A Tear for the Ghetto
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A Tear for the Ghetto is the second album released by the hip-hop duo Group Home
. Released June 1, 1999, on Replay Records, the album featured one hit single, "Make It In Life," which made to #16 on the Hot Rap Singles and production by Agallah
, Guru
, DJ Premier
and group member Lil' Dap.
Group Home
Group Home is a hip hop duo, composed of members Lil' Dap and Melachi the Nutcracker . They came to prominence as members of the Gang Starr Foundation. Lil' Dap made his rhyming debut on Gang Starr's 1992 classic Daily Operation on the song "I'm the Man"...
. Released June 1, 1999, on Replay Records, the album featured one hit single, "Make It In Life," which made to #16 on the Hot Rap Singles and production by Agallah
Agallah
Agallah , born Angel Aguilar, is a Puerto Rican and Filipino-American rapper who was a member of the The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and the group Propain campaign. He was formerly known as 8-Off Agallah, but changed the name because it was controversial; 8-Off is a variation of the name...
, Guru
Guru (rapper)
Keith Edward Elam , better known by his stage name Guru, was an American emcee and member of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, along with DJ Premier. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts...
, DJ Premier
DJ Premier
Christopher Edward Martin , better known by his stage name DJ Premier , is an American record producer and DJ, and was the instrumental half of the hip hop duo Gang Starr, together with emcee Guru...
and group member Lil' Dap.
Track listing
- "Tear Shit Down"- 3:31
- "Da Real GH"- 4:06
- "Stupid Mf's"- 4:37
- "Street Life"- 1:57
- "Sun for a Reason"- 4:04
- "The Legacy"- 4:01 (Featuring Gang StarrGang StarrGang Starr was an influential East Coast hip hop duo that consisted of the late MC Guru and DJ/producer DJ Premier. Their style combined elements of New York jazz and hip hop.-Background:...
) - "Run for Your Life"- 4:21 (Featuring AgallahAgallahAgallah , born Angel Aguilar, is a Puerto Rican and Filipino-American rapper who was a member of the The Diplomats-affiliated group Purple City and the group Propain campaign. He was formerly known as 8-Off Agallah, but changed the name because it was controversial; 8-Off is a variation of the name...
) - "Make It in Life"- 4:42
- "A Train X-Press"- 3:50
- "Be Like That"- 4:40 (Featuring Big ShugBig ShugBig Shug is a hip hop artist from Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of the Gang Starr Foundation collective.-Biography:...
, GuruGuruA guru is one who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom, and authority in a certain area, and who uses it to guide others . Other forms of manifestation of this principle can include parents, school teachers, non-human objects and even one's own intellectual discipline, if the...
) - "Dial-A-Thug"- 3:51 (Featuring Mike EppsMike EppsMichael Elliot "Mike" Epps is an American stand-up comedian, actor, film producer, writer, singer, and rapper. He is best known for playing Day-Day Jones in Next Friday and the sequel-to-the-sequel, Friday After Next, and also starring alongside Ice Cube in All About the Benjamins...
, Dominique Witten) - "Politic All Night"- 1:22
- "Keep Rising"- 4:23
- "We Can Do This"- 3:37
- "12 O'Clock"- 4:09
- "Oh Sweet America"- 3:59
- "Breaker"- 3:12
- "Beefin' for Rap"- 2:38
- "Game Recognize Game"- 1:42
- "Life Ain't Shit"- 4:36