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Villain Entertainment
Villain Entertainment is a record label, founded by gangsta rapper MC Ren, in Palm Springs, California in 1999. The label's focus was gangsta rap genre of West Coast hip hop. History Villain Entertainment was formed as a vehicle for releases by MC Ren, after he left Ruthless Records in 1999. After MC Ren's departure from Ruthless Records, the label inherited the rights to all of MC Ren's solo albums, including ''Kizz My Black Azz'', ''Shock of the Hour'', ''The Villain in Black'' and '' Ruthless For Life''. Although established in 1999, the label remained dormant for a long period until a revival in 2009, with the release of MC Ren's album '' Renincarnated''. Artists Current acts MC Ren (Founder of label) Discography References External links Villain Entertainment's Discographyat Discogs Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MC Ren
Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969), better known by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Compton, California. He is the founder and owner of the record label Villain Entertainment. MC Ren began his career as a solo artist signed to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records in early 1987, while still attending high school. By the end of 1987, after having written nearly half of ''Eazy-Duz-It'', he became a member of N.W.A. After the group disbanded in 1991, he stayed with Ruthless, releasing three solo albums including the controversial ''Shock of the Hour'' before leaving the label in 1998. In 2016, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of N.W.A. Early life Lorenzo Jerald Patterson was born in Compton, California, on June 16, 1969, and raised in Pannes Ave. around Kelly Park. He grew up with his parents, two brothers and a sister. His father used to work for "the government", until he later opened up his own b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shock Of The Hour
''Shock of the Hour'' is the debut album by rapper MC Ren, released November 16, 1993, on Ruthless Records and distributed by Relativity Records. Background After the success of his debut EP ''Kizz My Black Azz'', a follow-up album was promised for an early 1993 release. The EP, which had gone platinum after two months, was released as a promotion for the upcoming album, to be titled ''Life Sentence''. However, in the middle of the recording of the ''Life Sentence'' album, MC Ren suddenly joined the Nation of Islam and converted to Islam with the help of his DJ and friend DJ Train. With a different outlook on the world, MC Ren scrapped the ''Life Sentence'' album, changing the name to ''Shock of the Hour'' and started to record new songs for the album. However, he kept some previously recorded songs and used them for the first half of the album, while the second half contained songs recorded after he converted to Islam, resulting in thematic differences between the albums' halves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Labels Established In 2004
A record, recording or records may refer to: An item or collection of data Computing * Record (computer science), a data structure ** Record, or row (database), a set of fields in a database related to one entity ** Boot sector or boot record, record used to start an operating system ** Storage record, a basic input/output structure Documents * Record, a document ** Business record, of economic transactions ** Criminal record, a list of a person's criminal convictions ** Docket (court), the summary of proceedings in a court (US) ** Medical record, of a person's medical history and treatments ** Minutes, a summary of the proceedings at a meeting ** Public records, information that has been filed or recorded by public agencies ** Recording (real estate), the act of documenting real estate transactions ** Service record, usually associated with military service ** Transcript (law), a verbatim ''record'' of some proceedings, in particular a court transcript is a record of a law court ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Record Labels
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hip Hop Record Labels
This is a list of notable hip hop music record labels: 0–9 * 4th & Broadway * 75 Ark * 300 Entertainment * 1017 Brick Squad Records A * Aftermath Entertainment * Aggro Berlin * Ahdasee Records * Allido Records * Amalgam Digital * Amaru Entertainment * American King Music * ANTI- * Anticon * Arista * Asylum Records * ATIC Records * Atlantic Records * Avatar Records B * B-Boy Records * B.O.S.S. * Babygrande Records * Bad Boy Records * Barely Breaking Even * Beluga Heights Records * Big Beat Records * Big Dada * Big Hit Entertainment * Big Up Entertainment * Billion Headz Music Group * Black Butter Records * Black Jays * Black Kapital Records * The Black Wall Street Records * Blacksmith Records * Block Entertainment * Bloodline Records * BME Recordings * BMG * Body Head Entertainment * Brick Squad Monopoly * Bruc Records * Bungalo Records * BTNH Worldwide * Boy Better Know C * Cactus Jack Records * Capitol Hill Music * Cash Money Records * Celestial Recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renincarnated
