Good Kid, Mad City (stylized good kid, m.A.A.d city) is the upcoming major label debut studio album by American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar, set to be released on October 22, 2012, under Top Dawg, Aftermath and Interscope Records.

Alfredo=The Alchemist(Al) + Freddie Gibbs(fredo)

Cash Money这个高产、却又如此低成本的南部说唱独立厂牌竟然能依然健康生存，这总是令人匪夷所思的。Lil Wayne作为公司的台柱的The Hot Boys中最年轻的一员（其他成员分别为：Juvenile，Turk和B.G），他显示了无穷的活力。尽管在日后The Hot Boys中的每个人都进行了单飞，并取得不俗的成绩。比如Juvenile的1998年专辑《400 Degreez》，B.G.在1997年相继推出的《It's All on U, Vol. 1》和《It's All on U, Vol. 2》，尤其是前者，不得不在当年使人们提到这南部的小公司—Cash Money时为之一震。

2002年时，Juvenile和B.G.等人已经转投他家。此时，推出Lil Wayne的《500 Degreez》大有嘲弄Juvenile的离去之意：《400 Degreez》虽然火热，但高出100度的《500 Degreez》更让你眼红。由Cash Money的当家制作人Mannie Fresh亲自操刀，老板之一的Baby屈尊客席献唱，唱片中还包括借鉴于Eric B. & Rakim的“Paid in Full”以及Junior M.A.F.I.A之“Get Money”两者的热门歌曲“Way of Life”，真是好不热闹！毫无疑问的是，《500 Degreez》是Cash Money在强手如林中的唱片市场自由生存的最有力证据。

All Eyez on Me是美国说唱歌手2 Pac的第四张录音室专辑，1996年2月13日在死亡之列唱片上发行，并由Intercope唱片公司发行。

Recorded following his near-fatal shooting in New York, and released while he was in prison, Me Against the World is the point where 2Pac really became a legendary figure. Having stared death in the face and survived, he was a changed man on record, displaying a new confessional bent and a consistent emotional depth.
By and large, this isn't the sort of material that made him a gangsta icon; this is 2Pac the soul-baring artist, the foundation of the immense respect he commanded in the hip-hop community.
It's his most thematically consistent, least-self-contradicting work, full of genuine reflection about how he's gotten where he is -- and dread of the consequences. Even the more combative tracks ("Me Against the World," "Fuck the World") acknowledge the high-risk life he's living, and pause to wonder how things ever went this far.
He battles occasional self-loathing, is haunted by the friends he's already lost to violence, and can't escape the desperate paranoia that his own death isn't far in the future.

Straight Outta Compton wasn't quite the first gangsta rap album, but it was the first one to find a popular audience, and its sensibility virtually defined the genre from its 1988 release on. It established gangsta rap -- and, moreover, West Coast rap in general -- as a commercial force, going platinum with no airplay and crossing over with shock-hungry white teenagers. Unlike Ice-T, there's little social criticism or reflection on the gangsta lifestyle; most of the record is about raising hell -- harassing women, driving drunk, shooting it out with cops and partygoers. All of that directionless rebellion and rage produces some of the most frightening, visceral moments in all of rap, especially the amazing opening trio of songs, which threaten to dwarf everything that follows. Given the album's sheer force, the production is surprisingly spare, even a little low-budget -- mostly DJ scratches and a drum machine, plus a few sampled horn blasts and bits of funk guitar. Although they were as much a reaction against pop-friendly rap, Straight Outta Compton's insistent claims of reality ring a little hollow today, since it hardly ever depicts consequences. But despite all the romanticized invincibility, the force and detail of Ice Cube's writing makes the exaggerations resonate. Although Cube wrote some of his bandmates' raps, including nearly all of Eazy-E's, each member has a distinct delivery and character, and the energy of their individual personalities puts their generic imitators to shame. But although Straight Outta Compton has its own share of posturing, it still sounds refreshingly uncalculated because of its irreverent, gonzo sense of humor, still unfortunately rare in hardcore rap. There are several undistinguished misfires during the second half, but they aren't nearly enough to detract from the overall magnitude. It's impossible to overstate the enduring impact of Straight Outta Compton; as polarizing as its outlook may be, it remains an essential landmark, one of hip-hop's all-time greatest.

Death Row Records. Digitally remastered and repackaged in jewel box in slipcase. Enhanced portion features the classic video Dre Day. 2001 reissue.

