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Do or Die
Background information
Origin Chicago, Illinois
Genres Hip hop
Years active 1995–present
Labels Rap-A-Lot Records
Associated acts Twista
The Legendary Traxster
Johnny P.
Crucial Conflict
Members
AK-47
Belo Zero
N.A.R.D.

Do or Die is an American rap trio originally from Southside of Chicago, Illinois, consisting of group members Belo Zero, N.A.R.D. and AK-47. The trio has sold more than 3 million albums. The group experienced mainstream success with the gold single "Po Pimp", Produced by The Legendary Traxster off of their 1996 debut album Picture This The song, which featured fellow Chicago rapper Twista, peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]. The songs "Playa Like Me and You" and "Alpha and Omega" made the album "Picture This" a classic and made Do or Die an instant success. Do or Die's success with "Picture This" helped launched the careers of Legendary Traxtster, Twista and Johnny P who sang the hooks on several Do or Die songs.

Alongside Crucial Conflict, another Chicago group with a similar vocal and lyrical style, they helped launch one of the city's first national hip hop movements. They rapped with a signature fast flow over silky smooth rhythm blues beats. Their rapping and musical style influenced Twista]]. The group's second album Headz or Tailz Produced mainly by producers Mr. Lee and Mike Dean debuted in 1998 and went Gold. Its lead single was a follow-up to the group's previous hit titled "Still Po Pimpin'". It peaked at #68 on the Billboard Hot 100.

The group continued to release several albums during the 2000s decade. The album entitled " Pimpin Aint Dead" includes "I Wish I Could Fly" and smash hit "Do You" featuring Twista. "Do You" which was regarded as the number one song downloaded on Youtube in 2010. In 2005, Do or Die released their 7th album entitled D.O.D. which featured the hit single "Higher" produced by fellow Chicagoan Kanye West. In 2009, Do or Die gave Twista a boost with the single "Yo Body" which is featured on Twista's album entitled "Category 5". "Yo Body" became an instant Youtube sensation with over 2 million hits.

The group's 8th album, was released as a mixtape entitled Trunk Music, in 2010.

For the past decade Do or Die has been touring the country giving their fans the signature Do or Die sound and stage performance fans can't get anywhere else. Do or Die is currently working on their next album to be released on their own label in late 2012.


Discography [link]

Main article: Do or Die discography

References [link]

  1. ^ "Artist Chart History - Do or Die". billboard.com. https://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=155395&model.vnuAlbumId=767635. Retrieved 2008-10-06. 

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Do or Die (film)

Do or Die is a 1991 action film starring Cynthia Brimhall, Pat Morita and Erik Estrada. It was directed, written and produced by Andy Sidaris.

The Triple B Series by Andy Sidaris

  • 1. Malibu Express (1985)
  • 2. Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
  • 3. Picasso Trigger (1988)
  • 4. Savage Beach (1989)
  • 5. Guns (1990)
  • 6. Do or Die (1991)
  • 7. Hard Hunted (1992)
  • 8. Fit to Kill (1993)
  • 9. Enemy Gold (1993)
  • 10. The Dallas Connection (1994)
  • 11. Day of the Warrior (1996)
  • 12. Return to Savage Beach (1998)

    • See also

  • Girls with guns

    • External links

  • Do or Die at the Internet Movie Database
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    Do or Die (Tim Dog album)

    Do or Die is the second album by rapper Tim Dog. The album represented Tim's shift of focus, away from confrontation with the West Coast and concentrated on hardcore East Coast rap. The album contained a shout-out to Tupac Shakur whom Tim thanked for assisting him when involved in a potentially violent situation when touring in California.

    Track listing

    All tracks by Tim Dog except were noted

  • "I Don't Give A Fuck" – 4:26
  • "Grab Your Gat" – 4:20
  • "I Get Wrecked" (Featuring KRS-One) (Parker, Randolph, Smith) – 5:23
  • "Timberlands" – 4:23
  • "If I Was A Cop" – 3:45
  • "Hardcore" – 3:28
  • "Game" – 4:53
  • "Skip To My Loot" – 4:24
  • "Silly Bitch" – 3:47
  • "Mad Dog" – 4:31
  • "Make Room" – 2:40
  • "Breakin North" – 4:06

    • Personnel

  • Shams - producer, beat programming
  • Craig Caruth – engineer, mixing
  • Jay Davidson – saxophone
  • Tony Dawsey – mastering
  • Maurice Mo' Gallegos – producer
  • Dirk Grobelny – assistant engineer
  • Kennan Keating – engineer
  • Kool Keith – keyboards, bass programming
  • Andy Kravitz – drums
  • KRS-One – performer
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    Do or Die (Dropkick Murphys album)

    Do or Die is the first album released by Boston's Irish-American punk band, Dropkick Murphys. It was released in 1998. A music video for the single "Barroom Hero" was released. This is the only album that featured original lead vocalist, Mike McColgan who went on to become a fireman before forming his own band, the Street Dogs.

    Reception

    Allmusic gave Do or Die a rating of three stars out of five, and said that the album was "an interesting blend of hardcore-style punk with traditional Irish inflections."

    In other media

    A Do or Die poster appears on the wall of John Connor's bedroom in the pilot episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. "Barroom Hero" was used in the final credits of the documentary "Restrepo." "Never Alone" was featured in the Extreme sports video game Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX.

    Track listing

    Many songs were a collaborative effort.

