The Playa Rich Project

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The Playa Rich Project
The Playa Rich Project.jpg
Compilation album by
Various Artists
ReleasedNovember 14, 2000
Genre West Coast hip hop, Rap, Gangsta rap
Length55:19
Label Mobb Status Ent.
Producer Poetic 1 (exec.), Spice 1 (exec.)
Spice 1 compilation chronology
Hits
(1998)
The Playa Rich Project
(2000)
Hits II
(2001)

The Playa Rich Project is a compilation presented by American rapper Spice 1. It was released November 14, 2000 on Mobb Status Entertainment. The album features performances by Spice 1, Yukmouth, RBL Posse, C-Bo, Outlawz, Jayo Felony, Tray Dee, Three 6 Mafia, B-Legit, Hot Boyz and Yukmouth.

Contents

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic - "...sporting some of the rugged, hardcore gangsta rappers we expect...it's still the same gangsta tales laid on staccato funk grooves that has made Spice 1 so famous on the West Coast gangsta rap scene." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Touch Me/Feel Me/Smell Me" (Spice 1)
  2. "Servin' It Hot" (Hot Boyz, Big Tymers & Servin' tha World Click)
  3. "Ain't Your Average" (Outlawz)
  4. "Ready 4 War" (Mr. Serv-On & Court Dog)
  5. "Art of War" (RBL Posse & Playaz on da Run)
  6. "Face Down" (Three 6 Mafia)
  7. "Ride or Die" (Spice 1, Tray Dee, Jayo Felony & Yukmouth)
  8. "As Real As They Come" (Ghetto Mafia)
  9. "Down Wit' Us" (Riderlife)
  10. "East Bay Anthem" (3 Way Funk)
  11. "Hollar at Me" (B-Legit & Sean T)
  12. "Playaz Paradise" (No Good)
  13. "You Can't Tell Me" (2-Ton)
  14. "Ride 4 Me" (C-Bo, Rod-Dee & Spice 1)

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References

  1. 1 2 Mills, Brad. Review: The Playa Rich Project. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-02-02.