On February 8th, 2011 the previously unreleased 1995 LBC Crew album, ﾓHavenﾒt You Heardﾔ, will be formally released from the Death Row Records vaults. WIDEawake Entertainment Group,Inc., the company who acquired the Death Row assets, will distribute the project worldwide, in both physical and digital formats.
The LBC Crew (Long Beach City Crew) were the first act to be executively-produced by Snoop Doggy Dogg. In the mid-90ﾒs, The LBC Crew were signed to Snoopﾒs Doggystyle Records, a label operated by Snoop and distributed through Death Row Records.
While a part of the original Death Row Records brand, the LBC Crew had a hit-single with the song “Beware Of My Crew”, from the ﾓA Thin Line Between Love and Hateﾔ soundtrack, as well as being highlighted on 2Pacﾒs ﾓGridlockﾒdﾔ soundtrack with the song “Out the Moon /Boom, Boom, Boom”, which also featured the prominent, late Death Row rapper. They were also showcased heavily on Snoop Doggy Dogg’s multi-platinum selling second solo album ﾓTha Doggfatherﾔ.
Since departing Death Row, The LBC Crew have remained visible figures in west coast hip-hop. In 1998, Big C-Style master-minded & released ﾓC-Style Presents: 19th Street LBC Compilationﾔ, which featured a 14-track collection of new and upcoming Long Beach rappers, telling tale of a typical day on 19th Street in Long Beach.
Bad Azz has released 4 solo albums, including 1998ﾒs ﾓWord On Tha Streetﾔ (featuring Snoop Dogg, Ant Banks, Outlawz, Kurupt) & 2001ﾒs ﾓPersonal Businessﾔ, with the single “Wrong Idea” (featuring Snoop Dogg, Kokane, and Lil’ ﾽ Dead) reached #75 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. The album also featured Fredwreck, Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg, Battlecat and others.
The ever-busy Bad Azz has also been been featured on projects by Warren G, Rass Kass, Kokane, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Tha Eastsidaz, with arguably his most memorable appearance being on the song ﾓKrazyﾔ with 2Pac for the posthumously-released ﾓMakaveli: Don Killuminatiﾔ project.
Techniec has made several appearances on projects with Mack 10, Daz Dillinger, MC Eiht and others.
Lil C-Style remained part of the unorganized Death Row camp for a while, before being most-recently signed to Game‘s Black Wall Street Records, but subsequently left there to start his own label.
The previously unreleased ﾓHavenﾒt You Heardﾔ project will feature ﾓDippinﾒ In My Low Lowﾔ, ﾓFeels Good 2 B DPGﾔ, ﾓGangstaﾔ and more. The project is set to feature Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Soopafly, as well as production from heralded producers like Soopafly, LT Hutton, Daz, Sam Sneed, and DJ Pooh.
Amazon has a little audio preview for each song on the album.
LBC Crew – Haven’t You Heard (Amazon Snippets)
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