Bangin' on Wax
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bangin' on Wax
| type = studio
| artist = Bloods & Crips
| cover = Banging_on_Wax.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 9, 1993
| recorded = 1992–1993
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip hop|gangsta rap}}
| length = 71:21
| label = Dangerous
| producer = {{hlist|Ronnie Phillips|Tweedy Bird Loc|Jerome Evans (Silkski)|Battlecat|David Scott Lindley|Big Qluso|J. Stank}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues
| next_year = 1994
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Bangin' on Wax
| type = studio
| single1 = Bangin' on Wax
| single1date = 1993
| single2 = Piru Love
| single2date = 1993
| single3 = Crip, Crip, Crip
| single3date = 1993
| single4 = Steady Dippin'
| single4date = 1993
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r176021}}
}}
Bangin' on Wax is the debut album by American hip hop group Bloods & Crips.{{cite news |title=Small Faces |work=Los Angeles Times |date=Feb 7, 1993 |department=Calendar |page=58}}{{cite news |last1=Chadwick |first1=Alex |title=L.A. Street Gangs Join Forces for Hip-Hop CD |work=Day to Day |agency=NPR |date=Oct 18, 2006}} The album was released in 1993 by Dangerous Records.{{cite news |last1=Gundersen |first1=Edna |title=A record of L.A. gang life |work=USA Today |date=Mar 10, 1993 |page=4D}} Bangin' on Wax peaked at No. 86 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r176021|pure_url=yes}} Bangin' on Wax at Billboard.] Billboard.com 2014-05-18 Retrieved. 2014-05-18 Four singles were released: "Bangin' on Wax", "Piru Love", "Crip, Crip, Crip", and "Steady Dippin'". Music videos were made for "Bangin' on Wax", "Piru Love" and "Steady Dippin'". The album was produced by Ronnie Phillips, DJ Battlecat, Big Qluso, Siilski, Tweedy Bird Loc, and J. Stank. To minimize conflict, Phillips decided to use gang members from geographically separate areas of Los Angeles.{{cite news |last1=Harrington |first1=Richard |date=May 12, 1993 |title=Crips & Bloods' War of Words |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/05/12/crips-bloods-war-of-words/b7f9bf57-4760-428e-a6bf-0da913f9390a/ |access-date= |work=The Washington Post |page=B7}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Slob B.K.O.
| length1 = 5:55
| title2 = Gangsta Talk
| note2 = Intro
| length2 = 3:10
| title3 = Bangin' on Wax
| length3 = 3:47
| title4 = Shuda Beena B-Dog
| length4 = 3:41
| title5 = C-Sick
| length5 = 4:09
| title6 = Rip a Crab in Half
| length6 = 4:00
| title7 = Piru Love
| length7 = 6:12
| title8 = No Way Out
| length8 = 3:59
| title9 = I Killed Ya Dead Homies
| length9 = 3:33
| title10 = C-K Ride
| length10 = 4:15
| title11 = Crippin' Ain't Easy
| length11 = 5:18
| title12 = Crazy Lil' Nigga
| length12 = 0:18
| title13 = Another Slob Bites the Dust
| length13 = 3:49
| title14 = Crip, Crip, Crip
| length14 = 3:50
| title15 = Puttin' in Work
| length15 = 5:26
| title16 = Steady Dippin'
| length16 = 4:23
| title17 = Mackin' to Slob Bitches
| length17 = 5:51
| title18 = K's Up
| length18 = 4:47
| title19 = Bro Dahwood-Transmigrator of the Soul
| length19 = 0:44
}}
Samples
| border="0" class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="row"|"Bangin' on Wax" | "More Bounce to the Ounce" | by Zapp & Roger by Twennynine & Lenny White |
| scope="row"| "Shuda Beena B-Dog"
|"I Wanna Do Something Freaky to You" || by Leon Haywood | |
|---|---|
| scope="row"| "Rip a Crab in Half"
|"Mothership Connection" || by Parliament | |
| scope="row"| "Piru Love"
|"Computer Love" || by Zapp & Roger | |
| scope="row"| "No Way Out"
|"Do Your Thing" || by Lyn Collins | |
| scope="row"| "Another Slob Bites the Dust"
|"Hollywood Swinging" || by Kool and the Gang | |
| scope="row"| "Crip, Crip, Crip"
|"Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" || by Vaughn Mason & Crew |
Charts
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (1993)
! Peak{{break}}position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/bloods-crips/chart-history/billboard-200|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519095105/https://www.billboard.com/music/bloods-crips/chart-history/billboard-200|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 19, 2018|title=Blood & Crips – Chart History: Billboard 200|work=Billboard|accessdate=March 18, 2018}}
| align="center"|86 |
| {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|18|artist=Bloods & Crips|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 18, 2018}} |
References
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