''The Dark Roads'' is the debut album by American rapper

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, released 1992 on

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. The album features guest performances by labelmates: Scarface, Ganksta N-I-P,

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. It peaked at number 74 on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. ((( The Dark Roads > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))All Media Guide, LLC. Retrieved on 2010-01-12. Along with a single, a

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was produced for the song, "The Vill".

Background

The album features the violent but intelligent single "The Vill" in which Seagram raps about the hard lifestyle of Oakland

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. The album also showcases the song "Straight Mobbin" featuring Gangsta P which was a groundbreaking song for the izzle slang. Seagram and Gangsta P are two of the first known rappers to have recorded an entire song using only izz and izzle words. Rappers such as Snoop Dogg would later use this style into the new millennium. The album is out of print.

Track listing

#"Straight Mobbin'" (featuring Gangsta P) - 5:53 #"2 For 1" - 5:01 #"Get Off My Zipper" - 3:36 #"Reap What You Sew" (featuring Vell) - 3:53 #"The Dark Roads" - 5:24 #"Action Speaks Louder Than Words" (featuring Scarface, Ganksta NIP &

) - 5:50 #"I Got Em" (Skit) - 1:03 #"The Vill" (featuring Vell) - 5:20 #"Die Hard" - 4:06 #"Dedication" - 3:57 #"Squeeze the Trigger" - 5:02 #"I Don't Give a Fuck" - 4:12 #"Wages of Sin" - (featuring

& Ganksta NIP) 4:07

Samples

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Squeeze the Trigger *"Get Up, Stand Up" by

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The Dark Roads *"The Message" By

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*Contains dialogue from

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Chart history

References

External links

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