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The Untold Truth

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Released
  
August 24, 1993

Artist
  
Illegal

Genre
  
Hip hop music

Length
  
50:36

Release date
  
24 August 1993

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Recorded
  
Late Fall 1992-Mid Summer 1993, D.A.R.P. Studios Atlanta Ga, Soundtrack Studio, NYC and BMV Digital Studio Newark, NJ

Label
  
Rowdy/Arista/BMG Records 75444-37002

Producer
  
Erick Sermon Lord Finesse Diamond D Biz Markie and Cool V Colin Wolfe Dallas Austin Spearhead X

Similar
  
Last Chance - No Breaks, Enigma, Wild Cowboys, Runaway Slave, Stunts - Blunts and Hip Hop

The Untold Truth is the only album by the group Illegal, which was released on August 24, 1993, on Rowdy/Arista/BMG Records and featured production from Lord Finesse, Diamond D, Biz Markie, and Erick Sermon. The album was a minor success, peaking at #119 on the Billboard 200 and #19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Three singles were released—"Back in the Day," and the Kris Kross/Da Youngstas diss tracks "Head or Gut" and "We Getz Buzy."

Contents

Illegal mr malik jamal back in the day explicit


Track listing

  1. "Back in the Day" – 5:12
  2. "Illegal Will Rock" – 5:01
  3. "Head or Gut" – 3:57
  4. "CrumbSnatcher" – 3:55
  5. "We Getz Busy" – 3:50
  6. "Stick ’Em Up" – 4:26
  7. "Understand the Flow" – 4:48
  8. "On da M.I.C." – 4:50
  9. "Ban da Iggidy" – 4:14
  10. "Lights, Camera, Action" – 5:03
  11. "Interlude" – 0:29
  12. "If U Want It" – 5:11

Samples

  • "Ban Da Iggidy"
  • "Tippi Toes" by Meters
  • "Illegal Will Rock"
  • "Lonely Town, Lonely Street" by Bill Withers
  • "Crumbsnatchers"
  • "Escape-ism" by James Brown
  • "Get Up, I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine" by James Brown
  • "Handclapping Song" by Meters
  • "If U Want It"
  • "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps
  • "Hydra" by Grover Washington Jr.
  • "Only If U Want It" by Eazy-E
  • "Lights, Camera, Action"
  • "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps
  • "Memento" by the Art of Noise
  • "On Da M.I.C."
  • "We Want to Party, Party, Party" by Lyn Collins
  • "We Getz Buzy"
  • "Impeach the President" by the Honey Drippers
  • "Head or Gut"
  • "It's a New Day" by Skull Snaps
  • "U R Everything"
  • "You Are Everything" by The Stylistics
  • "Stick 'Em Up"
  • "Bad Boys" by Inner Circle
  • "Back in the Day"
  • "Excursions" by A Tribe Called Quest

    • Songs

    1Back in the Day5:12
    2Illegal Will Rock5:01
    3Head or Gut3:57

    References

    The Untold Truth Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA