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What are the 2 Best Songs on MC Ren's “Kizz My Black Azz" EP? | THE GREAT DEBATERS | Episode 119
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rg_zAVGLEuY
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MC Ren (Kizz My Black Azz) 1992 (review by Gangsta Rapology)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssPgyh1QEDg
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What Are the 3 Best Songs on MC Ren's "Shock Of The Hour?" | THE GREAT DEBATERS | Episode 179
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahC3mkqlQvk
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MC REN (Shock Of The Hour) (Gangsta Rapology review)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dl1GhTG1G98
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Tha Muthaphukkin Revisit - MC Ren (The Villain In Black) 1996 (
Gangsta Rapology)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMuBczyp8xo
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MC Ren Ruthless For Life (Gangsta Rapology review)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=785vAH7id2c&t=1740s
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Re: MC Ren Osiris Album Reaction & Review {D.P.T.V} S6 EP 51
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLyRgn16D4M
In this episode, we feature the brand new album from MC Ren from NWA entitled "OSIRIS". Enjoy guys and don't forget to subscribe.
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Re: MC Ren solo album produced by Dr. Dre
I used to always wish that album 'life sentence' that was listed in the EP''s sleeve would get released. A solo lp by MC REN in 100% NWA mode. That would of been heavy with the vibe he had at the time.
I came over this N.W.A interview in The Source Magazine interview from july 1991.
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https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/source-magazine-july-1991-slick-rick-1824476803
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40 MC Ren; Shock of the hour review Hip Hop Connection
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263 MC Ren; The Villian in Black review in Rap Pages April 1996
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MC Ren Shock Of The Hour review The Source Magazine No.53 Feb.1994 3.5/5
«Seven stranded castaways, they’re here for a long, long time / They’ll have to make the best of things / it’s an uphill climb / No Cube, no Dre, no D.O.C / Not a single luxury / like Hammer and Bust it, as primitive as can be….»
These days the once powerful Ruthless Records is starting to look like Gilligan’s Island as Eazy-E (The Skipper) and Jerry Heller (Gilligan) have found themselves stranded in hip-hop and forced to rely on talent like Blood of Abraham and Hoes with Attitude bolster their depleted roster. Lucky for them MC Ren (The Professor) still has the skills to bring them out of this desperate situation. Out of all the group members, MC Ren was the only one who never really got a chance to shine in the N.W.A spotlight. A consummate team player player he never made any waves, he just stayed on the DL and did his job. Ren was ahead of his time as far as West Coast rappers go, he could flip the script fast or slow, coming straight off the dome with ill gangsta shit or air-tight battle ready rhymes. The shit he flipped back in the day on «If It Ain't Ruff," "The Grand Finale," "Real Niggaz» and "The Last Song" had us all eagerly awaiting his solo album. Years later Ren (now a Muslim) attempts to fully adjust to life in a post-Dr. Dre era. His experimental EP, Kizz My Black Azz, went platinum, but that was probably due to his popularity than his music or innovation. Thankfully, Shock of the Hour is enough of an effort to re-establish his anxious fan base and set the stage for him to win over new fans. But it was not the straight-up bomb that that we know that he is capable of delivering. Upon hearing the news of his conversion to Islam I was expecting some Death Certificate type shit, but I was pleased to find that he is still on the "Broomstick up the butt/She swallowed it/Niggas shootin' dice on the basketball court/R-E-N spells Ren but I'm Raw" tip.
"Same Of Shit" is an eerie mix that combines the flavor of "The Devil Made Me Do It" and «Dre Day," as Ren kicks dope rhymes about the daily routines in LA. "Fuck What You Heard" has a pimped-out Ren telling you how "listening to gossip might get your ass shot, kid." "All Bullshit Aside" freaks N.W.A's "To Kill a Hooker" beat with some dope scratches, and for those who want a little consciousness raising Ren delivers the goods with "You Wanna Fuck Her» and "Attack On Babylon.» Aside from Ren's talented flow and menacingly distinctive voice, the album's greatest asset comes with the production. Rhythm D and Night Stawka Prod. avoid the trap of trying to duplicate the popular Dre-esque "G-Funk" sound. The result is some straight up no-frills gangsta shit, but you kind of wish that he would have heeded his own words from long ago: "I heard a dope beat/Somebody told me that Buck did it/But if Dre didn't do it I can't fuck with it.» What really keeps this record from reaching the next level is the fact that the Villain plays it too safe, keeping things well within his previously established boundaries. We also have to deal with the rhetoric (a.k.a rehashed slogans that we've all heard before, mostly) of a novice Muslim. It doesn’t seem right, somehow, to hear a man who was so publicly opposed to the the Afrocentric bandwagon ("I'm not with that Black shit so I'm not gonna yell that») turn around and jump into the role of the preacher. But it all balances out in the end, with Ren injecting some much need authenticity, lyrical talent and honesty back into gangsta rap. While the album is better than his EP and certainly much better than Eazy’s recent work, Ren still hasn't stepped up to the Ice Cube/Dre level. To do that, he's going to have to place all caution aside and go for broke. And when he does that, then he'll really be the shock of the hour.
ALLEN S. GORDON THA EBONY CAT
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MC Ren; Ruthless For Life review in Rap Pages August 1998
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http://232 MC Ren; The Villain In Black review in The Source May 1996 NO.80.jpg
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Probably why Dre dissed Ren on "What's the difference"
A pissed MC Ren talks about a N.W.A session that didn't go down;
MC Ren interview in Rap Pages August 1998
Rap Pages: After failing to cross paths with Cube for several years after the group’s dissolution, the two were reunited by producer Bobcat, who was working on tracks for each artist’s upcoming album. Ren and Cube discussed a reunion but where tripped up by a flat tire in the creative wheel.
“Dre, he ain’t fuckin’ with nobody out here,” Ren says with a obvious disappointment. “He only want to fuck with New York motherfuckers right now. We all got on the phone and we talked about it. Dre was like,’yeah,yeah, we’re going to do it. We’re going to go to the studio I be fucking with’. But then, when it was time, he didn’t want to fuck with it. We were supposed to do an N.W.A track for The Players Club. We where supposed to meet at Dre’s crib. The day came,and Dre flaked on us.
“Cube was kinda hot for a minute, like he was going to take it personal,” he continues. “We where talking like we should just do some shit ourselves. We ain’t finna beg no nigga to do no shit. I don’t know what that nigga’s trippin off of. He didn’t want to do that Players Club shit with niggas that put him out. Because if it wasn’t for niggas like us—me, Cube and niggas back in the day—he wouldn’t be where he at. Cube asked him a favor, and he couldn’t do it for that nigga, but he can turn around and do some shit with LL. It ain’t like LL made you Dr.Dre or helped get to be where you’re at. When he flaked like that, we where like, ’Fuck it, the reunion thing ain’t gonna happen.’”
Still, Ren says he hopes it could happen one day. Snoop, who appears on Ruthless For Life’s “So Watcha Want,” was slated to occupy Eazy-E’s place in the group, though unreleased Eazy material was to be included on a number of tracks.
1 MC Ren interview in Rap Pages August 1998
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MC Ren- Rock The Bells (clean)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3hmuRDZFU0
MC Ren- Rock The Bells (dirty)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoFVNHRg54Q
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Re: Ice Cube, MC Ren, B-Real (prod by DJ Muggs) - Dump On Em
https://www.youtube.com/v/3hUKjzP71kQ&ab_channel=DJMuggs-Topic (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hUKjzP71kQ&ab_channel=DJMuggs-Topic)
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gota revisit the whole catalogue again but i remember liking shock of the hour a lot
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MC Ren - Kizz My Black Azz review in The Source September 1992 #36
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Ruthless for life
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DJ Kay Slay feat. E-A-Ski, Kam, MC Ren - Westside Driveby - The Streetsweeper Vol. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFsNJAqFYdY
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MC Ren - Still Ain't Free (produced by Paris)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCgRYND-tCM
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Rebel Music (Remix) (feat. Ice Cube) produced by EA-Ski
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DngFBROxKbE
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The Villain in Black . im still surprised how this album sound good
produced by Big Hutch and Madness 4 real
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1. Shock Of The Hour is the best (Dark G-Funk), when i went to pick up Doggystyle from the store, the Ren tape was right next to it...had enuff bucks in the pocket so picked them both up and walked out happier then a muthafucka.
