Little Bruce
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Little Bruce, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California
, best known for this 1994 debut album released on Sick Wid It
and Jive Records
, XXXtra Manish
.
releases, including: Tryin' to Get a Buck
, Federal
and Down and Dirty
. His debut album was released October 11, 1994 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records
, titled: XXXtra Manish
. The album was produced by Mike Mosley, Sam Bostic and Studio Ton, and executive produced
by B-Legit
and E-40
. It peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
. The album features guest performances by Kaveo, Levitti, P-Dub and Funk Mobb
(G-Note, K-1 & Mac Shawn). To promote the album, a single and a music video
were released for the song, "Mobbin' In My Old School".
After releasing his debut album, Little Bruce left the music business to pursue pimping, although he occasionally made guest appearances on other Bay Area rappers albums, including: The Hogg in Me
, It Ain't 4 Play
, The Hemp Museum
, Mash Confusion
, Rapper Gone Bad
and Hempin' Ain't Easy
. In 2000 he returned to the music business with his second studio album, Give It to Me Baby!. The album features guest appearances by B-Legit, Big Syke
, Outlawz
, Mac Shawn, Lil Italy
and Miami.
Little Bruce eventually joined Mac Dre
's label, Thizz Entertainment
and performed on several of the label's releases as well as releasing albums of his own, including: Base Rock 2 Pimp Socks, The Liquid Assets Deal and a greatest hits collection, Triple X Classics. The compilation, Mac Dre Presents Little Bruce, features previously released music from, Give It to Me Baby!, and some new material. The album, The Supa Sig Tapes, is collection of early material recorded by Mac Dre and Little Bruce, from 1989–1991.
Vallejo, California
Vallejo is the largest city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 115,942 at the 2010 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area on the northeastern shore of San Pablo Bay...
, best known for this 1994 debut album released on Sick Wid It
Sick Wid It Records
Sick Wid It Records is a United States based hip hop record label owned and founded by rapper E-40.- Current artists :*B-Slimm*Big Omeezy*E-40*Laroo 'The Hard Hitta'*DB'z *Issue*Droop-E*Nump*Turf Talk*Cousin Fik- Former artists :...
and Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
, XXXtra Manish
XXXtra Manish
XXXtra Manish is the debut album by American rapper Little Bruce, released October 11, 1994 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. The album was produced by Mike Mosley, Sam Bostic and Studio Ton, and executive produced by B-Legit and E-40. The album peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop...
.
Background
Before releasing his debut album in 1994, Little Bruce appeared on several Sick Wid It RecordsSick Wid It Records
Sick Wid It Records is a United States based hip hop record label owned and founded by rapper E-40.- Current artists :*B-Slimm*Big Omeezy*E-40*Laroo 'The Hard Hitta'*DB'z *Issue*Droop-E*Nump*Turf Talk*Cousin Fik- Former artists :...
releases, including: Tryin' to Get a Buck
Tryin' to Get a Buck
Tryin' to Get a Buck is the debut album by American rapper B-Legit, released August 28, 1993 on Sick Wid It Records. The album was produced entirely by Studio Ton. It peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 26 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers...
, Federal
Federal (album)
Federal is the debut album by American rapper E-40, released November 10, 1993 on Sick Wid It Records. It peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.Jive records reissued Federal in 1995 with three tracks missing....
and Down and Dirty
Down and Dirty (album)
Down and Dirty is the debut album by American rap group The Click, released in 1992 on Sick Wid It Records. It peaked at number 87 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 1994, Sick Wid' It released it on CD, but with 2 of the 16 tracks missing...
. His debut album was released October 11, 1994 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records
Jive Records
Jive Records was a record label based in New York City, operating under RCA Music Group. Jive was primarily known for a string of successes with hip hop artists in the 1980s, and in teen pop and boy bands in the late 1990s. The word "jive" was inspired by Township Jive, a form of South African...
, titled: XXXtra Manish
XXXtra Manish
XXXtra Manish is the debut album by American rapper Little Bruce, released October 11, 1994 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. The album was produced by Mike Mosley, Sam Bostic and Studio Ton, and executive produced by B-Legit and E-40. The album peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop...
