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NEW ORLEANS IS pretty safe in the daytime, and when I lived there a few years ago I'd walk around the neighborhoods and talk to people like the folks in the projects on Calliope where Master P grew up. One day, I wore a Seagram T-shirt on my walkabout. Now, readers who aren't gangsta rap fans may not know who Seagram is. I sure didn't: The tee was a freebie from the Rap-A-Lot label, and I liked the logo on the back. But everywhere I went, ghetto kids would come up and ask, "Where'd you get that? That's a smooth album." As it turns out, Seagram Miller was the nastiest gangsta rapper imaginable. When the Oakland star was gunned down last summer, ahead of Tupac and Biggie, there were no Village Voice tributes or Vibe cover stories. But I bet those kids in New Orleans took pause.
SEAGRAM WAS A HUSTLER ,PIMP,PLAYER MACK,HOMEY GANGSTA ALL ROLLED INTO ONE HE WALKED THE WALK AND TALKED THE TALK....
HIS INTERESTS ARE MUSIC,MUSIC ,AND MORE MUSIC MONEY ,WOMEN,POWER,MONEY,MONEY ,MONEY MONEY
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seagram records ceo uncle octavius with lil seag and sean
Here we have a compilation of the best of Seagz unreleased material recorded prior to his assassination. Before that he had released 2 other LP's, The Dark Roads in 92 and Reality Check in 94. TDR stands alone as a masterpiece of hard but intelligent gangsta realism. Personally I think most of RC's lyrics are in the right place but the production went from the raw kult thuggish vibe of TDR to that laid-back west coast style diminishing much of the impact it could have had. The result of Souls On Ice resembles RC kicked up a few notches, a little more hardcore, a much more solid album. 'Gotta Stay Down' is one of my personal faves. As usual Seag is amazing!
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Soul Of Seagram, July 24, 2005
Reviewer: Carltouis Stevenson (Angeles Mesa, Los Angeles) - See all my reviews
East Oakland, California's own, Seagram's last album before his death, Souls On Ice. To start this lp off about drug distribution and gangster tales with "Sleepin In My Nikes" featuring Scarface and "Slingin The Yea". "Flinstones" about the cartoon charaters is a good song with imagination, but could have been better without the bridges / hooks. The slow banging drums with a live guitar lick "One 2 The Two" is a good display of Seag's Mob stories. "Gotta Stay Down" is another spotlight with a hint of insightful lyrics like "...the only way to come up is you gotta stay down..." This album has a lot of good instrumentation with a West Coast mentality.
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RIP SEAGRAM THE KING ( i feel seagsta from the heart), January 28, 2005
Reviewer: saj_lexus (london uk) - See all my reviews
WHAT CAN I SAY??? i 1st heard seag back in 97 it was strange i was reading the source mag (neva heard of seagram then) the article went on to say souls on ice was to be his 3rd and final album i dunno why but when i read that it made the hairs on my back stand up. i just had to explore deeper. i purchased souls on ice and man o man sleeping in my nikes was a sad track but at the same time disturbing (knowing deaths around the corner. havin listened to this album i just had to find the others i got reality check straight away but it took me 6 years to get the 1st album it cost me 50 uk pounds. beleave me when i tell u no one ive ever come across has heard of seagram but its the same ole bull 2pac this biggy that. pac and biggy combined aint never touched me i have near enough 1000 rap cds but dont own a single biggy or pac (i dont feel em).i was listening to seag when i was broke with no hope and his trax motivated me u all need to get to the core of his lyrics to understand me. remember the lyric the only way to come up is u gotta stay down. seagram is gonna remain the pride of my selection if there were 3 things to rescue from my burning house they would be all 3 seagram albums 1 love seagram like a brother (rip) c u on the other side of the road PEACE!!!!
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Seagram was deepest rapper and realest rapper there was, March 12, 2004
Reviewer: B. Law (Bay Area California) - See all my reviews
I listen to this cd every day of my life and I feel compelled to write a review for this album. I was reading the review by misterme ( january 2004 ) and its like his opinion of Seagram and this album was spoken from my own words. In my heart I believe Seagram was the deepest rapper to ever grace the mic. His words get deep into your bones , he moves you. It really sickens me to hear that 2pac was the deepest and Biggie Smalls was the greatest rapper ever, people you must dig much deeper than that. First of all if you are from or familiar with Oakland, California you will know that Seagram came up in the notorious 69 Ville housing projects and with Darryl Reed and Tim Bluitt these brothas ran a drug dealing operation that would make A-Z, Rich Porter, and Alpo from Harlem( you know the based on a true story movie Paid In Full with Cameron ) look like Welfare recipiants. This man Seagram puts his experiences, his life, and especially his pain, and the situations that unfold when you are too deep in this street life and made it an artform. This man and his passion for his craft were no joke. You feel his anger,his pain, and his knowledge of the game with every word he speaks. I admit his beats for the most part are not on the level of his rhymes but they are solid, but were 2pac's before he got with Suge. When I hear rappers rappin about all the dope they sell or how they turf controllin the streets need to stop lying, but when Seag' tells you about the streets he comes from and his experiences please believe you are listening to the million dollar dope game put on wax without dry snitchin on his peers in its REALEST form. Getting directly to the album Souls on Ice in my opinion every song is good mainly for the lyrical content. The best songs in my opinion are Sleepin in My Nikes and Gotta Stay Down and I recommend this song to anyone from Oakland to New York who's from a turf where there is a small war going on for control of the drug market and the large amounts of money that comes with it and anyone who feels no hope witnessing the deaths of their peers and the need for vengence that takes place. Seage's greatest asset is that he captures all the pain that comes with trying to survive and get paid when you are living the street life. Unfortunately Seagram died a violent death in the late summer of 1996 when he and a friend were fired upon by an unknown assasin. Seages partna was shot in the head and just as real as his rhymes Seage suffered a majority of his fatal wounds shielding his partna from further damage. RIP Seagram Miller the realest and greatest rapper you never heard of. 1970-1996
tried to write a long, deep review on why I enjoy this album so much, but in the end, I couldn't find the words... Seagram, in my mind, was the greatest, for the same reasons 2pac also was; deep, heartfelt, realness, and a real passion for his music. What he said, you could feel it, plus he could flow like muthaf***a. He also has great song-writing ability, when it came to knowing what would sound good with what, hooks, etc. The beats on this are also some the finest I've heard, and really demonstrate how versatile and diverse mobb music can be, Oakland-style. Anyone who says they ain't so dope, needs to take a second listen. Terry-T did most of them, Tone Capone did two-two of his best, as far as I'm concerned (Gotta Stay Down is probably my favorite track of all), and one of Rap-A-Lot's producers did one- can't remember wich producer it was... It's a cool beat, the first track, that features Scarface. Wich brings me to... featurings. Seagram came from an era where you rarely had more than 3 or 4 guest rappers on their album, meaning that 1)the album is personal, and really lets the rapper shine his best and touch personal topics, and 2)every featuring mattered. We have three here, and they ain't just any three random rappers: Scarface as I mentioned before, Spice 1, and Yukmouth! And they're all at their best here...
And like a lot of bay area albums that came out from the early to the mid 90s, you won't have to skip one single track. Everything is consistent and solid, and the album is just long enough so you want to listen to it again when it's finished, rather than get tired of it halfway through because there's 12 more tracks coming and most of them are filler...
To sum it up exactly... This is how I feel an album is supposed to be done. No one is as underrated as Seag was, R.I.P.
Check out his two previous albums too, both classics...
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he was 1 of the best from the west, August 5, 2003
Reviewer: michael (fayettevill, north carolina, usa) - See all my reviews
his lyrical skills are up there with the best, i wish i had the opportunity to work with him(production)its sad he came to an untimely demise, damn
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SEAGRAM MILLER RELEASES IN THE U.S .....
COMING SOON
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MACKGODS VOLUME 1-2
HEAT-SUMMER-2006
LIVING IN SQUALLER-2007
SEAGAVELLI THE FINAL CHAPTER SUMMER 2007
SEAGRAM - Reality Check
Label: Rap-A-Lot Records
Catalog..: P2 53908
Format: CD
Country: US
Released: 1994
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Gangsta
Credits: Engineer, Mixed By - Jeff Gray (2) , Troy White
Engineer, Mixed By, Mastered By - Seagram Miller
Featuring - Gangsta P (tracks: 1, 3, 9)
Mastered By - Al Eaton , Mike Dean (2)
Producer - Seagram Miller (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 12) , Troy White (tracks: 3 to 5, 8 to 12, 14)
Notes: Executive Producers: Seagram Miller & James A. Smith
Rating: 5.0/5 (1 vote) Rate It
Tracklisting:
1 The Town (4:55)
Featuring - Angie (5) , YD
2 Gangsta Livin (4:19)
Vocals - Suzette
3 It Don't Stop (3:42)
4 Can't Win For Losin (4:38)
Vocals - Gangsta P
5 Bustas, Tricks & Thangs (2:07)
Vocals - Troy Washington
6 Birth (5:26)
7 Where Do We Go From Here (4:31)
Vocals - Suzette
8 Eastside (3:28)
9 13 Deep (4:40)
10 No Matter The Cost (6:02)
11 Gangstas & Players (5:05)
Featuring - Too Short
Producer - Jeff Gray (2)
12 The Old School (4:37)
Vocals - Gangsta P
13 69 (3:12)
Producer - Jeff Gray (2)
Vocals - Cherry (5) , Trice (2) , Troy White
14 Peace To You (3:41)
Vocals - Down By Law (4)
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Seagram / artists (S)
Real Name: Seagram Miller
Aliases: Seagram Miller
Releases:
The Dark Road (Album Sampler) (12") Rap-A-Lot Records
The Dark Roads (CD) Rap-A-Lot Records
Reality Check (CD) Rap-A-Lot Records
Reality Check (Album Sampler) (12") Rap-A-Lot Records
If The World Was Mine (12") Rap-A-Lot Records
Souls On Ice (CD) Rap-A-Lot Records
Souls On Ice (Album Sampler) (12") Rap-A-Lot Records
Appears On:
The South Park Psycho (Album Sampler) (12") Action Speaks Louder T... Rap-A-Lot Records
Till Death Do Us Part (CD) Bring It On Noo Trybe Records
Till Death Do Us Part (LP) Bring It On Rap-A-Lot Records
Bad N-Fluenz (CD) Dirty Work Cell Block Records
Sick-O (CD) Sick-O Str8 Game Records
Put It Down (CD) 5150 G&H Entertainment
Stackin Chips (CD) Can't F**k With This Noo Trybe Records
My Homies (2xCD) Sleepin In My Nikes Rap-A-Lot Records
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SEAG's best album.....maybe even Rap-A-Lot Record's best album , October 6, 2005
Reviewer: David J. Januszewski -
"Reality Check" is a Bay Area classic from 1994. I found that Seagram was becoming a better rapper as his career progressed. He was much better on this album than he was on the "Dark Roads" which was released in 1992. The beats are also alot better. I sold this CD on eBay, and now I think that I want to buy it again. I have a burned copy of this, but CD-R's suck in sound quality. The best songs are Gangsta Livin, Eastside and No Matter the Cost. My favourite song on this album has to be Gangsta livin, I was amazed when I first heard it. This CD is worth alot of money because it is rare, and it is damn good, so it will probably go up even higher in price in the future.
