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Paid the Cost

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Released
  
1992

Release date
  
1992

Artist
  
Penthouse Players Clique


Labels
  
Ruthless Records, Priority Records

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop

Producers
  
DJ Quik, Battlecat, Eazy-E

Similar
  
Way 2 Fonky, Under tha Influence, Balance & Options, Greatest Hits: Live at the Hous, Quik Is the Name

Paid the Cost is the debut, and to date, only album by rap duo Penthouse Players Clique. The album was released in 1992 for Ruthless Records and was produced by DJ Quik, DJ Battlecat and Eazy-E. The album was a success for the group, making it to #76 on the Billboard 200, #28 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #1 on the Top Heatseekers album charts. Three singles were released, "Explanation of a Playa", "Trust No Bitch" and "P.S. Phuk U 2", however only "Explanation of a Playa" would make it to the billboard charts. This would mark the duos only album as they would disband only a year later.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "N-Trance"
  2. "Undaground"
  3. "Chekmate"
  4. "Trust No Bitch" (Featuring AMG, DJ Quik & Eazy-E)
  5. "U Cain't Check Me"
  6. "Jealous Knukle Heads"
  7. "Jus 2 Kep Yo Attenchun" (Featuring Battlecat & D-Nasty)
  8. "P.L.F."
  9. "Blak Iz A Poet"
  10. "Explanation Of A Playa"
  11. "They Don't Know"
  12. "Nathan's Changed"
  13. "P.S. Phuk U 2" (Featuring Eazy-E & DJ Quik)
  14. "Smooth"
  15. "Handle Yo Bizness"
  16. "Pimp Lane"
  17. "X-It"

Samples

Blak Iz a Poet

  • "I Know You Got Soul" by Bobby Byrd
  • "Fool's Paradise" by The Sylvers
  • "Impeach the President" by The Honey Drippers
  • "Funky President" by James Brown

    • Checkmate

  • "Life of Fortune & Fame" by Sly Stone

    • Explanation of a Playa

  • "N.T." by Kool & the Gang

    • Jus 2 Kep Yo Attenchun

  • "Knucklehead" by Grover Washington, Jr.

    • Nathan's Changed

  • "When the Levee Breaks" by Led Zeppelin

    • Pimp Lane

  • "Who'd She Coo?" by Ohio Players

    • Smooth

  • "So I Can Love You" by The Emotions

    • Trust No Bitch

  • "Funky Worm" by Ohio Players

    • Undaground Boss

  • "The Boss" by James Brown

    • Songs

    1N-Trance0:55
    2Undaground Boss5:21
    3Checkmate5:01

    References

    Paid the Cost Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA