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| Biography: Too Short discovered rapper Spice 1, who'd been born in Texas before moving to California. His self-titled debut was as vivid and fatalistic a gangsta album as possible, and his hard-edged, angry, and pessimistic rapping style and tone only added to the despair emanating from the disc. He followed it ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1995 Label: Thugworld Ent Critics' Rating:  Spice 1 doesn't change his style much on 1990-Sick, his third album. Building from a solid West Coast hip-hop base, Spice 1 adds ragamuffin and dancehall flourishes, which makes him distinctive as an MC. ...Read full review Released: 1993 Label: Thugworld Ent Critics' Rating:  Spice 1 continues his bleak, stripped-down version of gangsta rap with 187 He Wrote, an album that can be harrowing and appalling. Throughout the record, the spare, funky production keeps the music engaging, ...Read full review
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