21 & Over
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21 & Over
- Artist: Tha Alkaholiks
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- Release Date: 1993 04
- Total Time: 35:15
- Type: Contains explicit content
- Genre: Rap
Review
Ohio natives turned West Coast underground kings, Tha Alkaholiks have long been one of hip-hop's best-kept secrets: hilarious lyrical acrobats who have never received the critical or commercial support they deserve. Assembled by gangsta rapper King Tee, they offer a witty, anarchic, and party-friendly alternative to the stone-faced, largely humorless gangsta rap that ruled the West Coast throughout much of the early '90s. With the punch lines and comic timing of comedians and undeniable skills and killer delivery of topnotch MCs, rappers J-Ro and Tash have more than enough talent and energy to back up their endlessly clever boasting. Producer, DJ, and occasional MC, E-Swift is the group's secret weapon, an unjustly underrated beatsmith whose rubbery grooves and infectious production help make Tha Alkaholiks perhaps the greatest party group in hip-hop history. With titles like "Last Call," "Mary Jane," and "Only When I'm Drunk," Tha Alkaholiks will never be mistaken for members of some sort of latter-day temperance movement, but their music, rhymes, and beats are so irreverent, infectious, and just plain fun that their booze-loving shtick never gets old. Brief (only ten songs) and filler-free, 21 & Over is perhaps the quintessential West Coast party album, as well as one of the most promising debut albums of the '90s, regardless of genre. ~ Nathan Rabin, Rovi| 21 & Ghost (2008 Album by Nebz Supreme) | |
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21 & Over
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| Studio album by Tha Alkaholiks | ||||
| Released | August 24, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1991-1992 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Label | Loud Records | |||
| Producer | Tha Alkaholiks King Tee Lootpack Derick "D. Pimp" Williams |
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21 & Over is the debut album by West Coast hip hop group, Tha Alkaholiks. It is highly praised, and has been described as "the quintessential West Coast party album."[2] It has ten tracks, timed at only about 35 minutes, but it contains three singles, "Make Room," "Likwit" and "Mary Jane." None of these singles reached The Billboard Hot 100, but they all did well on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The only single that contains vocals from anybody other than Tash and J-Ro is "Likwit," which features King Tee. King Tee is responsible for founding Tha Alkaholiks, and the track's title is a reference to the Likwit Crew that he created. Lootpack and Threat are the only other guest vocalists on this album, but production is provided by Tha Alkaholiks, King Tee, Lootpack and Derick "D. Pimp" Williams.
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Track listing
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Performer (s) | Sample(s) |
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| 1 | "Likwit" | E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks | Tash, J-Ro, King Tee | *"Ode To Billy Joe" by Lou Donaldson |
| 2 | "Only When I'm Drunk" | E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks | J-Ro, Tash, E-Swift | *"Seven Minutes of Funk" by Tyrone Thomas & The Whole Darn Family |
| 3 | "Last Call" | E-Swift, King Tee | Tash, J-Ro, E-Swift | *"The Payback" by James Brown |
| 4 | "Can't Tell Me Shit" | Derick "D. Pimp" Williams, E-Swift | E-Swift, J-Ro | *"Think(About It)" by Lyn Collins |
| 5 | "Turn Tha Party Out" | Lootpack, Tha Alkaholiks | Lootpack, Tash, J-Ro, E-Swift | *"Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss |
| 6 | "Bullshit" | King Tee, E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks | J-Ro, King Tee | *"It's A New Day" by Skull Snaps |
| 7 | "Soda Pop" | E-Swift, King Tee | E-Swift, Field Trip, Tash | *"Hard Times" by Baby Huey *"Snakin' the Grass" by Cannonball Adderley |
| 8 | "Make Room" | E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks | J-Ro, Tash | *"Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & the Family Stone *"Blow Your Head" by Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s |
| 9 | "Mary Jane" | Lootpack, Tha Alkaholiks | J-Ro, Tash | *"Mary Jane" by Rick James |
| 10 | "Who Dem Niggas" | E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks | Threat, E-Swift, J-Ro, Tash | *"Take Me to The Mardi Gras" by Bob James *"Blind Alley" by Emotions *"You Can't Love Me if You Don't Respect Me" by Lyn Collins |
Album chart positions
| Year | Album | Chart positions | ||
| Billboard 200 | Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums | |||
| 1993 | 21 & Over | #124 | #23 | |
Singles chart positions
| Year | Song | Chart positions | |||
| Billboard Hot 100 | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | Hot Rap Singles | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | ||
| 1993 | "Make Room" | - | #85 | #8 | #43 |
| 1994 | "Likwit" | - | #97 | #31 | #38 |
| 1994 | "Mary Jane" | - | - | - | #22 |
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