KURUPT
AMERICA’S #1 DOGG POUND GANGSTA, KURUPT, PRESENTS G-TV, A SPECIAL EDITION TWO DISC DVD/VHS AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 19, 2002. DVD INCLUDES A BONUS ADIO CD CONTAINING 7 NEW SONGS AND AUDIO SNIPPETS FROM THE UPCOMING COLLABORATION “VAPIRZ” BETWEEN DPG AND THA LIKS. America ’s number 1 Dogg Pound Gangsta is at it again, this time Kurupt is giving you more than his usual banging album or spine tingling remix, he employed his soon-to-be-famous G-Vision Cam to capture everything in the day and the life of a gangsta. His special edition two disc DVD/VHS, G-TV, includes a 7 track bonus CD with four full-length unreleased songs from Kurupt, Roscoe, his DPG camp, and additional snippets from the upcoming album, VAPIRZ, a collaboration between DPG and Tha Liks and the Roger Troutman Tribute. G-TV is packed with girls, liquor, sticky green chronic, gang tales, and banging gangsta music. “Mine is just nasty,” says the member of Tha Dogg Pound. “There’s a couple of performances, but it’s just pure Kuruption. You can come to our tours if you want to see performances. I’m showing you what really goes on where the gangsta’s stroll.” For Kurupt there is an extremely thin line between his popular gangsta music and living the life of a real South Central Gangsta. Although Kurupt will make his acting debut in the dramatic thriller, Plague Season, alongside Kurt Russell and Ving Rhames, he won’t be doing much acting in G-TV. His G-Vision lens takes into VIP areas with exclusive access to the likes of Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Daz Dillinger, Tha Eastsidaz, Tha Alkaholiks, Kokane, WC, Young Roscoe (Kurupt’s brother and Priority Records recording artist) and many more. Take a ride with Kurupt through South Central, L.A.’s most notorious neighborhoods and stow away on Kurupt’s tour bus on Snoop Dogg’s “Puff Puff Pass” tour. G-TV earns its parental advisory sticker warning of the unrated and uncensored material compiled from months on the road. G-TV will be released independently by Southwest Distributors on February 19th and will be available on DVD and VHS formats. For domestic orders, please call Southwest Distributors at (800) 275-4799; international inquiries call (713) 460-4300.
They said it couldn't be done, but KURUPT is proving he's second to none. Once again, this self-proclaimed Raw Dog Assassin has put down some of his best and hardest hitting rhymes on wax. Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha, released by ANTRA Music Group and Artemis Records, takes no prisoners. The project reunites Kurupt with some the West Coast's biggest players- Daz Dillinger, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg. Soopafly and Xzibit. KRS-One along with producers Battlecat and Organized Noize are also in the mix. And while some of hip hop's most revered appear on Streetz, Kurupt is totally in charge as the CD's opening track, "I Call The Shots," declares. Out first from the 18-track, power-packed album is "Girls All Pause" on which Nate Dogg does his musical magic and "Trylogy," full in effect with its classic gothic vibe. Streetz is a nonstop journey with Kurupt displaying unmatchable skills. Blending fantasy with reality, Kurupt creates his own version of the notorious North Hollywood bank robbery on "Loose Cannons." Except this time, it's not the police who win out. "Who Ride Wit Us" flows on strictly West Coast funk while "Represent Dat G.C." is nothing but cold-hearted gangsta. "Welcome Home" marks Kurupt's return to Cali. The solemn title track, "Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha," takes on a harsh view of life in the 'hood. "This album is about life," says Kurupt, whose dream materializes in a freestyle session with KRS-One, one of New York's top rappers , on "Live On The Mic." "If you can't freestyle, you ain't an MC. And I plan on being the world's greatest MC." Kurupt saves the most personal for last with "Callin' Out Names." For Kurupt it's time for truth or dare as he rhymes to former fiancee Foxy Brown and DMX, about his feelings of betrayal. "This is about freedom of speech. This is how I felt. It's not for the general public to get involved. It's about how I feel," explains Kurupt. Streetz is definitely a very personal statement