Kuruption!
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| Studio album by Kurupt | ||||
| Released | October 6, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997–1998 | |||
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(West Coast CD)• East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Rap |
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| Length | 123:28 (including both CDs) | |||
| Label | Antra/A&M | |||
| Producer | Daz Dillinger, Storm, Studio Ton, MED, Battlecat, Dr. Dre, Warren G, Soopafly, Easy Mo Bee, DeVante Swing | |||
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| Vibe | (critical) |
(West Coast CD)•
West Coast Hip Hop
Gangsta Rap
G-funk
Kuruption! is the debut studio album by rapper Kurupt. It was released on Antra Records, a label formed after Kurupt left Death Row Records. It was released as a double album. Originally scheduled for release on September 1, 1998, with the album cover even announcing that date, the album was pushed back to October 6, 1998. Disc one is labeled as "West Coast" and disc two is labeled as "East Coast". It peaked at #8 on the Billboard 200 on October 24, 1998. The album features "Ask Yourself a Question" featuring Dr. Dre, who also appeared in the video, and the single "We Can Freak It". Initially, the album was supposed to feature a song with Snoop Dogg, titled "Gangsta Shit", but it did not make it to the album due to label politics, between Kurupt's label Antra/A&M, and Snoop's label Priority/No Limit at the time.
Another single released from this album was "Gimmewhutchagot" off of the East Coast disc. The low budget video for the song featured Kurupt performing on stage and walking through a shabby warehouse-style nightclub.
Commercials for the album appeared regularly on Rap City for around a month leading up to the album's release. The commercials had news theme of THIS WEEK IN KURUPTION NEWS with Kurupt walking down the street when gunshots went off and a news reporter dropping info about the upcoming album.
Kurupt was getting into the business side of rap at the time. He appeared as a guest on Rap City before the albums released, and when asked about his advice to viewers he said two things, "Patience, and Good Business". However the patience did not appear to pay off for Kurupt. As the album fell well short of lofty expectations he had garnered from his albums and record sales in the mid-90's at Death Row Records.
Delaying the album's release also allowed Kurupt to record with Dr. Dre. In order to make the album's final cut, the Dre-produced "Ask Yourself A Question" was flown by private jet from California to a pressing plant in North Carolina at 3 a.m. on a Monday morning. After the album's release, Kurupt was so pleased with Dr. Dre's addition to the album with "Questions" that he wanted Dre to do all of his next album (he was quoted as saying Dre would do so in an interview yet it never came to be) and a mini-movie was filmed for the song. Yet, the mini-movie was never released, and instead it was all condensed into a music video for the song.
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