C-Bo

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Tales From The Crypt
  US 99 06/24/1995 (9 weeks)
One Life 2 Live
  US 65 03/01/1997 (6 weeks)
Til My Casket Drops
  US 41 03/14/1998 (6 weeks)
Enemy Of The State
  US 91 08/12/2000 (6 weeks)
West Coast Mafia
  US 136 08/10/2002 (2 weeks)
The Mobfather
  US 199 08/09/2003 (1 week)

C-Bo (born January 14, 1974 in Sacramento , California as Shawn Thomas ), often stylized as C-BO , is an American rapper who specializes in West Coast hip-hop , gangsta rap and G-funk . He made headlines several times because of his conflicts with the judiciary and was one of the first rappers to be arrested for his lyrics.

biography

C-Bo began his music career in 1993 with his debut album Gas Chamber (English for "gas chamber"). This was followed in 1994 EP The Autopsy ( "The autopsy ") and 1995, the second long-player Tales from the Crypt ( "Tales from the Crypt "). As the titles of the works already show, his texts at this time mainly dealt with morbid topics, such as are usual for the style of horrorcore .

After C-Bo was able to place himself on the Billboard 200 for the first time with the latter album , his style changed slightly. Although the lyrics were still explicit, he was now writing more about life as a member of a gang , as is common in gangsta rap . He processed his personal experiences with it, since he had been part of the street gang Crips since childhood .

First arrests

C-Bo was therefore arrested several times during the 1990s for engaging in criminal activities such as drug trafficking. In 1994 he was also involved in an incident in which a person died. He himself was present and fired a shot in the air, for which he was sentenced to two years in prison in 1996.

In 1997 he was released on parole, with the condition that he did not glorify the conduct of life as a gang member in his raps and that he should not use any other texts that were directed against the executive . According to his own statement, he only agreed to these conditions because he assumed that they were not tenable. However, several appeals against it failed in court. This became a problem because his next album Til My Casket Drops was due to appear on February 21, 1998 , on which he criticized the California three-strikes law and made numerous allusions to his gang membership.

In fact, after the work was released, he was arrested for three parole violations: first, the aforementioned lyrics on Til My Casket Drops , and second , for a trip to San Francisco that violated the condition, no more than 50 miles from Sacramento and C-Bo's refusal to provide his probation officer with the contracts and lyrics that arose while working on Til My Casket Drops . The judiciary's actions caused a stir, as several attorneys expressed that probation requirements of this kind could violate the 1st Amendment to the United States Constitution , which guarantees freedom of speech .

A few days later, the lyrics related allegations were dropped and C-Bo was due to be released from prison. However, a routine drug test returned positive for marijuana , so he was sentenced to two more months behind bars.

Commercial success

The commercial success C-Bos took advantage of, and Til My Casket Drops sold significantly more than its predecessors. In the first week more than 30,000 copies were sold, which brought the album to number 41 in the US album charts in 1998.

He was tried again later in 1998, this time on several 1996 drug trafficking and illicit gun possession charges. He made headlines again as he rapped his defense. The judge finally sentenced C-Bo to a suspended sentence, with the condition that he support the authorities in an advertising campaign against crimes.

As a result, C-Bo released numerous other albums, some of which were released within a year. Some of them were able to stay on the Billboard 200 for a few weeks, but he could no longer match the sales figures of Til My Casket Drops .

End of the mainstream career

After The Mobfather in 2003, he was no longer successful in the mainstream , but albums such as Money to Burn from 2006 and West Side Ryders IV: World Wide Mob from 2008 still made it to the category charts such as the "Independent Albums" and "Top R & B / Hip-Hop" Albums ”from Billboard magazine .

After 2008, the output of C-Bos finally fell sharply and his works were now published at intervals of several years.

Discography

Albums

  • 1993: Gas Chamber
  • 1995: Tales from the Crypt
  • 1997: One Life 2 Live
  • 1998: Til My Casket Drops
  • 1999: The Final Chapter
  • 1999: C-Bo's Mob Figaz
  • 2000: Enemy of the State
  • 2001: Blocc Movement (together with Brotha Lynch Hung )
  • 2001: Life as a Rider
  • 2002: West Coast Mafia
  • 2002: Desert Eagle
  • 2003: C-Bo's West Side Ryders
  • 2003: The Mobfather
  • 2004: Bulletproof
  • 2005: C-Bo′s West Side Ryders II
  • 2006: The Moment of Truth (with Killa Tay )
  • 2006: Money to Burn
  • 2006: 100 racks in My Backpack
  • 2007: West Side Ryders III: The Southeast Connection
  • 2008: West Side Ryders IV: World Wide Mob
  • 2008: Tradin ′ War Stories
  • 2012: Cali Connection
  • 2012: Orca
  • 2015: The Mobfather II
  • 2017: The Problem
  • 2019: The Book of C-Bo

Compilations

  • 1995: The Best of C-Bo
  • 2001: C-Bo's Best Appearances '91 -'99
  • 2004: Lost Sessions
  • 2005: The Greatest Hits
  • 2007: West Coast Classics

Singles

  • 1998: Money by the Ton
  • 1999: See Me
  • 2000: Get The Money

EPs

  • 1994: The Autopsy

Video albums

  • 2003: Live and Uncut

Web links

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  1. ^ Billboard : C-BO - Chart history
  2. ↑ MTV News Staff: Rapper C-BO Jailed For Lyrics. MTV , March 4, 1998, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Allmusic : Life as a Rider - C-Bo | Songs, reviews, credits
  4. ↑ Allmusic : One Life 2 Live - C-Bo | Songs, reviews, credits
  5. ↑ David Drake, Insanul Ahmed: The People of the State of California v. Shawn Thomas (1996). In: The 30 Biggest Criminal Trials in Rap History. Complex UK, October 19, 2012, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Steve Hochman: A Rapper's Risky Challenge. Los Angeles Times , February 21, 1998, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Steve Hochman: Rap Artist Is Jailed Over Anti-Police Lyrics. Los Angeles Times, March 4, 1998, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  8. ↑ Steve Hochman: Rapper Tests Positive for Pot, Will Stay in Jail. Los Angeles Times, March 18, 1998, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  9. ^ Shauna Snow: Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press. Los Angeles Times, March 5, 1998, accessed March 10, 2016 .
  10. ↑ MTV News Staff: C-BO Raps His Way Out Of Legal Trouble. MTV, July 31, 1998, accessed March 10, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME C-Bo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomas, Shawn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH January 14, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Sacramento , California , USA