Crime  Life: Gang Wars, featured voices from what hip hop group formed in 1996?
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Crime Life: Gang Wars Crime Life: Gang Wars is a video game released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. The game is a fictionalized simulation of gang wars, with the game play focused on street fights involving many gang members at once. Weapons include baseball bats, lead pipes, hammers and guns. The game includes over 25 story-mode missions, as well as some free-play missions. Free roam is also available as in the popular Grand Theft Auto. The areas are relatively small but can prove useful when trying to locate your fellow gang members. The game features harsh language and violence is definitely a staple of it. The game's music is all hip-hop, reflecting the urban and hip-hop atmosphere of the game. There are various methods of earning money, ranging from mugging to burglaries. The soundtrack of the game is provided by the hip-hop group D12, which also contributed the likenesses and voices for some of the game's key characters.
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D12 D12, an initialism for The Dirty Dozen, is an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. D12 has had chart-topping albums in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. D12 was formed in 1996, and achieved mainstream success after Eminem rose to international fame. The original lineup consisted of the members and their alter egos. This is where Slim Shady came from. D12 released the album "Devil's Night" in 2001 and "D12 World" in 2004, spawning numerous hits such as "Fight Music", "Purple Pills", "My Band", "How Come" and "Shit on You" throughout that period. Since 2006, Eminem's hiatus and the death of the member Proof resulted in them being less active in subsequent years.
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Nuttin' Nyce Nuttin' Nyce was an American R&B girl group from Sacramento, CA that formed in 1992. They signed to Pocketown Records and released an album and five singles (via Jive Records) before splitting up in 1996.
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Picture This (Do or Die album) Picture This is the first album released by rap group, Do or Die. It was released on September 3, 1996 for Rap-A-Lot and Virgin Records. The album proved to be a huge success for the group, peaking at #27 on the "Billboard" 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. The album also featured the hit single, "Po Pimp", which peaked at #22 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Rap Singles.
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Poetic Hustla'z Poetic Hustla'z was an American rap group from Cleveland, Ohio with three members: Boogie Nikke, Tony Tone and Mo! Hart. They first appeared together on the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony song "Shotz To Tha Double Glock" from the album E. 1999 Eternal in 1995. They released their debut album, "Trials & Tribulations", in 1997 on Mo Thugs.
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Likwidation Likwidation is the third album by West Coast hip hop group Tha Alkaholiks, released in August 26, 1997 on Loud Records. The album features a large amount of guest appearances, including Nas, Lootpack, Keith Murray, Xzibit, LL Cool J, Ol' Dirty Bastard and King Tee. The album's lead single, "Hip Hop Drunkies", became the group's biggest hit in 1997, peaking at #66 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. Following the release of "Likwidation", group member Tash temporarily went solo, and released the album "Rap Life" in 1999. The group didn't return with another album until 2001, with "X.O. Experience".
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Amish Paradise "Amish Paradise" is a 1996 single by parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic. It is a parody of the hip hop song "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio featuring L.V. (which itself is a reworking of the Stevie Wonder song "Pastime Paradise"). Featured on the album "Bad Hair Day", it turns the original "Gangsta's Paradise", in which the narrator laments his dangerous way of life, on its head by presenting an Amish man praising his relatively plain and uncomplicated existence.
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So Many Ways (The Braxtons song) "So Many Ways" is the lead single by American vocal group The Braxtons taken from their debut album So Many Ways (1996) released on July 23, 1996. The song was written by Carl-So-Lowe, Jermaine Dupri and produced by Jermaine Dupri. The song was also featured on High School High soundtrack (1996). The song charted at 83 on Billboard Hot 100 and 22 on US R&B/Hip-Hop Songs in the US.<ref name="HOT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS"> </ref> The song reached the top 40 in the UK charting at 32 and in New Zealand the song charted at 17.
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Lil Yachty Miles Parks McCollum (born August 23, 1996), better known by his stage name Lil Yachty, is an American rapper and singer. Yachty first gained recognition in August 2015 for his singles "One Night" and "Minnesota" from his debut EP "Summer Songs". He released his debut mixtape "Lil Boat" in March 2016. On June 10, 2016, Yachty announced that he had signed a joint venture record deal with Quality Control Music, Capitol Records, and Motown Records. His mixtapes "Lil Boat" and "Summer Songs 2" were released in 2016 and his debut studio album "Teenage Emotions" in 2017.
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It's All About U "It's All About U" is a song by SWV, released on July 28, 1996, as the third single from their second album "New Beginning" (1996). The song was written and produced by Allen "Allstar" Gordon. The song found all three members taking lead, but Taj took predominant lead as opposed to Coko.
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Once Upon a Time in America (album) Once Upon a Time in America is the debut album by rapper Smoothe da Hustler. It was released on March 19, 1996 through Profile Records and was entirely produced by New York City-based producer DR Period with the exception of the song "Glocks On Cock", which was produced by newcomer Kenny Gee.
