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Game Tested, Streets Approved
''Game Tested, Streets Approved'' is the third and final studio album by Black Rob, released on July 26, 2011 through Duck Down Music Inc. The album managed to peak at number 44 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Background The album was his first since ''The Black Rob Report'', which was released six year earlier in 2005. Shortly after the release of that album, Black Rob was sentenced to seven years in prison for grand larceny and served four years of that sentence before being released in 2010. After his release from prison, Rob cut ties with his previous label Bad Boy Records and signed a deal with independent rap label, Duck Down Music Inc. and began work on ''Game Tested, Streets Approved''. Track listing # "Welcome Back" – 3:04 # "Boiling Water" – 4:02 # "Bumpin'" – 2:40 # "Can't Make it in NY" – 2:57 # "Showin Up" – 3:52 # "Celebration" – 3:41 # "Wanna Get Dough" – 4:07 # "Get Involved" – 4:11 # "Sand to the Beach" – 4:04 # "Made Me a Man" – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Rob
Robert Ross (June 8, 1968 – April 17, 2021), known professionally as Black Rob, was an American rapper who was signed to Bad Boy Records. He was best known for his 1999 single " Whoa!", which peaked at number 43 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. He spent four years in prison in connection with a hotel robbery in 2004. Music career Ross grew up in East Harlem and began rapping between the ages of 11 and 12. He was inspired by the artists he listened to regularly, including Spoonie Gee, Doug E. Fresh, and Slick Rick. When he was 22, he joined his first rap group, the Schizophrenics, though they did not release any albums. He initially rapped under the alias "Bacardi Rob". He began associating with the Bad Boy label as early as 1996, appearing on the Bad Boy remix to 112's "Come See Me". He was then featured on several Bad Boy releases, including remixes to Total's "What About Us" (1997) and Faith Evans's " Love Like This" (1998), the song " 24 Hrs. to Live" (1997) from Mase, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |