''Reality Check'' is the second
studio album by American rapper
Seagram
The Seagram Company Ltd. (which traded as Seagram's) was a Canadian multinational conglomerate formerly headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. Originally a distiller of Canadian whisky based in Waterloo, Ontario, it was once (in the 1990s) the l ...
, released on May 31, 1994 via
Rap-A-Lot Records
Rap-A-Lot is a hip hop record label co-founded by James Prince and Cliff Blodget in 1986. Smoke-a-Lot Records is a subsidiary.
Rap-A-Lot was first distributed by A&M Records with the release of Raheem's 1988 debut ''The Vigilante''. The lab ...
and
Priority Records
Priority Records is an American distribution company and record label known for artists including N.W.A, Ice-T, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg, Big L, Silkk the Shocker and Westside Connection. It also distributed hip hop record labels including Death ...
. The album was produced entirely by Jeff Gray, Seagram and Troy White. It would be Seagram's last album during his lifetime. It peaked at number 53 on the
''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and at number 31 on the
''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers.
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Track listing
# "The Town" (featuring Gangsta P, Angie & Y-D) - 4:55
# "Gangsta Livin" - 4:19
# "It Don't Stop" (featuring Gangsta P) - 3:42
# "Can't Win for Losin" - 4:38
# "Bustas, Tricks & Thangs" - 2:07
# "Birth" - 5:26
# "Where Do We Go From Here" - 4:31
# "Eastside" - 3:28
# "13 Deep" (featuring Gangsta P) - 4:40
# "No Matter the Cost" - 6:02
# "Gangstas & Players" (featuring Too Short
Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper and record producer. He became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 1980s, with lyrics often based on ...
) - 5:05
# "The Old School" - 4:37
# "69" - 3:12
# "Peace to You" (featuring Down by Law) - 3:41
Samples
Birth
*"For the Love of You
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" by The Isley Brothers
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The Old School
*"Love T.K.O.
"Love T.K.O." is a song written by Cecil Womack and Gip Noble, Jr. It was written for soul singer David Oliver, and appeared first on his album '' Here's to You'' in 1980.
Teddy Pendergrass recording
"Love T.K.O." is mainly associated with ...
" by Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American soul and R&B singer-songwriter. He was born in Kingstree, South Carolina. Pendergrass spent most of his life in the Philadelphia area, and initially rose to musi ...
The Town
*" Haboglabotribin'" by Bernard Wright
Bernard Wright (November 16, 1963 – May 19, 2022) was an American funk and jazz keyboardist and singer who began his career as a session musician and later released four solo albums.
Biography
Wright was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York. In ...
Chart history
References
External links
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Reality Check
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Seagram (rapper) albums
1994 albums
Priority Records albums
Rap-A-Lot Records albums