SEAGRAM HAD AND STILL HAS A LOT OF FANS WE THANK YOU FOR YOU WORDS AND SUPPORT OVER THE YEAR'S SEAGRAM RECORDS CEO OCTAVIUS MILLER..........................AND FAMM
REALITY CHECK, July 17, 2005
Reviewer: D-locc$ta (925CCC,KILLA CALI) - See all my reviews
R.I.P. TO SEAGRAM MILLER SNV SOLDIER STR8 OUT THA 510 69VILLE DEEP IN THE GAME MOVIN THAT A-1 SH**-THIS IZ DEFINETLY SEAG'Z BEST ALBUM-BUMPIN HELLA CLEAN ALL THE WAY THRU THA KNOWLEDGE MR.MILLER DROPS-DONT SLEEP
Some deep album, April 1, 2005
Reviewer: H. Khan "KILLA DYNAMIX" (LONDON, ENGLAND) - See all my reviews
Seagrams rhymes had a feel to them, they showed up above alot of other rappers. It's like the people that know, know when someone is trying to impress on tracks about sh..t they ain't really doing, but some other people fall for it. And the people that know are normally up on things too because they know when it's realness that someone is rapping. And thats what Seagram was doing, rapping real. He knew what his limits were about saying things on records and a lot of people can relate to that because they are in the same game, it takes one to know one. His beats were heavy and he always gave his whole in his lyrics because he is far from fake. He never changed his style and made things worse without cause like tupac after joining deathrow. He had true heart and was someone who was deep in the real drugs game, thats why he never talked the wrong sh..t. Sadly he got murdered which too is something that comes with how deep you get. Anyways, get this album because it's tight and real. Peace! r.i.p - seagram
Me & My Homiez Grew Up On Him, March 30, 2003
Reviewer: mallee (usa) - See all my reviews
Seagram will alwayz be missed...ne wrote about thing he went thru.......life wasn't easy for him......alot od struggles wit his demons like every young black man.....unfortunatly it caught up with him....i was probably 16 when i heard the dark roads.......Reap what u Sew used to scare me & my homies...well the intro at least..lol.he had so much talent & was gowing az an artist........the life he wished he could leave ended his life.....i have all his work & he will be missed sincerly......thank u for tha short time u were here.....RIP Homie
seag kept it real, March 15, 2003
Reviewer: A music fan
I AM FROM THE O SO MY COMMENTS MAY SEEM BIAS, HOWEVER, SEAG KEPT IT REAL. EVERY SONG ON THIS WORK IS UNDERSTOOD BY FOLKS FROM THE O AND BEYOND. SEAGRAM WAS AN SRTIST WHO EFFECTIVELY TRANSFERED HIS LIFE EXPERIENCE INTO MUSIC. WHAT YOU HEAR IS NOT SOMETHING A CAT MADE UP, NOT SOMETHING SOMEONE SAW HAPPENING, BUT SOMEONES LIFE EXPERIENCE. SEAGRAMS LIFE EXPIERENCE. YOU HAVE TO DONE BEEN IN IT TO COME UP WITH PIECES LIKE; THE TOWN, BIRTH, GANGSTA LIVN, AND OLD SCHOOL TO NAME A FEW. I, AS WELL AS MANY OTHER PEOPLE WISH SEAG WAS STILL HERE. IN MY OPINION, HE WAS THE TRUEST MC THE O WILL EVER SEE. SEAGRAM, YOU ARE MISSED RIP... MUCH LOVE TO HIS FAM...
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THE OFFICIAL SEAGRAM MILLER PAGE!( R.I.P) 1970-1996 SEAGSTA ,S.E.A.G,THE OAKLAND AND BAY AREA LEGEND AND TREND SETTER SEAGS MUSIC WAS WAY BEFORE ITS TIME AND IS STILL HEARD THROUGOUT THE STREETS OF AMERICA GHETTOS THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT COMMENTS AND THE INSPIRATIONAL LOVE I RECIEVE WHEN I TRAVEL THE WORLD AND PEOPLE REMEMBER MY BROTHERS MUSIC THE MILLER FAMILY THANK YOU.........
