Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection is a greatest hits 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 was released by Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 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

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

. It contains no tracks from Tee's fourth album, IV Life

IV Life

IV Life is the fourth album by West Coast hip hop artist King Tee. It is his first album released by MCA Records in 1994 after his split with Capitol Records...

, which was released on MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

. Since, King Tee was dropped by Capitol before this album's release, he had no say in which tracks would be put on it. Only three tracks on this compilation, "Bass," "Ya Better Bring a Gun" and "Can This Be Real?," are not on any of King Tee's other albums. The compilation's name is a reference to King Tee's most successful charting song, "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)."

Track listing

#	Title	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Act a Fool"	DJ Pooh DJ Pooh DJ Pooh is an American record producer, rapper, screenwriter and film director.-Biography:...	King Tee
2	"Bass"	Bobcat, DJ Pooh, Greg Mack, Lavashon Vasille	King Tee
3	"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
4	"Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
5	"Payback's a Mutha"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
6	"At Your Own Risk"	DJ Pooh, King Tee	King Tee
7	"Guitar Playin'"	DJ Pooh, King Tee	King Tee
8	"Diss You"	Bilal Bashir	King Tee
9	"Can This Be Real?"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
10	"Bust Dat Ass"	King Tee	King Tee, Tha Alkaholiks Tha Alkaholiks Tha Alkaholiks, also known as Tha Liks, was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. Since the early 1990s they have produced funky, upbeat, hedonism-themed party music with a hardcore hip hop edge, powered by the beats of DJ and producer E-Swift and the lively, comedic rhymes of...
11	"The Coolest"	DJ Pooh	King Tee
12	"Just Clowning"	DJ Pooh	Breeze, King Tee, Mixmaster Spade Mixmaster Spade Mixmaster Spade was a hip hop artist. He died from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident...
13	"Got It Bad Y'all"	DJ Pooh, Tha Alkaholiks	King Tee, Tha Alkaholiks
14	"Ya Better Bring a Gun"	DJ Pooh, Unknown	King Tee, Mixmaster Spade, The Compton Posse (DJ Slick, DJ Var, Hit Man, J-Ro J-Ro James Robinson, known by his stage name J-Ro is a hip-hop performer and former member of Tha Alkaholiks. He is also a regular guest/contributor of Combat Radio - Discography :818 Antics*Mix-CD*Released: May 5, 2006... , Papa and Sweet Tooth)