Rapper Gone Bad
{{Infobox album
| name = Rapper Gone Bad
| type = studio
| artist = Mac Dre
| cover = Rapper Gone Bad Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1999|8|26}}
| recorded = 1999
| studio = {{hlist|Dollars And Spence Studios (Vallejo, CA)|The Grill Studios (Oakland, CA)|Black Hand Studio (New York, NY)}}
| genre = Hip-hop
| length = {{Duration|m=50|s=2}}
| label = {{hlist|Romp|Swerve}}
| producer = {{hlist|Lev Berlak|Phil Armstrong|Todd Fyte|Tone Capone|Warren G|Wilson Hankins}}
| prev_title = Stupid Doo Doo Dumb
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp
| next_year = 2000
| misc =
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = RapReviews
}}
Rapper Gone Bad is the third studio album by American rapper Mac Dre.{{Cite news |last=Carlson |first=Peter |date=January 4, 2000 |title=Itz a Doggy Dawg Whirl |work=The Washington Post |page=C1}} It was released on August 26, 1999 via Romp/Swerve Records. The recording sessions took place at Dollars And Spence Studios in Vallejo, The Grill Studios in Oakland and Blackhand Studio in New York. The production was handled by Lev Berlak, Wilson Hankins, Phil Armstrong, Tone Capone, Todd Fyte and Warren G. It features guest appearances from Harm, Big Lurch, B-Legit, Dubee, Dutchess, Killa, Kokane, Lil' Bruce, PSD Tha Drivah, Sky Balla, The WhoRidas and Warren G. The album debuted at number 49 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Intro
| note1 = featuring Sky Balla
| writer1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 = 0:59
| title2 = I've Been Down
| note2 = featuring Harm
| writer2 =
| extra2 = Tone Capone
| length2 = 4:40
| title3 = Rapper Gone Bad
| writer3 =
| extra3 = {{hlist|Lev Berlak|Wilson Hankins}}
| length3 = 3:25
| title4 = Fast Money
| note4 = featuring Warren G, Kokane and Dutchess
| writer4 =
| extra4 = Warren G
| length4 = 3:37
| title5 = Fish Head Stew
| writer5 =
| extra5 = {{hlist|Lev Berlak|Wilson Hankins}}
| length5 = 4:03
| title6 = How Yo' Hood?
| note6 = featuring Killa
| writer6 =
| extra6 = Todd Fyte
| length6 = 5:00
| title7 = Fortytwo Fake
| writer7 =
| extra7 = {{hlist|Lev Berlak|Wilson Hankins}}
| length7 = 3:52
| title8 = Fire
| note8 = featuring Big Lurch and Harm
| writer8 =
| extra8 = Tone Capone
| length8 = 5:36
| title9 = Global
| note9 = featuring Dubee
| writer9 =
| extra9 = Phil Armstrong
| length9 = 3:55
| title10 = Fuck off the Party
| note10 = featuring The WhoRidas
| writer10 =
| extra10 = {{hlist|Lev Berlak|Wilson Hankins}}
| length10 = 3:56
| title11 = Valley Joe
| note11 = featuring B-Legit, PSD and Lil' Bruce
| writer11 =
| extra11 = Phil Armstrong
| length11 = 3:01
| title12 = Mac Stabber
| writer12 =
| extra12 = {{hlist|Lev Berlak|Wilson Hankins}}
| length12 = 4:35
| title13 = I'm a Thug
| writer13 =
| extra13 = Phil Armstrong
| length13 = 3:23
| total_length = 50:02
}}{{Track listing
| headline = 2006 Thizz Entertainment reissue bonus tracks
| all_writing =
| title12 = I'm a Thug
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| title13 = Hongry
| note13 = featuring PSD
| writer13 =
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| title14 = We Made It
| note14 = featuring Trill Real, Dubee, Magnolia Chop, Sleep Dank and J-Diggs
| writer14 =
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Personnel
- Andre "Mac Dre" Hicks – vocals
- Skye Nathan "Sky Balla" Branklyn – vocals
- Rodney "Harm" Waller – vocals
- Warren "Warren G" Griffin III – vocals & producer
- Jerry Buddy "Kokane" Long, Jr. – vocals
- Dutchess – vocals
- Killa – vocals
- Steve "PSD Tha Drivah" Davison – vocals
- Antron "Big Lurch" Singleton – vocals
- Major "Dubee a.k.a. Sugawolf Pimp" Norton – vocals
- Hasaan "King Saan" Mahmoud – vocals
- Meikeo Taylor – vocals
- Brandt "B-Legit" Jones – vocals
- "Little Bruce" Thurmon – vocals
- Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer
- Lev Berlak – producer
- Will "Flexxx" Hankins – producer
- Todd Fyte – producer
- Phil Armstrong – producer, mixing
- Jason Moss – mixing
- Bernard Gourley – executive producer
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1999)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row" | US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard){{Cite magazine |date=October 23, 1999 |title=Billboard's Heatseekers Album Chart |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=28 |language=en |volume=111 |issue=43 |issn=0006-2510}}
| 49 |
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|318642|Rapper Gone Bad|type=album}}
{{Mac Dre}}
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Category:Albums produced by Warren G
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