''Renincarnated'' is the fourth album by rapper MC Ren Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969), better known by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Compton, California. He is the founder and owner of the record label Villain Entertainment. MC Ren ..., released October 31, 2009, on his own record label Villain Entertainment. The album marked MC Ren's comeback after not having released an album in eleven years since 1998's '' Ruthless for Life''., The album was a download-only album, with no physical edition currently available. It is his first album since he declined a major label deal in 2002 off the back of a series of high-profile appearances on hit albums for Dr. Dre and Ice Cube. Commercial performance The album went on to sell 650 digital downloads in its first week after which it sold more than 3,000 digital copies in the US. Track listing Singles "Renincarnated" *The first single from the ''Renincarnated'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruthless For Life
''Ruthless for Life'' is the third album by rapper MC Ren, released June 30, 1998, on Ruthless Records and distributed by Epic Records. Background Ruthless for Life was MC Ren Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969), better known by his stage name MC Ren, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Compton, California. He is the founder and owner of the record label Villain Entertainment. MC Ren ...'s last album on Ruthless Records. The album is dedicated to the deceased and to MC Ren's good friend Eazy-E, the album is also dedicated to his home-town Compton. The album was the last album from MC Ren for the next 11 years. Commercial Performance The album debuted on #100 on the Billboard top 200 with first week sales of 21,000 copies, the album sold to-date 175,000 copies in the US and over 220,000 copies worldwide. Track listing Chart performance References {{Authority control MC Ren albums 1998 albums Ruthless Records albums Epic Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Villain In Black
''The Villain in Black'' is the second album by rapper MC Ren, released April 9, 1996, on Ruthless Records and distributed by Relativity Records. Background After the release and success of his critically acclaimed debut studio album ''Shock of the Hour'' in late 1993, MC Ren immediately began working on his sophomore album. The deaths of DJ Train and Eazy-E would however prove to be a huge setback and Ren stepped off the scene for a while. Meanwhile, he continued his work with the Nation of Islam, and visited Egypt in mid-1995. Following his return from Egypt, MC Ren continued to work on his album, this time however scrapping all the material he recorded with DJ Train. Enlisting Cold 187um and Dr. Jam to produce his album, Ren began recording new material. Content Lyrics While making ''The Villain in Black'', MC Ren was closely affiliated with the Nation of Islam, which had a large impact on the some parts of the album's content. Khalid Muhammad appeared in the track "Muha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kizz My Black Azz
''Kizz My Black Azz'' is the debut EP by rapper MC Ren, released on June 30, 1992, on Ruthless Records and distributed by Priority Records. Selling over one million copies in the first month, to date, the album has sold 2.2 million copies in the U.S. Release and reception Track listing Personnel * Bobby Ervin – producer * Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance- ... – mastering * Dean Karr – photography * Clarence Lars – producer * Dino Paredes – art direction, design * Lorenzo Patterson – main artist, producer * Mike Sims – bass, guitar * Donovan Smith – mixing * Eric Wright – executive producer * The Torture Chamber – producers Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Certifications References {{Authority control MC Ren al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruthless Records
Ruthless Records was an American record label founded by Eric "Eazy-E" Wright and Jerry Heller in Compton, California in 1986, where all of the Ruthless trademarks have been owned by Comptown Records, Inc. since 1997. Several artists on the label such as N.W.A, Eazy-E, MC Ren, The D.O.C., Michel'le, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony have released RIAA certified albums. History N.W.A days The label's first successful single was Eazy's "Boyz-n-the-Hood". It also released singles by underground California acts Frost and J.J. Fad. The label's first album was N.W.A's ''Straight Outta Compton'', which was eventually certified Triple Platinum by the RIAA. Immediately following this was the release of Eazy's solo debut, ''Eazy-Duz-It''. As the six members went on tour in support of their project, some began to voice their displeasure with the financial situation at Ruthless. According to group member MC Ren, it was a common opinion that N.W.A manager and Ruthless co-founder Jerry Heller w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
