Red Rain (album)

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Red Rain
Dice Red Rain.jpg
Studio album by
Released2002
Genre Gangsta Rap, Midwest hip hop, Horrorcore
Label Fallen Angelz
Dice chronology
Black Monday
(2000)
Red Rain
(2002)
Drug Abuse
(2008)

Red Rain is the fourth album by Detroit rapper Dice, released in 2002 by Fallen Angelz Entertainment. [1] [2] On October 31, 2006, the album was reissued with a second disc, Evil Angelz Runnin Thru Hell. [3]

Contents

Production

After recording the album, Dice claims that Colvin took his name off the Fallen Angelz ownership papers and didn't fairly compensate him for his service, "I gave Dice $10,000 in advance and was broke 2 months later". [4] Fallen Angelz founder Russell Colvin claims that Dice agreed to put up $30,000 to bankroll the label, but never came up with his half. [4]

Track listing

Red Rain
No.TitleLength
1."Entro/Red Rain"3:40
2."Apt. 3, Pt. 3" (feat. Razzaq)4:49
3."Spiritual Warfare"3:56
4."Apt. 3, Pt. 4" (feat. Razzaq)4:21
5."Smoketown USA 2006/Han-Out Skit 1"2:40
6."Cocaine [Remix]"4:03
7."So Many Rainy Dayz" (feat. Debbie Wright)3:51
8."Yae Yo" (feat. Kweenie Lox)4:28
9."Whut'z Really Goin Down" (feat. Supa MC)3:14
10."Nemphomaniac" (Razzaq solo)4:33
11."Baby Daddy"3:09
12."Dice"4:04
13."Neighborhood Watch"2:41
14."Apt. 3, Pt. 5 (Son of a Junkie)"3:46
Evil Angelz Runnin Thru Hell
No.TitleLength
1."Entro/Death Angelz"1:36
2."Tha World on Fire"4:39
3."Punish tha Wicket Skit 1"0:39
4."Shattered Dreamz"4:38
5."N tha Ghetto"3:00
6."Dead Manz Dream"3:44
7."I Don't Want 2 Die Skit 2"0:30
8."Life Iz Parallel 2 Hell"3:32
9."E.A.R.T.H."3:41
10."Angel Fernandez"4:44
11."Blessed But Cursed"2:58
12."Phuck Yo LP"4:00
13."Mother'z Call"3:38
14."Gimme Whut U Got"3:57
15."Fallen Angelz, Pt. 2"4:10
16."Me & My Nigguz"3:39
17."Tha Illest"0:44
18."Outro"2:58
19."Crack in the Wall"2:42
20."Sum Old Wicketshit"5:45
21."Screaming"4:01
iTunes track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Entro"3:42
2."Apt. 3 Pt. 3" (feat. Razzaq)4:51
3."Spiritual Warfare"3:58
4."Apt. 3 Pt. 4" (feat. Razzaq)4:23
5."Cocaine (Remix)"4:05
6."So Many Rainy Dayz" (feat. Debbie Wright)3:53
7."Yea Yo" (feat. Kweenie Lox)4:30
8."Whutz Really Goin Down" (feat. Supa MC)3:16
9."Nemphomaniac" (Razzaq solo)4:34
Total length:37:12

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