Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: MC Ren, Ice Cube, Eight Ball, MJG, Snoop Dog, RBX, Big Rocc, Tha Chil, Peeps (rap vocals); Bobcat (various instruments); James "Tre" Rabb (guitar); Anthony Banks (keyboards, programming); L.T. Hutton (programming); Leejon (background vocals). | | Producers include: L.T. Hutton, T-Mixx, Anthony Banks, Young Tre, Larry Johnson. | | Engineers include: Tim Nitz, L.T. Hutton, Anthony Banks. | | Personnel: James "Tre" Raab (guitar); Ant Banks (keyboards, programming); L.T. Hutton (programming, drum programming); Leejon (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Michael Denton; Crazy C; Tim Nitz; James Hoover; L.T. Hutton; Paul Andris; Carlos Warlick. | | Recording information: Badass Beat Lab, Oakland; In Tha Mutha Ship, Chocolate City; Larabee, LA, CA; Sound Ca; Urban House Inc., Houston, TX. | | Photographer: Peter Dokus. | | Arranger: Ant Banks. | | Working with a new producer and enlisting an impressive roster of guest artists (including Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, 8Ball & MJG, and RBX), MC Ren reconfigures himself as a latter-day gangsta rapper, complete with stoned beats and loping basslines. It's sort of disconcerting to hear a former N.W.A rapper trying to position himself as a member of the No Limit posse, but Ren does this fairly well. There are a few weak tracks on Ruthless for Life and all of his ideas are a little shopworn, but it does sound better than another collection of hardcore post-N.W.A hip-hop would have. So, Ruthless for Life does revitalize Ren -- it gives the opportunity to sound like a contemporary rather than a washed-up veteran. And that, in a way, makes it one of his better solo records. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | The brother that they call Ren, who with his NWA counterparts defined the genre of so-called gangsta rap, is on the scene once again with the album RUTHLESS FOR LIFE. He enlists the aid of some true shot callers and ballers in the hip hop game, such as Ice Cube, Eightball and MJG (from the Suave House Camp), and Snoop Dog. If you are an MC Ren or NWA fan, go cop this album. |
Musical Guests | | Snoop Dogg | | Ice Cube | | 8Ball & MJG | | RBX | | Eightball | | Tha Chill | | Big Rocc | | Peeps |
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