. The album was produced by Mike Mosley, Sam Bostic and Studio Ton, and executive produced
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...
by B-Legit
B-Legit
Brandt Jones, better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.He is a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" by 2Pac in All Eyez on Me. He has been on several independent labels such as...
and E-40
E-40
Earl Stevens , better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut...
. It peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
. The album features guest performances by Kaveo, Levitti, P-Dub and Funk Mobb
Funk Mobb
Funk Mobb was a short lived rap group composed of Bay Area rappers, K-1, G-Note and Mac Shawn who were signed by Sick Wid It and Jive Records. They were only active from 1994 to 1998, first appearing on Little Bruce's debut album, XXXtra Mannish and then releasing their one and only album in 1996,...
(G-Note, K-1 & Mac Shawn). To promote the album, a single and a music video
Music video
A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...
were released for the song, "Mobbin' In My Old School".
After releasing his debut album, Little Bruce left the music business to pursue pimping, although he occasionally made guest appearances on other Bay Area rappers albums, including: The Hogg in Me
The Hogg in Me
The Hogg in Me is compilation presented by American rap label Sick Wid It Records. It was released November 21, 1995 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. The album was produced by Celly Cel, Damian Law, Dre "Young Dog" Riggins, Filthy Rich, Kevin Gardner, K-Lou, Levitti, Redwine, Stevie Wright and...
, It Ain't 4 Play
It Ain't 4 Play
It Ain't 4 Play is the first and only album released by American rap group, Funk Mobb. It was released July 15, 1996 on Sick Wid It Records and Jive Records. The album was produced by G-Note, D-Shot, K-1, K-Lou, Levitti, Mac Shawn, and Studio Ton. It peaked at number number 46 on the Billboard Top...
, The Hemp Museum
The Hemp Museum
The Hemp Museum is the second studio album by American rapper B-Legit, released November 26, 1996 on Jive and Sick Wid It Records. The album features production by K-Lou, Mike Mosley, Studio Ton, Tone Capone and B-Legit. It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number...
, Mash Confusion
Mash Confusion
Mash Confusion is the debut album by American rap group A-1, released August 24, 1999 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. A-1 is composed of Big Bone and D-Day. The album features production by Bosko, K-Lou, Sam Bostic, Studio Ton and Tone Capone...
, Rapper Gone Bad
Rapper Gone Bad
Rapper Gone Bad is the third album by Mac Dre, released September 28, 1999, on Thizz Entertainment. Guest appearances include Warren G, Kokane, The WhoRidas, Little Bruce, B-Legit and others.-Track listing:#Intro...
and Hempin' Ain't Easy
Hempin' Ain't Easy
Hempin' Ain't Easy is the third album by B-Legit. It was released on November 9, 1999 for Koch Records and Sick Wid It Records and featured production from B-Legit, Ant Banks, Daz Dillinger, Studio Ton, Tone Capone, Big Sin, Bosko, Mr. Payback, Sam Bostic and Keith Clark. Hempin' Ain't Easy peaked...
. In 2000 he returned to the music business with his second studio album, Give It to Me Baby!. The album features guest appearances by B-Legit, Big Syke
Big Syke
Tyruss Himes, better known by his stage name Big Syke is an American rapper. His stage name is a revision of his childhood nickname, "Little Psycho"....
, Outlawz
Outlawz
Outlawz, formally known as Outlaw Immortalz, is an American hip hop group founded by Tupac Shakur in late 1995 after Shakur's release from prison. Collectively, they are probably best known for appearing in the video "Hit 'Em Up", in a diss track aimed at Biggie Smalls and other New York...
, Mac Shawn, Lil Italy
Lil Italy
Lil Italy is a rapper who was briefly a member of E-40's Sick Wid It Records and the label's group Funk Mobb. At the time he was known as G-Note. In 1998 Master P signed him to No Limit Records - where in 1999 he released an album under his new moniker Lil Italy - entitled, On Top of da World...
and Miami.
