Road to the Riches/Wanted Dead [Explicit Lyrics]

Road to the Riches/Wanted Dead [Explicit Lyrics]

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Road To The Riches
2. It's A Demo
3. Men At Work
4. Truly Yours
5. Cars
6. Trilogy Of Terror
7. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
8. Cold Cuts
9. Rhymes I Express
10. Poison
See all 11 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Streets Of New York
2. Wanted Dead Or Alive
3. Money In The Bank
4. Bad To The Bone
5. Talk Like Sex
6. Play It Again Polo
7. Erase Racism
8. Kool Is Back
9. Play It Kool
10. Death Wish
See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Continuing its series of essential re-releases from the Cold Chillin' catalog, Landspeed Records has issued two of Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo's best albums in a double-CD package. For those who don't know, world-famous Juice Crew member Kool G. Rap ruled the East Coast hard-rock roost during the late '80s. He can be considered a godfather of Biggie, Nas, and other young rappers who've since become hooked on Mafia-inflected mobphonics. Road to the Riches, first released in 1989, contains 11 adrenalized tracks, five of which are must-have joints. "It's a Demo," "Men at Work," and "Poison" were big-time New York club hits when the record first dropped. "Truly Yours" is a classic dis record and "Road to the Riches" is the song that Biggie reworked into a three-part ode to Cali beats. Wanted Dead or Alive contains more filler than thriller, but the hits spawned off of this album were brilliant. "Streets of New York" is a gritty tale of urban realism, "Rikers Island" breaks it down for the jail cats, and the nasty and naughty "Talk Like Sex" is the song that Chris Rock reworked and performed in the movie CB4. --Rebecca Levine

Road to the Riches/Wanted Dead,Kool G. Rap,DJ Polo,Landspeed Records

Road to the Riches/Wanted: Dead or Alive
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Arguably the dopest rapper with a lisp. Sorry E Double.............
  • truly superb
  • Definite must-have for hip hop purists
  • when G.Rap strikes the mic, i recite the type of hype that you like, that make the people unite...
  • MUSTHAVE!
 Road to the Riches/Wanted: Dead or Alive
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Manufacturer: Landscape Germany
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005LMO3
Release Date: 2001-06-26

Tracks:

  1. Road To The Riches
  2. It's A Demo
  3. Men At Work
  4. Truly Yours
  5. Cars
  6. Trilogy Of Terror
  7. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
  8. Cold Cuts
  9. Rhymes I Express
  10. Poison
  11. Butcher Shop

Tracks:

  1. Streets Of New York
  2. Wanted Dead Or Alive
  3. Money In The Bank
  4. Bad To The Bone
  5. Talk Like Sex
  6. Play It Again Polo
  7. Erase Racism
  8. Kool Is Back
  9. Play It Kool
  10. Death Wish
  11. Jive Talk
  12. The Polo Club
  13. Rikers Island

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Arguably the dopest rapper with a lisp. Sorry E Double....................2006-12-30

Kool G Rap to me vocally is a mix of Big Daddy Kane and Erick Sermon's lisp. He had some good joints but at his best he was a B List rapper, when compared to Kane and Rakim.

Top Joints:
Road to Riches
Truly Yours
Streets of NY (Classic)
Talk Like Sex
Death Wish
Erase Racism
Play It Again Polo
Rikers Island

5 out of 5 stars truly superb.......2006-07-03

simply the best you can get by Kool G Rap & Dj Polo and almost the best you can get from Hip-Hop.

ROAD TO THE RICHES (produced by Marley Marl)
Road to the riches: brilliant beat and lyrics that will suck you into their world (5 stars)
It's a demo: G Rap & Polo's first single, but this is not the original version, which unfortunately is far better (4 stars)
Men at work: true hardcore (5 stars)
Truly yours: mocking and a bit arrogant (5 stars)
Cars: brilliant sample and rap (5 stars)
Trilogy of terror: very good but a bit short maybe (4,5 stars)
She loves me, she loves me not: G rap demonstrates he's not afraid of speaking about his weaknesses, too. a very frank cut (5 stars)
Cold cuts: some room to let Polo display his great turn-table's skills (5 stars)
Rhymes I express: the only average cut (4 stars)
Poison: ferocious rhymes and great scratches on the hook (5 stars)
Butcher shop: incredible bass line!! (5 stars)

WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE (produced by G Rap, Eric B, Dj Polo, Large Pro and Marl on the last cut)
Streets of new york: real and raw street narrative (5 stars)
Wanted dead or alive: ferocious rap once again (5 stars)
Money in the bank: ft\ Large pro, anton & freddie foxxx, but the hook is a bit repetitive (4 stars)
Bad to the bone: classic eric B's beat, the bassline is amazingly fat! (5 stars)
Talk like sex: funny, tough, noisy. (5 stars)
Play it again polo: not that something (3 stars)
Erase racism: ft\ Biz Markie & Big Daddy Kane nuff said (5 stars)
Kool is back: G rap's shows a superhuman breath-control and Polo scratches with fury(5 stars)
Play it kool: the same brilliant Kool G Rap's flow, but this time the hook is very weak (3 stars)
Death wish: g rap's voice turns raucous on this, which is cool, too bad the beat is not very original (3 stars)
Jive talk: g rap drops a freestyle (4 stars)
The polo club: the worst track of the album (2 stars)
Rikers island: a bit repetitive, and what happened to G rap's voice?

the last 3 tracks are not as good as the rest but this double album is indeed worth owning. you won't be disappointed

5 out of 5 stars Definite must-have for hip hop purists.......2006-06-15

If you feelin' artists like Kane, Rakim, Nas, Jay-Z, Scarface,(some TuPac & Biggie), AZ, Common and Mos Def, you gotta have this LP to complete your collection.

Kool G. Rap is the OG in hip hop for all-time!

Highly recommended purchase!

5 out of 5 stars when G.Rap strikes the mic, i recite the type of hype that you like, that make the people unite..........2005-09-08

KOOL G. RAP displays one the greatest rhymes performances on record, only a close 2nd to RAKIM's Follow the Leader LP, on "WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE." On the "ROAD TO THE RICHES" LP "Men @ Work" may be the greatest 30 bar rhyme segment ever recorded. The only dude that was better was RAKIM. PEACE.

I write because I suffer, Inc.

5 out of 5 stars MUSTHAVE!.......2004-06-09

Simply put: If you are a hip-hop connoisseur, and you do not have this in your collection, you are a fool, and you need to step your game up real quick! Road to the Riches and Wanted and Dead or Alive in the same package? These classics are from hip-hop's golden era that introduces you to the Large Professor and Freddie Foxxx (Money in the Bank) and the slept-on Erase Racism (BDK and BizMarkie) to name a few. For all the WHBI heads out there, you know that Riker's Island was the jumpoff. Absolutely a MUSTH HAVE!
Road to the Riches/Wanted Dead
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Road to the Riches/Wanted Dead
    Kool G. Rap , and DJ Polo
    Manufacturer: Landspeed Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B00005J71G
    Release Date: 2001-06-26

    Tracks:

    1. Road To The Riches
    2. It's A Demo
    3. Men At Work
    4. Truly Yours
    5. Cars
    6. Trilogy Of Terror
    7. She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not
    8. Cold Cuts
    9. Rhymes I Express
    10. Poison
    11. Butcher Shop

    Tracks:

    1. Streets Of New York
    2. Wanted Dead Or Alive
    3. Money In The Bank
    4. Bad To The Bone
    5. Talk Like Sex
    6. Play It Again Polo
    7. Erase Racism
    8. Kool Is Back
    9. Play It Kool
    10. Death Wish
    11. Jive Talk
    12. The Polo Club
    13. Rikers Island

    Amazon.com

    Continuing its series of essential re-releases from the Cold Chillin' catalog, Landspeed Records has issued two of Kool G. Rap and DJ Polo's best albums in a double-CD package. For those who don't know, world-famous Juice Crew member Kool G. Rap ruled the East Coast hard-rock roost during the late '80s. He can be considered a godfather of Biggie, Nas, and other young rappers who've since become hooked on Mafia-inflected mobphonics. Road to the Riches, first released in 1989, contains 11 adrenalized tracks, five of which are must-have joints. "It's a Demo," "Men at Work," and "Poison" were big-time New York club hits when the record first dropped. "Truly Yours" is a classic dis record and "Road to the Riches" is the song that Biggie reworked into a three-part ode to Cali beats. Wanted Dead or Alive contains more filler than thriller, but the hits spawned off of this album were brilliant. "Streets of New York" is a gritty tale of urban realism, "Rikers Island" breaks it down for the jail cats, and the nasty and naughty "Talk Like Sex" is the song that Chris Rock reworked and performed in the movie CB4. --Rebecca Levine

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