Livin' in a Crime Wave

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Livin' in a Crime Wave
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 25, 1993
Recorded1992-1993
StudioKitchen Sync Studios (Hollywood, CA)
Genre
Length1:02:52
Label
  • Pump Records
  • G.W.K. Records
Producer
  • Havoc Tha Mouthpiece (exec.)
  • Prodeje (also exec.)
  • Jam-O-Rama
  • DJ Ace
  • Masters Of The Game
Havoc & Prodeje chronology
South Central Madness
(1992)
Livin' in a Crime Wave
(1993)
Kickin' Game
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Livin' in a Crime Wave is the debut studio album by American hip hop duo Havoc & Prodeje of South Central Cartel. It was released on May 25, 1993 through G.W.K. Records and Pump Records with distribution via Quality Records. Recording sessions took place at Kitchen Sync Studios in Los Angeles. Though the old-school sounded album was met with positive reviews, it failed to find the success of South Central Cartel.

Havoc & Prodeje was an American West Coast hip hop duo composed of South Central Cartel members Cary "Havoc" Calvin and Austin "Prodeje" Patterson. The duo came together during the peak of South Central Cartel's popularity in 1993, releasing Livin' in a Crime Wave on the Def Jam label, but the album failed to make it to the charts. They would then release 1994's Kickin' Game and 1997's Truez Neva Stop, but the duo failed to match the early success of South Central Cartel. One of their songs, "The Hood's Got Me Feelin' the Pain", featured on the soundtrack of the 1995 horror film Tales from the Hood.

South Central Cartel band

South Central Cartel is an American West Coast hip hop/gangsta rap group based in Los Angeles, California.

"Quality Records" was a Canadian entertainment company which released music albums in Canada on behalf of American record labels they also released recordings by Canadian artists.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Crime Wave"- 5:01
  2. "I Mo Nigga N da Paint"- 4:40
  3. "We Ain't Nuttin But Locs"- 3:44
  4. "Everybody Wanna G-Sta"- 4:09
  5. "Layin Low, Pt. 1"- 4:03
  6. "Disturb the Peace"- 4:57
  7. "On a Mission"- 4:04
  8. "Hoes in da World"- 3:36
  9. "Get on or Get Peed On"- 3:41
  10. "Gonna Getcha"- 3:45
  11. "What "R" You Gonna Do"- 4:25
  12. "Muthafucca Say What"- 5:30
  13. "Cold Young Niggaz"- 7:35
  14. "Poot Butt Gangsta"- 3:42

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References

  1. Henderson, Alex. "Livin' in a Crime Wave - Havoc & Prodeje | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic . Retrieved December 4, 2018.
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