2. Da Villian In Black was another dark G-Funk album, ATL involved and Ren was on thier 1996 shit too -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o5XC4PZtkU
3. Ruthless For Life - His last studio album release on Ruthless, apart from the Cube/Bobcat song i thought it was soft at the time.
But i love that shit now, it's his smoothest G-Funk album.
Kizz My Black Azz is his best E.P.
Too bad he passed on A Paris produced album when the Panther reached out to him, was a chance for some militant shit instead of the lazy recycled dick-suckin rhymes of nowadays.
I dug that album with his homie C.P.O, unlike everyone else i prefered that upeat rappin hardcore Ruthless shit it to the mellower style he switched too on Death-Row.
''Get three coffins ready....''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlVukTzgThc&list=RDIlVukTzgThc&start_radio=1
''My mistake, make that four''
The scratchin and scratch out to that song at the end was so ill.
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The drums be heavy -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BjaKYJkEYc&list=PLSVyqqGdGIAQZbGWa8FMH37nYorZ8iT1z&index=5
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C.P.O. rappin his ass off -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iKqeAXF6wM&list=PLSVyqqGdGIAQZbGWa8FMH37nYorZ8iT1z&index=2
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Which version of Mayday did everyone prefer, pre-G-Funk CB4 -
"Mayday, mayday, we're going down?
Niggaz screamin' mayday 'cause Ren is kickin' ass like Pele
Makin' fools run like it's a relay
But ain't no fools runnin' sprints in shorts
It's just niggaz shootin' dice on the basketball courts...''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAYqzSvBdNY&list=RDsAYqzSvBdNY&start_radio=1
or Dark G-Funk album version -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF0WZZCCZrY&list=RDKF0WZZCCZrY&start_radio=1
I fucks with both, dig 'The American Me' vocal sampled on the hook.
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Anyone got a HQ link of this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mneyc5obY1Y&list=RDMneyc5obY1Y&start_radio=1
The first release in 1992 of the 'Kizz My Black Azz' 12" EP was canceled by the label due to license issues with a sample of Isaac Hayes song 'The Look Of Love' used for the track 'Right Up My Alley'.
A re-release was published, which is completely identical to the first one except that the beat for 'Right Up My Alley' was changed, so the difference between the two versions can only be heard on the record itself.
There are probably only a few issues left, due to the fact that the owners must have bought it on the first or second release day, before the EP was taken out of the stores.
This is the first and true version of the song and how it was intended to be heard, any other version you can find on the internet is the second one using a sample by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick.
Taken from N4ilu on soundcloud. He was the original uploader of this song!
To be honest I think this version is much better than the one on the re-release. It gives the song a totally different vibe. The Issac Hayes sample is beautiful and smooth. It goes into a G-Funk type direction. It's a shame that the sample couldn't get cleared.
Enjoy and share! :)
FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY. COPYRIGHTED BY EAZY-E, RUTHLESS RECORDS & ISAAC HAYES. 1992
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZP3lZWOUlo&list=RDCZP3lZWOUlo&start_radio=1
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Anyone got a HQ link of this -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mneyc5obY1Y&list=RDMneyc5obY1Y&start_radio=1
The first release in 1992 of the 'Kizz My Black Azz' 12" EP was canceled by the label due to license issues with a sample of Isaac Hayes song 'The Look Of Love' used for the track 'Right Up My Alley'.
A re-release was published, which is completely identical to the first one except that the beat for 'Right Up My Alley' was changed, so the difference between the two versions can only be heard on the record itself.
There are probably only a few issues left, due to the fact that the owners must have bought it on the first or second release day, before the EP was taken out of the stores.
This is the first and true version of the song and how it was intended to be heard, any other version you can find on the internet is the second one using a sample by Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick.
Taken from N4ilu on soundcloud. He was the original uploader of this song!
To be honest I think this version is much better than the one on the re-release. It gives the song a totally different vibe. The Issac Hayes sample is beautiful and smooth. It goes into a G-Funk type direction. It's a shame that the sample couldn't get cleared.
Enjoy and share! :)
FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY. COPYRIGHTED BY EAZY-E, RUTHLESS RECORDS & ISAAC HAYES. 1992
Here you go:
https://gofile.io/d/xDNJ8B
I bought it the day it was released, so I don't know about that... and it don't fit the "style" of rest of the tracks.
