Hostile Environment

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Hostile Environment
Hostile Environment album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 14, 2001 (2001-08-14)
Genre Underground hip hop
Label Copasetik Recordings
Producer
  • D.L. Jones
  • J. Rawls
  • Memo
  • Mr. Khaliyl
  • Panik
  • Protest
  • Rasco
  • Roddy Rod
  • Shake Diggy
Rasco chronology
Time Waits for No Man
(1998)
Hostile Environment
(2001)
Escape from Alcatraz
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Spin 6/10 [3]
XXL XL (4/5) [4]

Hostile Environment is the second full-length solo studio album by American rapper Rasco. It was released on August 14, 2001 via Copasetik Recordings. Production was handled by Memo, Protest, Roddy Rod, Mr. Khaliyl, Panik, D.L. Jones, J. Rawls, Shake Diggy, and Rasco himself. It features guest appearances from 427, Ed O.G., El Da Sensei, Protest, Reks, and his Cali Agents partner Planet Asia.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro"Memo 
2."Hostile Environment"Protest 
3."Lay Low"Roddy Rod 
4."No Guarantees (My People)"Panik 
5."Who Woulda Thought" (featuring El Da Sensei)D.L. Jones 
6."This Is It Y'All"Memo 
7."Interlude"
 
8."The Jamm"Protest 
9."Message From the Bottle"Panik 
10."Thin Line"Mr. Khaliyl 
11."Living Voices" J. Rawls  
12."We Live This" (featuring Protest)Protest 
13."Rockin It"Roddy Rod 
14."Interlude"Rasco 
15."Sunshine (Ayanna)"Mr. Khaliyl 
16."Gunz Still Hot (Remix)" (featuring Ed O.G. and Reks)Memo 
17."What Y'All Want" (featuring Planet Asia and 427)Roddy Rod 

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