Necessary Roughness (album)

Necessary Roughness is the debut and so far only official studio album from the American hip-hop artist, The Lady of Rage. The album was released on June 24, 1997. Necessary Roughness was largely produced by Daz Dillinger, with contributions from Easy Mo Bee and DJ Premier. The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200 on July 12, 1997. Necessary Roughness was the last Death Row Records album to be distributed by Interscope.

Necessary Roughness
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 24, 1997
Recorded1996–1997
StudioCan-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
Genre
Length60:53
Label
ProducerSuge Knight (exec.), Daz Dillinger, Soopafly, DJ Premier, Easy Mo Bee, Kenny Parker, Lady of Rage, Reg Flair, Sean "Barney" Thomas
Singles from Necessary Roughness
  1. "Sho' Shot"
    Released: 1997
  2. "Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That)"
    Released: 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic link

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Riot (Intro)" 2:51
2."Necessary Roughness"Easy Mo Bee4:45
3."Big Bad Lady" (featuring 2Pac & Kevin Vernando)Daz Dillinger5:12
4."Sho' Shot"Sean "Barney" Thomas4:29
5."No Shorts"Daz Dillinger4:00
6."Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That) [Remix]"Daz Dillinger5:04
7."Raw Deal"Daz Dillinger, Tyrone Wrice (co-producer)5:27
8."Breakdown"Easy Mo Bee4:31
9."Rough Rugged & Raw" (featuring Daz Dillinger & Snoop Doggy Dogg)Reg Flair4:05
10."Super Supreme"Kenny Parker4:17
11."Some Shit"DJ Premier3:08
12."Microphone Pon Cok" (featuring Madd 1)DJ Premier4:15
13."Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That)"Lady of Rage, Daz Dillinger3:58
14."Confessions"Lady of Rage, Soopafly (co-producer)5:34

Leftover track

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 32
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 7

See also

References

  1. Jenkins, Sacha; Wilson, Elliott; Mao, Chairman; Alvarez, Gabriel; Rollins, Brent (1999), ego trip's: Book of Rap, St. Martin's Griffin, pp. 239–251, ISBN 0-312-24298-0
  2. "The Lady of Rage Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  3. "The Lady of Rage Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard.



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