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| Kool G Rap discography | |
|---|---|
 Kool G Rap performing in New York City, 2006. | |
| Studio albums | 9 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 5 |
| Singles | 30 |
| Music videos | 13 |
| Collaborative albums | 2 |
| Mixtapes | 4 |
| Guest appearances | 81 |
The discography of American rapper Kool G Rap consists of 9 studio albums, two collaborative albums, one EP, and thirty singles.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | ||
| Road to the Riches (with DJ Polo) |
| — | 26 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive (with DJ Polo) |
| — | 34 |
| Live and Let Die (with DJ Polo) |
| 185 | 18 |
| 4,5,6 | 24 | 1 | |
| Roots of Evil |
| — | 43 |
| The Giancana Story |
| — | 61 |
| Click of Respect (with 5 Family Click) |
| — | 99 |
| Half a Klip |
| — | — |
| Riches, Royalty, Respect |
| — | — |
| Once Upon a Crime (with The Godfathers) |
| — | — |
| Return of the Don |
| — | — |
| Son of G Rap (with 38 Spesh) |
| — | — |
| Last of a Dying Breed |
| — | — |
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Killer Kuts |
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| Rated XXX |
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| The Best of Cold Chillin' |
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| Greatest Hits |
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| Street Stories: The Best of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo |
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| US | US R&B | ||||||||||||
| Offer You Can't Refuse |
| — | — | ||||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Dead or Alive |
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| Legends, Vol. 3 |
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| The Veteran |
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| Kool G Rap & Twinn Loco Present – I Live Hip Hop – The Mixtape |
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Rap | |||||||||||
| "It's a Demo" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Poison" | 1988 | — | — | — | Road to the Riches | ||||||||
| "Road to the Riches" | — | — | 16 | ||||||||||
| "Truly Yours" | 1989 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Streets of New York" | 1990 | — | 92 | — | Wanted: Dead or Alive | ||||||||
| "Erase Racism" (featuring Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie) | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Bad to the Bone" | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Rikers Island" | 1991 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Ill Street Blues" | 1992 | — | — | 26 | Live and Let Die | ||||||||
| "On the Run" | — | — | 19 | ||||||||||
| "It's a Shame" | 1995 | — | — | — | 4,5,6 | ||||||||
| "Fast Life" (featuring Nas) | 74 | 42 | 7 | ||||||||||
| "Hey Mister Mister" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" | — | — | — | Rated XXX | |||||||||
| "Talk Like Sex" | 1998 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Foul Cats" | — | — | — | Roots of Evil | |||||||||
| "Can't Stop the Shine" (featuring Miss Jones) | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Da Heat" | 1999 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Cakes" (with the RZA) | 2000 | — | — | — | Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (soundtrack) | ||||||||
| "One Four Love Pt. 1" (with Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Posdnuos, Rah Digga, Shabaam Sahdeeq and Sporty Thievz) | — | — | — | Hip Hop for Respect | |||||||||
