Sneeke Muthafukaz
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Sneeke Muthafukaz is the only album of the hip hop group known as Hoodratz
. It was released on August 24, 1993, on Epic
/SME Records
and featured production from Hoodratz, DJ Irv, David Kennedy, Carlton Batts, and Bryan Leach. It is not the same crew that released an album during 2001 as the Hoodratz, which was a crunk
group affiliated with the Ying Yang Twins
. The album was moderately successful, peaking at #79 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
and #27 on the Top Heatseekers
. Two singles were released from the album, "Murdered Ova Nuttin'" and "Bootlegga," the latter of which made it to #19 on the Hot Rap Singles, as well as #39 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales.
Hoodratz
The Hoodratz was a hip hop duo from New York City composed of Doh-Doh and Dingbat that was signed to Epic Records. The group released its first album in 1993, titled Sneeke Muthafukaz, which peaked at #79 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #27 on the Top Heatseekers and featured two singles,...
. It was released on August 24, 1993, on Epic
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
/SME Records
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment ' is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America, the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation....
and featured production from Hoodratz, DJ Irv, David Kennedy, Carlton Batts, and Bryan Leach. It is not the same crew that released an album during 2001 as the Hoodratz, which was a crunk
Crunk
Crunk is a music style that originated in Memphis, Tennessee in the mid-to-late 1990s and gained mainstream success around 2003–2004. Performers of crunk music are sometimes referred to as crunksters. An archetypal crunk track most frequently uses a drum machine rhythm, heavy bassline, and...
group affiliated with the Ying Yang Twins
Ying Yang Twins
The Ying Yang Twins is an Atlanta-based American crunk rap duo consisting of Kaine and D-Roc . The group debuted in 2000 and rose to mainstream popularity in 2003 collaborating with Lil Jon in his single "Get Low"...
. The album was moderately successful, peaking at #79 on the 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...
and #27 on the Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
. Two singles were released from the album, "Murdered Ova Nuttin'" and "Bootlegga," the latter of which made it to #19 on the Hot Rap Singles, as well as #39 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales.
Track listing
- "Bootlegga"- 3:23
- "Ms. Crabtree"- 1:51
- "Rolllin' Wit da Rat Pak"- 2:47
- "Street Smart Dummie"- 2:11
- "Murdered over Nuttin'"- 3:11
- "Free Cheeze"- 2:43
- "Dag Nab It"- :24
- "Sneeke Muthfukaz"- 3:07
- "Had a Bad Day"- 2:09
- "Na Na, Na Na, Na"- 3:10
- "Grimee"- 3:22
- "Dis Bud'z fa U"- 3:01
- "Git off Ma Dic"- 3:46
Samples
- "Ms. Crabtree"
- "It's A New Day" by Skull SnapsSkull SnapsSkull Snaps was a funk group that released one eponymous album on the small GSF label in 1973 before disappearing. It was, in fact, the group originally known as the Diplomats, which released numerous singles between 1963 and 1970 with some success....
- "Journey Into Love" by Lonnie Liston SmithLonnie Liston SmithLonnie Liston Smith, Jr. is an American jazz, soul, and funk musician who played with important free jazz artists such as Pharoah Sanders and Miles Davis before forming Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes, recording a number of albums widely regarded as classics in the fusion / Quiet Storm /...
- "It's A New Day" by Skull Snaps
- "Street Smart Dummie"
- "The Devil" by Brothers JohnsonBrothers JohnsonThe Brothers Johnson is a band consisting of American musicians and brothers George aka 'Lightnin' Licks' and Louis E. Johnson aka 'Thunder Thumbs'.-Formation:...
- "The Devil" by Brothers Johnson
- "Murdered Ova Nuttin'"
- "Montara" by Bobby HutchersonBobby HutchersonBobby Hutcherson is a jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His vibraphone playing is suggestive of the style of Milt Jackson in its free-flowing melodicism, but his sense of harmony and group interaction is thoroughly modern...
- "Montara" by Bobby Hutcherson
- "Free Cheeze"
- "Alligator Bogaloo" by Lou DonaldsonLou DonaldsonLou Donaldson is a jazz alto saxophonist. He was born in Badin, North Carolina. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop era, heavily influenced by Charlie Parker.His first recordings were...
- "Alligator Bogaloo" by Lou Donaldson