from Kurupt. He introduces his 15-year-old brother, Roscoe. "He's incredible," says Kurupt, who made sure to include his Dogg Pound partner Daz, who not only raps on several tracks but also served as executive producer. "I gave Daz his proper place in my life. He should produce everything I do," states Kurupt. "He's the second greatest producer in the world, second only to Dre." Dre gave Kurupt a few beats as well on "Hoe's A Housewife." Hip-hop has been a lifelong mission for the 27-year-old Kurupt. "Rapping is my life." But while the gift of rhyme has been with him since he was a young boy, Kurupt's rap career didn't take off until, as a teen, he moved to Cali. Wanting to get Kurupt off the streets of his hometown Philadelphia, his mother sent Kurupt to live with his father in Hawthorne, later moving to South Central on his own. It was then that Kurupt hooked up with Snoop Doggy Dogg. Soon Kurupt was signed to the infamous Death Row label and dropped lyrics on Dr. Dre's The Chronic (1992) and Snoop's Doggy Style (1993). By 1994, he and partner, Daz Dillinger, teamed up as the Dogg Pound and in 1995 released their debut, Dogg Food. The album was certified platinum. As things unraveled at the West Coast powerhouse, Kurupt and future ANTRA CEO Joe Marrone, decided to go it alone and signed a joint-venture deal with A&M Records. The double CD, Kuruption, the first on ANTRA's label, was divided into an East Coast disc and a West Coast disc, which included such hits as "We Can Freak It." Other projects also kept Kurupt busy. Dionne Warwick tapped Kurupt, along with Coolio, Bobby Brown and Flesh 'N Bone for a remake of "What The World Needs Now" for her CD, Dionne Sings Dionne. The proceeds from the single benefited the Rhythm & Blues Foundation. This year, Kurupt, ANTRA and Joe Marronne struck a new deal with Danny Goldberg's new Artemis Entertainment record label, which will release Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha and other ANTRA artists and soundtracks. While Kurupt has lots happening, there's only one concern right now. "I'm concentrating on taking Tha Streetz Iz A Mutha to number one." And no matter what you call him, be it Tha Kingpin, Kalhoon, Young Gotti, Ricardo Brown or Kurupt, this is one rapper on a mission. Where do you turn when you're an infamous fugitive from Death Row? Kurupt the Kingpin has the answer. Emerging from a self-imposed exile, the Philly-Killa Cali connector is back on the scene with ANTRA/A&M's KURUPTION, his blockbuster bid to topple the current play-it-safe domain of hip-hop. The highly anticipated resurrection is his first full-length endeavor since 1995's platinum-plus DOGG FOOD album with his Dogg Pound partner-in-rhyme Daz Dillinger. Hailing from North Philadelphia, a teenaged Ricardo Brown was heading for trouble. His mom, ever watchful of her son, sent the lyrical lad to stay with his father - a true-to-life Boyz N' Tha Hood drama. "When I moved to California I was still open to learning what life's about. So I just adapted," recalls Kurupt. Ironically, the perils of the streets beckoned Kurupt upon touchdowning in gang-infested Los Angeles. Soon his complex East Coast style meshed with the treacherous day-to-day facts of L.A. ghetto reality. His unique rhyme perspective caught the ear of a pre-large Snoop Doggy Dogg (who he met in a rhyme battle). Snoop initiated him to the Death Row camp. Hip-hop would never be the same. Appearing on classics such as Dr. Dre's THE CHRONIC (1992) and Snoop's DOGGYSTYLE (1993), Kurupt's rep grew bigger. By the time he and Daz released their Dogg Pound joint, the Raw Dog Assassin was regarded as an elite freestyler, respected as much by his peers as by his legion of fans. He could now claim, like James Cagney before him, "Look, ma! I'm on top of the world!" However, the impending dismantling of Death Row came as a shocking blow. Dre's departure to Aftermath, Tupac's demise, CEO Suge Knight's lock-down, Snoop's No Limit reenlistment all meant the end of an era. Kurupt disappeared in the midst of the turmoil. One of AmeriKKKa's most wanted and Death Row's most lyrical moved back to Philly. He strove to take his destiny in his own hands. He also toyed with the idea of getting a ring on his finger, when he started dating (and eventually