At Your Own Risk is the second album by West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop

West Coast hip hop is a hip hop music subgenre that encompasses any artists or music that originates in the westernmost region of the United States, as opposed to East Coast hip hop, based originally in New York alone...

 artist King Tee

King Tee

Roger McBride, mostly known as King Tee , is an American West coast rapper from Compton, California.-Career:...

. It is mainly produced by King Tee himself and DJ Pooh

DJ Pooh

DJ Pooh is an American record producer, rapper, screenwriter and film director.-Biography:...

 as was his debut, but it also contains production from Bilal Bashir, E-Swift, DJ Aladdin, Bronick Wrobleski and J.R. Coes. Also like King Tee's debut album, there are only two guest appearances. These appearances are provided by Breeze and Ice Cube

Ice Cube

O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...

 on "Played Like a Piano." Ironically, Ron Wynn of Allmusic contrasts this album with those of Ice Cube's old group, N.W.A.

N.W.A.

N.W.A was an American hip hop group from Compton, California, widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap sub-genre....

, saying that this album is "more reflective than combative or prophetic." Allmusic gave At Your Own Risk a positive rating that does not reflect its commercial success. It only reached #175 on the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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 chart, and it only had one charting single, "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)." It also contains the popular track, "Diss You," which samples "Miss You" by the Rolling Stones. Album cover and singles photography by Glen E. Friedman

Glen E. Friedman

Glen E. Friedman is an American photographer and artist.Coming to prominence in the 1980s with his photography of skateboarders and musicians, Friedman is considered one of the most important photographers of his generation.He is perhaps best known for his work promoting rebellious artists such as...

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Four of the fourteen tracks on At Your Own Risk are included on King Tee's greatest hits album, Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection

Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection

Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection is a greatest hits album by West Coast hip hop artist King Tee. It was released by Capitol Records in 1998, three years after King Tee's last album. It contains tracks from each of King Tee's first three albums, all of which were released by Capitol Records...

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Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Introduction"	Bilal Bashir, King Tee	King Tee
2	"At Your Own Risk"	DJ Pooh, King Tee	King Tee
3	"Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
4	"On the Dance Tip"	Bronick Wrobleski, J.R. Coes, DJ Pooh (co-producer)	King Tee
5	"Jay Fay Dray"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
6	"Skanless"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
7	"Take You Home"	DJ Pooh, J.R. Coes (co-producer)	King Tee
8	"Diss You"	Bilal Bashir	King Tee
9	"Time to Get Out"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
10	"Can This Be Real (Remix)"	DJ Aladdin, DJ Pooh, King Tee	King Tee
11	"E Get Swift"	DJ Pooh, E-Swift	King Tee
12	"Do Your Thing"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
13	"King Tee Production"	DJ Pooh, King Tee	King Tee
14	"Played Like a Piano"	DJ Pooh	Breeze, Ice Cube Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,... , King Tee

Samples

At Your Own Risk

• "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
  Syl Johnson
  Syl Johnson is an American blues and soul singer and record producer.-Biography:Born Sylvester Thompson in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States, Johnson sang and played with blues artists Magic Sam, Billy Boy Arnold, Junior Wells and Howlin' Wolf in the 1950s, before recording with Jimmy Reed...
  
  
• "The Champ" by The Mohawks

On the Dance Tip

• "Let's Have Some Fun" by Bar-Kays
  Bar-Kays
  The Bar-Kays are a popular soul, R&B, and funk group who began performing in 1966 and continue to perform today, although with only one original member. The group had dozens of charting singles from the 1960s to the 1980s, including "Soul Finger" The Bar-Kays are a popular soul, R&B, and funk group...
  
  

Jay Fay Dray

• "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
  Grover Washington, Jr.
  Grover Washington, Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.He wrote some of his material and...
  
  

Skanless

• "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic" by Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Hayes
  Isaac Lee Hayes, Jr. was an American songwriter, musician, singer and actor. Hayes was one of the creative influences behind the southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served both as an in-house songwriter and as a record producer, teaming with his partner David Porter during the...
  
  

Take You Home

• "Bouncy Lady" by Pleasure
  Pleasure (U.S. Band)
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• "You Can Make it if You Try" by Sly & the Family Stone
  Sly & the Family Stone
  Sly and the Family Stone were an American rock, funk, and soul band from San Francisco, California. Active from 1966 to 1983, the band was pivotal in the development of soul, funk, and psychedelic music...
  
  

Diss You

• "Miss You by Rolling Stones
• "Think (About It)
  Think (About It)
  "Think " is a funk song recorded by Lyn Collins and released as a single on James Brown's People Records in 1972. The recording was produced by Brown and featured instrumental backing from his band The J.B.'s...
  
  " by Lyn Collins
  Lyn Collins
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• "Let a Woman Be a Woman, and Let a Man Be a Man" by Dyke & the Blazers
  Dyke & the Blazers
  Dyke and the Blazers was an influential American funk band led by Arlester Christian . The band was formed in 1965 and recorded until 1971, when Christian was shot dead...
  
  
• "Big Beat" by Billy Squier
  Billy Squier
  William Haislip "Billy" Squier is an American rock musician. Squier had a string of arena rock hits in the 1980s. He is best known for the song "The Stroke" on his 1981 album release Don't Say No...
  
  

Time to Get Out

• "Blue Juice" by Jimmy McGriff
  Jimmy McGriff
  James Harrell McGriff was an American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader who developed a distinctive style of playing the Hammond B-3 organ.-Early years and influences:...
  
  

E Get Swift

• "Funky President
  Funky President
  "Funky President " is a funk song by James Brown. Released as a single in 1974, it charted #4 R&B. It also appeared on the album Reality. According to Brown the "funky president" of the song's title was meant to refer to U.S...
  
  " by James Brown
  James Brown
  James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
  
  
• "I Get Lifted" by George McCrae
  George McCrae
  George McCrae is an American soul and disco singer, most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby".-Early life and career:...
  
  
• "Back to Life" by Soul II Soul
  Soul II Soul
  Soul II Soul are a British group that was created in London in 1988. They are best known for their 1989 UK chart-topper and U.S. Top 5 hit, "Back to Life ".-Career:...
  
  

Do Your Thing

• "Do Your Thing" by Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
  Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
  Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band is a pioneering American soul and funk band. Formed in the early 1960s, they had the most visibility from 1967 to 1973 when the band had 9 singles reach Billboard's pop and/or rhythm and blues Hot 100 lists, such as "Do Your Thing" , "Till You Get...
  
  
• "Expressway to Your Heart" by Soul Survivors
  Soul Survivors
  Soul Survivors is a 2001 psychological thriller film starring Melissa Sagemiller as a college student named Cassie, whose boyfriend Sean died in a car accident that resulted from her driving after a night of partying...
  
  

King Tee Production

• "Do You Like It" by B.T. Express
  B.T. Express
  B.T. Express was an American funk/disco group, that had a number of successful songs during the 1970s.-Career:...
  
  

Album singles

Single information
"Ruff Rhyme" Released: June 29, 1990 B-side:
"Diss You" Released: October 25, 1990 B-side:
"At Your Own Risk" Released: March 25, 1991 B-side:

Album

Chart (1990)	Peak position
Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	175
Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums	35

Singles

Year	Song	Hot Rap Singles
1990	"Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)"	#18