Locked Up: When Rappers Release Albums From Prison
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Slick Rick, The Ruler's Back (1991)
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Complex says:The Ruler's BackBehind Bars
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Lifers Group, Lifers Group (1991)
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Fashion (of The Beatnuts), Intoxicated Demons: The EP (1993)
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Mac Dre, Young Black Brotha: The Album (1993)
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Complex says:Young Black Brotha
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Pooh Man, Ain't No Love (1994)
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X-Raided, Xorcist (1995)
Locked up for: First-degree murder as well as gang-related homicide
Complex says: Starting with Xorcist, X-Raided has actually released over a dozen albums in the past 15 years! Although his later albums were recorded with recording devices provided by prison guards (and included features from his cellmate), Xorcist was recorded entirely over the phone and considered somewhat of a horrorcore classic. The fact that X has put out so many albums from jail might help explain why he once told Vibe that when it came to being in prison, "I
2pac, Me Against The World (1995)
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Complex says:Me Against The WorldMe Against The WorldMe Against The World
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Rappin' 4-Tay, Off Parole (1996)
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Complex says:Rappin' 4-Tay Is Back!!!!Off Parole
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Backstabber (of The Dayton Family), F.B.I. (1996)
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Complex says:F.B.I.F.B.I.
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Mighty Ha (of Cru), Da Dirty 30 (1997)
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Complex says:Da Dirty 30
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Capone (of Capone-N-Noreaga), The War Report (1997)
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Complex says:The War ReportThe Reunion
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John Forte, i, John (2002)
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Complex says:Poly Sci
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Shyne, Godfather Buried Alive (2004)
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Complex says:Godfather Buried Alive
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C-Murder, Truest Shit I Ever Said (2005)
Locked up for: Murdaaaa!
Complex says: Recorded using a handheld recorder provided by his lawyer, C-Murder's Truest Shit I Ever Said garnered a lot of attention thanks to the semi-popular single, "My Life," and Murder's fitting remix to Akon's "Locked Up." We just wish that on an album called Truest Shit I Ever Said, C-Murder would have made songs with titles like "I Am Innocent" or "I Did Not Kill That Person"—and not songs with titles like "Camouflage and Murder." Sigh.
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Cassidy, I
Locked up for: Involuntary manslaughter and two counts of aggravated assault
Complex says: Cass got arrested on murder charges just two weeks before the release of I
Pimp C, Sweet James Jones Stories (2005)
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Complex says:Underground Kingz
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Beanie Sigel, The B. Coming (2005)
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Complex says:The B. Coming
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South Park Mexican, When Devils Strike (2006)
Locked up for: Aggravated sexual assault of a child
Complex says: Why the fuck would someone who was convicted of molesting kids make a album called When Devils Strike? And let's not even get into how dude once dropped an album called The Purity Album. If you're moving weight, packing guns, and smacking the shit outta people, you're a gangsta. If you're molesting kids, you're a monster.
Album rating: KILL YOURSELF!
Prodigy, H.N.I.C. 2 (2008)
Locked up: Weapons possession
Complex says: The worst part about P's arrest was that it ruined all of his momentum. After Jay put him on that Summer Jam Screen and Mobb Deep
Gucci Mane, The State vs Radric Davis (2009)
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Complex says:The Appeal: Georgia's Most WantedThe State vs. Radric Davis: The Verdict
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