The Notorious BIG在1994年发行的第一张专辑名字就叫Ready to Die，像是暗示了Biggie三年后遭枪击身亡的悲剧。然而Ready to Die着实是这位早逝英才震撼说唱乐界的超级武器在将Biggie自己半辈子的帮派生活缩影在80年代Funk节奏中的Ready to Die，毒品、谋杀样样都真实地穿插在Biggie比帮匪说唱更黑暗的音乐笔记里，The Notorious BIG拥有将幽默感发挥在人生最黑暗一面上的功力，能以生命历练来左右创作的态度，实在难得。但是专辑中两首歌重混音后的Top 10单曲Big Poppa和One More Chance却区别于整体上深沉的专辑走向，带来了慵懒的Funk风情

Doggystyle is the debut studio album from American rapper Snoop Dogg, then known as Snoop Doggy Dogg, released by Death Row Records on November 23, 1993. The album was recorded soon following the release of Dr. Dre's landmark debut album The Chronic (1992), to which Snoop Dogg contributed significantly. The style he developed for Dre's album was continued on Doggystyle.[1] Critics have praised Snoop Dogg for the lyrical "realism" he delivers on the album and for his distinctive vocal flow.[1][2]
Despite some mixed criticism of the album initially upon its release, Doggystyle has earned recognition from many music critics as one of the most significant albums of the 1990s, as well as one of the most important hip hop albums ever released.[3] Much like The Chronic, the distinctive sounds of Doggystyle helped introduce the hip hop style of G-funk to a mainstream audience, bringing forward West Coast hip hop as a dominant force in the early 1990s.[1][4] As of 2008, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has certified Doggystyle quadruple platinum in sales, and it serves as Snoop Dogg's highest-selling album.
Doggystyle debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and sold 802,858 copies in its first week alone, which was the record for a debuting artist and the fastest-selling hip hop album ever until Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000. Doggystyle is included in The Source magazine's list of the 100 Best Rap Albums, as well as Rolling Stone magazine's list of Essential Recordings of the 90s.[3] About.com placed the album in number 19 of the greatest hip hop/rap albums of all time.[5]

Efil4zaggin was the second and final studio album by gangsta rap group N.W.A, released in 1991. It was their final album, as the group disbanded later the same year after the departure of Dr. Dre and songwriter The D.O.C. for Death Row Records; the album features only four members of the original line-up, as Ice Cube had already left the group in 1989.
In 1992, several months after the release of the album, N.W.A released a video entitled Efil4zaggin: The Only Home Video, which chronicled the making of the album and its three music videos, "Alwayz into Somethin'", "Appetite for Destruction" and "Approach to Danger".

1992年，Ice Cube改信伊斯兰教 12月，Ice Cube发行了第三张个人专辑《The Predator》。在这张专辑中，他提到了他的新信仰。《The Predator》成为Ice Cube第一张在流行和R&B两个专辑榜中同时夺冠的专辑。热门单曲《It Was a Good Day》以及和Das EFX合作的单曲《Check Yo Self》使这张《The Predator》成为Ice Cube最受欢迎的专辑之一

1990年Ice Cube发行了个人的第一张专辑AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted，这张专辑虽然没有Dr. Dre那悦耳的g-funk旋律，但是Bomb Squad“爆炸式”的效果很明显更适合Ice Cube和这张专辑，暴力，贬低女性和对白人政府的抗争加在一起就是AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted。Ice Cube用他那残忍，直白的歌词征服了所有的歌迷。The Source也好，滚石杂志也好，AMG也好，RapReviews.com也好，他们全部都是给的这张专辑满分。这张AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted毫无疑问就是西海岸迄今为止最伟大的一张专辑，Straight Outta Compton和The Chronic也比上它的伟大。

老牌说唱歌手Ice Cube带着他的第八张个人专辑《Raw Footage》又回来了，新专辑在Ice Cube自己的Lench Mob Records唱片公司发行。新专辑包括16首歌，制作阵容包括Maestro、Emile以及DJ Crazy Toones，合唱歌星有Musiq Soulchild、Young Jeezy、The Game以及WC。专辑中的单曲《Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It》及专辑中的第一首歌《Do Ya Thang》前段时间已提前放出，也被传了出来，《Do Ya Thang》这首歌的MV也已在电视上播出。MV表达了Ice Cube“做自己的事，不管别人怎幺看”的观点。MV中出现了大量的跑车，场面酷到极点。

Sh’Killa is a female gangsta rap artist from Oakland, California, and member of Murder Squad. Her debut album, “Gangstrez From Da Bay” was released in 1996 by G.W.K. Records in association with Priority Records.