| "Legendary Street Team" (with M.O.P.) | 2001 | — | — | — | Lyricist Lounge 2 | ||||||||
| "First Nigga" | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "The Streets" | — | — | — | The Giancana Story | |||||||||
| "My Life" | 2002 | — | 81 | 6 | Soundbombing III / The Giancana Story | ||||||||
| "Keep Going" (featuring Devin the Dude and Snoop Dogg) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Ride On" (featuring Jagged Edge) | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| "Bout That" (featuring Ma Barker) | 2003 | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Gully" (with 5 Family Click) | — | — | — | Click of Respect | |||||||||
| "It's Nothing" (featuring Joell Ortiz) | — | — | — | The Giancana Story | |||||||||
| "On the Rise Again" [2] [3] (featuring Haylie Duff) | 2008 | — | — | — | Half a Klip | ||||||||
| "In Too Deep" (featuring Heather Walker) | 2011 | — | — | — | Riches, Royalty, Respect | ||||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US R&B | US Rap | ||||||||||
| "The Symphony" (Marley Marl featuring Masta Ace, Craig G, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap) | 1988 | In Control, Volume 1 | ||||||||||
| The Symphony Pt. 2 (Marley Marl featuring Masta Ace, Craig G, Big Daddy Kane, Kool G Rap & Little Daddy Shane) | 1991 | In Control Volume II (For Your Steering Pleasure) | ||||||||||
| "Death Threat" (Brand New Heavies featuring Kool G Rap) | 1992 | — | — | — | Heavy Rhyme Experience, Vol. 1 | |||||||
| "Love Hurts" (The Poetess featuring Kool G Rap & Def Jef) | Simply a Poet | |||||||||||
| "Pee-Nile Reunion" (MC Shan featuring Kool G Rap, Neek, Diesel and Snow) | 1993 | — | — | — | non-album single | |||||||
| "Much Love" [4] (Nutmeg featuring Kool G Rap) | 1995 | |||||||||||
| "Cardinal Sins" (B-1 featuring Kool G Rap) | 1998 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "The Anthem" (Sway & King Tech featuring Kool G Rap, RZA, Tech N9ne, Eminem, Xzibit, Pharoahe Monch, Jayo Felony, Chino XL and KRS-One) | 1999 | — | — | — | This or That | |||||||
| "Symphony 2000" (Truck Turner featuring Kool G Rap, Big Pun and KRS-One) | — | — | — | non-album single | ||||||||
| "N.Y.C." (Easy Mo Bee featuring Kool G Rap and Jinx da Juvy) | 2000 | — | — | — | Now or Never: Odyssey 2000 | |||||||
| "The Life" (DJ Hurricane featuring Jinx, Papoose and Kool G Rap) [5] | — | — | — | Don't Sleep | ||||||||
| "Take a Loss" (DJ JS-1 featuring Kool G Rap) | 2001 | — | — | — | non-album single | |||||||
| "Let 'Em Live" (Chino XL featuring Kool G Rap) | — | — | — | I Told You So | ||||||||
| "Animal Rap" (Jedi Mind Tricks featuring Kool G Rap) | 2002 | — | — | — | Visions of Gandhi | |||||||
| "Letter P" (Saigon featuring Kool G Rap) | 2005 | — | — | — | non-album single | |||||||
| "Reckless Eye-Ballin'" (Verbal Threat featuring Kool G Rap) | 2006 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Caked Up" (Little Vic featuring Kool G Rap) | 2007 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Westerns" (Sagol 59 featuring Kool G Rap) | 2012 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "Young N Foolish" (Hichkas featuring Kool G Rap, Quf and Reveal) | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Hell's Direction" (Cold World featuring Kool G Rap) | 2014 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| "The Call (Back to Business)" (The Headspinnaz featuring Kool G Rap) | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Industry (Juice Crew Remix)" (Cormega featuring Masta Ace, Craig G, & Kool G Rap) | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Naturally Born" (Big Noyd & Large Professor featuring Kool G Rap) | — | — | — | |||||||||
