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Early years

He got a start to his hip-hop career in 1992 when Snoop introduced him to Dr. Dre, who was to make his groundbreaking debut The Chronic. RBX was added to the personnel making this album. His rough voice and bizarre flow, which got him the nickname of tha Narrator, made him with Snoop one of the most promising and recognizable MCs at the time. His commercially best musical achievement was co-writing Dr. Dre's Let Me Ride with Snoop Dogg, which won a Grammy award for Dre in 1993. For the New York radio and television presenter, see Doctor Dre. ... Back cover The Chronic is the highly influential debut album from American rap producer Dr. Dre, released in 1992. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

A year later, RBX appeared on Snoop's debut Doggystyle on the track "Serial Killa" and seemed to sound even more non-canon as an MC. It was likely that he was the next to blow up as an artist of the Death Row label. This article is about the Snoop Doggy Dogg album. ... Death Row Records is a record label that was founded in 1991 by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, and was once home to some of raps biggest names, including Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound (Kurupt and Daz Dillinger). ...

Unfortunately, Dr. Dre and Death Row CEO Suge Knight didn't agree with that as they kept on delaying his debut; finally in 1995, RBX left Death Row. That year he released the dark and eerie The RBX-Files on Premeditated/Warner Bros. Records. It was the home of the track "AWOL" on which he addressed his feelings about Death Row and its politics. Suge Knight, CEO of Death Row Records Marion Knight, Jr. ...

In 1996, Dr. Dre left Death Row as well and redeemed himself with RBX, adding him to his new Aftermath label. RBX only stayed for some time however as Dre, facing difficulties, split ways with all his artists to reinvent the label. Aftermath Entertainment is an American record label founded by Dr. Dre. ...

Later years

From then to 2001 RBX had a sabbatical period of the odd guest feature, though releasing his second album with an equally dark-hitting vibe, No Mercy No Remorse in 1999 on Street Solid Records. It was in 2001 that he joined cousin Snoop's camp at Doggystyle Records and became one of the staple guests on its releases and Snoop's various projects. He was also featured on Eminem's album The Marshall Mathers LP on the track "Remember Me?" (along with Onyx rapper Sticky Fingaz) Onyx is a hardcore rap group from Queens, New York. ... Kirk Jones (born April 3, 1970), alias Sticky Fingaz, is a member of hardcore rap group ONYX. Categories: Stub | 1970 births ...

RBX released another album, Ripp Tha Game Bloody: Street Muzic, in early 2004. In late 2004 it was followed by The Shining, where he seems to have reworked his flow somewhat to refresh himself musically. All tracklists can be found below.

As for his subject matter, RBX has used many. His Death Row days saw him mostly doing gangster rap, but on The RBX-Files, more than this can be found. Many tracks concerned his newly-found Islamic faith ("Burn", "Our Time Is Now", etc.) or the problems of the white community ("No Time"): black people... the ones with bronze feet and hair like sheep. A reggae-inspired song, complete with Bob Marley sample, concerning gangbanging youth can be found in "Moms are Cryin’." Of course, The RBX-Files is also the home of highly-praised dis track "A.W.O.L." and its remix. On his later albums, RBX was mostly doing gangsta hip-hop, sometimes to an almost parodic extent. Exceptions include "Heatmizer," which is a weird battle rhyme, "Gigolo Skalloni," a track about being a gigolo, and "We Can Make It," which is a heartfelt ode to his wife, but still rough like an RBX-track is supposed to be. This article is about the reggae musician. ...

