown Posse | Beverly Kills 50187 | "17 Dead", "Chop! Chop!" | Psychopathic |
Esham | KKKill the Fetus | Reel Life | ||
Hellterskkkelter | ||||
1994 | Natas | Blaz4me | ||
Esham | Maggot Brain Theory | |||
Esham | Closed Casket | Reel Life/Warlock | ||
1995 | Natas | Doubelievengod | Reel Life | |
Mastamind | Lickkuidrano | |||
1996 | Dice | The Neighborhoodshittalka | "Rainz Itz Pourz", "Whatitbelike", "Gettin' High", "They Fucked Up", "Welcome2mygeto", "Immagangsta", "Funny How People Change", "Growing up as a Kid", "Poemz", "Everydog", "They Murdered My Brother", "Lonely Ruthless", "Theneighborhoodshittalka" | |
Esham | Dead Flowerz | |||
1997 | Esham | Bruce Wayne: Gothom City 1987 | Gothom | |
20 Dead Flower Children | Candy, Toy Guns & Television | Untitled Hidden Track, "The Safety Dance" | Gothom/Overcore | |
Natas | Multikillionaire: The Devil's Contract | |||
1999 | Esham | Mail Dominance | ||
Natas | WicketWorldWide.COM | |||
2001 | Kool Keith | Spankmaster | "I Wanna Play", "Drugs", "Blackula", "Dark Vader", "Spankmaster (Take Off Your Clothes)" | |
Esham | Tongues | |||
2002 | Natas | Godlike | Number 6 | |
2003 | Anybody Killa | Hatchet Warrior | "Hollowpoint" | |
Esham | Repentance | Psychopathic | ||
2004 | Insane Clown Posse | Hell's Pit | "The Night of the .44", "Bowling Balls", "24", "Basehead Attack", "Angels Falling", "Manic Depressive", "Real Underground Baby" | |
MC Breed | The New Prescription | "Intro" | UMZ | |
2005 | Esham | A-1 Yola | "Since Day One", "Turbulence", "Bolivia", "Bird After Bird", "Justa Hustler", "Yoca Cola", "Fall Into The Fire", "Wicket", "Enemies", "Help Me", "Servin'", "Bangin' Dope", "Unhappy", "?", "Smiley Faces" | Psychopathic |
Twiztid | Man's Myth (Vol. 1) | "The Argument" | ||
2006 | Natas | N of tha World | Reel Life/Gothom/Warlock | |
2007 | Esham | Lamb Chopz | Reel Life/Gothom | |
2008 | Esham | The Butcher Shop | "Lamb Chopz", "American Psycho", "Deadbeat Mom", "Forgot About E", "Mr. Honeynut Cheerioz", "I Got Flow", "Reel Life, "?????", "Monster" | |
Esham | Sacrificial Lambz | |||
2009 | Mastamind | Toxsic Avenger | ||
Daniel Jordan | Daniel Jordan's Essential Rarities Vol. 2 | "The Riddler", "Van Helsing" | Kill All Idols | |
Esham | I Ain't Cha Homey | Reel Life/Gothom | ||
Hellaween: Pure Horror | ||||
2010 | Suspended Animation | Reel Life | ||
2011 | Secret Society Circus | |||
DMT Sessions | ||||
Chupacabra | Drug Addict | |||
Daniel Jordan | The Stranger | |||
Esham | Holy Black Mamba |
Year | DVD |
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2005 | A-1 Yola (bonus DVD)
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Year | Title | Director(s) | Album |
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1989 | "Don't Trip" | — | Boomin Words From Hell |
1993 | "Hellterskkkelter" | — | KKKill the Fetus |
1994 | "Mental Stress" | Closed Casket | |
"The Fear (Morty's Theme)" | The Fear (soundtrack) | ||
2003 | "Woo Woo Woo" | Roy Knyrim | Repentance |
"In Detroit" | Esham | ||
2005 | "Since Day One" | A-1 Yola | |
"Turbulance" | |||
"Bolivia" | |||
"Bird After Bird" | |||
"Justa Hustla" | |||
"Yoca Cola" | |||
"Fall Into The Fire" | |||
"Wicket" | |||
"Help Me" | |||
"Servin'" | |||
"Bangin' Dope" | |||
"One Hundred" | |||
"Unhappy" | |||
"Smiley Faces" | |||
2006 | "Detroit Stand Up" | Judgement Day (box set) | |
2006 | "Fortune Teller" | — | |
2007 | "American Psycho" | Lamb Chopz | |
2008 | "World Hustle" | — | |
"Zeitgest" | Sacrificial Lambz | ||
"Livin Legend" | |||
"Dead Rappers" | |||
"Fallen Down" | |||
"Keys to the City" | — | ||
2009 | "Zombieland" | Hellaween: Pure Horror | |
"Happy Happy Joy Joy" | I Ain't Cha Homey | ||
2010 | "Stop Selling Me Drugs" | Suspended Animation | |
"Gumball 3000 - Detroit Pony Wars" | |||
2011 | "A 6iccness" | Secret Society Circus | |
"Comatose" | DMT Sessions | ||
"sildenafil citrate, skrewberry kush, codeine phosphate promethazine" | |||
"lysergic acid diethylamide oxycontin clonazepam" | |||
"Clonazepam" | |||
"Pricele$$ Ble$$ing$" | Death of an Indie Label | ||
"Scante" | DMT Sessions | ||
"Police" | Suspended Animation | ||
"Holy Black Mamba" | Holy Black Mamba | ||
2020 | "Bag of Demons" | Esham | She Loves Me Not |
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