Assassin & Friends (Sh'Killa, Rated R...) -1995- Strictly For The Streets : A compilation about the game (ICE Management)

• first project by DJ Assassin probably recorded around the time of Me Against The World final mix in late 94 or beginning of 95.
  
• features Rated R, Sh'Killa and many others
  

 

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1. Intro - Lay Law (1:25)

2. Strictly For The Streets - Bernie Castro, Tone & Havikk The Rhyme Son (3:49)

3. Hustla's Convention - Gangsta Reese, Rated R, Bloody Mary, Havikk The Rhyme Son, Hot Dolla, Sh'Killa & Buddha (4:29)

4. The Juice - Sh'Killa (1:05)

5. 1-800-Bustah - Bloody Mary, D-Ruff & KM-WR (4:22)

6. Dha Game - Twon (4:44)

7. The Arrival - Ad Kapone (4:40)

8. My Nigga - F. Love (2:12)

9. Unforgiven - Bloody Mary, Sh'Killa, Jazz & Gangsta Reese (4:48)

10. Nina B Da Nine - Bloody Mary (3:41)

11. Don't Fuck Wit' A G - Don Cisco & Quiz (Ghetto Politix) (3:44)

12. Deacon Hemp & Pas-Dah Dank - D-Ruff, F. Love, Kphra & Noizman (2:37)

13. (Bitch) Perpin' Like She's Top Notch - Blackstreet Mentality & Ad Kapone (6:15)

14. Set Trippen' - Ad Kapone, Rated R, Sh'Killa, Havikk The Rhyme Son, Bloody Mary, Hot Dolla & A.M.W. (6:14)

15. Streets Is How We Comin' - Havikk The Rhyme Son, Chunk & Bloody Mary (3:20)

16. Pimp Catalogue - F. Love & Trickbaby (2:55)

Producer - DJ Assassin (1,3,4,9,10,14,15), Anthony Cannon (2,7,13,16), Frank Love (2,4,8,12,15,16), D Ruff (4,5,8,12), Frank Tebo of World Class Wreckin' Cru (5,10,11), John Orr (6).

DJ King Assassin is well known by Tupac's fans to have released the song "Real Bad Boyz" with Dee tha Mad Bitch in 1996 in his album Hitworks, Volume One (featuring many Bay Area artists like Digital Underground, Ryan D, Ant Dog...), and then to have heavily contributed to the fashion of unofficial 2Pac remix albums with dishonestly titled "The Way He Wanted It" volumes (mostly made of patched verses to new songs with new guests). Because of that, we tend to think that he was some kind of a liar capitalizing over Pac's death, and maybe even he had never met him... Dobbs The Wino, producer for Coolio, credited only as a co-producer of the remix, is sometimes said to be the original producer of "Real Bad Boyz" (cf. Honor Among Thugz)... 

Assassin was firstly a member of the group Ghetto Politix. They firstly released Don Cisco single "Audi 5000" in 1992, and two underground EP cassette in 1993 (Ghetto Life) and 1994 (Just Mob). The group is yet here with the song "Don't Fuck Wit' A G". 

When you consider this compilation you can understand that Assassin likes to give opportunity to female rappers to shine. So he could be the real producer of "Real Bad Boyz" by Dee Tha Mad Bitch (two verses) featuring 2Pac & Eddie. But the question of the date of recording remains mysterious, probably in the late '93 - beginning of '94 when Thug Life group started to record together.

The most interesting thing for 2Pac fans could also be the two featurings of Thug Life member Rated R. Apart of "It Don't Stop Radio Version" and maybe unleaked "Make No Mistakes" (cf. Dramacyde), Rated R has not recorded many things with 2Pac/Thug Life in 1994-1995 (maybe some other radio versions for Thug Life Volume One). With Macadoshis as Double Jeopardy, he will also appear in 1995 in Professor Jay's Da Nayborhoodz album Afta Dark, in Coolio's "Is This Me ?" in Gangsta's Paradise album and in Ray Luv second album Forever Hustlin'. After that he will more or less disappear mainly for being incarcerated for murder...

Therefore, like we can see in this compilation probably recorded in late 1994 beginning of 95, Assassin is mainly responsible for the emergence of female rapper Sh'Killa who was about to be featured in Dramacydal/Young Thugz shelved EP in "Don't Make Enemies With Me" featuring 2Pac & Live Squad (cf. Dramacyde) before recording her solo album Gangstrez of Da Bay mainly produced by South Central Cartel. One of them, Havikk The Rhyme Son, first verse in "Gansta Team" S.C.C./2Pac/Ice-T/MC Eight/Spice 1 (cf. Featurings), is also featured here in four songs of the compilation.

The compilation also heavily features Bloody Mary aka Nini X and kind of helped her to start again her career after leaving Dangerous Records after her awesome beginning with Blood & Crips in 1993 in Bangin' On Wax (that was also produced by DJ Battlecat...) and her first album She's Dangerous in 1994.

At last, this compilation features A.M.W. (American Most Wanted) group with Lil Big who will be featured in a late Nutt-So/2Pac song in 1996 : "Don't Sleep OG" (cf. One Nation part 2). After their first album in 1990 (Criminals), they were about to release their second : The Real Mobb with featurings of Nutt-So's Streethugs and a Blackjack beat.