Unleashed (Paris album)
Unleashed | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 24, 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Genre | Political hip hop,[1] West Coast hip hop,[1] conscious hip hop, G-funk, gangsta rap | |||
Label | Whirling Records[2] | |||
Producer | Paris, GO Twice, G-Man Stan | |||
Paris chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
RapReviews | 7.5/10[3] |
Unleashed is the fourth album by militant Black nationalist rapper Paris, released in 1998.[4][5]
"Blast First" was a moderate success, making the Billboard Hot R&B Singles chart.[6]
Critical reception[]
Nathan Rabin, in AllMusic, wrote that "Paris' gruff baritone remains as powerful and commanding as ever, but it's depressing to hear someone whose work once resonated with conviction and idealism spit gangsta rap clichés like some sort of lost Suge Knight flunky."[1]
Track listing[]
- "Mob on" (featuring Spice 1) - 3:35
- "Blast First" - 3:56
- "Record Label Murder" - 2:30
- "Fair Weather Friendz" - 4:26
- "Everyday Livin'" (featuring Jet) - 3:51
- "Thug Livin'" (featuring Nutt-So) - 5:13
- "Root of All Evil" - 4:09
- "Heat" (featuring Jet, Spice 1) - 3:43
- "Street Soldier" - 4:26
- "44 Wayz" (featuring Mystic) - 4:12
- "Conversation" - 3:35
- "Same Ol' Same Ol'" (featuring Jet) - 4:19
European release
- Mob On
- Fair Weather Friendz
- Ride With Me
- Act Right
- Street Soldier
- It Don't Stop
- 44 Wayz
- Root Of All Evil
- Widow (featuring The Conscious Daughters)
- Sucka Free (featuring Spice 1)
- Record Label Murder
- Conversation
- 4 da Ridaz (Instrumental)
- Blast First
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Unleashed - Paris | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 411.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ "Paris :: Unleashed :: Guerrilla Funk Recordings". www.rapreviews.com.
- ^ "Paris | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Paris Is Unleashed With His Own Label". MTV News.
- ^ "Bubbling Under". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. June 20, 1998 – via Google Books.
Categories:
- Paris (rapper) albums
- 1998 albums
- G-funk albums
- Political music albums by American artists
- 1990s hip hop album stubs