Artist: Scarface
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Other
Discography:
Made
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
My Homies Part 2
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Balls and My Word
Year: 2003
Tracks: 14
The Fix
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
Greatest Hits
Year: 2002
Tracks: 18
Last Of A Dying Breed
Year: 2000
Tracks: 15
My Homies
Year: 1998
Tracks: 15
The World is Yours
Year: 1993
Tracks: 17
Mr. Scarface Is Back
Year: 1991
Tracks: 12
The Untouchable
Year:
Tracks: 15
Scarface quickly became the South's to the highest degree admired doorknocker and remained so passim the '90s after breaking away from the Geto Boys to set up his solo career in 1991. Even if he ne'er scored whatever national hits or stormed up the charts with any of his legion albums end-to-end the '90s, no one could dubiousness his clout passim the South. He fundamentally defined what it meant to be a Southern hoodlum doorknocker geezerhood ahead anyone regular coined the term Dirty South. This became glaringly evident in the late '90s when a massive moving ridge of danton True Young MCs arose from Houston, New Orleans, and Memphis emulating his trend of hardened, ghetto-bred, straight-up hard-core rapping. Besides portion as the father-God of Southern hoodlum strike, it seemed as if every hard-core rapper wanted to aline himself with Scarface during the '90s -- everyone from Ice Cube and Dr. Dre to 2Pac and Master P collaborated with the former Geto Boy -- all in an attack to foster credibility among the loyal Southern rap audience. Yet disdain his authentic influence, Scarface ne'er crossed over to mainstream success. His albums were frequently plagued with filler, his lyrics were plainly likewise rough for wireless, and his devotedness to producer Mike Dean lED to a stagnant, albeit trademark, legal. Still, likely because Scarface ne'er crossed over and remained aligned to the streets, his influence ne'er waned, fashioning him one of the few veterans able to keep up in the here-today, gone-tomorrow rap game. In the early 2000s, Def Jam Records rewarded his staying power with a moneymaking contract, a wealth of industry connections, and a powerful merchandising bear on. Scarface accordingly enjoyed the most successful album of his life history, The Fix (2002), and a revival of interest in his back catalog, which his sometime judge, Rap-a-Lot, repackaged that same year on Sterling Hits.
Before Brad Jordan (born November 9, 1970) became known as Scarface, he called himself Akshen. As such, he began his strike career first gear as a solo creative person in his native Houston during the mid-'80s for James Smith's then-fledging Rap-a-Lot label. Smith was trying to launch a group he labeled the Geto Boys, and he eventually asked Akshen to connect the radical in the late '80s. The Geto Boys' second album (and first base to feature Scarface) -- Traction It! On That Other Level (1990), later repackaged and re-released that same class just as The Geto Boys -- appalled many with its intense depictions of violence and its boilers suit extreme nature. This record album featured the birdcall "Capone," which introduced Akshen's neuter self, a title he would keep from that point onward. The ensuing disceptation surrounding the group's debut lay the Geto Boys on the map and set the stage for the impressive We Can't Be Stopped (1991). In the wake of the group's national achiever came solo albums, one of which existence Scarface's debut, Mr. Scarface Is Back (1991). The record album made it evident world Health Organization the group's to the highest degree gifted fellow member was, and the clap showered on Scarface resulted in bitter tensions among his fellow Geto Boys: Bushwick Bill and Willie D. By the time Scarface returned with his follow-up album, The World Is Yours (1993), his reputation overshadowed that of his group's. Willie D consequently gone, and the Geto Boys never over again rivaled We Can't Be Stopped, cathartic lukewarm, albeit popular, efforts with a new lineup earlier later reuniting in the late '90s. In the meanwhile, Scarface continued to funnel his efforts into extra solo efforts: The Diary (1994) and Unassailable (1997). He then released the double-disc My Homies (1998), a bloated crusade load up with guests, many of the South's leading rappers.
It wasn't until 2000, though, that Scarface north Korean won square wonder from the greater tap community with Last of a Dying Breed (2000), his most personal and focused record album in years. As a resultant role, he was awarded Lyricist of the Year at the 2001 Source Awards and was offered a promising handle with Def Jam Records. The powerhouse East Coast mark wanted Scarface to helm its Def Jam South subsidiary company sectionalisation, and the knocker obliged, number 1 sign language Ludacris, world Health Organization became an overnight virtuoso, and then releasing his have album, The Fix (2002). Led by a Kayne West-produced quislingism with Jay-Z, "Guess Who's Back," it spawned a popular single, "My Block," and attracted far-flung bosom. Rap-a-Lot furthered Scarface's newfound coast-to-coast banker's acceptance with the rapper's first best-of ingathering, Superlative Hits (2002). In turn, he reunited with Willie D and Bushwick Bill and put together The Foundation (2005), another Geto Boys album. In 2006 he introduced his new crew, the Product, with the album One Hunid and released a bit intensity of My Homies. Also landing in 2006 was 2 Face, a assembling of tracks featuring Scarface and the late 2Pac.
