You Better Believe It
Track listing
Table:
Track	Song	Featuring	Album Artist	Album

1	Bitch Please	Snoop Dogg , Nate Dogg	Snoop Dogg	No Limit Top Dogg

2	You Better Believe It !	King Tee	Xzibit	Likwit Rhymes

3	Down For The Count	Rah Digga , Talib Kweli	Talib Kweli 's & Hi Tek	Reflection Eternal

4	Father Day	Snoop Dogg , Kokane	Likwit Rhymes titled U Can Count On Me

5	Killin ' It	Tha Alkaholiks	Tha Alkaholiks	Likwidation

6	Prime Time	Tash , E-Swift , J-Ro , Phil Da Agony	Xzibit	Likwit Rhymes

7	Year 2000	Xzibit	Likwit Rhymes

8	Likwit Rhyming	Tony Touch , Tash , Defari	Xzibit	Likwit Rhymes

9	Westcoast Hip Hop	Kurupt , Rosco , King Tee	Xzibit	Likwit Rhymes

10	Loose Cannons	Kurupt	Kurupt	Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha

11	Big Bang Theory	Snoop Dogg , Tha Eastsidaz , Kurupt , CPO & Pinky	Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz	Tha Eastsidaz

12	My Writes	De La Soul , Tha Alkaholiks	De La Soul	Art Official Intelligence : Mosaic Thump

13	Pop X	Mack 10 , Techniec , Caviar , Pinky & Skoop	Mack 10	The Paper Route

14	The Wake Up Show	Tha Mexakinz , Chino XL	Sway & King Tech

15	Larger Than Life	Phil da Agony , Montage One

16	Step Up	Kurupt , Daz , Crooked I	Kurupt	Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha

17	Thunder & Lighting	Defari	Defari	Focused Daily

18	U Ca n't Fuck With Me	Snoop Dogg , LL Cool J , Jayo Felony	LL Cool J	G.O.A.T . ( Greatest of All Time )

19	Bitch Please II	Snoop Dogg , Nate Dogg , Eminem , Dr. Dre	Eminem	The Marshall Mathers LP

20	Up From Da Underground	Ras Kass , Mad Lion , KRS-One	Xzibit	Likwit Rhymes

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Bitch Please , also known as Trick Please for the amended radio version , or B**** Please and B Please for clean versions , is a song by Snoop Dogg featuring Nate Dogg and Xzibit from his fourth album , No Limit Top Dogg . Its music video was directed by Dr. Dre and Phillip Atwell . A sequel song , Bitch Please II , was for Eminem 's third studio album , The Marshall Mathers LP and featured all previous artists in addition to Dr. Dre and Eminem . There were three edited versions of the song based on the content with radio stations to choose between playing Trick Please or the edited version of Bitch Please , one had amended lyrics , and another had the profanity muted as well as the sex moaning background sound and the second half of the word doggystyle in Snoop Dogg 's 2nd verse . In addition , the original clean album version had the profanity backmasked since Trick Please was n't released until The Best of Snoop Dogg album in 2006 .
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ( born October 20 , 1971 ) , known professionally as Snoop Dogg , [ note 1 ] is an American rapper , singer , songwriter , producer , media personality , entrepreneur , and actor . His music career began in 1992 when he was discovered by Dr. Dre and featured on Dre 's solo debut , Deep Cover , and then on Dre 's solo debut album , The Chronic . He has since sold over 23 million albums in the United States and 35 million albums worldwide . Snoop 's debut album , Doggystyle , produced by Dr. Dre , was released in 1993 by Death Row Records . Bolstered by excitement driven by Snoop 's featuring on The Chronic , the album debuted at number one on both the Billboard 200 and Billboard Top R & B/Hip-Hop Albums charts . Selling almost a million copies in the first week of its release , Doggystyle became certified quadruple platinum in 1994 and spawned several hit singles , including What 's My Name ? and Gin & Juice . In 1994 Snoop released a soundtrack on Death Row Records for the short film Murder Was the Case , starring himself . His second album , Tha Doggfather ( 1996 ) , also debuted at number one on both charts , with Snoop 's Upside Ya Head as the lead single . The album was certified double platinum in 1997 . After leaving Death Row Records , Snoop signed with No Limit Records , where he recorded his next three albums , Da Game Is to Be Sold , Not to Be Told ( 1998 ) , No Limit Top Dogg ( 1999 ) , and Tha Last Meal ( 2000 ) . Snoop then signed with Priority/Capitol/EMI Records in 2002 , where he released Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss .
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale ( August 19 , 1969 - March 15 , 2011 ) , known professionally as Nate Dogg , was an American rapper , singer , songwriter , and actor . Hale began his career as a member of the Long Beach , California rap trio 213 , alongside his longtime friend Warren G and cousin Snoop Dogg . He eventually pursued a solo career , and released three solo albums , G-Funk Classics , Vol . 1 & 2 in 1998 , Music & Me in 2001 , and Nate Dogg as a bootlegged album in 2003 and on CD in 2014 . He was known for his deep , low-pitched singing voice , which he got from SM and for performing hooks , frequently collaborating with other artists such as Dr. Dre , Eminem , Warren G , Tupac Shakur , Westside Connection , Snoop Dogg , 50 Cent , Ludacris , Xzibit , and Shade Sheist on many hit releases . Nate Dogg is regarded as one of the pioneers of G-funk and West Coast hip hop . Hale died in 2011 due to complications from multiple strokes .
No Limit Top Dogg is the fourth studio album and second on No Limit Records by American rapper Snoop Dogg . It was released May 11 , 1999 , by No Limit Records and Priority Records . Following the mixed reception of his previous two albums , Snoop began to work again with Dr. Dre and returned to the west coast sound of his earlier career while on Death Row Records . The album was generally met with positive reception with many critics citing it as a return to form and his best album since Doggystyle ( 1993 ) . Many praised the production work for the album with the tracks made by Dr. Dre being highlighted as well as Snoop 's delivery while criticism was mainly aimed at the length of the album , the No Limit features , and the lack of new lyrical content . The Source would later put the album on their list of the Top 10 Best Albums of the Year for 1999 . No Limit Top Dogg debuted at # 2 on the Billboard 200 , selling 187,000 copies in its first week alone in the United States , second only to Ricky Martin 's self-titled album . This would be Snoop Dogg 's first album to not debut at number-one and would ultimately end up being his lowest selling album of the 1990s . The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) . As of March 2008 , the album has sold 1,518,000 copies in the United States and 2 million worldwide as of 2016 .
Roger McBride ( born December 14 , 1968 ) , better known by his stage name King T ( formerly known as King Tee ) , is an American West Coast Hip hop rapper from Compton , California . Emerging as one of Compton 's earliest hip hop artists . He was signed to Capitol records , where he released his debut album Act a Fool in 1988 with the hit singles , Act a Fool , Payback 's a Mutha , The Coolest , and Bass ( remix ) , all of which were considered hip-hop classics . In the late 1980s and early 1990s , he worked primarily with producer DJ Pooh , and was responsible for the rise of Tha Alkaholiks , whom he helped guide into the rap game . T is also the CEO of his own record label , King T Inc .
Likwit Rhymes is the first compilation album by Xzibit released in October 2000 . It is a promote album for his likwit rhymes and his upcoming album ( at the time , no known title ) . It debuted at # 178 on the Billboard 200 , # 102 on the Top R & B/Hip-Hop Albums and # 60 on the Top Rap Albums in 2001 .
Rashia Tashan Fisher ( born December 18 , 1974 ) is an American rapper , producer , singer , model and actress better known by her stage name Rah Digga . She is best known as a longtime member of the Flipmode Squad , a hip hop group led by Busta Rhymes . She has been called one of rap 's most prominent women MCs by Allmusic and one of hip hop 's most skilled female MCs in the book How to Rap .
Talib Kweli Greene ( /tæˈlɪb kwɑːˈliː/ ; born October 3 , 1975 ) is an American rapper , entrepreneur , and activist . Kweli earned recognition early on through his collaboration with fellow Brooklyn rapper Mos Def , when they formed the group Black Star . Kweli 's musical career continued with solo success including collaborations with producers and rappers Kanye West , Just Blaze , and Pharrell Williams . His most recent solo album is titled Radio Silence , released in 2017 . In 2011 , Kweli founded his own record label , Javotti Media .
Tony Cottrell , better known as Hi-Tek ( born May 5 , 1976 ) , is an American rapper and record producer from Cincinnati , Ohio . He is best known for his work with Talib Kweli . His father is singer Willie Cottrell of the Willie Cottrell Band , whom Hi-Tek featured on his second album , Hi-Teknology 2 .
Reflection Eternal is an American hip hop duo composed of emcee Talib Kweli and producer Hi-Tek . They released their first album , Train of Thought , in 2000 . They have since released a mixtape , The RE : Union , in late December 2009 , and their second album Revolutions Per Minute was released May 18 , 2010 .
Jerry Buddy Long Jr. ( born March 10 , 1969 ) , better known by his stage name Kokane , is an American recording artist best known for his distinctive vocal style and numerous guest appearances , such as on Snoop Dogg 's Tha Last Meal .
Tha Alkaholiks , also known as Tha Liks , is an American hip hop trio from Los Angeles , California , United States . Since the early 1990s they have produced party music with a hardcore hip hop edge , powered by the beats of DJ and producer E-Swift ( born Eric Brooks in Columbus , Georgia , raised in Toledo , Ohio ) and the rhymes of J-Ro ( born James Robinson in Los Angeles ) and Tash ( born Rico Smith in Cincinnati ) . Though commercial crossover success largely eluded the group , they maintained a dedicated following on their native West Coast , throughout the United States and worldwide .
Likwidation is the third album by West Coast hip hop group Tha Alkaholiks , released in August 26 , 1997 on Loud Records . The album features a large number of guest appearances , including Nas , Lootpack , Keith Murray , Xzibit , LL Cool J , Ol ' Dirty Bastard and King Tee . The album 's lead single , Hip Hop Drunkies , became the group 's biggest hit in 1997 , peaking at # 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart . Following the release of Likwidation , group member Tash temporarily went solo , and released the album Rap Life in 1999 . The group did n't return with another album until 2001 , with X.O . Experience .
Rico Smith ( born August 9 , 1971 ) , better known by his stage name Tash , is an American rapper . He is most known for his work as a member of West Coast hip hop group , Tha Alkaholiks alongside J-Ro and E-Swift . He has released two solo albums , Rap Life ( 1999 ) and Control Freek ( 2009 ) , and has worked on five albums with Tha Alkaholiks .
Tha Alkaholiks , also known as Tha Liks , is an American hip hop trio from Los Angeles , California , United States . Since the early 1990s they have produced party music with a hardcore hip hop edge , powered by the beats of DJ and producer E-Swift ( born Eric Brooks in Columbus , Georgia , raised in Toledo , Ohio ) and the rhymes of J-Ro ( born James Robinson in Los Angeles ) and Tash ( born Rico Smith in Cincinnati ) . Though commercial crossover success largely eluded the group , they maintained a dedicated following on their native West Coast , throughout the United States and worldwide .
James Anthony Robinson ( born 1969 ) , known by his stage name J-Ro is an American rapper , hip-hop performer and former member of Tha Alkaholiks . He is also a regular guest/contributor of Combat Radio .
Strong Arm Steady , often referred to as SAS , is a hip hop group in California 's underground hip hop scene . As of December 2009 , the act consists of members Phil Da Agony , Krondon , of Los Angeles , and Mitchy Slick of San Diego , California . Originally an amorphous collective of at least eight , formed as an alternative to the gang-focused productions of West Coast rap 's then-dominant Death Row Records , SAS pared down to four members for recording in the studio and performing live , with Xzibit as the frontman . Since he left the group in 2006 , the three remaining members have been a stable trio . Over the years they have recorded many mixtapes and have distributed them all over the world . Speaking directly to their fans , they were West Coast pioneers in the use of mixtapes as a group 's principal method of distribution and marketing , a model necessitated by their neither being DJs nor closely affiliated with a DJ , and a method already proven on the East Coast by 50 Cent and others in the early 2000s . Talib Kweli signed Strong Arm Steady to his Blacksmith Records label in 2007 . The group released a collaboration with producer Madlib , In Search of Stoney Jackson , with a roster of guest vocalists including studio head Talib Kweli , former SAS member Planet Asia , Guilty Simpson , Phonte ( of Little Brother ) , Fashawn , and a host of underground Los Angeles 's emerging rap talent . Stoney Jackson , as it has been called for short , was released online as MP3 files in December 2009 through Stones Throw Records , with a CD release date of January 26 , 2010 . The album was named one of the best albums of 2010 by numerous media outlets including AllHipHop and on the blog of famed producer DJ Premier . Their album Arms & Hammers was released on February 22 , 2011 by Blacksmith Records and Element 9 and distributed by Fontana Distribution .
Joseph Anthony Hernandez ( born July 2 , 1969 ) , professionally known as Tony Touch , is an American hip hop break dancer , rapper , producer and DJ of Puerto Rican descent .
Ricardo Emmanuel Brown ( born November 23 , 1972 ) , better known by his stage name Kurupt , is an American rapper and actor . His career began in the early 1990s when he was signed to Death Row Records and shortly after formed the duo Tha Dogg Pound with Daz Dillinger . After leaving Death Row in 1996 , he signed with A & M and released his debut studio album , Kuruption ! in 1998 . He is also a member of the hip-hop supergroups The HRSMN and Diirty OGz . Rappers Eminem and Kendrick Lamar have cited him as an influence and as one of the most lyrically skilled rappers of all time .
David Brown ( born 1983 ) , better known by his stage name Roscoe , is an American rapper . He released his debut album , Young Roscoe Philaphornia , in 2003 , with the album debuting at # 148 appeared on the Billboard 200 .
Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha is the second studio album by American rapper Kurupt . It was released on November 16 , 1999 through Antra Records with distribution from Artemis Records . Kurupt lost distribution from A & M Records due to the corporate merger between PolyGram and Universal Music Group in early 1999 . The album features the single Who Ride Wit Us . The track Callin ' Out Names is a diss track directed towards rappers Ja Rule and DMX , amongst others .
Tha Eastsidaz was a hip hop trio consisting of Snoop Dogg , Tray Deee and Goldie Loc . Their first appearance was on Tommy Boy Records ' The Ride : Music from Dimension with Crooked Eye Q on a Battlecat-produced song called Feels So Good in 1997 .
Tha Eastsidaz is the eponymous debut studio album by American Gangsta rap group Tha Eastsidaz . It was released February 1 , 2000 on Dogghouse Records and TVT Records . The album was recorded at Dogghouse Studio , Music Grinder & Skip Saylor Recording , Hollywood , California . Most of the songs were performed live on Hustler 's rap-porn compilation Snoop Dogg 's Doggystyle XXX DVD . The album was executive produced by Snoop Dogg .
De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island , New York . They are best known for their eclectic sampling , quirky lyrics , and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres . The members are Posdnuos , Trugoy and Maseo . The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song Plug Tunin ' . With its playful wordplay , innovative sampling , and witty skits , the band 's debut album , 3 Feet High and Rising , has been called a hip hop masterpiece . The album was the band 's biggest commercial success to date , with subsequent ones selling progressively less , despite receiving high praise from critics . They were influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def 's career , and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective . They are the second longest standing Native Tongues group , after the Jungle Brothers . In 2006 , the group won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on the single Feel Good Inc . In early 2015 , they announced plans to release a Kickstarter-funded upcoming 9th studio album And the Anonymous Nobody in September 2015 ; it was released on August 26 , 2016 . The album tracks are said to be the result of multiple improvised jam sessions . The album also features guest appearances from artists such as Damon Albarn , Little Dragon , David Byrne , 2 Chainz and Snoop Dogg .
Art Official Intelligence : Mosaic Thump is the fifth studio album by American hip hop group De La Soul , it was released on August 8 , 2000 .
Dedrick D'Mon Rolison ( born August 9 , 1971 ) , better known by his stage name Mack 10 , is an American rapper and actor . He has sold nearly 11 million records independently combining his solo and group works . Mack 10 made his first appearance on Ice Cube 's 1994 Bootlegs & B-Sides compilation on the remixed track What Can I Do ? and was a member of hip hop supergroup Westside Connection along with WC and Ice Cube . Mack 10 is also the founder of independent record label Hoo-Bangin ' Records and got his stage name from the Ingram MAC-10 submachine gun .
The LBC Crew ( Long Beach City Crew ) was a hip-hop trio from Long Beach , California . They were the first act to be executively-produced by Snoop Dogg . During their time with Death Row , the LBC Crew recorded a previously unreleased album entitled Have n't U Heard . which remained unreleased until February 8 , 2011 when it was released by WideAwake/Death Row . They had a hit single with the song Beware Of My Crew , from the A Thin Line Between Love and Hate soundtrack album , which was originally intended to be for their debut album . They played on Snoop Dogg 's second album Tha Doggfather . The group disbanded following the collapse of Death Row . Since then , unreleased material from the group emerged on the underground . The LBC Crew remained visible figures in West-Coast hip-hop . Bad Azz released two solo albums under the Doggy Style imprint . Lil C-Style remained part of disorganized Death Row camp . And Techniec recently signed to The Game 's The Black Wall Street Records then left to start his own label .
Caviar ( less often , caviare ; from Persian : خاویار , romanized : xâvyâr , lit . 'egg-bearing ' ) is a food consisting of salt-cured roe of the family Acipenseridae . Caviar is considered a delicacy and is eaten as a garnish or a spread . The roe can be fresh ( non-pasteurized ) or pasteurized , with pasteurization reducing its culinary and economic value . Traditionally , the term caviar refers only to roe from wild sturgeon in the Caspian Sea and Black Sea ( Beluga , Ossetra and Sevruga caviars ) . Depending on the country , caviar may also be used to describe the roe of other species of sturgeon or other fish such as salmon , steelhead , trout , lumpfish , whitefish , or carp .
Paper Route is rapper Mack 10 's fourth studio album . It features Ice Cube , WC , T-Boz , Xzibit , Skoop Delania , Big Gipp , and others . The album debuted at number nineteen on the U.S . Billboard 200 chart , with 47,000 copies in its first-week of sales .
Sway & King Tech is an American hip hop duo composed of Bay Area rapper Sway and DJ King Tech . Also known as Flynamic Force or Sway & Tech , they are the hosts of the nationally syndicated show , The Wake Up Show . In addition to their radio hosting , they have released four albums , mostly featuring other rappers , much of which was recorded while on their program . The duo is best known for their hit single , The Anthem from 1999 's This or That which featured a collection of rappers including RZA , Eminem , Tech N9ne , Xzibit , Pharoahe Monch , Jayo Felony , Chino XL , KRS-One and Kool G Rap .
Tha Mexakinz are a Latin rap duo from Long Beach , California , who released three albums in the 1990s on Wild West Records . The first LP , Zig Zag , was distributed by Wild West/Mad Sounds/Motown . Wild West was also affiliated with American Recordings .
Derek Keith Barbosa ( born April 8 , 1974 ) , better known by his stage name Chino XL , is an American rapper and actor . He has released four solo studio albums , in which his most recent - Ricanstruction : The Black Rosary - won the 2012 HHUG Album of the Year award Chino also forged a career in acting , signing with Hollywood talent manager Stacey Castro and subsequently appearing in several films and episodes of television . He was a series regular on Cinemax series Sex Chronicles and appeared in several guest star roles , including Comedy Central series Reno 911 ! and CBS series CSI : Miami . His feature film credits include a co-starring role opposite Kate Hudson , Luke Wilson in director Rob Reiner 's Alex & Emma and Brandon Sonnier 's directing debut , The Beat , which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival . He is the nephew of Bernie Worrell of music group Parliament/Funkadelic . Barbosa is also a member of Mensa .
Sway & King Tech is an American hip hop duo composed of Bay Area rapper Sway and DJ King Tech . Also known as Flynamic Force or Sway & Tech , they are the hosts of the nationally syndicated show , The Wake Up Show . In addition to their radio hosting , they have released four albums , mostly featuring other rappers , much of which was recorded while on their program . The duo is best known for their hit single , The Anthem from 1999 's This or That which featured a collection of rappers including RZA , Eminem , Tech N9ne , Xzibit , Pharoahe Monch , Jayo Felony , Chino XL , KRS-One and Kool G Rap .
Delmar Drew Arnaud better known by his stage name Daz Dillinger ( formerly Dat Nigga Daz ) , is an American rapper and record producer from Long Beach , California . Dillinger is a member of hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound alongside Kurupt , and has worked with Death Row . He is also a cousin of Snoop Dogg 's .
Dominick Antron Wickliffe ( born September 23 , 1978 ) , better known by his stage name Crooked I or Kxng Crooked , ( stylised as KXNG Crooked and pronounced King Crooked ) is an American rapper from Long Beach , California . He is best known as a former member of the hip hop supergroup Slaughterhouse with other members Joe Budden , Joell Ortiz and Royce da 5 ' 9 . Slaughterhouse is currently signed to Shady Records . He is currently CEO of his own record labels , Dynasty Entertainment and C.O.B . Digital as well as Senior Vice President of Treacherous Records . Before starting his own label , he was also signed to Virgin Records and Death Row Records . In April 2018 , Crooked I announced that he would be leaving Slaughterhouse . The group has since disbanded .
James Todd Smith ( born January 14 , 1968 ) , known professionally as LL Cool J ( short for Ladies Love Cool James ) , is an American rapper , record producer , actor , author and entrepreneur from Queens , New York . With the breakthrough success of his hit single I Need a Beat and the Radio LP , LL Cool J became an early hip-hop act to achieve mainstream success along with Kurtis Blow and Run-D.M.C . LL Cool J has released 13 studio albums and two greatest hits compilations . His twelfth album Exit 13 ( 2008 ) , was his last for his long-tenured deal with Def Jam Recordings . LL Cool J appeared in numerous films , including In Too Deep , Any Given Sunday , S.W.A.T. , Deep Blue Sea , Mindhunters , and Edison . He currently plays NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna in the CBS crime drama television series NCIS : Los Angeles . LL Cool J also is the host of Lip Sync Battle on Paramount Network . A two-time Grammy Award winner , LL Cool J is known for such hip hop hits as Going Back to Cali , I 'm Bad , The Boomin ' System , Rock the Bells and Mama Said Knock You Out , as well as R & B hits such as Doin ' It , I Need Love , All I Have , Around the Way Girl and Hey Lover . In 2010 , VH1 placed him on their 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time list . In 2017 , LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center Honors .
James Savage ( born December 31 , 1969 ) , better known by his stage name Jayo Felony , is an American rapper from southeast San Diego , California . He was a member of a southeast San Diego gang called Rolling 40 's Neighborhood Crips and went by the street name Bullet Loco .
G.O.A.T . ( Greatest of all time ) is the eighth studio album by American rapper LL Cool J , issued on Def Jam Recordings . It was released on September 12 , 2000 , and peaked at number one on the U.S . Billboard 200 . It was LL Cool J 's first and , to date , only album to reach the # 1 spot . G.O.A.T . received generally positive reviews . At Metacritic , which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications , the album received an average score of 73 , based on 12 reviews .
Marshall Bruce Mathers III ( born October 17 , 1972 ) , known professionally as Eminem ( /ˌɛmɪˈnɛm/ ; often stylized as EMINƎM ) , is an American rapper , songwriter , record producer , record executive and actor . He is one of the most successful musical artists of the 21st century . In addition to his solo career , Eminem was a member of the hip hop group D12 . He is also known for collaborations with fellow Detroit-based rapper Royce da 5 ' 9 ; the two are collectively known as Bad Meets Evil . After his debut album Infinite ( 1996 ) and the extended play Slim Shady EP ( 1997 ) , Eminem signed with Dr. Dre 's Aftermath Entertainment and subsequently achieved mainstream popularity in 1999 with The Slim Shady LP and its lead single My Name Is . His next two releases The Marshall Mathers LP ( 2000 ) and The Eminem Show ( 2002 ) were worldwide successes and were both nominated for the Grammy Award for Album of the Year . As a result of being a leading figure in a form of black music , Eminem was subject to comparisons to Elvis Presley at the time . After the release of Encore in 2004 , which faced heavy criticism by fans and critics for its lackluster quality , Eminem went on hiatus in 2005 partly due to a prescription drug addiction . He released Relapse in 2009 and Recovery the following year , which both won Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album . Recovery was the best-selling album of 2010 worldwide , making it his second album , after The Eminem Show in 2002 , to be the best-selling album worldwide . In the following years , he released the US number one albums The Marshall Mathers LP 2 , Revival , Kamikaze and Music to Be Murdered By . Eminem starred in the drama film 8 Mile ( 2002 ) playing a fictionalized version of himself , which won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for Lose Yourself , making him the first hip hop artist to ever win the award .
Andre Romelle Young:1 ( born February 18 , 1965 ) , known professionally as Dr. Dre , is an American rapper , songwriter , record producer , entrepreneur , record executive , actor , and audio engineer . He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics , and was previously co-owner of Death Row Records . Dr. Dre began his career as a member of the World Class Wreckin ' Cru in 1985 , but found fame with the influential gangsta rap group N.W.A , which popularized explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life . He is credited as a key figure in the crafting and popularization of West Coast G-funk , a subgenre of hip hop characterized by a synthesizer foundation and slow , heavy beats . He was the second-richest figure in hip hop as of 2018 with an estimated net worth of US $ 800 million . Dr. Dre 's solo debut studio album The Chronic ( 1992 ) , released under Death Row Records , made him one of the best-selling American music artists of 1993 . It earned him a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for the single Let Me Ride , as well as several accolades for the single Nuthin ' but a ' G ' Thang . That year , he produced Death Row labelmate Snoop Doggy Dogg 's quadruple platinum debut Doggystyle , and mentored producers such as his step-brother Warren G ( leading to the multi-platinum debut Regulate.G Funk Era in 1994 ) and Snoop Dogg 's cousin Daz Dillinger ( leading to the double-platinum debut Dogg Food by Tha Dogg Pound in 1995 ) . In 1996 , Dr. Dre left Death Row Records to establish his own label , Aftermath Entertainment . He produced a compilation album , Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath , in 1996 , and released a solo album , 2001 , in 1999 . During the 2000s , Dr. Dre focused on producing other artists , occasionally contributing vocals . Dr. Dre signed Eminem in 1998 and 50 Cent in 2002 , and co-produced their albums .
The Marshall Mathers LP is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem , released on May 23 , 2000 by Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records . The album was produced mostly by Dr. Dre and Eminem , along with The 45 King , the Bass Brothers , and Mel-Man . It was recorded over a two-month period in several studios in the Detroit area , and during this time , Eminem felt significant pressure to improve upon the success of his previous record . Released a year after Eminem 's breakout album The Slim Shady LP , the album features more introspective lyricism including his response to his sudden rise to fame and controversy surrounding his lyrics . Musically , the album incorporates hardcore hip hop and horrorcore . The Marshall Mathers LP debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 , selling 1.78 million copies in its first week alone which made it one of the fastest-selling studio albums in the United States . It also reached number one in eleven other countries . The Marshall Mathers LP 's first single The Real Slim Shady became Eminem 's biggest hit up to that point and peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song and its video both poke fun at pop culture figures at the time such as NSYNC , Britney Spears , Christina Aguilera and Will Smith . The album also features Stan , which has been regarded as one of Eminem 's signature songs . Like The Slim Shady LP , The Marshall Mathers LP was surrounded by significant controversy upon its release . Criticism centered around lyrics that were considered violent , homophobic , and misogynistic .
John Austin IV ( born September 26 , 1973 ) , better known by his stage name Ras Kass , is an American rapper . He returned as a member of the hip hop supergroup The HRSMN along with Canibus , Killah Priest , and Kurupt in 2014 . Ras is a member of the group Golden State Warriors with Xzibit and Saafir . Editors of About.com ranked him # 30 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time ( 1987-2007 ) . Pitchfork Media called him one of the best rappers of all time .
Oswald Priest , better known as Mad Lion , is a dancehall , ragga musician and rapper . He frequently collaborates with fellow hip hop artist KRS-One . His awards include the 1994 Source Award as Reggae Artist of the Year , and the 1995 Source Award as Reggae Hip-Hop Artist of the Year .
Lawrence Kris Parker ( born August 20 , 1965 ) , better known by his stage names KRS-One , and Teacha , is an American rapper and occasional producer from The Bronx , New York . He rose to prominence as part of the hip hop music group Boogie Down Productions , which he formed with DJ Scott La Rock in the mid-1980s . KRS-One is best known for his top hits , Sound of da Police , Love 's gon na get'cha ( material love ) and My Philosophy . Boogie Down Productions received numerous awards and critical acclaim in their early years . Following the release of the group 's debut album , Criminal Minded , Scott La Rock was shot and killed , but KRS-One continued the group , effectively as a solo project . He began releasing records under his own name in 1993 . He is politically active , having started the Stop the Violence Movement after La Rock 's death . He also is a vegan activist , seen by songs such as Beef . He is considered as an influence to many artists today , including Eminem .