Rapper Gone Bad

Rapper Gone Bad
Rapper Gone Bad
Studio album by Mac Dre
Released	August 26, 1999
Recorded	1999
Studios	Dollars And Spence Studios (Vallejo, California); The Grill Studios (Oakland, California); Black Hand Studio (New York, New York);
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	50:02
Labels	Romp; Swerve;
Producers	Lev Berlak; Phil Armstrong; Todd Fyte; Tone Capone; Warren G; Wilson Hankins;
Mac Dre chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
RapReviews	9/10^[1]

Rapper Gone Bad is the third studio album by American rapper Mac Dre.^[2] It was released on August 26, 1999 via Romp/Swerve Records. The recording sessions took place at Dollars And Spence Studios in Vallejo, The Grill Studios in Oakland and Blackhand Studio in New York. The production was handled by Lev Berlak, Wilson Hankins, Phil Armstrong, Tone Capone, Todd Fyte and Warren G. It features guest appearances from Harm, Big Lurch, B-Legit, Dubee, Dutchess, Killa, Kokane, Lil' Bruce, PSD Tha Drivah, Sky Balla, The WhoRidas and Warren G. The album debuted at number 49 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro" (featuring Sky Balla)		0:59
2.	"I've Been Down" (featuring Harm)	Tone Capone	4:40
3.	"Rapper Gone Bad"	Lev Berlak Wilson Hankins	3:25
4.	"Fast Money" (featuring Warren G, Kokane and Dutchess)	Warren G	3:37
5.	"Fish Head Stew"	Lev Berlak Wilson Hankins	4:03
6.	"How Yo' Hood?" (featuring Killa)	Todd Fyte	5:00
7.	"Fortytwo Fake"	Lev Berlak Wilson Hankins	3:52
8.	"Fire" (featuring Big Lurch and Harm)	Tone Capone	5:36
9.	"Global" (featuring Dubee)	Phil Armstrong	3:55
10.	"Fuck off the Party" (featuring The WhoRidas)	Lev Berlak Wilson Hankins	3:56
11.	"Valley Joe" (featuring B-Legit, PSD and Lil' Bruce)	Phil Armstrong	3:01
12.	"Mac Stabber"	Lev Berlak Wilson Hankins	4:35
13.	"I'm a Thug"	Phil Armstrong	3:23
Total length:			50:02

2006 Thizz Entertainment reissue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
12.	"I'm a Thug"
13.	"Hongry" (featuring PSD)
14.	"We Made It" (featuring Trill Real, Dubee, Magnolia Chop, Sleep Dank and J-Diggs)

Personnel

Andre "Mac Dre" Hicks – vocals
Skye Nathan "Sky Balla" Branklyn – vocals
Rodney "Harm" Waller – vocals
Warren "Warren G" Griffin III – vocals & producer
Jerry Buddy "Kokane" Long, Jr. – vocals
Dutchess – vocals
Killa – vocals
Steve "PSD Tha Drivah" Davison – vocals
Antron "Big Lurch" Singleton – vocals
Major "Dubee a.k.a. Sugawolf Pimp" Norton – vocals
Hasaan "King Saan" Mahmoud – vocals
Meikeo Taylor – vocals
Brandt "B-Legit" Jones – vocals
"Little Bruce" Thurmon – vocals
Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – producer
Lev Berlak – producer
Will "Flexxx" Hankins – producer
Todd Fyte – producer
Phil Armstrong – producer, mixing
Jason Moss – mixing
Bernard Gourley – executive producer

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[3]	49

References

↑ Jost, Matt (January 11, 2005). "Mac Dre :: Rapper Gone Bad :: Romp Records/SWERVE Entertainment". RapReviews. Retrieved May 4, 2025.
↑ Carlson, Peter (January 4, 2000). "Itz a Doggy Dawg Whirl". The Washington Post. p. C1.
↑ "Billboard's Heatseekers Album Chart". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 43. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 23, 1999. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.

External links

Rapper Gone Bad at Discogs (list of releases)

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[1] Jost, Matt (January 11, 2005). "Mac Dre :: Rapper Gone Bad :: Romp Records/SWERVE Entertainment". RapReviews. Retrieved May 4, 2025.

[2] Carlson, Peter (January 4, 2000). "Itz a Doggy Dawg Whirl". The Washington Post. p. C1.

[3] "Billboard's Heatseekers Album Chart". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 43. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 23, 1999. p. 28. ISSN 0006-2510.

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v t e Mac Dre
Studio albums	Young Black Brotha (1993) Stupid Doo Doo Dumb (1998) Rapper Gone Bad (1999) Heart of a Gangsta, Mind of a Hustla, Tongue of a Pimp (2000) It's Not What You Say... It's How You Say It (2001) Thizzelle Washington (2002) Ronald Dregan: Dreganomics (2004) The Genie of the Lamp (2004) The Game Is Thick, Vol. 2 (2004) Dre Day: July 5th 1970 (2008)
EPs	Young Black Brotha (EP) (1990) Back N Da Hood (1992)
Collaboration albums	16 Wit Dre (with DJ Backside) (2006) 16 Wit Dre, Vol. 2 (with DJ Backside) (2006)
Greatest hits albums	The Best of Mac Dre (2002) The Best of Mac Dre II (2004)
Other albums	Starters in the Game (2007)
Related	Discography

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