MC Ren - Ruthless

Released June 30, 1998

Producer: Ant Banks, T-Mix, LT Hutton, Young Tre, Raw Steele, Touchtone, Bobcat

Ruthless for Life is MC Ren's third solo album and his last released on Ruthless Records. It's also his first album working with a new producer. The album includes many well known guest artists, including Snoop Doggy Dogg, Ice Cube, Eightball & MJG and RBX.
Working with a new producer and enlisting an impressive roster of guest artists (including Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, 8Ball & MJG, and RBX), MC Ren reconfigures himself as a latter-day gangsta rapper, complete with stoned beats and loping basslines. It's sort of disconcerting to hear a former N.W.A rapper trying to position himself as a member of the No Limit posse, but Ren does this fairly well. There are a few weak tracks on Ruthless for Life and all of his ideas are a little shopworn, but it does sound better than another collection of hardcore post-N.W.A hip-hop would have. So, Ruthless for Life does revitalize Ren -- it gives the opportunity to sound like a contemporary rather than a washed-up veteran. And that, in a way, makes it one of his better solo records.

01. Ruthless For Life
02. Who In the Fuck ft. 8Ball & MJG
03. Nigga Called Ren
04. Comin' After You ft. Ice Cube
05. Voyage To Compton
06. Must Be High
07. So Whatcha Want ft. Snoop Dogg & RBX
08. Shot Caller ft. Big Rocc & Tha Chill
09. All the Same
10. Who Got That Street Shit
11. Pimpin' Is Free ft. Peeps
12. CPT All Day

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