| "Mobster Nostalgia" (CHG Unfadable featuring Kool G Rap) | 2015 | — | — | — | non-album single | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | ||||||||||||
| Title | Year | Other artist(s) | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Don't Curse" | 1991 | Heavy D & the Boyz, Big Daddy Kane, Grand Puba, Q-Tip, Pete Rock & CL Smooth | Peaceful Journey |
| "Deadly Rhymes" | 1992 | Roxanne Shanté | The Bitch Is Back |
| "Bring It On" | 1993 | Ali Dee | Bring It On |
| "Straight Outta Ill Streets" [6] | Mesanjarz of Funk | Mesanjarz of Funk | |
| "You Must Be Out of Your Fuckin' Mind" | Fat Joe, Apache | Represent | |
| "This Is How We..." | Pudgee tha Phat Bastard | Give 'em The Finger | |
| "Brown Sugar" (Beatminerz Mix) [7] | 1995 | D'Angelo | Brown Sugar 12" |
| "Reprasentin'" | 1996 | Ruffa | A Diamond in the Ruff |
| "One Hoe" | Money-B | Money-B Presents Folk Music: Music by My Folks, Fo' My Folks, Vol. 1 | |
| "Stick to Ya Gunz" | M.O.P. | Firing Squad | |
| "Know da Game" | 1997 | Frankie Cutlass, M.O.P., Mobb Deep | Politics & Bullshit |
| "Fifty Wayz" | Gooch | A Lot on It | |
| "Wishful Thinking" [8] | Big Pun, Fat Joe, B-Real | I'm Not a Player 12" | |
| "40 Island" | 1998 | Noreaga, Mussolini | N.O.R.E. |
| "Guns Blazing (Drums of Death, Pt. 1)" | Unkle | Psyence Fiction | |
| "Truly Yours '98" | Pete Rock, Large Professor | Soul Survivor | |
| "Friend of Ours" | 1999 | E Moneybags, Nature | In E Moneybags We Trust |
| "The Realest" | Mobb Deep | Murda Muzik | |
| "Thug Connection" | Papoose, AZ | 12" | |
| "Bedtime Stories" | Bookie | Stressin' | |
| "Q.B.G." | Funkmaster Flex, Prodigy | The Tunnel | |
| "Thug Onez" | 2000 | Half a Mill, Noreaga, Mussolini | Milíon |
| "Livin' It Up" | OffDaMental | 12" | |
| "Fall Back" | Big L | The Big Picture | |
| "Dramacyde" [9] | The X-Ecutioners, Big Pun | Black and White (soundtrack) / Built from Scratch | |
| "Ghetto Afterlife" | Reflection Eternal | Train of Thought | |
| "Real Life" | Soul Assassins | Soul Assassins II | |
| "Class of '87" | Tony Touch, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One | The Piece Maker | |
| "Oz Theme 2000" | 2001 | Lord Jamar, Talib Kweli | Oz (soundtrack) |
| "Men of Business" | Cuban Link, N.O.R.E., Lord Tariq, M.O.P. | 24K | |
| "Talk Like Sex Part 2" | Smut Peddlers | Porn Again | |
| "Live from the Streets" [10] | Angie Martinez, Styles P, Jadakiss, Beanie Sigel | Up Close and Personal | |
| "Da Connection" | Da Beatminerz, Ghostface Killah and Raekwon | 12" | |
| "Thug Money" [11] | Yukmouth | Thug Lord: New Testament | |
| "I Am" | G. Dep, Rakim | Child of the Ghetto | |
| "Gorillas" | Noreaga, Screwball | Loyalty | |
| "No Surrender" | Shabaam Sahdeeq | 12" | |
| "Allied Meta-Forces" | 2002 | Canibus | Mic Club: The Curriculum |
| "Double Up" | Big L, Ma Barker, Royal Flush | The Difference, Vol. 1 | |
| "Nuthin Has Changed" | King Tee, Tray Deee | The Kingdom Come | |
| "Framed" | 2003 | Inspectah Deck, Killa Sin | The Movement |
| "As You Already Know" | Big Pun, KRS-One, Truck Turner | D.I.G.I.T.A.L. | |
| "Tho' It Up" | DJ Doo Wop, Canibus, M.O.P. | The State Vs. Doo Wop | |
| "You Don't Wanna" | 2004 | Brooklyn Academy, Charlie Hustle, Icon | Academics |
