Based On A True Story (Explicit Version) CD

MUSIC

RAP / HIP-HOP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Mack Mansion (Intro) ~ Mack 10

2. Chicken Hawk 2 ~ Mack 10

3. Mack 10, Mack 10 - (featuring AllFrumThal & The Comrads) ~ Mack 10

4. Bangin' Gears - (insert) ~ Mack 10

5. Backyard Boogie ~ Mack 10

6. Can't Stop - (featuring E-40) ~ Mack 10

7. Tonight's The Night ~ Mack 10

8. Aqua Boogie - (insert) ~ Mack 10

9. Guppies, The - (featuring Ice Cube) ~ Mack 10

10. Inglewood Swangin' ~ Mack 10

11. Dopeman ~ Mack 10

12. What You Need? (Dopeman '97) ~ Mack 10

13. Only In California - (featuring Ice Cube/Snoop Doggy Dogg) ~ Mack 10

14. Gangster Poem - (insert) ~ Mack 10

15. W/S Foe Life ~ Mack 10

16. Based On A True Story ~ Mack 10

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Mack 10, Snoop Doggy Dogg, AllFrumtha I, The Comrads, E-40, Ice Cube (rap vocals); James "Tre" Raab (guitar).
	Producers: Tray, Binky, Bob Cat, Ant banks, Mack 10, Soopafly, Ice Cube.
	Personnel: James "Tre" Raab (guitar).
	Audio Mixer: Carlos Warlick.
	Unknown Contributor Roles: D. Thomas; Too Short; E-40; T. Horn; G. Brown; R. Bell; Anne Dudley; Richard Westfield; Robert "Spike" Mickens; Snoop Dogg; C. Smith.
	BASED ON A TRUE STORY is full of straight-up gangsta rap and tales of guns and drugs and gang bangin', west coast style. Mack 10 teams up with some high-powered company on this one, as Ice Cube lends a hand on two of the tracks. The themes are predictable enough; ghetto life, revenge and retribution, drug dealing and the consequences of crossing the wrong man. But musically, Mack 10 does has some intriguing ideas. "Chicken Hawk 2" uses some interesting samples, including bird calls, staccato horns, and synthetic strings. "Inglewood Swingin'" is a tribute to Mack 10's home turf, while "Mack 10, Mack 10" makes sure that 1) we spell the man's name right and 2) we know who, in fact, "the man" is. Another attractive feature of this disc is the beats, which are well-matched to the raps, and all achieve a certain degree of funkiness.
Engineer: M. McLaren; Carlos Carlos Warlick
Musical Guests
	Ice Cube
	Snoop Dogg
	E-40
	Too Short
	WC
	The Comrads
	All Frum Tha I
	AllFrumThal & The Comrads

Artist Overview

During the mid-'90s, when West Coast rap reigned supreme, Mack 10 emerged as a close associate of Ice Cube and enjoyed several years of considerable commercial success with his reverent hard-cool rhymes. The Los Angeles-area rapper's greatest success came early in his career, on the albums MACK 10, BOW DOWN, BASED ON A TRUE STORY, and THE RECIPE. While his star dimmed somewhat in the following decade, Mack continued to command a fanbase by staying true to the originoo gangsta rap game even as the times changed.

Artist Followers
Guerilla Black | Mac Dre

Compilation Appearances

	Friday (Explicit Version)
	Vol. 1-War & Peace (War) (Explicit Version)
	Element Of Surprise (Explicit Version)
	Section 8 (Explicit Version)
	Ice Cube's Greatest Hits (Explicit Version) (Bonus Tracks)
	Greatest Hits (w/ Bonus DVD) (Explicit Version)
	Death Row's Greatest Hits(Explicit Version)
	In The Movies(Explicit Version)
	Thuggin Without A Cause(Explicit Version)
	Beach Cruiser(Explicit Version)
	Featuring Freshness(Explicit Version)
	Wrap It Up(Explicit Version)

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/16/1997
	Original Release Date : 1997
	Catalog ID : 50675
	Label : Priority
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00049925067521

Professional Reviews

The Source (10/97, p.174)
- 4 Mics (out of 5)
- "...Mack 10 covers much of the same territory rap fans have come to expect....Mack Manson spits his game at a level higher than most of his contemporaries, on top of some of the most head-nodding beats from the West..."

Rap Pages (10/97, p.94)
- "...Mack explains in a nutshell the real and unreal sides of gangsta rap and its need for existence....BASED ON A TRUE STORY is incredible, packed full of beats and lyrics..."

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Based On A True Story (Explicit Version) (1997)

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