Bloods & Crips ‎– Bangin' On Wax: Greatest Hits - 1996 (Los Angeles, CA)

Tracklist:


C-Side: Crips
1 Slob BKO
2 Going To Crip Nick
3 C-Alright
4 Break A Slob Down
5 Steady Dippin
6 Nationwide Rip Ridaz
7 Wish You Were Here (Duet: Crips/Bloods)
8 Crip Crip Crip
B-Side: Bloods
9 Don't Stress Me
10 Shit Ain't Over
11 Shuda Been A B-Dog
12 Mafia Lane
13 Damu Ride
14 Piru-Love
15 Bangin On Wax (Duet: Crips/Bloods)
16 Time Is Gone Nigga

Additional Info:


Label: Dangerous Records, Inc.
Year: 1996
Executive Producer – Ronnie Marlon Phillips
Mastered By – Dangerous Graydon G-Man Marrell


Given the infamous violent reputation of rival Los Angeles gangs the Bloods and 
the Crips, it seems impossible that the two could collaborate on a music 
project, but that's exactly what the Bloods & Crips did on Bangin on Wax in 
1993, organized by Los Angeles area producer Ron "Ronnie Ron" Phillips and 
rapper Tweedy Bird Loc. The success of N.W.A. had frustrated many in the gang 
community, who saw the group capitalizing on the gang lifestyle. Actual gang 
members and local rappers auditioned in an open tryout, with the best talents 
from both gangs being chosen to record. Some of the names to make the cut were 
Red-Rum-781, Sin Loc, Blue Ragg, Red Rag, Bloody Mary, and Lil' Stretch. Bangin 
on Wax was recorded in only two weeks and became an underground hit, selling 
over 400,000 copies and producing the popular single Piru Love. A second Bloods 
& Crips album, The Saga Continues, came out in 1994, but was the last time the 
two gangs would collaborate. However, it was not the last of either the Bloods 
or Crips as artists. Ronnie Ron continues to issue albums from gang members on 
his Dangerous Records imprint under the names Nationwide Rip Ridaz (Crips) and 
Damu Ridaz (Bloods). Some of the MCs on Bangin on Wax went on to record as the 
Young Soldierz, and Domino, who went under the name Genuine Draft, had a hit 
pop-rap single in 1994 with Sweet Potatoe Pie.