It didn't sell well, I bought MC Ren's Kizz My Black Azz and the Penthouse Players album the same day. Got photos of me in front of the promo posters.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZP3lZWOUlo&list=RDCZP3lZWOUlo&start_radio=1
I prefer the original, they should have released that as the single, not the remix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN94P27mYWU
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1. Shock Of The Hour is the best (Dark G-Funk), when i went to pick up Doggystyle from the store, the Ren tape was right next to it...had enuff bucks in the pocket so picked them both up and walked out happier then a muthafucka.
I also bought both on the same day, of course I listened to Doggystyle first, the hype was unreal at the time.
3. Ruthless For Life - His last studio album release on Ruthless, apart from the Cube/Bobcat song i thought it was soft at the time.
But i love that shit now, it's his smoothest G-Funk album.
Other than the intro: Ruthless for Life and the one with Cube it's disappointing.
Kizz My Black Azz is his best E.P.
All is first three solo projects is solid, but I got to go with Kizz My Black Azz as all the tracks bangs, there is some weak ones on Shock of the Hour and The Villain In Black.
Too bad he passed on A Paris produced album when the Panther reached out to him, was a chance for some militant shit instead of the lazy recycled dick-suckin rhymes of nowadays.
Yeah, wonder what's the reason Ren backed out.
I dug that album with his homie C.P.O, unlike everyone else i prefered that upeat rappin hardcore Ruthless shit it to the mellower style he switched too on Death-Row.
The remixes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hincmrD0lPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhY2XxqRyG4
Which version of Mayday did everyone prefer, pre-G-Funk CB4 -
"Mayday, mayday, we're going down?
Niggaz screamin' mayday 'cause Ren is kickin' ass like Pele
Makin' fools run like it's a relay
But ain't no fools runnin' sprints in shorts
It's just niggaz shootin' dice on the basketball courts...''
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAYqzSvBdNY&list=RDsAYqzSvBdNY&start_radio=1
or Dark G-Funk album version -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KF0WZZCCZrY&list=RDKF0WZZCCZrY&start_radio=1
I fucks with both, dig 'The American Me' vocal sampled on the hook.
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The clean lyrics on the CB4 soundtrack is better but the added elements to the beat that's on Shock on the Hour makes the beat a little better.
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MC Ren And Ice Cube Performs "Chin Check" On BET Rap City without Dr. Dre and Snoop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfLpI5W7l98
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Prod by Yella, bangin tune indeed on them porno vibes -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7gdd0etkvo&list=RDY7gdd0etkvo&start_radio=1
Anyone ever find this -
https://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php/topic,342214.0.html
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Prod by Yella, bangin tune indeed on them porno vibes -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7gdd0etkvo&list=RDY7gdd0etkvo&start_radio=1
Anyone ever find this -
https://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php/topic,342214.0.html
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No but got this one
Ms.Toi ft. MC Ren: Bangin'
https://gofile.io/d/u2NaBQ
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The Villain in Black was the best MC Ren era imo
This wasn't on the album but it was banging:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l5O6Evp1Rw
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Fat Joe, Armageddon & MC Ren - Gangsta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY02WX8kgUk
https://www.discogs.com/release/631664-Various-Pandemonium
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MC Ren - Who Wanna Be The Villain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYVzAaTYJuA
https://www.discogs.com/release/6994089-Various-Original-Gangstas-The-Soundtrack?srsltid=AfmBOorwKOgH9yGslLKfy_uEI_cnh8esw-LIJO-Y_YsqlauRaxtwR2Uj
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E-A-Ski feat. Ice Cube & Mc Ren - Rock The Mic (Snippet) (2003) (Apply Pressure) (Unreleased)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZdNkpzN5VE
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E-A-Ski - The Format feat. MC Ren & CPO Boss Hog - Past And Present
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_VFgk05BOc
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Yukmouth - "Stallion" (Ft. Tech N9ne & MC Ren)(1998)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdolBInSeg4
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The Villain in Black is a solid album, 'Mad Scientist' is probably the best track on there, Ren sounds savage over that creepy, bass-heavy cut.
Been a while since I listened to Shock of the Hour, need to relisten to that album soon.