  • "Cadence to Arms" (Instrumental) (Traditional, reworked from Scotland the Brave) – 1:49
  • "Do or Die" (Barton, McColgan) – 1:50
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    Do or Die (Gospel Gangstaz album)

    Do or Die is the second album released by Gospel Gangstaz. It was released on November 28, 1995 for Holy Terra Records and featured production from Mr. Solo, Tik Tokk, DMG, Aaron Connor, Paul Andris, Sean Freehill and Steve Good. Do or Die peaked at 24 on the Top Christian Albums Billboard chart, but again no charting singles were released.

    Track listing

  • "Ghetto Sermon"- 2:10
  • "O Double G's Go On"- 4:29
  • "Maybe If"- 5:06
  • "Y Cain't da Homiez Hear Me?" (Remix)- 6:29
  • "Demon Killa"- 4:59
  • "Do or Die"- 5:11
  • "Gospel Gangsta Thang"- 4:21
  • "Truth and Funk"- 4:15
  • "West Coast Roc"- 3:34
  • "Backslider"- 4:28
  • "Anutha Gruuv Fo Sum Preachin"- 4:20
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    Do or Die (group)

    Do or Die is an American rap trio originally from the Westside of Chicago, consisting of group members Belo Zero, N.A.R.D. and AK. The group experienced mainstream success with the platinum single "Po Pimp", which peaked at #22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

    Music career

    1996: Picture This

    Do or Die gained a hit with their first single, "Po Pimp". Released on a tiny Chicago label, the track became a local hit and sparked the group's signing by Houston's Rap-A-Lot Records. Given a wide release in the summer of 1996, the single hit number 22, increasing the buzz for a full-length from the group. In September of that year, Picture This was released on Rap-A-Lot. The album was certified Gold, and launched the group, as well as fellow Chicago rapper Twista, who was featured on the track, into superstardom.

    1998: Headz or Tailz

    In 1998, the group released their sophomore album, "Headz or Tailz". Like the group's previous album, Headz or Tailz was a success, peaking at #13 on the Billboard 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, producing the successful single, "Still Po Pimpin", which featured Twista and Johnny P, and peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #16 on the Hot Rap Singles.

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    Podcasts:

    Do or Die

    ALBUMS

    The Downfall of the Human Race

    Released 2011

    The Meaning of Honor

    Released 2002

    Tradition

    Heart Full of Pain

    Do or Die

    ALBUMS

    Falling in Love With the Game

    Released 2006

    Do or Die

    ALBUMS

    Get That Paper

    Released 2006

    D.O.D.

    Released 2005

    Greatest Hits

    Released 2003

    Pimpin Ain't Dead

    Released 2003

    Back 2 the Game

    Released 2002

    Victory

    Released 2000

    Headz or Tails

    Released 1998

    Picture This

    Released 1996
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    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Family Bizness

    by: K-rino

    [Verse 1:]
    K-Rino the rectangular hyper
    active genius creator of the rectangular cypher
    South Park liver
    ass whuppin giver
    lyrics cold enough to make a fuckin snowman shiver
    I don't listen to country soft rock or heavy metal
    rap motherfuckers I take to unimagenable levels
    the abductor of fools ridiculous rhyme raper
    confiscatin repossesed spirits sell 'em hoes for paper
    if push comes to shove that shove gon' lead to shootin [pump pump]
    emcees die like ol ass trees I'm up-rootin
    a contest I suggest not you gettin split
    I battle 5 million sperm in the womb so you ain't shit
    all that you can do is hate me your girl can only ride me
    I got a microscopic scientist livin inside me who guides me
    I'm oldschool to the fullest fool beatboxin and cuts
    walkin internet so long I gon tell ya down low on these nuts
    [Chorus:]
    K-Rino is the motherfuckin heat branga
    hard ass bomb dropper ruff beat banga
    to yo woman I'm that motherfuckin meat slanga
    hands up if you don't give a fuck feel what I'm sayin
    K-Rino is the motherfuckin heat branga
    hard ass bomb dropper ruff beat banga
    to yo woman I'm that motherfuckin meat slanga
    hands up if you don't give a fuck feel what I'm sayin
    [Verse 2:]
    My skills are genetic respect an atomic bomber
    trainin started at 6 months of age by battlin my momma
    she tought me well [yeah]
    and every now and then I shook her
    she was hard to beat but by the age of 5 I finally took her
    man I'm trippin
    but still rippin
    subtract the whole by addin hands to heads multiplyin and ass whippin
    you're roastin me
    knowin you ain't no where close to me
    the organ relocator puttin lungs were kidney supposed to be
    reverse your parts I put your lips below your waist
    give your mouth a shitty taste and glue your asshole to your face
    I rise above petty shit and take a leak on it
    fuck a lovesong I play a Dolemite tape and smash the freak on it
    so hopefully
    you might get the flow for me
    your sweetest popery openly wreckin motherfuckers vocally
    you came at me rhyme after rhyme after rhyme
    but like Jordan you brought your ass back one too many times
    [Chorus]
    [Verse 3:]
    Stand in your midst I'm transparent you wonder were I went
    calculus trickin a metric chemistry experiment
    allows me to vanish
    I'm the wrong man to pick out
    loose my mind bust in the court room moonwalkin with my dick out
    no for sho K-Rino go hard I crush one
    like liquor I'm pourin lyrics out my book before I bust one
    yeah thats for all the homies that ain't here to witness
    the wizard cerebrally scarin these assholes shitless
    lets battle for cash but if you're broke i'll take lamps
    amps credit cards first borns and food stamps
    man you're worse than 7 hundred rude tramps with mood cramps
    recruit rappers and run they asses through lyrical bootcamps
    disaster
    man fuck livin happily ever after
    retire my rap-jersey and hang my mic from the rafter
    I'm always in a cop's scope [yeah]
    like wresteling landin knee first on bastards from off the top rope
    [Chorus]




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