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Ruthless for Life

1998 album by MC Ren
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Ruthless for Life

Summary

Ruthless for Life is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ruthless for Life's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Ruthless for Life's genre is West Coast hip-hop[4].
  • Ruthless for Life's genre is gangsta rap[5].
  • Ruthless for Life's genre is hardcore hip-hop[6].
  • Ruthless for Life followed The Villain in Black[7].
  • Ruthless for Life was followed by Renincarnated[8].
  • Among the performers on Ruthless for Life was MC Ren[9].
  • Ruthless for Life's record label is recorded as Ruthless Records[10].
  • Ruthless for Life's language of work or name is recorded as English[11].
  • Ruthless for Life was distributed by music streaming[12].
  • Ruthless for Life was released on June 30, 1998[13].

Product Details

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  • Release type: Album[14]

  • First release date: 1998-06-30[15]

  • Genre(s): g-funk, gangsta rap, hip hop[16]

  • Community tags: g-funk, gangsta rap, hip hop[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e38e6609-353c-3ed1-91c9-ed31332e5222[18]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Ruthless for Life was MC Ren[9].

Publication

Ruthless for Life was released on June 30, 1998[13]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[11]. Genres include West Coast hip-hop[4], gangsta rap[5], and hardcore hip-hop[6]. It was distributed by music streaming[12].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Ruthless for Life followed The Villain in Black[7]. It was followed by Renincarnated[8].

Why It Matters

Ruthless for Life ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (124 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

MC Ren

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . allmusic.com. allmusic.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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