Genocide & Juice
Encyclopedia
Genocide & Juice is the second studio album
by Political hip hop
group the Coup
, which was released October 13, 1994, on Wild Pitch Records
. The album is produced entirely by group leader Boots Riley, and features guest appearances from fellow West Coast hip hop
artists Spice 1
and E-40
. This was the last album that featured group member E-Roc, who split from the group in between the releases of Genocide & Juice and Steal This Album
.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by Political hip hop
Political hip hop
Political hip hop is a sub-genre of hip hop music that developed in the 1980s. Inspired by 1970s political preachers such as The Last Poets and Gil Scott-Heron, Public Enemy were the first political hip hop group...
group the Coup
The Coup
The Coup is a political hip hop group based in Oakland, California. It formed as a three-member group in 1992 with emcees Raymond "Boots" Riley and E-Roc along with DJ Pam the Funkstress. E-Roc left on amicable terms after the group's second album but appears on the track "Breathing Apparatus" on...
, which was released October 13, 1994, on Wild Pitch Records
Wild Pitch Records
Wild Pitch Records was a hip hop record label started in the mid 1980s by Stuart Fine and was eventually distributed by EMI and eventually acquired by Jay Faires, who tried to reactivate it as part of his short-lived JCOR Entertainment label...
. The album is produced entirely by group leader Boots Riley, and features guest appearances from fellow West Coast hip hop
West Coast hip hop
West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music subgenre that encompasses any artists or music that originates in the westernmost region of the United States, as opposed to East Coast hip hop, based originally in New York alone...
artists Spice 1
Spice 1
Robert L. Green, Jr., better known by his stage name Spice 1, is an American rapper from Hayward, California. He has consistently been releasing solo and group albums since 1992. Spice 1 was ranked number 56 in The Source magazine's Top 115 Hip-Hop Artists from 1988–2003...
and E-40
E-40
Earl Stevens , better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut...
. This was the last album that featured group member E-Roc, who split from the group in between the releases of Genocide & Juice and Steal This Album
Steal This Album (The Coup album)
Steal This Album is the third studio album by Oakland hip hop duo The Coup, released four years after their second album Genocide & Juice. Steal this Album is a homage to 70s radical Abbie Hoffman's Steal This Book. Steal This Album became the group's most critically successful release, and is...
.
Track listing
# | Title | Producer | Performers | Sample (s) |
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1 | "Intro (G-Nut Talks Shit from the Gut)" | Boots Riley | G-Nut | |
2 | "Fat Cats, Bigga Fish" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley | *"The Rub" by Gwen McCrae Gwen McCrae Gwen McCrae is an American R&B singer, best known for her March, 1975 hit "Rockin' Chair".-Career:... Baloo in Disney's The Jungle Book |
3 | "Pimps (Free Stylin' at the Fortune 500 Club)" |
Boots Riley | Boots Riley, E-Roc | |
4 | "Takin' These" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley, E-Roc | |
5 | "Hip 2 Tha Skeme" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley, E-Roc | *"In All My Wildest Dreams" by Joe Sample Joe Sample Joseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano... |
6 | "Gunsmoke" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley, E-Roc | *"Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren Malcolm McLaren Malcolm Robert Andrew McLaren was an English performer, impresario, self-publicist and manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls... |
7 | "This One's a Girl" | Boots Riley | *Interlude* | |
8 | "The Name Game" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley, E-Roc | |
9 | "360 Degrees" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley | |
10 | "Hard Concrete" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley, E-Roc | |
11 | "Santa Rita Weekend" | Boots Riley | Spice 1 Spice 1 Robert L. Green, Jr., better known by his stage name Spice 1, is an American rapper from Hayward, California. He has consistently been releasing solo and group albums since 1992. Spice 1 was ranked number 56 in The Source magazine's Top 115 Hip-Hop Artists from 1988–2003... , E-Roc, E-40 E-40 Earl Stevens , better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut... , Boots Riley |
|
12 | "Repo Man" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley, E-Roc | |
13 | "Interrogation" | Boots Riley | Boots Riley, E-Roc, Osagyefo, Point Blank Range |
|
14 | "Outro" | Boots Riley |
Chart history
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
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U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
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U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999... |
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