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11th Hour (EA-Ski ft. MC Ren and CPO)
https://gofile.io/d/OavL05
Summer Music Watch - Hoopla Media Group & DJ Fade
https://www.dubcnn.com/mixtapes/summermusicwatch-hoopla-djfade/
01) California (Intro) – Sir Jinx
02) Walking Barefoot Through A Storm – Audio Stepchild feat KingCo x Smoove Gotti
03) Take Ya Time – Buffalo Stille of Nappy Roots
04) We Can Go There – Truth Hurts feat Dr Dre x Scott Storch
05) Ray & Kim – Skinny Blunts feat KingCo, Big A LTA, Staxx N Waxx, Nasim
06) Amen (Unreleased Version) – Knoc-turn’al
07) 11th Hour – EA-Ski feat MC Ren of NWA x Boss Hogg
08) Better Days – GT Garza x Brian Angel
09) Good Muzik – An1
10) Mobbin – Whiteboy Wasted
11) Drop It Low – B Taylor x Ken Lewis
12) Fallen Star (Remix) – Sabrina feat Vito Banga x Tan-D
13) Time’s Up – Noah Jones
14) Turn The Drums Up - Dana Coppafeel feat Klassik
15) Buzzin’ – Slo-V & Retro
16) Down ‘N Out (Unreleased Version) – Nappy Roots
17) The Connected – Big Mike from The Geto Boys
18) Green Monster (Thinking About You) – Manish Law
19) Matty Moe Lost His Weed… - Whiteboys in Compton x Tha Chill of Compton’s Most Wanted
20) Live For The Day – Kia Shine
21) Hello – Truth Hurts x Dr Dre
22) Bette Davis Eyes (Remix) – Audio Stepchild x JBass
23) Pretender - Emee-Kay
24) Free - M.I.C x Decap Music
25) Modern Day Slaves – Dollarmentary
26) Degrees – Futuristic
27) God MC’s – Illuminati Sky x Smoove Gotti
28) Remember Me – Black Assassins
29) Rings Of Saturn – Edubb
30) Hol’ Up – Kid Named Breezy
31) Party In Here – Livin Proof
32) Hustle Hall of Fame – Mav feat Chingo Bling x 21 The Producer
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https://soundcloud.com/gc0rdimentals/mc-wren-ice-cube-racketeering-prod-by-dr-dre-dj-yella-unreleased-edited?in=brett-lemke-943528148%2Fsets%2Fdre-unreleased-explicit
Racketeering (MC Ren & Ice Cube)
https://gofile.io/d/oV42ix
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MC Ren - Lost In The Game (Movie) - Part 1 of 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M4Qxf_EoIE&t=918s
MC Ren - Lost In The Game (Movie) - Part 2 of 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCPqHUcRmqw&t=6s
MC Ren - Lost In The Game (Movie) - Part 3 of 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Q5ujORDeM
MC Ren - Lost In The Game (Movie) - Part 4 of 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vz2nXaYC1UY
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Still not sure about the 'Right Up My Alley' "original" version
https://www.dubcnn.com/connect/index.php/topic,348230.msg3217342.html#msg3217342
I guess it's only Ren himself or the ones that own the promo and / or the ones that was for sale that can set this straight.
Kizz My Black Azz (promo)
https://www.discogs.com/release/8833824-MC-Ren-Kizz-My-Black-Azz
B1 "Right Up My Alley" is the original version with the Isaac Hayes sample, that couldn't be cleared for the retail release
Kizz My Black Azz (vinyl) Ruthless Records – PEVL 53802, Priority Records – PEVL 53802
https://www.discogs.com/release/7508109-MC-Ren-Kizz-My-Black-Azz
This first release of the EP was canceled by the label, due to license issues with a sample of the Isaac Hayes song 'The Look Of Love' used for the track 'Right Up My Alley'.
A re-release was published, which is completely identical to the first one except that the beat for 'Right Up My Alley' was changed, so the difference between the two versions can only be heard on the record itself.
There are probably only a few issues left, due to the fact that the owners must have bought it on the first or second release day, before the EP was taken out of the stores and replaced by the new version.
I never heard of it before it leaked on youtube, the instrumental don't fit the lyrics and the production style on rest of the tracks on Kizz My Black Azz. I note that it's vinyl (and on the promo tape), I bought the CD and tape the first day, not the vinyl, so yeah it could be real.
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Yo this is an all time great dubcc thread, ty for all who contributed