Rapper Gone Bad

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Rapper Gone Bad
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 28, 1999
Recorded1999
Genre West Coast hip hop, gangsta rap
Label Romp Records, Swerve Music, Sumo Productions
Producer Wilson Hankins
Lev Berlak
Warren G
Tone Capone
Mac Dre chronology
Stupid Doo Doo Dumb
(1998)
Rapper Gone Bad
(1999)
Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
RapReviews9/10 [1]

Rapper Gone Bad is an album by the American rapper Mac Dre. [2] It was released on September 28, 1999, on Romp Records/Swerve Music in conjunction with Sumo Productions. There are guest appearances from Warren G, Kokane, Little Bruce, and B-Legit, among others.

The album peaked at No. 49 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. [3]

Track listing

  1. Intro (featuring Sky Balla)
  2. I've Been Down (featuring Harm)
  3. Rapper Gone Bad (produced by Wilson Hankins & Lev Berlak)
  4. Fast Money (featuring Warren G, Kokane & Dutches)
  5. Fish Head Stew (produced by Wilson Hankins & Lev Berlak)
  6. How Yo' Hood
  7. Fortytwo Fake (featuring PSD)produced by Wilson Hankins & Lev Berlak
  8. Fire (featuring Big Lurch and Harm) Produced by Tone Capone
  9. Global (featuring Dubee)
  10. Fuck Off the Party (featuring The WhoRidas) produced by Wilson Hankins & Lev Berlak
  11. Valley Joe (featuring B-Legit, PSD & Little Bruce)
  12. Mac Stabber produced by Wilson Hankins & Lev Berlak
  13. I'm a Thug (featuring Cutthroat Committee)
  14. We Made It (featuring Trill Real, Dubee, Magnolia Chop, Sleep Dank & J-Diggs)

Original release didn't include track 14.

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References

  1. "Mac Dre :: Rapper Gone Bad :: Romp Records/SWERVE Entertainment". www.rapreviews.com.
  2. Carlson, Peter (4 Jan 2000). "Itz a Doggy Dawg Whirl". The Washington Post. p. C1.
  3. "Mac Dre". Billboard.