Little Bruce eventually joined Mac Dre
Mac Dre
Andre Hicks , better known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper.-Biography:Andre Hicks was born in Oakland, California but moved to Vallejo while still a child...
's label, Thizz Entertainment
Thizz Entertainment
Thizz Entertainment is a San Francisco Bay Area-based, independent record label, started as Romp Records in 1996 by rapper Mac Dre. When Dre moved to Sacramento in 1999, he changed the label's name to Thizz Entertainment to avoid connections to the Romper Room Gang...
and performed on several of the label's releases as well as releasing albums of his own, including: Base Rock 2 Pimp Socks, The Liquid Assets Deal and a greatest hits collection, Triple X Classics. The compilation, Mac Dre Presents Little Bruce, features previously released music from, Give It to Me Baby!, and some new material. The album, The Supa Sig Tapes, is collection of early material recorded by Mac Dre and Little Bruce, from 1989–1991.
Studio albums
- 1994: XXXtra ManishXXXtra ManishXXXtra Manish is the debut album by American rapper Little Bruce, released October 11, 1994 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. The album was produced by Mike Mosley, Sam Bostic and Studio Ton, and executive produced by B-Legit and E-40. The album peaked at number 60 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop...
- 2000: Give It to Me Baby!
- 2005: Base Rock 2 Pimp Socks
- 2007: The Liquid Assets Deal
Compilations
- 2003: Triple X Classics
- 2003: Mac Dre Presents Little Bruce
- 2006: The Truth Mixtape
Guest appearances
- 1992: "Fuck and Get Up" (from the B-LegitB-LegitBrandt Jones, better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.He is a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" by 2Pac in All Eyez on Me. He has been on several independent labels such as...
album Tryin' to Get a BuckTryin' to Get a BuckTryin' to Get a Buck is the debut album by American rapper B-Legit, released August 28, 1993 on Sick Wid It Records. The album was produced entirely by Studio Ton. It peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 26 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers...
) - 1992: "Let Him Have It" (from the E-40E-40Earl Stevens , better known by his stage name E-40, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor from Vallejo, California. He is also part of the rap group The Click and the founder of Sick Wid It Records. His solo debut album, Federal, was released in November 1992, after The Click's debut...
album FederalFederal (album)Federal is the debut album by American rapper E-40, released November 10, 1993 on Sick Wid It Records. It peaked at number 80 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.Jive records reissued Federal in 1995 with three tracks missing....
) - 1992: "Old School" (from The ClickThe ClickThe Click is a hip hop group consisting of 4 members from Vallejo, California. The groups members are E-40 , his cousin B-Legit , his brother D-Shot , and his sister Suga-T...
album Down and DirtyDown and Dirty (album)Down and Dirty is the debut album by American rap group The Click, released in 1992 on Sick Wid It Records. It peaked at number 87 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. In 1994, Sick Wid' It released it on CD, but with 2 of the 16 tracks missing...
) - 1995: "It's Time to Mobb" (from the Sick Wid It compilation The Hogg in MeThe Hogg in MeThe Hogg in Me is compilation presented by American rap label Sick Wid It Records. It was released November 21, 1995 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. The album was produced by Celly Cel, Damian Law, Dre "Young Dog" Riggins, Filthy Rich, Kevin Gardner, K-Lou, Levitti, Redwine, Stevie Wright and...
) - 1995: "The Zone" (from the Funk MobbFunk MobbFunk Mobb was a short lived rap group composed of Bay Area rappers, K-1, G-Note and Mac Shawn who were signed by Sick Wid It and Jive Records. They were only active from 1994 to 1998, first appearing on Little Bruce's debut album, XXXtra Mannish and then releasing their one and only album in 1996,...
album It Ain't 4 PlayIt Ain't 4 PlayIt Ain't 4 Play is the first and only album released by American rap group, Funk Mobb. It was released July 15, 1996 on Sick Wid It Records and Jive Records. The album was produced by G-Note, D-Shot, K-1, K-Lou, Levitti, Mac Shawn, and Studio Ton. It peaked at number number 46 on the Billboard Top...