got engaged to) glamorous rap diva, Foxy Brown. Now poised to return, Kurupt is adamant about setting the record straight. Of his former label he says: "Nothing went sour at Death Row, it was the greatest thing possible. It got Kurupt where he is. But the whole thing is [when something bad happens], you don't get mad, you develop off of it. You learn. And I learned a lot there, man. That was the greatest time of my life." Having secured his own ANTRA Records label on A&M Records, Kurupt is now shifting his attention to KURUPTION. From the energetic "Make Some Noise, " which is punctuated by a Flava Flav/Public Enemy "Make some noise" snippet, to the raunchy cock tales of "For The Homies, " to the smooth "Livin' The Life," which bigs up his hometown of Sharon Hill – Philadelphia, the double banger covers all the bases. "We Can Freak It" bubbles with Gap Band vocalist Charlie Wilson in Kurupt's corner. "Under Pressure," also featured on THE PLAYERS CLUB sports Kurupt ready and in Pacific funk mode. Bound to blow are bumping tracks like "Story To Tell," featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg, the party-hearty "Set It," where Kurupt is accompanied by possible future brother-in-law Pretty Boy, as well as the sizzling "Nigga Whut," a wild duet with his delectable boo Foxy. "I thought about how I need to get my woman on my album so she can chop people's heads off," muses Kurupt about the latter cut. For those wondering what he did during his time away from the public eye, Kurupt lets it be known that he was doing what he loves best, writing rhymes. But, as he points out, the spontaniety of his creative spark demands that he be in the studio when penning his next opus. "I gotta be in the studio," he snarls. "As soon as I write the rhyme I got to lay it down that very fuckin' second. I got to hear it. I done did it before where I wrote four rhymes at the house like, 'When I get to the studio I'm-a drop these.' I didn't even drop those four rhymes until a year afterwards. As soon as I go in there, bam-bam-bam, I wrote another one." Enraptured by his need to write, Kurupt is ready to get down at the drop of a hat. The following can happen anywhere, anytime: "I got a couple of rhymes I want you to quote," says Kurupt unexpectedly. "I'm gonna say them real nice and slow and you can quote 'em like, 'this nigga is incredible when it comes to rhymes."' " Yo, this is one time that I ain't playin' wit' niggas/The homies dumpin' and I'm sprayin' wit' niggas/I got the cash, the hash/Heat is the blast/You is a sucka nigga/Sucka punk muthafucka nigga/I don't give a fuck muthafuck a nigga/Tryin' to strip me of my advances/Fall like avalanches/It's the mad Apache/Calicos invade/Wha'cha wanna do?/Get your shit lit and blazed like Johnny/You can play like Ricky and Ronnie/But you ain't a playa nigga/Ain't go the heart to lay a nigga/Automatic spray a nigga/As soon as I came/When they come they run/Bustin' dumb dumbs/Leavin' niggas numb/I don't give a fuck where the fuck you're from/If it ain't about loot then I'm-a shoot and run/What you supposed to be raw?/Raw is as a raw does/It ain't called off/Bustin' off five sawed-offs/I want all y'all/I know niggas know where the weed'll be/This is how shit need to be/Fuck around in my division/Hittin' muthafuckas like collisions/Lacerating like incisions/Take a toke and get blowed/Or else step up and get your whole camp explded/And we explode and unload..." Kurupt's lyrical idol, Rakim, never joked so why should he. Rap fiends, prepare your minds for total KURUPTION. "KURUPTION is a double album with one CD for the West Coast and one CD for the East Coast," explains the self-proclaimed Raw Dog Assassin. "So everybody has their own record." Bouncing back with all the volts of an electric chair, Kurupt has enlisted a long list of top-notch producers for his solo mission. Accomplices include veteran L.A. beat-maker Battlecat (W.C., Spice 1), Bay Area sound slayer Studiotone (E40 and Sick Wid It's in house producer), funk specialist Priest "Soopafly" Brooks (Snoop Doggy Dogg, Daz), D-Moet, newcomer Storm from Wu-Tang (The Deadly Venoms) and, of course, Tha DPG's Daz. Source: Antra Music much more to come including lyrics and pics
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