''WWF Aggression'' is a soundtrack album by

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(then known as the World Wrestling Federation, or WWF). Released on March 21, 2000 by

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, it features entrance music of WWE wrestlers re-recorded by various hip hop artists and groups. The album was a commercial success, charting at number eight on the US ''Billboard'' 200.

Composition

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of music website

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categorised ''WWF Aggression'' in hip hop genres such as

hardcore hip hop Hardcore hip hop (also hardcore rap) is a genre of hip hop music that developed through the East Coast hip hop scene in the 1980s. Pioneered by such artists as Run-DMC, Schoolly D, Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, it is generally cha ...

and gangsta rap, describing it as "straight-ahead hardcore rap, targeted at WWF's audience." Six of the album's 13 tracks were produced by Binky of

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duo

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, with other producers including

Jam Master Jay Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-DMC became one of the bi ...

and

Rockwilder Dana Stinson (born February 2, 1971), better known by his stage name Rockwilder, is an American hip hop record producer and rapper. A long term friend of Def Jam rapper Redman, Rockwilder got his start producing for East Coast hip hop artists ...

Reception

Commercial

''WWF Aggression'' was a commercial success. In the US, the album reached number eight on the US ''Billboard'' 200 and number ten on the

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chart; in Canada, it reached number six on the

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. It was certified gold by the

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, indicating sales of over 500,000 units, and was also certified gold by

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and silver by the

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Critical

Music website AllMusic awarded the album three out of five stars. Writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine proposed that "since he albumis targeted at WF'smale adolescent audience, it's just thuggish without being particularly inventive." He highlighted the track "Wreck" by

Kool Keith Keith Matthew Thornton (born October 7, 1963), better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper and record producer from The Bronx, New York City, known for his surreal, abstract and often profane or incomprehensible lyrics. Kool ...

and

Ol' Dirty Bastard Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper. He was one of the founding members of the Wu-Tang Clan, a rap group primarily fr ...

, but also claimed that it "doesn't really live up to expectations." Describing the material as "blunt hip-hop that isn't as brutal as it appears," Erlewine concluded that the album "will only be of interest to wrestling fans, not to hip-hop fanatics."

Track listing

Personnel

* Binky – production (tracks 4–6, 8, 9, 11 and 12) *Greg Danylyshyn – production (tracks 1, 2 and 7) *Rashad Coes – co-production (tracks 1, 7) *

– production (track 1) *

– production (track 2) *

– production (track 3) * R.A. the Rugged Man – co-production (track 8) *Mark "Boogie" Brown – production (track 10) *

Dame Grease Damon J. Blackman (born August 9, 1974), better known by his stage name Dame Grease or simply Grease, is an American record producer from New York City. In 1996, he gained recognition in the hip hop industry through his production work with Bad ...

– production (track 13)

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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