''No Mercy, No Remorse'' is the second

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by American rapper RBX, released June 29, 1999 on Street Solid Records. It was produced entirely by Polarbear. The album features guest appearances by

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of Naughty By Nature and Swedish hip hop group,

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. This release is a fusion between two of RBX's

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on one CD. Tracks 1 to 7 are from ''No Mercy, No Remorse'' and tracks 8 to 14 are from ''The X-Factor''. Track 15 is an untitled hidden track.Notes: ''No Mercy, No Remorse''

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- "Four years after his debut album, ''

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'', RBX resurfaced on Street Solid with his sophomore effort, ''No Mercy, No Remorse/The X-Factor''. While a four-year wait between albums wouldn't be as big of a deal in jazz, blues, pop, or country, it's an eternity in hip-hop -- a genre in which trends and tastes can change radically in the course of a few years. And when you consider that the release of ''The RBX Files'' was delayed a few years because of RBX's problems with

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in the early 1990s, you're really talking more than a four-year gap between albums. But delays and all, RBX's rapping style still sounds quite fresh on this 1999 CD...''No Mercy, No Remorse/The X-Factor'' is a respectable, long overdue follow-up from an MC who should have recorded a lot more often in the 1990s."

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