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Vibe (10/97, p.174) - "...The rapper's passion for his music is clear....Hopefully, some of us will learn from the painful poetry of yet another life cut way too short..." The Source (9/97, p.216) - 3 Mics (out of 5) - "...Seagram reveals what made him different from most gangsta rappers....[His] gritty tales of the East O streets are hard to ignore..." Rap Pages (8/97, p.102) - "...SOULS ON ICE gives uncompromising insight on the conditions of growing up poor in urban America and the activities some use as methods and means of survival..."SEAGRAM RECORDS NEW RECORDING ARTIST WAX!!!!!!! BRAND NEW SINGLE UGHH UGHH!!!!!!! STREET DATE COMING SOON! CHECK OUT THE VIDEO AND ADD IT!!!! REQUEST THE SINGLE AT A RADIO STATION NEAR YOU! CEO SEAGRAM RECORDS OCTAVIUS MILLER UGHH UGHH
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in 1996 the Bay Area was greeted with a bit of sad news as one of its most talented hip hop soldiers lost his life. Oakland rapper Seagram Miller was shot to death in a hail of bullets in the early hours of the morning. Seagram was best known in these parts for his classic song The Ville which gave spoke about his notorious neighborhood East Oakland's 69 Ville housing projects.. Seagram went on to make some noise on a national level when signed to Rap A Lot records and he dropped what is considered a classic Bay Area lp entitled Reality Check.
Seagram had firmly established himself as an OG not just within the Bay Area hip hop scene but also on Oakland's vicious East Side streets. He broke the stereotypes on both levels. As a street OG, Seagram was well liked and well respected. He also made no bones about his willingness to step up and be responsible father. He is known as one who took care of family despite having several off spring from different women. So strong was that commitment that on the Reality Check lp he flipped the script and did a heartfelt song called Birth.
Seagram was one of those guys who on the surface seemed to be a well spoken and nice guy who remembered your name and would exchange pleasantries with you.. If there was an evil flipside to him.. I never saw it in my personal encounters.
As an artist Seagram broke the mold attached to 'gangsta/ street rappers'. Seagram definitely had material that chronicled his life on the streets..but at the same time he was considered one of the best free stylers around.. There had been more then a few shows and more then a few radio interviews where Seagram had come and firmly wrecked shop. The one incident that stood out most for many involved within the Bay Area hip hop scene occurred when him and Houston rapper Mike G bum rushed a show at SF's DNA Lounge. They weren't scheduled to appear, but Seagram showed up with a dat in hand and made it clear that he wanted to do a five minute set. His request was granted as he and Mike hit the stage to do what wound up being the best performance of the night.
The circumstances surrounding Seagram's death aren't too clear. Apparently Seagram was in an area known as the Twamps. when an unknown gunman emerged from the darkness and shot at Seagram's partner Gangsta P... Seagram tried to shield P and wound up taken the bullets that mortally wounded him. Gangsta P was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
The funeral for Seagram was held in 1996 and literally thousands showed up to pay their respects. Seagram's death became yet another chapter in what is becoming an unfortunate Bay Area legacy.. There have been one too many rappers who have been jailed, shot or killed over the past few years... Some of the few tragedies befelling Bay Area artists this year include... Mac Mall's dj ...DJ Cee of Vallejo was shot to death, Mr. Cee of SF's RBL Posse was shot and killed New Year's eve, Vallejo's Young Lay had his baby kidnapped and his girlfriend burnt to death..[the bay is still missing], Rappin' 4Tay was jailed earlier this year for parole violations, Pooh-Man was sentenced to serve 36 months at San Quentin late last year. It's been hard for many of the Bay Area's artists to escape their past lives out on the streets... Hopefully things will substantially improve.
written by Davey D
August 11 1996
seagram loved oakland and he died in oakland he had major love and he gave major love to the town a rap pioneer the first rapper to bridge the west and the south together he was before his time and his music is timeless thunderous bass lines and rythm that of true bay fashion heavy bass live drums guitar licks old school gangsta mobb music seag was in a leauge all his own and will never be forgotten scheduled releases are coming in 2006
seagram greatest hits-may 2006
mack gods-june 2006
boss of the bay-oct-2006
mackgods 2 dec-2006
seagavilli-dec 2006
seag the final chapter-2007
bay area legends-2007
living in squaller-2007
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SEAGRAM RESPECT THE BAY AND WANTED TO RECORD WITH QUITE A FEW NOW BAY AND THEN BAY LEGENDS AND SOUTHERN CALI AND SOUTH ARTIST HERES A FEW.............