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Ghost Town DJ's Ghost Town DJ's (often stylized as Ghosttown DJs) is an American hip-hop group from Atlanta, Georgia whose members consist of DJ Demp, Rodney Terry, Greg Street, Virgo Williams and Kamren Davis, which recorded the 1996 hit single, "My Boo". The song was influenced by Miami bass and was a big hit on Miami's Y100 and Power 96. In early 2016, the song became a viral meme called the "Running Man Challenge", which first emerged on Vine.
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Brownside Brownside is a Chicano hip-hop group founded in 1993 by the late Eazy-E. The group originally consisted of rappers Toker (Gilbert Izquierdo), Wicked (Pierre Lamas), and Danger (Carlos Martinez), who was shot dead in 1996 from a drive-by. Originally, Eazy-E's intentions on signing Brownside to Ruthless Records was to create a Chicano version of the critically acclaimed rap group N.W.A. Toker had attended high school in Compton, California where he later met Eazy-E, and the two developed a great friendship until Eazy-E's death in 1995. It is said that towards the end of Eazy's life he was attracted to Chicano rap in California and saw this as a new market to break into. Brownside has been known to use Sureño slang in their lyrics, as well as album covers.
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ASAP Mob ASAP Mob (stylized as A$AP Mob) is an American hip hop collective formed in 2006, in Harlem, New York, by members ASAP Yams, ASAP Bari and ASAP Illz . The Mob is a collective of rappers, record producers, music video directors and fashion designers, who share similar interests in music, fashion, style and art. The collective mainly consists of New York-based rappers, most of whom carry the "ASAP" moniker, such as ASAP Rocky, ASAP Ferg, ASAP Twelvyy, ASAP Nast and ASAP Ant. The collective's resident record producer, ASAP Ty Beats, also carries the moniker and has produced several songs for his ASAP Mob cohorts, most notably Rocky's solo debut single "Peso".
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West Coast hip hop West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music subgenre that encompasses any artists or music that originate in the West Coast region of the United States. The gangsta rap subgenre of West Coast hip hop began to dominate from a radio play and sales standpoint during the early 1990s with the birth of G-funk and the emergence of Suge Knight and Dr. Dre's Death Row Records.
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Top Dog (rapper) Top Dog (birth name Dashawn Jamal Yates) is an American rapper, member of the Hip Hop supergroup Boot Camp Clik, and the trio O.G.C.. Top Dog (also known as Big Kahuna and D.O.) debuted on Smif-N-Wessun's "Dah Shinin'" in 1995, appearing on the single ""Sound Bwoy Bureill"" and the track ""Cession at da Doghillee"". Top Dog became a member of The Fab 5 in 1995, releasing the hit single ""Blah" b/w "Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka"". He and O.G.C. dropped their debut album "Da Storm" in October 1996, featuring the rap hit ""No Fear"". He recorded an album with the Boot Camp Clik in 1997, "For the People", and followed up with another O.G.C. album, "The M-Pire Shrikez Back", in 1999. He returned with the Camp in 2002, releasing the album "The Chosen Few", and released another album with the Boot Camp, "The Last Stand", on July 18, 2006. Top Dog is the younger brother of Smif-n-Wessun rapper and fellow Boot Camp member, Steele.
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Bangin' on Wax: Greatest Hits "Bangin' on Wax: Greatest Hits" is a compilation album by rap group, Bloods & Crips. The album was released on August 27, 1996 for Dangerous Records. The album was produced entirely by Ron "Ronnie Ron" Phillips and written by Bloods & Crips members.
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Havoc &amp; Prodeje Havoc & Prodeje was a West Coast hip hop duo composed of South Central Cartel members Havoc and Prodeje. The duo came together during the peak of South Central Cartel's popularity in 1993, releasing "Livin' in a Crime Wave" on the Def Jam label, but the album failed to make it to the charts. They would then release 1994's "Kickin' Game" and 1997's "Truez Neva Stop", but the duo failed to match the early success of South Central Cartel. One of their songs, "The Hood's Got Me Feelin' The Pain," featured on the soundtrack of the 1995 horror film "Tales from the Hood".
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Wolfpac Wolfpac (stylized as WOLFPAC) is an American hip hop group formed in 1997 by former Bloodhound Gang member and co-founder Daddy Long Legs. The group's musical style fuses hip hop beats with hardcore and metal samples. Its lyrical style draws from horrorcore, focusing on subjects such as resurrection, revenge, necrophilia, and standing up for one's own beliefs. The group's live performances from time to time include a DJ, guitar player and strippers.
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The Pressure The Pressure was an American band formed in September 1996.
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The Delinquents (group) The Delinquents are a rap group from Oakland, California, composed of two members, Glen Jones a.k.a. G-Stack, Vidal Prevost a.k.a. V-White (formerly known as V-Dal) and Ghost Producer Gregory Turner a.k.a. Lord Gregory(formerly known as G-Black. They were established in July 1991 and were known for their playful brand of gangsta rap. G-Stack is a member of Thizz Entertainment.
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De La Soul De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The group is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. The members are Posdnuos, Dave and Maseo. The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the band's debut album, "3 Feet High and Rising", has been called "a hip hop masterpiece."