| "You Know I'm wit It" | Ma Barker, Single Minded Pros | From Now On | |
| "AIDS" | 2005 | Akinyele, Big Chuck, CJ Moore, MF Grimm | Scars & Memories |
| "One Shot" | Huslah | Hood 2 Hood: The Blockumentary | |
| "Ghost & Giancana" | Ghostface Killah & Trife Da God | Put It on the Line | |
| "Letter from Head Trauma" | Canibus, Phoenix Orion, K-Solo | Cloak N Dagga: Def Con Zero | |
| "Boom!" | 2006 | Big Daddy Kane, The Roots | Dave Chappelle's Block Party |
| "We Gone Go Hard" | Ras Kass | Revenge of the Spit | |
| "Right Now!" | Agallah | You Already Know | |
| "Full Metal Jacket" | Mass Hysteria, Molemen | Killing Fields | |
| "100 Roundz" | 2007 | Domingo | The Most Underrated |
| "Terrorise the City" | Klashnekoff, Kyza | Lionheart: Tussle with the Beast | |
| "Hood Tales" | Marco Polo | Port Authority | |
| "Come One, Come All" | Styles P | The Ghost Sessions | |
| "Next Up" | UGK, Big Daddy Kane | Underground Kingz | |
| "6 in the Morning" | Sheek Louch, Joell Ortiz, Statik Selektah | Spell My Name Right | |
| "And Wot (Remix)" | Sweet Tooth & Carbon Kid | Unified: He Whanau Kotahi Tatou | |
| "Buck Buck" | DJ Envy, Red Café, Sheek Louch, Glasses Malone | The Co-Op | |
| "Queens Thang" | 2008 | 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Prodigy, Tony Yayo | Exit 13 |
| "Poke the Puss" | Steve-O | The Dumbest Asshole in Hip Hop | |
| "Same Hood" | 2009 | Saul Abraham, St. Laz | Basement Mixtape, Vol. 3 |
| "Das Leid & The Light" | Azad | Azphalt Inferno | |
| "Gunz from Italy" | Club Dogo | Dogocrazia | |
| "Legendary" | 67 Mob | Raising the Bar | |
| "KGR & Honda" | DJ Honda | DJ Honda IV | |
| "Ill Figures" | M.O.P., Raekwon | Wu-Tang Chamber Music | |
| "ALC Theme" | The Alchemist | Chemical Warfare | |
| "Cursed" | 2010 | Diabolic, Grafh, Smoothe da Hustler | Liar & a Thief |
| "White Sand Part 2" | Rick Ross, Triple C's | The Albert Anastasia EP | |
| "Knife Fight" | Rick Ross | ||
| "Street Knowledge" | Bateria, Kool Sphere, M-Dot & DJ Jean Maron | RUN MPC | |
| "Boot Rap" | Canibus, Mark Deez | Bootstrap Theory | |
| "Ready for War" | Chi-Ill | The Last Lounge | |
| "Controlling tha Game" | Tyger Vinum | Grindin Muzik | |
| "Frozen" | The Left | Gas Mask | |
| "3 Extremes" | Dusty Philharmonics, Cory Reyez, Vivid | The Audiotopsy | |
| "Kies in tha Game" | 2011 | Duo Kie | De Cerebri Mortis |
| "Rivers of Blood" | 2012 | Wu-Tang Clan | The Man with the Iron Fists (soundtrack) |
| "Wolves Amongst the Sheep" | Vinnie Paz, Block McCloud | God of the Serengeti | |
| "Keep it Live" | HST, Jeżozwierz, NNFoF, PIH, RPS | No Name Full of Fame | |
| "Depths of Despair" | Tall-Order | The Tree of Life & Death | |
| "Summertime" | 2013 | Adil Omar, Gravity, Greydon Square | The Mushroom Cloud Effect |
| "A Queens Thing" | Action Bronson, Tony Touch | The Piece Maker 3: Return of the 50 MC's | |
| "Ink Spatter" | Dray Sr., Trails | Anvils & Pianos | |
| "Blood & Bones" | Nutso, Mic Geronimo | I Plead The 5th EP | |
| "Chess Never Checkers" | DJ Dez, DJ Butter, Guilty Simpson | A Piece Of The Action | |
| "Tiger Uppercut" | Harry Fraud, TrapZillas, Logic Ali | Adrift | |
| "F.A.M." | Canibus, Bronze Nazareth, M-Eighty, Nino Graye | Canibus Presents Almighty: The 2nd Coming | |
| "The Battlefield" | 2014 | Ghostface Killah, AZ, Tre Williams | 36 Seasons |
| "The Dogs of War" | Ghostface Killah, Shawn Wigs | ||
| "Loyalty" | Ghostface Killah, Nems | ||
| "Free" | Domingo, Greg Nice, KRS-One | Same Game New Rules | |
| "Talkin To U" | Domingo, Matt Fingaz, Prodigy, DJ Ready Cee | ||