TUPAC
BIGGIE
NAS
nate dogg
snoop
E-40
C-BO
LYNCH
ICE CUBE
DR.DRE
DEVIN THE DUDE
MAC DRE
RBL POSSE
KEEK DA SNEEK
SEAN T
ASKARI X
MASTER P
EA-SKI
MAK& AK
SAN QUINN
B-LEGIT
TOO SHORT
AND MANY MANY MORE....
HIS MUSIC WAS WAY BEFORE ITS TIME AND STILL HEARD IN THE HOODS ACROSS AMERICA TILL THIS DAY WE LOST A LOT OF TALENTED RAPPERS OVER THE YEARS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
REST IN PLUSH ALL THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY TUPAC-MAC DRE-HITMAN-COUGNUT-PLAN B-MR CEE-RAPPIN RON-OLE D B-BIGGIE-BIG L
King Tubby, who invented the dubbing process that was popularized by rappers, was murdered in 1989 when he was 58 years old.
Rapper Michael Menson, of the group Double Trouble died in 1989 at age 29 when a gang soaked him in gasoline and set him afire. Double Trouble had a hit that same year titled “Street Tuff.”
MC Rock, rapper with The Almighty RSO, was stabbed to death in 1990 at roughly age 28.
Trouble T-Roy (Troy Dixon), rapper with Heavy D and the Boyz, fell off a balcony after a concert in 1990 at age 22.
Brandon Mitchell, rapper with Wreckx-N-Effect, was shot to death in 1990 at about age 20 during an argument over a woman.
Charizma, rapper with Peanut Butter Wolf, was shot to death in 1993 at age 20.
Deah Dame, rapper with Damian Dame, died in a car crash in 1994 at age 35.
Mr. Cee, rapper with R.B.L. Posse (Ruthless By Law), was murdered in 1995.
Tupac Shakur (2Pac), a gangsta rap superstar, was shot to death in 1996 at age 25.
Rapper Seagram Miller was shot to death in Oakland, California, in August 1996. He was 26.
Notorious B.I.G., gangsta rap star, was shot to death in 1997 at age 24. This was only three years after the release of his successful album “Ready to Die.” This album was filled with cursing, violence, and immorality. One cut was titled “Suicidal Thoughts,” and Notorious B.I.G. sang, “When I die, -----, I wanna go to hell.”
Fat Pat (Patrick Hawkins), rapper who recorded immoral songs, was shot to death in 1998 at age 26.
Luis “Papo” Deschamps, rapper with Sandy y Papo, died in a car crash in 1999 at age 23.
Malcolm Howard, rapper with 4 Black Faces, was shot to death execution style in 1999 at roughly age 30.
MC Big L (Lamont Coleman), rapper with Diggin’ In the Crates Crew, was shot to death outside his home in 1999 at age 23.
Rapper MC Ant was shot to death in 1999 at roughly age 35.
Matthew Roberts of Blaggers I.T.A. died in February 2000 at age 36 of drug related causes.
Q-Don (Raeneal Quann), rapper, was shot to death outside a Philadelphia nightclub in April 2000 at roughly age 30.
Yusef Afloat Muhammad, rapper with The Nonce, was found dead alongside a Los Angeles freeway in May 2000 at roughly age 28.
Bruce Mayfield (aka Chip Banks and Bankie), rapper with The American Cream Team, was shot to death over a money dispute in November 2000 at age 30.
