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X-Raided
Anerae Veshaughn Brown (born July 30, 1974), better known by his stage name X-Raided, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California, United States. In 1992, Brown was sentenced to 31 years in prison on murder charges, which Brown denied, maintaining his innocence. The lyrics of his debut album, '' Psycho Active'', was submitted as evidence by the prosecutors. Subsequently, Brown continued to record rap songs in prison, until being released on parole 26 years into his sentence. He was later signed with Strange Music. Biography Brown was raised by his mother, Shirley James 'Jaz' Brown, a clerk at the Sacramento County courthouse. Brown subsequently joined the 24th Street Garden Blocc Crips. In 1992, Brown released his debut album, '' Psycho Active'', before being arrested in March with four other Crips for the killing of Patricia Harris during a home invasion, with the prosecution citing Brown's lyrics in his trial, accusing Brown of premeditated murder. The weapon that was u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psycho Active
''Psycho Active'' is the debut solo album by American rapper X-Raided, released April 16, 1992 through Blackmarket Records. Before the album's release, X-Raided and four other individuals, all Crips, were arrested by the Sacramento Police Department for the killing of Patricia Harris, the mother of two Meadowview, Sacramento, California, Meadowview Bloods' members during a home invasion. Police maintained that the boys intended reprisal against Harris' sons for the killing of two Crips. The weapon that was used to kill Harris was never found, and X-Raided maintains that he is innocent. During the trial, the prosecution cited lyrics from ''Psycho Active'' as evidence, and X-Raided was sentenced to 31 years in prison. He was released on parole on September 14, 2018 after serving 26 years in prison. Reception Steve "Flash" Juon gave the album an overall score of 7.5 in a retrospective review for RapReviews, giving the album's music a score of 8 and X-Raided's lyrics 7. Juon wrote, "Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unforgiven (X-Raided Album)
''Unforgiven'' is the third album by rapper, X-Raided. It was released in 1998 for Blackmarket Records and features production from X-Raided, The Verbal Tek/Bomb Productions, RAW and DJ Shareil. ''Unforgiven'' was X-Raided's first album to make it to the Billboard charts, reaching number 14 on the Top Heatseekers and number 54 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. X-Raided worked on ''Unforgiven'' while serving 31-years to life for murder at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, California. Unlike his previous album which contained low quality vocal tracks recorded over the phone, X-Raided used a DAT recorder for ''Unforgiven''. The DAT recordings were then taken to a studio by the producer so that beats could be added. Background X-Raided recorded vocals for his previous album, '' Xorcist'', over the phone from Sacramento County Jail. The clarity of the vocal recordings that went into ''The Unforgiven'' album suggest that it was made using more sophisticated equipment. It later tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vengeance Is Mine (X-Raided Album)
''Vengeance Is Mine'' is the fourth solo studio album released by rapper X-Raided. It was released on November 21, 2000, through Blackmarket Records and was produced by Big Hollis and KG. This album fulfilled X-Raided's contract with Black Market Records, the label he helped get off the ground with his 1992 debut ''Psycho Active''. He left the label after ''Vengeance'' and started his own label, Mad Man Records. Track listing''Vengeance is Mine'' (Physical Album) Personnel *X-Raided – vocals, executive producer *Big Hollis Big or BIG may refer to: * Big, of great size or degree Film and television * ''Big'' (film), a 1988 fantasy-comedy film starring Tom Hanks * '' Big!'', a Discovery Channel television show * ''Richard Hammond's Big'', a television show present ... – producer (''tracks 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 15'') *KG – producer (''tracks 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13'') *The VerbalTek – producer (''track 1'') *Cedric Singleton – executive producer, album layout & photo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xorcist (album)
''Xorcist'' is the second album by rapper X-Raided. It was released on December 12, 1995 for Blackmarket Records. In an interview X-Raided stated that he made the album while on trial. The track "Collect Call" on the album has a recording of a collect call from X-Raided which identifies him as "an inmate in Sacramento County Jail". Reception In 2009, '' Fangoria'' named it as an iconic horrorcore Horrorcore, also called horror hip hop, horror rap, death hip hop, or death rap, is a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror-themed and often darkly transgressive lyrical content and imagery. Its origins derived from certain hardcore hip h ... album. Track listing #"Open Tha Casket"- 0:59 #"I Ain't Dead Yet"- 5:24 #"Recognize" (feat. Babe Reg & Lunasicc) - 5:11 #"Body Count" (feat. Da Misses) - 3:48 #"Collect Call"- 0:18 #"Check Your Bitch"- 5:06 #"Blaze Up"- 0:21 #"Wanna Get High?" (feat. Lunasicc) - 5:47 #"Unxplainable"- 1:09 #"Deuce-5 To Life"- 4:39 #"Unfukwitabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Initiation (album)
