Amerikkka's Nightmare (Explicit Version) (1994) (Explicit Version )

Product Summary Label: Bmg/jive/silvertone UPC: 00012414154729 Release Date: 11/22/1994 Buy.com Sku: 60021972 Item#: MS4KHH Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. D-Boyz Got Love For Me - (with E-40) ~ Spice 1 2. Face Of A Desperate Man ~ Spice 1 3. Strap On The Side ~ Spice 1 4. Jealous Got Me Strapped - (with 2Pac) ~ Spice 1 5. Tell Me What That Mail Like ~ Spice 1 6. Doncha Runaway ~ Spice 1 7. Hard To Kill - (with Method Man) ~ Spice 1 8. Nigga Sings The Blues - (Blackjack's version) ~ Spice 1 9. You Can Get The Gat For That ~ Spice 1 10. Busta's Can't See Me ~ Spice 1 11. Murder Ain't Crazy ~ Spice 1 12. Stickin' To The "G" Code ~ Spice 1 13. Give The "G" A Gat ~ Spice 1 14. Three Strikes ~ Spice 1 15. You Done ****** Up ~ Spice 1   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Spice 1 (vocals, keyboards, programming); 2Pac, Method Man, E-40, G-Nut (vocals); Stan "The Guitar" Man, Horace "Bookie" Coleman, G-Man (guitar); Pee Wee (guitar, keyboards), Willie Z, Ant Banks (keyboards); Blackjack (keyboards, programming); DJ Slip, DJ Battlecat (programming). Engineers include: Bruce Leighton, D-Wiz, Ant Banks. Personnel: Spice 1 (background vocals); Ramone "Pee Wee" Gooden (guitar, keyboards); Horace Bokie Coleman, Jr., Stan the Guitar Man, The G-Man (guitar); Ant Banks, Blackjack (keyboards, drum programming); Willie Z (keyboards); DJ Slip, DJ Battlecat (drum programming); (Ex) Cat Heads, Frankie J, Howard Johnson (background vocals). Audio Mixers: D-Wiz; DJ Slip; Eric Janko; Josh Azhziger; DJ Battlecat; Gabriel Sutter; Ant Banks; Spice 1; Blackjack. Recording information: Blue Palm Studios, CA; Cherokee studios; Dangerous Music Studios; Enterprise; Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco, CA; Live Oak Studios. Photographer: Victor Hall. Arrangers: Ant Banks; Spice 1; Blackjack. Numerous gangsta rappers came out of the Oakland rap scene of the late 1980s and 1990s, many of whom were faceless and interchangeable. One of the city's more noteworthy gangsta rappers was Spice 1, whose third album AmeriKKKa's Nightmare appealed to hip-hoppers who had been savoring Dr. Dre's The Chronic in 1994. Spice doesn't bring any new insights to gangsta rap -- tunes like "Face of a Desperate Man," "Jealous Got Me Strapped" (featuring the late 2Pac Shakur), "You Done Fucked Up," and "Murder Ain't Crazy" don't say anything that Ice Cube, N.W.A, the Geto Boys, or Ice-T hadn't said already. But the CD manages to hold attention thanks to Spice's appealing flow (his rhyming skills are solid, to be sure) and the very Dre-ish tracks produced by Blackjack, DJ Slip of Compton's Most Wanted fame, Ant Banks, and Spice himself. Dre's influence is impossible to miss on this album; like him, the producers favor a sleek, highly melodic approach that combines hip-hop beats with a strong appreciation of George Clinton's P-Funk innovations. Though AmeriKKKa's Nightmare falls short of the excellence of The Chronic, this is an enjoyable, if derivative, release that fans of the Dre/Snoop Doggy Dogg/Warren G school of 1990s gangsta rap will treasure. ~ Alex Henderson Producer: DJ Slip; DJ Battlecat; Ant Banks; Spice 1; Blackjack Musical Guests 2Pac Method Man E-40 Ant Banks   Compilation Appearances Menace Ii Society (Explicit Version) Get In Where You Fit In (Explicit Version) Jason's Lyric Tha Hall Of Game (Explicit Version) In A Major Way (Explicit Version) Usual Suspects (Explicit Version) Til My Casket Drops (Explicit Version) Crazyndalazdayz (Explicit Version) Million (Explicit Version) Loved By Few Hated By Many 1989-99-When We Wuz Bangin' Vol. 2-Chapter Ii (Explicit Version) Spice-1 Presents Playa Rich Project2 (Explicit Version) Dude (Explicit Version) City 2 City Can't Be Stopped (Explicit Version) I Want 2 Look At U Cool Nutz Presents: collabos Thug Disease (Explicit Version) Playa Rich Project (Explicit Version) West Coast Playaz 1004 Appearances (Explicit Version) D Boyz Ii The Compilation (Explicit Version) Street Credibility TREAZY'S TREATS(Explicit Version) USUAL SUSPECTS(Explicit Version) BLOCC MOVEMENT (REIS)(Explicit Version) Lost (chopped & Screwed) Same Thing Different-set1 Down Souf 2 Westside 0306 Ghetto Famous Thug Nation(Explicit Version) Present:eastside Gangsters 4(Explicit Version) Da Baydestrian(Explicit Version) West Side Ryders Iii:southeast Connec(Explicit Version) Power(Explicit Version) Power (chopped Screwed) Gangsta Party(Explicit Version) Thug Love Family Ties(Explicit Version) Detox(Explicit Version) Thug Reunion Best Of Mac Dre Volume 4(Explicit Version) Gangsters And Strippers Code Of Silence West Coast Ballin' 4(Explicit Version) Plott Thickens(Explicit Version) Dangerous Mind Straight Gangsta Hustle Hard Soundtrack Street Kings Against Everything(Explicit Version) What It Thizz(Explicit Version) West Coast Thugs From The Block To The Booth(Explicit Version) 20 20 Vision(Explicit Version) Bone Collection(Explicit Version) Hustlin And Head Bussin(Explicit Version) Blueline Treatment(Explicit Version)   Associated Artists and Works Bad Boy (Rap) MC Eiht MC Eiht MC Eiht Sh'Killa Sh'Killa Various Artists The Playa Rich Project, Vol. 2 [PA] ~ Various Artists The Playa Rich Project [PA] ~ Various Artists West Coast Thugs [PA] ~ Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 11/08/1994 Original Release Date : 1994 Catalog ID : 41547 Label : Jive Records (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 66m : 2s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00012414154729