Lloyd “Mooseman” Roberts, rapper who worked with Iggy Pop, Ice-T, and Body Count, died in a drive by shooting in February 2001 at roughly age 28.
Prince Ital Joe, reggae and rapper who worked with Tupac and Snoop Dogg, died in a car crash in May 2001 at age 37 or 38.
Tonnie Sheppard, rapper and cousin of rapper Haf-A-Mil, was stabbed to death in a recording studio during a fight with studio executives in May 2001 at age 38 or 39.
Coughnut, rapper with Ill Mannered Posse, died in a car crash in October 2001.
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, singer with rap group TLC, died in a car crash in April 2002 at age 30. A few days before her own death, Lisa had hit and killed a 10-year-old boy with her car in Honduras.
Jam Master Jay, rapper with the popular group Run-DMC, was shot to death in his recording studio in October 2002 at age 37 by an unknown assailant. This is the latest in a long string of violence associated with rappers, who produce a style of music that is infamously violent in nature (though Jam Master Jay himself was more positive than most).
In November 2003, Anthony “Wolf” Jones,” 38-year-old former bodyguard for “P. Diddy” Combs, was shot to death in a gunfight outside an Atlanta nightclub. $7,000 was found on Jones’ body. Jones and Combs had been acquitted of gun possession and bribery charges stemming from a 1999 shooting inside a New York nightclub.
In December 2003, federal prosecutor Jonathan Luna was gunned down during the trial of rapper Deon Lionnel Smith, who was accused of running a violent drug ring.
Rapper Juston Potts (nicknamed “Kanyva”) murdered his promoter on June 7, 2004, because “she told him he didn’t have the talent to sell records” (“Aspiring rapper arrested in killing,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 8, 2004).
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Rap Discography: Seagram
Record Label: EMD Records (Artist)
From: Oakland, California
Souls On Ice
Released: August 12, 1997 on EMD Records
1.) Sleepin' In My Nikes (featuring Scarface)
2.) S.E.A.G,
3.) Slingin' The Yea
4.) If The World Was Mine
5.) Don't Stop (featuring Spice 1)
6.) Off The Hook
7.) One 2 The Two
8.) Like This Like That
9.) Flinstones
10.) S.E.A.G. & Yuk Is Ridin' (featuring Yukmouth)
11.) Gotta Stay Down
12.) Straight Mobbin'
Reality Check
Released: 1995 on EMD Records
1.) Town (featuring Gangsta P)
2.) Gangsta Livin'
3.) It Don't Stop (featuring Gangsta P)
4.) Can't Win For Losin'
5.) Bustas, Tricks, and Thangs
6.) Birth
7.) Where Do We Go From Here
8.) Eastside
9.) 13 Deep (featuring Gangsta P)
10.) No Matter The Cost
11.) Gangsters & Players (featuring Too Short)
12.) Old School
13.) 69
14.) Peace To You (featuring Down By Law)
The Dark Roads
Released: 1993 on EMD Records
1.) Straight Mobbin' (featuring Gangsta P)
2.) 2 For 1
3.) Get Off My Zipper
4.) Rea What You Sew (featuring Vell)
5.) The Dark Roads
6.) Actions Speak Louder Than Words (featuring Ganksta Nip, Scarface, and Willie D)
7.) I Got Em (Skit)
8.) The Vill (featuring Vell)
9.) Die Hard
10.) Dedication
11.) Squeeze The Trigger
12.) I Don't Give A Fuck
13.) Wages of Sin (featuring Bushwick Bill and Ganksta Nip)
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I Remember My First "Souls On Ice" Cassette Joint. One of my favorite albums ever. Im still Slap'n that shit in the Benz today. If Katz ain't heard of your sh**, then they ain't no real Bay Area G's. Showing Respect From The (415) Don't be a stranger pimp.
dear Seag. Im not really sure who im writing to cause I know you passed on..was it six? Just clownin' homie. Your strait to the point style and "fuck everybody" attitude embodies Oakland and the bay... People just dont understand. Bay up -t-bone
