A Brand You Can Trust

A Brand You Can Trust
Studio album by La Coka Nostra
Released	July 14, 2009
Recorded	2006-2009
Genre	Hardcore hip hop, underground hip hop, conscious hip hop, horrorcore, rap rock
Length	57:36
Label	Uncle Howie Records Suburban Noize Records
Producer	DJ Lethal Everlast The Alchemist Q-Unique Cynic Ill Bill Sicknature
La Coka Nostra chronology
A Brand You Can Trust (2009) Masters of the Dark Arts (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC	(average)[2]
RapReviews.com	7/10[3]

A Brand You Can Trust is the debut album from hip hop group La Coka Nostra. It was released on July 14, 2009 on Suburban Noize Records and Uncle Howie Records. The album has become a cult classic amongst fans, selling over 500,000 units and becoming certified gold after only a month, a feat rarely seen in underground hip hop.

The album took over three years to make, due to solo projects from Everlast, Slaine, and Ill Bill. It was originally set for release on September 11, 2007 alongside Ill Bill's The Hour of Reprisal album, before both were pushed back.

In late 2008 the group, with the help of former Non Phixion DJ DJ Eclipse and Cypress Hill members Sen Dog and DJ Muggs, signed with West Coast punk/hip hop label Suburban Noize Records.

The album was recorded and mixed at DJ Lethal's studio and at the Soul Assassins Studio in Los Angeles, California, with additional mixing done in Brooklyn, New York at Ill Bill's in-home studio known as "Cult Leader Media".

"Fuck Tony Montana" first appeared on the Ill Bill mixtape Ill Bill Is The Future Vol. 2: I'm a Goon!, released on December 5, 2006. "That's Coke" was remixed for the album due to sample clearance issues of the original version, which used portions from Bobby Byrd's "I'm Not To Blame".

Track listing[]

Personnel[]

La Coka Nostra

• Everlast – performer, writing, production (4)
• Ill Bill – performer, writing, production (8)
• Slaine – performer (1-8, 10-15), writing (1-8, 10-15)
• Danny Boy – performer (2, 10, 14), executive production, art direction, design, photography, writing (14)
• DJ Lethal – writing (1-3, 5-7, 10, 11, 14, 15), production (1-3, 5-8, 10, 11, 14, 15), scratching (3, 5, 14)

Other personnel

• Sen Dog – performer (1)
• Big Left – performer (1), writing (1, 3)
• Grisha Dimant – guitars (1)
• Baby Jesus – bass guitar (2)
• – additional guitars (2)
• Snoop Dogg – performer (3)
• B-Real – performer (5, 15), writing (5, 15)
• Sicknature – production (5)
• Sick Jacken – performer (6, 11, 15), writing (6, 11, 15)
• Bun B – performer (9), writing (9)
• The Alchemist – writing (9), production (9)
• Cynic – writing (12), production (12)
• Q-Unique – performer (13), writing (13), production (13)
• Immortal Technique – performer (13), writing (13)
• Brad X – executive production
• Kevin Zinger – executive production
• Dez Einswell – art direction, design
• Casey Quintal – design, layout
• Mike D. – photography

Charts[]

See also[]

• House of Pain
• Non Phixion
• Special Teamz
• Limp Bizkit

References[]