The Big Payback
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The Big Payback is the debut album by rapper Choice. It was released on July 11, 1990 through Rap-a-Lot Records
. The album is best known for the first track "Payback" in which she attacks Too Short, Eazy-E
, Ice Cube
, Geto Boys
, Willie D
and N.W.A. The album managed to peak at #46 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
.
Rap-A-Lot Records
Rap-a-Lot Records is a Houston hip hop record label. Rap-a-Lot was created in 1986. Sublabels include Smoke-a-Lot Records. The label was founded by James Prince in the mid-1980s and, with its most famous act the Geto Boys, put the South on the hip hop map. Since then, it has maintained its success...
. The album is best known for the first track "Payback" in which she attacks Too Short, Eazy-E
Eazy-E
Eric Lynn Wright , better known by his stage name Eazy-E, was an American rapper who performed solo and in the hip hop group N.W.A. Wright was born to Richard and Kathie Wright in Compton, California...
, Ice Cube
Ice Cube
O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
, Geto Boys
Geto Boys
Geto Boys is a rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. The Geto Boys earned notoriety for its lyrics which included misogyny, gore, psychotic experiences, and necrophilia...
, Willie D
Willie D
Willie D is an American rapper who gained fame as the lead member of the pioneering rap group from Houston, Geto Boys. Despite his reputation for being a hardcore artist who pens often provocative lyrics, Willie D is known for his diligent work in the community and many of his songs contain...
and N.W.A. The album managed to peak at #46 on the 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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Track listing
- "Payback" (4:24)
- "I Got My Own" (3:39)
- "Down With My Man" (3:09)
- "Minute Man" (4:11)
- "Back Seat Betty" (4:22)
- "Bad Ass Bitch" (4:12)
- "Mr. Big Stuff" (4:46)
- "Nothing But Sex" (4:52)
- "Pipe Dreams" (4:35)
- "Cat Got Your Tongue" (3:23)