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Mac Mall

 
Artist: Mac Mall
 
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Group Members:

Jamal Rocker, Khayree

Similar Artists:

Marvaless, Daz Dillinger, Dru Down, Mac Dre, E-40

Performed Songs By:

Khayree Shaheed, Jamal Rocker
  • Genres: Rap
  • Representative Albums: "Untouchable," "Mac Mall Presents Mallennium," "Illegal Business?"
  • Representative Songs: "Sic Wit Tis" "My Opinion"

Biography

Along with better-known rappers like E-40 and 2Pac, Mac Mall was one of several who helped put the Cali Bay Area on the map in the mid- to late '90s as a hotspot in the rap game. He collaborated with many of the Bay Area's best producers -- Ant Banks, Khayree, Michael Mosley, and Rick Rock -- and helped define the scene's identity, particularly with his most successful album, Untouchable (1996), which featured perhaps his best-known song, "Get Right." His career simmered out quickly, however. He returned in 1999 after a three-year absence and few listeners seemed to notice. Mall was no longer on a major label and the Bay Area scene was no longer the hotspot it had been a few years earlier. Given his brief moment in the spotlight and his sudden decline, it was perhaps no surprise when Mall changed his style in 2001, incorporating a surprising amount of spirituality on his Immaculate album. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
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Mac Mall
Birth name Jamal Rocker
Origin Vallejo, California
Genre(s) Gangsta rap, Hyphy
Years active 1993-Present
Label(s) Thizz Entertainment

Mac Mall, (born Jamal Rocker in Vallejo, California) is a West Coast rapper who became known in the mid/late 1990s, as one of the local artists putting the Bay Area on the hip hop map. Mac Mall was signed to Young Black Brotha Records.[1]

One of Mac Mall's first singles was a song called "Ghetto Theme", and the music video directed by Tupac Shakur in 1993. He was also longtime friends with Mac Dre, who was his mentor early on in his career/ repairing their friendship a couple of years before Dre's death.[clarification needed] He is one of the premier artists on Dre's Thizz Entertainment label. He is also cousins to E-40 and B-Legit.

Career

In 1993 Mac Mall released his debut album Illegal Business? on the Young Black Brotha label. Khayree Shaheed worked as the producer and the album featured Ray Luv, Mac Dre and The Mac. In 1995 he contributed a verse to E-40's "Dusted and Disgusted", and in 1996 he signed a record deal with Relativity Records, which released his second, and most successful album, Untouchable.[1][2]

In 1999, he started his own Sessed Out label, the first release being the compilation Mac Mall Presents the Mallennium, followed by his first solo album on the label, Illegal Business? 2000 a year later, although his popularity of a few years earlier had waned.[1][2] Immaculate followed in 2001, on which he mixed gangster rap with religious themes, with Mackin' Speaks Louder Than Words in 2002 and Illegal Game in 2004.[3]

Discography

Main article: Mac Mall discography

References

  1. ^ a b c Shapiro, Peter (2005) "Mac Mall" in The Rough Guide to Hip-Hop, 2nd edn., Rough Guides, ISBN 1-84353-263-8, p. 241-242
  2. ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason "Mac Mall Biography", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation
  3. ^ Azpiri, John "Immaculate Review", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation

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