) - 1996: "Gotta Buy Your Dope From Us" (from the B-LegitB-LegitBrandt Jones, better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.He is a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" by 2Pac in All Eyez on Me. He has been on several independent labels such as...
album The Hemp MuseumThe Hemp MuseumThe Hemp Museum is the second studio album by American rapper B-Legit, released November 26, 1996 on Jive and Sick Wid It Records. The album features production by K-Lou, Mike Mosley, Studio Ton, Tone Capone and B-Legit. It peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number...
) - 1996: "Hennessey" (from the Potna Deuce album Heron Soup)
- 1998: "Major League" (from the D-ShotD-ShotDannell Stevens, better known as D-Shot is an American rapper from Vallejo, California. D-Shot got his start as a member of the rap group, The Click, which also included his siblings E-40 and Suga T, as well as his cousin B-Legit...
compilation Boss Ballin' 2: The Mob Bosses) - 1998: "Where The Weed at", "Chips" and "Where You From" (from the MarvalessMarvalessMarva Jean Cooks , better know by her stage name Marvaless, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California. In 1994, after high school, she released her debut album "Ghetto Blues" through AWOL Records. Successive solo releases included "Just Marvaless" , and Wiccked...
album Fearless) - 1999: "Mathematics" (from the A-1 album Mash ConfusionMash ConfusionMash Confusion is the debut album by American rap group A-1, released August 24, 1999 on Sick Wid It and Jive Records. A-1 is composed of Big Bone and D-Day. The album features production by Bosko, K-Lou, Sam Bostic, Studio Ton and Tone Capone...
) - 1999: "Valley Joe" (from the Mac DreMac DreAndre Hicks , better known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper.-Biography:Andre Hicks was born in Oakland, California but moved to Vallejo while still a child...
album Rapper Gone BadRapper Gone BadRapper Gone Bad is the third album by Mac Dre, released September 28, 1999, on Thizz Entertainment. Guest appearances include Warren G, Kokane, The WhoRidas, Little Bruce, B-Legit and others.-Track listing:#Intro...
) - 2000: "Rap Star" and "The World Is a Mutha" (from the B-LegitB-LegitBrandt Jones, better known by his stage name B-Legit, is an American rapper from Vallejo, California.He is a member of The Click, a rap group formed by his cousin E-40. He was featured on the track "Aint Hard 2 Find" by 2Pac in All Eyez on Me. He has been on several independent labels such as...
album Hempin' Ain't EasyHempin' Ain't EasyHempin' Ain't Easy is the third album by B-Legit. It was released on November 9, 1999 for Koch Records and Sick Wid It Records and featured production from B-Legit, Ant Banks, Daz Dillinger, Studio Ton, Tone Capone, Big Sin, Bosko, Mr. Payback, Sam Bostic and Keith Clark. Hempin' Ain't Easy peaked...
) - 2001: "Have You Eva" and "Chevs and Fords" (from the Mac DreMac DreAndre Hicks , better known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper.-Biography:Andre Hicks was born in Oakland, California but moved to Vallejo while still a child...
album It's Not What You Say... It's How You Say ItIt's Not What You Say... It's How You Say ItIt's Not What You Say... It's How You Say It is a 2001 album by Hyphy Bay Area rapper Mac Dre."Mac Dre's It's Not What You Say...It's How You Say It is another collection of hardcore rap from the underground. Guest stars include Richie Rich, Keak da Sneak, and several others...
) - 2002: "Pimpin' Appealin'" (from the Miami compilation Collection of Dope)
- 2008: "Livin' N Da City" (from the Mac DreMac DreAndre Hicks , better known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper.-Biography:Andre Hicks was born in Oakland, California but moved to Vallejo while still a child...
compilation Dre AreaDre AreaMac Dre - The Dre AreaThe Dre Area - Compilation CD2008 Thizz Entertainment12 Tracks Featuring:Mac Dre, Johnny Cash, Chop Da Hookman, Tuff Da Goon, Dubee, Little Bruce, PSD, Dru Down, Thizz Mob, Rydah J. Klyde, Meez, Crest Creepaz, Thizz Kidz, Young Los, Mistah F.A.B., Vital, Gangsta Flea,...
)
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