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Guerillas in tha Mist

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Recorded
  
1991–1992

Artist
  
Da Lench Mob

Label
  
Street Knowledge Records

Length
  
41:24

Release date
  
1992

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Released
  
September 22, 1992 (US)

Guerillas in tha Mist (1992)
  
Planet of da Apes (1994)

Genres
  
Hip hop music, West Coast hip hop, Political hip hop

Producers
  
Ice Cube, Chilly Chill, T-Bone

Similar
  
Planet of da Apes, Grand Theft Auto: San Andr, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, The Predator, Death Certificate

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Guerillas in tha Mist is the debut album by Da Lench Mob, who originally appeared on Ice Cube's debut solo album, Amerikkka's Most Wanted. The titular "Guerillas in tha Mist" was a hit at the release of the album, which also appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the fictional radio station "Radio Los Santos". The album was produced by Ice Cube, and he is featured throughout the album though uncredited. The single "Freedom Got an A.K." peaked at number 7 on the Hot rap singles charts.

Contents

The album title is a pun on the popular movie title Gorillas in the Mist and guerrilla warfare. In the post-Los Angeles Riot atmosphere of the album's release, the title was also perceived as a clever reference to a comment made by one of the police officers who had arrested Rodney King. Laurence Michael Powell, one of King's arresting officers, had described through radio message a domestic disturbance involving two blacks as something straight from "Gorillas in the Mist." Powell's comment was seen as racist, comparing blacks to gorillas, and was used against the officer during the Rodney King trial.

Track listing

  • *co-producer
  • Samples

    Capital Punishment in America

  • "Life of Antarctica" by Vangelis
  • "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey
  • Buck tha Devil

  • "Back to Life" by Soul II Soul
  • Lost in tha System

  • "Aqua Boogie (A Psychoalphadiscobetabioaquadoloop)" by Parliament
  • "Lick the Balls" by Slick Rick
  • You & Your Heroes

  • "Ironside" by Quincy Jones
  • "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band
  • All on My Nut Sac

  • "Goodbye, So Long" by Funk, Inc.
  • "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
  • Guerillas in tha Mist

  • "California My Way" by The Main Ingredient
  • "D'Void of Funk" by Parliament
  • "The Payback" by James Brown
  • Ain't Got No Class

  • "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band
  • Freedom Got An A.K.

  • "Dance Across the Floor" by Jimmy (Bo) Horne
  • "Gett Off" by Prince
  • "Backed up Against the Wall" by Three Pieces
  • "Son of Shaft/Feel It" by Bar-Kays
  • Ankle Blues

  • "N.T." by Kool & the Gang
  • "Space Lady" by Lonnie Liston Smith
  • Who Ya Gonna Shoot wit That

  • "The New Dance Craze" by Five Stairsteps
  • "Ode to Billie Joe" by Lou Donaldson
  • Lord Have Mercy

  • "Dreaming About You" by The Blackbyrds
  • "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers
  • Songs

    1Capital Punishment in America1:55
    2Buck tha Devil4:28
    3Lost in tha System3:35

    References

    Guerillas in tha Mist Wikipedia