| "Men at Work 2020" | Domingo, Nutso, Ras Kass, Action Bronson, Necro, Marley Marl | ||
| "Mechanical Animals" | Saigon, Memphis Bleek, Lil Bibby | G.S.N.T. 3: The Troubled Times of Brian Carenard | |
| "Cross Island Expressway" | Gotham Green, Nature | Child of an Immigrant | |
| "Queens" | 2016 | N.O.R.E., Royal Flush, Nature | Drunk Uncle |
| "Dragon Fire" | 2020 | R.A. the Rugged Man, Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa, XX3EME | All My Heroes Are Dead |
| "International" | 2024 | Rakim, Joell Ortiz, Tristate | G.O.D.'s Network - Reb7rth |
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "Road to the Riches" | 1988 | |
| "Streets of New York" | 1990 | |
| "Erase Racism" (featuring Big Daddy Kane and Biz Markie) | Fab Five Freddy | |
| "Ill Street Blues" | 1992 | Lionel C. Martin |
| "On the Run" | ||
| "It's a Shame" | 1995 | |
| "Fast Life" (featuring Nas) | Brian Luvar | |
| "Can't Stop the Shine" (featuring Miss Jones) | 1998 | |
| "Cakes" (with the RZA) | 1999 | Nick Quested |
| "One Four Love Pt. 1" (with Common, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch, Posdnuos, Rah Digga, Shabaam Sahdeeq and Sporty Thievz) | 2000 | |
| "My Life" | 2001 | |
| "Gully" (with 5 Family Click) | 2003 | Stoney XL and D.C. Coles |
| "In Too Deep" (featuring Heather Walker) | 2011 | OdaGiant and Eddy Duran |
| Title | Year | Director(s) |
|---|---|---|
| "The Symphony" (Marley Marl featuring Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Big Daddy Kane & Craig G) | 1988 | |
| "The Symphony Part II" (Marley Marl featuring Kool G Rap, Masta Ace, Big Daddy Kane, Craig G & Little Daddy Shane) | 1991 | |
| "Don't Curse" (Heavy D featuring Kool G, Q-Tip, Grand Puba, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth and Big Daddy Kane) | ||
| "Love Hurts" (The Poetess featuring Def Jef & Kool G Rap) | 1993 | |
| "Pee-Nile Reunion" (MC Shan featuring Snow, Neek the Exotic, Kool G Rap & Diesel) | ||
| "Much Love" (Nutmeg featuring Kool G Rap) | 1995 | |
| "The Anthem" (Sway & King Tech featuring Chino XL, Eminem, Jayo Felony, Kool G Rap, KRS-One, Pharoahe Monch, RZA, Tech N9ne and Xzibit) | 1999 | J. Jesses Smith |
| "N.Y.C." (Easy Mo Bee featuring Jinx da Juvy and Kool G Rap) | 2000 | |
| "Real Life" (Soul Assassins featuring Kool G Rap) | ||
| "The Call (Back to Business)" (The Headspinnaz featuring Kool G Rap) | 2014 | Kool G Rap |
| "Mobster Nostalgia" (CHG Unfadable featuring Kool G Rap) | 2015 | |
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"On the Run" is the second single from American hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's 1992 album Live and Let Die. Released with "Straight Jacket" as a B-side, it was later also featured on the compilation albums Killer Kuts (1994) and The Best of Cold Chillin' (2000).
"Fast Life" is the second single from American hip hop artist Kool G Rap's 1995 album 4,5,6, featuring Nas. Released with the song "4,5,6" as a B-side, it later also featured on the compilation album Greatest Hits (2002).
Brad Terrence Jordan, better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper and record producer, notable for his solo career and as a member of the Geto Boys, a hip-hop group from Houston, Texas. Raised in the city's South Acres neighborhood, he has been ranked by The Source as one of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time, while About.com ranked him in the top ten of its "50 Greatest MCs of Our Time (1987–2007)" list.