Death Threatz

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Death threatz
Studio album by MC Eiht featuring Compton's Most Wanted
Released	1996 (US)
Recorded	1996
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Label	Epic Street
Producer	DJ Slip, Prodeje, Blackjack
MC Eiht featuring Compton's Most Wanted chronology
We Come Strapped (1994) Death Threatz (1996) Compton's O.G. (2006)

Death threatz is a 1996 album by MC Eiht & Compton's Most Wanted. It was the follow-up to his immensely popular, platinum selling album "We Come Strapped". Everyone had high hopes for this LP to sell like the last one, but around this time Eiht had problems with his label Epic/Sony behind the scenes. It appears that the "powers that be" wanted Eiht to clean-up his style and image, but Eiht refused, reminding them that this is not an image, this was his real life. These disagreements led to interference with the sales and promotion of the album. Although it nearly went gold (it sold around 354,000 copies), the lack of push from his label kept Eiht from recapturing the magic from his previous LP. Though it's still considered by most devoted CMW fans as an outstanding album. Stand-out cuts are the first single "Thuggin It Up" with its haunting keyboards (played by MC Eiht himself). The funky-grooves and guitar played by Rob "Funksta" Bacon on the first track "Def Wish IV" are great. On this song, Eiht gets a small measure of revenge on DJ Quik after Quik's stand-out diss song "Dollaz & Sense". On "Late Nite Hype Part 2" Eiht show-cases his story-telling skills about a down and out guy who does whatever he can to come up, reminding us that MC Eiht is one of the best narrators in the history of West Coast rap.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Def Wish IV (Tap That Azz)"
2. "Ain't Nuthin 2 It"
3. "Killin Nigguz" (featuring N.O.T.R.)
4. "Run 4 Your Life"
5. "Endoness"
6. "Thuggin It Up"
7. "Love 4 Tha Hood" (featuring Da Foe)
8. "Fuc 'Em All"
9. "Late Nite Hype Part 2"
10. "Set Trippin" (featuring Boom Bam of N.O.T.R.)
11. "Collect My Stripez" (featuring Young Prod.)
12. "Fuc Your Hood"
13. "You Can't See Me" (featuring Tha Chill of N.O.T.R.)
14. "Drugs & Killin"
15. "Killin Season"

v • d • e MC Eiht Albums Last Man Standing · Section 8 · N' My Neighborhood · Tha8t'z Gangsta · Underground Hero · Hood Arrest · Smoke in tha City  · Veterans Day · Affiliated · Representin' Other albums We Come Strapped · Death Threatz · Compton's O.G. · The Pioneers · Keep It Gangsta · The New Season Related articles Discography · Compton's Most Wanted · The Warzone

v • d • e Compton's Most Wanted MC Chill · MC Eiht · DJ Slip · DJ Mike T · Ant Capone Albums It's a Compton Thang · Straight Checkn 'Em · Music to Driveby · Represent · Music to Gang Bang Other albums We Come Strapped · Death Threatz · Compton's O.G. · When We Wuz Bangin' 1989-1999: The Hitz Singles "It's a Compton Thang" · "Growin' Up In tha Hood" · "Def Wish" · "Hood Took Me Under" · "Def Wish II" · "This Is Compton 2000" · "Music to Gang Bang"