Necessary Roughness (album)

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Necessary Roughness
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Studio album by
The Lady of Rage
ReleasedJune 24, 1997
Recorded1996–97
GenreHardcore hip hop
Length60:53
Label
ProducerSuge Knight (exec.), Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Kenny Parker, Lady of Rage, Reg Flair, Sean "Barney" Thomas
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Necessary Roughness is first and only studio album from the American hip-hop artist, The Lady of Rage. The album was released on June 24, 1997. Necessary Roughness was largely produced by Daz Dillinger, with contributions from Easy Mo Bee and DJ Premier. The album it peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200 on July 12, 1997. Necessary Roughness was the last Death Row Records album to be distributed by Interscope.

Track listing[]

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Riot (Intro)" 2:51
2."Necessary Roughness"Easy Mo Bee4:45
3."Big Bad Lady" (featuring 2Pac & Kevin Vernando)Daz Dillinger5:12
4."Sho' Shot"Sean "Barney" Thomas4:29
5."No Shorts"Daz Dillinger4:00
6."Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That) [Remix]"Daz Dillinger5:04
7."Raw Deal"Daz Dillinger, Tyrone Wrice (co-producer)5:27
8."Breakdown"Easy Mo Bee4:31
9."Rough Rugged & Raw" (featuring Daz Dillinger & Snoop Doggy Dogg)Reg Flair4:05
10."Super Supreme"Kenny Parker4:17
11."Some Shit"DJ Premier3:08
12."Microphone Pon Cok" (featuring Madd 1)DJ Premier4:15
13."Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That)"Lady of Rage, Daz Dillinger3:58
14."Confessions"Lady of Rage, Soopafly (co-producer)5:34

Leftover track[]

  • "The Set Up" (featuring Heather B. & Nikki D) (produced by DJ Premier)
    • The song was confirmed as a diss song to rival Foxy Brown who previously made derogatory comments about Rage and Heather B. in a particular interview. The track however was subsequently deleted from the album's track listing. This would also be the second time Nikki D made a cameo in a Foxy Brown diss record, the first being Queen Latifah's controversial, "Name Callin' (Part 1)".[1]

Charts[]

Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 32
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 7

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jenkins, Sacha; Wilson, Elliott; Mao, Chairman; Alvarez, Gabriel; Rollins, Brent (1999), ego trip's: Book of Rap, St. Martin's Griffin, pp. 239–251, ISBN 0-312-24298-0
  2. ^ "The Lady of Rage Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "The Lady of Rage Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.



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