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B-Legit#Soundtrack appearances

{{short description|American rapper (born 1968)}}

{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = B-Legit

| birth_name = Brandt Jones

| alias = Hash Brown Billo

| birth_date =

| origin = Vallejo, California, U.S.

| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|Hyphy}}

| occupation = Rapper

| years_active = 1988–present

| label = {{hlist|Jive|Sick Wid It|Koch}}

| image =

}}

Brandt Jones , better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.{{cite news |last1=Arnold |first1=Eric K. |title=OG icon B-Legit reflects on pre-hyphy rap |url=http://www.sfweekly.com/2007-12-19/music/og-icon-b-legit-reflects-on-pre-hyphy-rap/ |access-date=12 June 2023 |date=19 December 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224052658/http://www.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/og-icon-b-legit-reflects-on-pre-hyphy-rap/Content?oid=2165539 |archive-date=24 December 2015}}

Career

Before he started his music career, he went to Grambling State University. He became a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" on 2Pac's album All Eyez on Me. He has been on several independent and major labels such as Sick Wid It Records,{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Jacinta |title=The House That E-40 Built: The 25 Dopest Sick Wid It Songs |url=https://rockthebells.com/lists/the-25-dopest-sick-wid-it-songs/ |access-date=2023-07-20 |website=rockthebells.com |language=en}} Jive Records,{{Cite news |url=http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-260762-00.html |publisher=Rap News Network |first=Adisa |last=Banjoko |date=8 December 2005 |title=Hip-Hop News: Bay Area Rap Star B-Legit Speaks On New Album }} and Koch Records.{{Cite news |url=http://www.rockol.it/news-su/B-Legit |publisher=Rockol |date=25 August 2000 |title=La Koch Records si prende il rapper B-Legit |language=it }} He has collaborated with numerous other artists including E-40, Celly Cel, Master P, Too Short, Scarface, Snoop Dogg, C-Murder, Bushwick Bill, Jadakiss, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Styles P, The Federation, Mystikal, UGK, Mack 10, Daryl Hall, Keak Da Sneak, Rick Rock, Young Buck, Luniz, Paul Wall, and the late Mac Dre. He has three children, and an independent label called Block Movement.

Discography

=Studio albums=

=Collaboration albums=

=Compilation albums=

  • Southwest Riders with E-40 (1997)
  • Abundance with Sick Wid It (2023){{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/abundance/1668575674|title=Sick Wid It - Abundance |publisher=Itunes.apple.com. |access-date=2023-02-03}}

=Mixtapes=

  • The Purple House President (2005)
  • Hood Hustlin' (2006)
  • Gorilla Grindin with Lil Sisco (2006)
  • Coast 2 Coast (2007)

=Soundtrack appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" style="width:20em;"|
Title

! scope="col" | Release

! scope="col" | Other artist(s)

! scope="col" | Soundtrack album

scope="row"| "Hot Ones Echo Thru the Ghetto"

| 1995

| The Click, Levitti

| Tales from the Hood

scope="row"| "On the Grind"

| rowspan="3"| 1996

| The Click, Mike Marshall

| Original Gangstas

scope="row"| "Gotta Have Game"

| The Click

| Phat Beach''

scope="row"| "Why You Wanna Funk?"

| The Click, Spice 1, Marcus Gore

| High School High

scope="row"| "Struggled & Strived"

| rowspan="4"| 1997

| The Click, Levitti

| rowspan="2"| Dangerous Ground

scope="row"| "Ghetto Smile"

| Daryl Hall

scope="row"| "Don't Blame It on Me"

| rowspan="2"| E-40

| Booty Call

scope="row"| "Come On"

| I'm Bout It

scope="row"| "The Corruptor's Execution"

|rowspan="3"| 1999

| UGK, E-40

| The Corruptor

scope="row"| "Fuckin' They Nose"

| The Click

|rowspan="2"|Charlie Hustle: The Blueprint of a Self-Made Millionaire

scope="row"| "Borrow Yo' Broad"

| E-40

scope="row"| "Captain Save a Hoe"

| 2013

| The Click

| Grand Theft Auto V

=Guest appearances=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

! scope="col" style="width:20em;"| Title

! scope="col" | Release

! scope="col" | Other performer(s)

! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| Album

scope="row"| "Outsmart the Po Po's"

| rowspan="2"| 1992

| E-40

| Federal

scope="row"|"V-Town"

| N2Deep, E-40

| Back to the Hotel

scope="row"| "Crooked Cops"

| rowspan="4"| 1993

| D-Shot, E-40

| rowspan="3"| The Shot Calla

scope="row"| "When the Money Was Flowin'"

| rowspan="2"| D-Shot

scope="row"| "Fuck a Ho"
scope="row"| "Somethin' I Can't Deny"

| RhythmX

| Long Overdue

scope="row"| "Bailin' Thru My Hood"

| 1994

| Celly Cel

| Heat 4 Yo Azz

scope="row"| "Sideways"

| rowspan="7"| 1995

| E-40, Mac Shawn

| rowspan="3"| In a Major Way

scope="row"| "H.I. Double L."

| E-40, Celly Cel

scope="row"| "Outro"

| E-40

scope="row"| "Intro"

|

| rowspan="2"| The Hogg in Me

scope="row"| "Can My Nine Get Ate"

| Mac Shawn

scope="row"| "Living Like a Hustler"

| C-Bo

| The Best of C-Bo

scope="row"| "Dug So Deeply"

| Game Related, Levitti

| Soak Game

scope="row"| "Ain't Hard 2 Find"

| rowspan="3"| 1996

| 2Pac, E-40, D-Shot, C-Bo, Richie Rich

| All Eyez on Me

scope="row"| "Million Dollar Spot"

| E-40, 2Pac, Emgee

| rowspan="2"| Tha Hall of Game

scope="row"| "I Like What You Do to Me"

| E-40

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://twitter.com/blegit72 B-Legit] on Twitter

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