''Furious'' is the only studio album by American hip hop

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Soopa Villainz. It was released on August 16, 2005 via

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was handled by Soopa Villainz themselves except for the song "Pussy", which was produced by Polar Bear. The album debuted at number 92 on the ''Billboard'' 200, number 42 on the

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and number 8 on the

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in the United States. The entire full-length is a

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based upon a story of the 4 members coming from another planet to take over the world.

Background and recording

Originally planned to be recorded and released in 2003, the project was put on hold due to solo releases from

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, who was releasing his debut solo extended play ''

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'', and

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was preparing to release an album titled ''

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''. The project was put on the backburner until 2004 when rumours were debunked at the 2004

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about name changes and added members like

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and

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by J and Esham themselves. In late 2004 Lavel was seen onstage with Violent J's brother

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during a 2005 tour sporting a hatchet man charm. When asked it was revealed that Lavel would be part of the project as well. Recording of the album lasted 4 months and it would turn out to be a true tour-de-force for Esham as he was also working on material for an unreleased solo album titled ''Club Evil''.

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reviewer described the project as wrote: "sarcastically violent, rhythmically aggressive, and comically excessive, ''Furious'' sounds basically like an

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album that includes an extra pair of voices and drops the horror-movie schtick in favour of a sardonic

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vibe".

Track listing

Charts

References

External links

* {{Authority control Concept albums 2005 debut albums Soopa Villainz albums Albums produced by Esham Psychopathic Records albums Albums produced by Violent J