Welcome To The Hood (2004)

Product Summary Label: Sure Shot UPC: 00899381901323 Release Date: 8/24/2004 Buy.com Sku: 61014322 Item#: MTHMVQ Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Welcome To The Hood ~ Ice City 2. U Talk It, I Live It - (with Freeway) ~ Ice City 3. Ride Up - (with Joe Budden) ~ Ice City 4. They Ain't Ride'n ~ Ice City 5. Lock It Down - (with Freeway) ~ Ice City 6. Grindin' Stuff ~ Ice City 7. Through My Rearview ~ Ice City 8. Money Makes the World Go Round - (with Freeway) ~ Ice City 9. Boy's Not Playin', The ~ Ice City 10. 100 Bars ~ Ice City 11. Hood Is Crazy, The ~ Ice City 12. Want You Back - (with Freeway) ~ Ice City 13. I'll Take Your Lady - (with Peedie Crakk) ~ Ice City 14. Philly Niggas - (with Oschino) ~ Ice City 15. Da Boyz - (with Freeway) ~ Ice City   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Ice City: Freeway, Hydro, Bars, Face Money. Additional personnel: Joe Budden, Oschino, Peedi Crakk. Seems a little early in his career to be forming a crew, but rapper Freeway has found three adept rappers and Ice City is the result. Face Money, Bars, and Hydro mix well with Freeway on Welcome to the Hood, offering a more straight-ahead style to Freeway's gruff and raspy delivery. The hooks are killer, the production -- by a revolving door of B-list players -- is all the way live, and there's not a lame interlude to be found. "Welcome to the Hood" gives up the glitter and "Ride Up" features Joe Budden and a tension-building chorus, while "Want You Back" puts a slow, relaxed bump in your shoulders. There's not much filler but there's not much point to it all, either. Unnamed sucker MCs get their due, ladies get their come-ons, and the hood is a whole different world, but there's not enough insight to these tired topics to make this a meaty classic. Thugs have sunny, lazy days too, and Welcome to the Hood is the proof. ~ David Jeffries Producer: Freeway   Compilation Appearances Reason (Explicit Version) State Property (Explicit Version) Nellyville (Explicit Version) Paid In Full (Explicit Version) Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse (Explicit Version) Blueprint 2: The Gift And The Curse (Clean Version) Charmbracelet 8 Mile (Explicit Version) Bad Boys II (Explicit Version) Bad Boys II (Clean Version) M.a.d.e. (Explicit Version) Scarface-Music Inspired By (Explicit Version) Tough Luv (Explicit Version) College Dropout (Explicit Version) College Dropout (Clean) Welcome To The Hood Milk Me (Explicit Version) Milk Me Kamikaze (Explicit Version) Peoples Champ (Explicit Version) Next Level Independence Day Compi (Explicit Version) Mike Watts 1 Philadelphia Beast(Explicit Version) Split Decision(Explicit Version) Duets: The Final Chapter (Explicit Version) Duets:the Final Cha(clean Todd Smith Listennn The Album (Explicit Version) Rompe Discotekas(Explicit Version) Mad Skillz(Explicit Version) Professional Part 3(Explicit Version) Professional Part 3 (Cln) This Is East Coast Hip Hop(Explicit Version) Get Money Stay True Get Money Stay True(Explicit Version) Get Money Stay True (chopped Screwe(Explicit Version) Rags To Riches G Unit Radio 18 Presents Tangled Thoughts:philly 2 Ca Gangsta Grillz The Album(Explicit Version) Gangsta Grillz The Album What I'm Saying Is(Explicit Version) Dedication 2 Edited White Van Music(Explicit Version) Ghostdeini The Great(Explicit Version) Fist Of God Strength In Numbers Focus(Explicit Version) Us(Explicit Version) 3 Cd Collector?s Set My Soul To Keep(Explicit Version) Tha Tekneek Files(Explicit Version) Def Jam Recordings: 25th Anniversary Box Set   Technical Info Release Date : 08/24/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 90132 Label : Sure Shot Recordings Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00899381901323