''The Initiation'' is the fifth solo studio album by rapper, X-Raided. It was released on February 27, 2001 for his new label, Mad Man Records and featured production from X-Raided, Big Hollis and James "Razor" Brown. The Initiation made it to #39 on the Independent Albums The Independent Albums chart (previously titled Top Independent Albums) ranks the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays (EPs) in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by '' Billboard'' maga ... chart. Track listing #"Rip off the Roof"- 4:00 #"All My Dogs"- 3:37 #"Consider Me Dead"- 4:04 #"Game Official"- 4:07 #"Let It Be Known"- 4:05 #"Gangsta, Gangsta"- 4:04 #"Mash 4 Cash"- 3:48 #"Thug Love"- 4:20 #"No Fear"- 4:10 #"Regardless"- 4:29 #"Smoke N Drink"- 5:00 #"Stacc Chips"- 4:13 #"What Yall Want"- 4:52 #"Why Do They Die"- 3:37 #"Fuccyoutoo"- 3:53 2001 albums X-Raided albums Albums produced by Big Hollis {{2001-hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackmarket Records
Black Market Records is an American record label based in Sacramento, California founded in 1989. Its acts included Brotha Lynch Hung and X-Raided.{{{cite web , last1=Boucher , first1=Geoff , title=Tied by music and murder , url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-17-ca-boucher17-story.html , website=Los Angeles Times , access-date=24 October 2021 , date=17 November 2002 History Black Market Records was founded in 1980 by Cedric Singleton.{{cite news, url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/1999/10/04/story4.html, title=Record exec spins off into hotel biz, first=Mark, last=Anderson, date=October 3, 1999, work=Sacramento Business Journal In 1992 the label released Sacramento rapper X-Raided's album "Psycho Active" featuring Brotha Lynch Hung. In 1993 the label released Brotha Lynch Hung's EP '' 24 Deep'', which rose to no. 91 on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,{{cite web, url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/297734/brotha-lynch-hung/chart, title=Brot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strange Music
Strange Music is an American independent record label specializing in hip hop music and founded by Tech N9ne and Travis O'Guin in 1999. History In 2009 Skatterman & Snug Brim fulfilled their commitment to Strange Music and left the label. In 2010 Jay Rock signed a multi-album deal with Strange Music. In 2011 Stevie Stone joined the label in March and Prozak in December. In 2012 Strange Music signed the duo CES Cru, made up of rappers Ubiquitous and Godemis, in January and Slumerican rapper Rittz in August. In 2014 Murs signed to Strange Music in February and Kutt Calhoun and Jay Rock left Strange Music in September. In 2016 Chicago-based pop group AboveWaves signed to the label. In 2018 Strange Music announced a new pop music subsidiary Strange Main in February, and Murs left in March after completing his contract.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine In 2019 Krizz Kaliko announced his intentions of leaving the label on October 6, then signed a new contract on stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brotha Lynch Hung
Kevin Danell Mann (born January 10, 1970), better known by his stage name Brotha Lynch Hung, is an American rapper, songwriter and record producer from Sacramento, California who has been described as "the creator of horrorcore rap." He is also a former 24th Street Garden Blocc Crip gang member which is a Crip affiliated street gang based in Meadowview, Sacramento. Early life Mann grew up in Sacramento. He became a fan of east coast rappers such as Rakim and Slick Rick. He started rapping at the age of 13. He became a member of the 24 Street Garden Blocc Crips by age 16 during the 1980s. He was once shot in the side after trying to break up a confrontation between a Crip and a Blood at a house party; the bullet was never removed. The Garden Blocc Crips are said to consist of three subsets: 21st street, 24th street and 29th street. They are said to historically have a rivalry with the Meadowview Bloods which apparently escalated in the early 1990s resulting in several homici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Rappers
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century American Male Musicians
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius ( AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1901 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri. One of the earliest innovators of the literary art form called jazz poetry, Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the Negro was in vogue", which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue." Growing up in a series of Midwestern towns, Hughes became a prolific writer at an early age. He moved to New York City as a young man, where he made his career. He graduated from high school in Cleveland, Ohio, and soon began studies at Columbia University in New York City. Although he dropped out, he gained notice from New York publishers, first in ''The Crisis'' magazine and then from book publishers, and became known in the creative community in Harlem. He eventually graduated from Lincoln University. In addition to poetry, Hughes wrote plays and short sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
