''Against the Grain'' is the fourth

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by American rapper

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and his first on

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as a solo artist. Kurupt signed back onto

, except as a solo artist in 2002. The album was delay from its planned 2004 release and was released in August 2005. It was Death Row's first freshly recorded album in over four years. The album went almost unnoticed due to the lack of promotion by

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, which distributes all of Death Row's albums. It was the final original album released by the label during its original run, before being revived with ''

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'' by

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17 years later.

Production

Certain tracks were removed and others added. The cut tracks were later released on a bootleg compilation titled ''

Against tha Grain E.P. ''Against tha Grain – The E.P.'' is an Extended play, EP Bootleg recording, bootleg compilation that consists of the songs that Kurupt and Koch Records removed from ''Against tha Grain'', as well as other filler tracks that had nothing to d ...

''. The track "Calico" featuring

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was also on their album

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Critical reception

Commercial performance

The album peaked at number 60 on the Billboard 200 in September 2005.

Reissue

The album was reissued in February 2010, under the title ''Down and Dirty'', with a slightly altered tracklist.

Track listing

References

Death Row Records albums 2004 albums Kurupt albums {{2005-hiphop-album-stub