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Death Before Dishonor (album)

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Released
  
June 17, 2008

Length
  
54:54

Artist
  
2 Pistols

Genre
  
Hip hop music

Recorded
  
2007-2008

Death Before Dishonor (2008)
  
Arrogant (TBA)

Release date
  
17 June 2008

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Producer
  
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Honorable C.N.O.T.E., Coni' Cone, Bolo "Da" Producer, D.A. on the Track Man, Yung Chill

Label
  
Universal Republic Records

Hip hop music albums
  
My Life: The True Testimony, If Tomorrow Comes, Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood, Definition of Real, Gutta

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Death Before Dishonor is the debut album by rapper 2 Pistols, released on June 17, 2008. Guests include T-Pain, Tay Dizm, Ray J, Slick Pulla, Blood Raw, Trey Songz, BMU & Tyra B. A version of "Candy Coated Diamonds" featuring Fergie (instead of Tyra B) leaked on various The Black Eyed Peas fansites.

Contents

Critical reception

Death Before Dishonor received mixed reviews from music critics. David Jeffries of AllMusic was mixed towards the album, praising the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League's production but felt there were less quality street tracks to give it enough quality, concluding with, "Way too little, way too late to call this a compelling debut, but just like any given Ross album, Death Before Dishonor has singles to spare and enough of that Florida flavor to keep fans happy." Nathan Slavik of DJBooth also gave praise to the production but found 2 Pistols to be an average rapper that delivers sub-standard street tracks, saying that "Death Before Dishonor doesn’t exactly cover a lot of musical ground, it’s essentially 'She Got It' and 'Eyes Closed' remixed and re-titled for an entire album." Pedro Hernandez of RapReviews criticized the album for having nondescript party tracks with faceless production and 2 Pistols for only having the basics of hip-hop content, concluding that "If you absolutely love this type of rap and already ran through the good stuff, 2 Pistols might be something to hold you over. For all others, Death Before Dishonor is about as enjoyable as having '2 Pistols' and no ammo."

Personnel

  • Vincent Absher – Engineer
  • Leslie Brathwaite – Mixing
  • Dane'sha Bullard – Vocals (background)
  • Bolo "Da" Producer- Producer
  • Coni Cone – Producer
  • Ja$mine Conner – Vocals (background)
  • Ashanti Floyd – Violin
  • Andre Grell – Marketing Coordinator
  • Corey Harrison – Vocals (background)
  • Honorable C.N.O.T.E. – Producer
  • Justice League – Producer, Engineer, Executive Producer, Mixing
  • Imran Majid – A&R
  • Jonathan Mannion – Photography
  • Nicole Morgan – Creative Coordinator
  • Gillian Russell – A&R
  • Glenn Schick – Mastering
  • Justin Trawick – Assistant
  • 2 Pistols – Executive
  • Finis "KY" White – Engineer
  • Young Chu – Vocals (background)
  • Yung Chill – Producer
  • Samples

    "Flex 2008" is an interpolation of Mad Cobra's "Flex" and contains a direct vocal sample in the chorus. Rihanna also recently sampled the instrumental from "Flex" with the track "Say It" from her 2007 album Good Girl Gone Bad.

    Songs

    1Intro0:56
    2Death Before Dishonor2:13
    3She Got It4:34

    References

    Death Before Dishonor (album) Wikipedia