Street Thugs (Nutt-So's group) -1996- Not To Be Fucked With (Snake Pit, Wiged Out)

• Nutt-So, one of the favourite partner of 2Pac in 96, was for a short time a potential new member of the Outlawz in Ghetto Starz tracklist, in summer of 96.
• With Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony and of course Thug Life, Street Thugs is one of the other groups to use a word 2Pac popularized or even appropriated for himself. But if 2Pac disses Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony in interviews and in the outro of "Late Night (Til My Dying Day Moe-Z Remix)", unleaked song from Dramacydal shelved album in 95, he early invited Nutt-So in his projects (cf. Thug Pound).
  

LISTEN to that album or grab it there.

1. Car Chase (Intro)

2. Nut Case

3. We Don't Love 'Em feat. Duce Life & PLESOR

4. The Weekend

5. Cock Your Glock (Interlude)

6. Based on a True Story

7. Where Was You At

8. Not To Be Fucked With

9. The Family feat. Next 2 Kin, A.M.W., Jet, NTO, Confusion & Duce Life

Produced by GO Twice (2, 3, 4, 6, 9), Chucksta (7, 8) & Bust a Bitch (3, 9)

Rappers from the Bay Area : Nutt-So, Mo $avage and Len B. aka Pound. 

Street Thugs appear with a bunch of Demo Tapes in the 90's (here and there, probably in 95 or maybe 94). But they were particularly noticed with "Deep in the Game" in the compilation Bay Area Playaz, alongside rappers like Knumskull of Luniz produced by DJ Fuze (of Digital Underground), Sh'Killa (who had record "Don't Make Enemies With Me" with 2Pac in late 94), The Link Crew (with Ant Dog, Ray Luv...), and also JT The Bigga Figga and The Delinquents. They also appear in Lil Big's group America's Most Wanted second album The Real Mobb (whose one member, Chucksta, is also the producer of two songs in this EP, and two in his solo album ; A.M.W. is featured here and Lil Big will be featured in "Don't Sleep OG" with Nutt-So).

Go Twice is the main producer of the group and will be known for having produced original "Ghetto Star" feat. Nutt-So (released in Better Dayz album), and a remix of "Don't Sleep" featuring Outlawz and Nutt-So. The funny thing is that he also produced songs for The Govenor's album Floss Mode in 1995 (in which Gov' sings Pac's "Po' Nigga Blues").

 

Nutt-So is the older brother of Keyshia Cole (who also met Tupac at the age of 16 - maybe the day he got killed). He appears solo in 1996 in Blackjack's album Addicted 2 Drama for the song "Fuck Your Life", album which as well features regular Street Thugs friend Jet (here featured), Luniz, The Notorious B.I.G., MC Eiht, Spice 1... and 2Pac ! in the Promo sampler for the song "Can't Turn Back" recorded in the beginning of '94. It is said that he was firstly invited by MC Hammer - also from Oakland - to come to record with him (in late '95 ?), but he was invited to give verses with Dogg Pound, Gonzoe from Kausion and 2Pac in January of 96 for Thug Pound Project. So maybe he met Hammer through Death Row connection at that time where 2Pac was also recording reference song "Too Tight" for him. Nutt-So will record "Too Late" with Hammer and 2Pac (but also "Can U Feel It pt. 1" with Storm, Kurupt, Mac Mall & Spice 1 probably after Pac's death). With 2Pac he recorded many more songs after "Too Late" : "Wordz 2 My First Born", then "Ghetto Star" and later during Pac's last summer "Don't Sleep" and "Runnin' on E" with the Outlawz. He was not listed in One Nation first sessions (with east coast artists) but would have been in the final album for sure ("Runnin on E" was probably initially recorded for One Nation if we listen to the last dedication to Boot Camp Clik in the original version, cf. Ghetto Starz).

During his time alongside Tupac, he was also recording for his first solo album, already announced in this group mini album, then titled as "Thug Livin'" but which will finally be released under the title "The Betrayal", but really later in 2000 and without "Ghetto Star" and "Don't Sleep"...