Praise

Though most fans of West Coast hip-hop appreciate RBX's lyrical capacity and unorthodox style, he is not without dissenters and finds himself having only quite few diehard-fans. In the westcoast rap scene itself, RBX seems well-respected and has worked with numerous westcoast rappers (including MC Ren, B-Real, Visionaries, Dilated Peoples, Warren G, and Freestyle Fellowship, among others), as well as Eminem and Beretta 9 (of Killarmy) from the Midwest and KRS-One, Sticky Fingaz, Sadat X, X-Clan, and Nas from the East Coast, the 504 Boyz from the South, and Malia Franklin of Parliament. Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969 in Compton, California, USA) better known by his stage name MC Ren. ... Louis Freese (born June 2, 1970), known by stage name B-Real, is a Latin rapper of Mexican and Afro-Cuban heritage[1]. He is best known for being the lead rapper in hip hop group Cypress Hill, who debuted with their self-titled album Cypress Hill in 1991. ... Visionaries may refer to: The Visionaries, a hip hop band from Los Angeles Visionaries, a 13 episode cartoon series, 6 issue comic run and a toyline from the late 1980s Visionaries with Antanas Mockus, a Colombian political party Category: ... Dilated Peoples is an underground hip hop group residing in California. ... Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970 in Long Beach, California) better known as Warren G, is an American West Coast rapper and hip hop producer. ... Freestyle Fellowship are a rap group from Los Angeles consisting of rappers Aceyalone, Mikah 9, P.E.A.C.E., Self Jupiter and producer J Sumbi. ... Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), better known as Eminem or Slim Shady, is a Grammy and Academy Award-winning American rapper, record producer and actor from the Detroit, Michigan area. ... // This is a list of musical groups and producers that are officially affiliated with the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan Albums by affiliates are cataloged at Wu-Tang Clan affiliated albums A group consisting of Armel and Sharecka. ... Killarmy (pronounced kih-LA-AR-me) is a Hip Hop group, best-known through its affiliation with the Wu-Tang Clan. ... KRS-One (born Lawrence Krisna Parker on August 20, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York. ... Kirk Jones (born April 3, 1970), alias Sticky Fingaz, is a member of hardcore rap group ONYX. Categories: Stub | 1970 births ... Brand Nubian is a hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MCs; Grand Puba (born Maxwell Dixon, March 4, 1966), Sadat X (formerly Derek X, born Derek Murphy) and Lord Jamar (born Lorenzo Dechalus, on September 17, 1968, and two DJs, DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere. ... X-Clan is an alternative hip hop group from New York City, composed of Grand Verbalizer Funk Lesson, Lumumba Professor X, Grand Architect, The Rhythm Provider and MC Isis. ... For other uses, see Nas (disambiguation). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Parliament was originally The Parliaments, a doo-wop group based out of George Clintons Plainfield, New Jersey barber shop. ...

Criticism

A point of criticism by many fans is RBX's heavy reliance on recycling of lyrics. A (likely incomplete) list of cases where has recycled lyrics can be found below. The numerous instances where he has used the lines "I drop bombs like Hiroshima" are omitted.

• "Serial Killa"- Verse repeated on "No Mercy, No Remorse"
• "Our Time Is Now"- Verse repeated on "East Coast Killa, West Coast Killa"
• "Got To Getcha"- Verse repeated on "Return of Unknown"
• "The Narrator"- Verse repeated on "Jus...Murda!" and "Killers In The West"
• "Oh No!"- Verse repeated on "Return of Unknown"
• "Move"- Verse repeated on "Legend of Jimmy Bones," "Rock Head" and "Return of Unknown"
• "Longbeach"- Verses or part of them repeated on "Flip Side," "Gangsta Love" and "Return of Unknown"
• "Foul Mood"- Part of verse repeated on "Cyber"
• "Cross The Line"- Verse repeated, with slight modifications, on "Sippin' on Some Moet"
• "Cyber"- Part of verse repeated on "Return of Unknown"

Today

As of 2007, RBX is working on a new album, tentatively titled "Unanimous". Also, RBX has recently announced to the staff of Dubcnn (www.dubcnn.com) that he has formed a new group with MC Ren and Big Rocc. The group is called Concrete Criminals and the trio is said to be working on an album. RBX has also stated that he has been working with Dr. Dre on a couple tracks but it is yet known how many or if the tracks are for Detox, Unanimous or Concrete Criminals album. Lorenzo Jerald Patterson (born June 16, 1969 in Compton, California, USA) better known by his stage name MC Ren. ... For the New York radio and television presenter, see Doctor Dre. ... For the Treble Charger album, see Detox (Treble Charger album). ...

Albums

• The RBX Files - 1995
• No Mercy No Remorse - 1999
• Ripp Tha Game Bloody: Street Muzic - 2004
• The Shining - 2005
• Broken Silence - 2007