The Giancana Story
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| Studio album by Kool G Rap | ||||||||||
| Released | November 26, 2002 | |||||||||
| Recorded | 2000-2002 | |||||||||
| Genre | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, Mafioso rap | |||||||||
| Length | 55:48 | |||||||||
| Label | Koch Records | |||||||||
| Producer | Bink, Buckwild, Dr. Butcher, FB, Ghetto Professionals, Mike Heron, Jaz-O, Knobody, Amar Pep, Franky "Nitty" Pimentel, Rockwilder, V.I.C., Young Lord | |||||||||
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The Giancana Story is the third solo album by American rapper Kool G Rap, released by Koch Records on November 26, 2002. Its producers included Bink, Buckwild, Jaz-O, Knobody, Rockwilder and V.I.C., while AZ, Capone-N-Noreaga, Havoc, Joell Ortiz and Prodigy were amongst the guest vocalists.
After contributing to the Hip Hop for Respect project, a collection of rappers who released an EP to protest against police brutality, and performing the opening verse on the single "One Four Love Pt. 1", Kool G Rap's critically acclaimed turn on the track led to a deal with Rawkus Records.The Giancana Story was intended to be his debut album on the label and was initially set to be released in October 2000. However, the release of the album was delayed for over two years while Rawkus sorted out its increasingly labyrinthine label affiliations and the album was eventually licensed to a Koch Records subsidiary and finally received its debut on November 26, 2002.
The version of the album recorded for Rawkus and the one released by Koch vary greatly; there were more songs cut from the Koch version than were left on it, and a number of songs were retitled when included the Koch's album. "First Nigga", "First Nigga (DJ Premier Remix)" (which was a B-side on "The Streets" single), "Ride On" featuring Jagged Edge, "G Rap Is a Villain" featuring Ma Barker, "This Is My Life" featuring Capone-N-Noreaga, "Round & Round (Remix)" featuring Jonell, "Keep Goin'" featuring Snoop Dogg and Devin the Dude, "How It Feel" featuring Havoc, "Y'all Niggas" featuring Black Guerilla Family (which was released as a bonus track and renamed "Planet of the Apes" on the Japanese release of the Koch album), "This Means War", a version of "Holla Back" which included Nas and excluded Tito, "Nobody Can't Eat" (which was a B-side on the "My Life" single), "Ordinary Love" featuring Ma Barker, "Why You Gotta Do It Like That" featuring Ma Barker and "Thug Out" featuring Black Child, Caddillac Tah, Ma Barker and Jinx (the original version of "Spill Blood" which was released as a B-side to the "It's Nothing" single) were at least some of the songs which were recorded for Rawkus but not included on the album by Koch.
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