''Till Death Do Us Part'' is the fourth studio album by the

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, released in March 1993 on

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Background

''Till Death Do Us Part'' was produced by the Rap-A-Lot in-house producer

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. It featured guitar, bass guitar and keyboards by Mike Dean, bass guitar by Roger Tausz, bass guitar and percussion by Preston Middleton, and scratches by DJ Domination. Rapper

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had left the group in 1992 temporarily to pursue a solo career. In his position, fellow Rap-A-Lot member

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joined Scarface and

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for this album. There were four music videos releases for the songs in ''Till Death Do Us Part'', for "Six Feet Deep", "Crooked Officer", "Straight Gangstaism" and "Street Life". The music video for "Street Life" was originally released for the song as an individual single for the soundtrack of the movie '' South Central'' and was also added to the album. The album version for "Straight Gangstaism" has two verses by Big Mike and one by his group-mate from Convicts, Mr. 3-2, and it was released as a single to boost Big Mike's popularity as a member of the Geto Boys. To avoid confusion among fans and to improve promotion, the video version (and the radio edit) added a fourth verse by Scarface to the end of the song.

Reception

''Till Death Do Us Part'' became the group's first #1 on the R&B/hip hop charts, and also included the group's second top 40 ''Billboard'' Hot 100 single, "Six Feet Deep" (which used a sample from

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' 1977 hit single " Easy"). Other singles released from the album were "Crooked Officer" and "Straight Gangstaism".

Track listing

Album chart positions

Singles chart positions

Certifications

References

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