Scarface (rapper)

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Scarface (born November 9, 1970 ; real name Bradley Jordan ) is an American rapper from the South Acres neighborhood in Houston , Texas . He became known as a member of the Geto Boys formation .

Career

Bradley Jordan began his rap career in the mid-1980s. At the age of 18 he released his first single as DJ Akshen in 1988, entitled "Big Time / I'm DJ Akshen My Man," on H-Town Records . Label boss James Smith heard about it and was immediately enthusiastic. He took him under his wing. In 1989, Akshen together with Willie D with the Geto Boys one.

After Jordan released his solo album “Mr. Scarface Is Back ”and it became a huge hit, he left the Geto Boys and focused on his solo career. He chose Scarface as his stage name, based on the main character of the film of the same name . He was able to record many more successes and worked with artists like Master P , Bun B , Jadakiss , Faith Evans , Chamillionaire , Jay-Z , 2Pac , Nas , Ice Cube , Dr. Dre , Too Short , Beanie Sigel , Young Jeezy , G-Unit , Raekwon and Gang Starr together. The Source awarded the two albums "The Diary" and "The Fix" with 5 mics each. In 2007 he released his album entitled "Made". On December 2, 2008, another official studio album was released with the title "Emeritus". On April 21, 2015, Scarface published his autobiography Diary Of A Madman with Benjamin Meadows-Ingram .

Discography

Solo albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1991 Mr. Scarface Is Back US51
gold
gold

(27 weeks)US
First published: October 3, 1991
US sales: 500,000+
1993 The World Is Yours US7th
gold
gold

(16 weeks)US
First published: August 17, 1993
US sales: 500,000+
1994 The Diary US2
platinum
platinum

(32 weeks)US
Initial Publication: October 18, 1994
US sales: 1,000,000+
1997 The Untouchable US1
platinum
platinum

(25 weeks)US
Initial Publication: March 11, 1997
US sales: 1,000,000+
1998 My homies US4th
platinum
platinum

(17 weeks)US
Initial publication: March 3, 1998
US sales: 1,000,000+
2000 The Last of a Dying Breed US7th
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US

Initial release: October 3, 2000 US sales: 500,000+
2002 The fix US4 (14 weeks)
US
First published: August 6, 2002
2006 My Homies Part 2 US12 (6 weeks)
US
First published: March 7, 2006
2007 Made US17 (13 weeks)
US
First published: December 4th, 2007
2008 emeritus US24 (10 weeks)
US
First published: December 2, 2008
2015 Deeply Rooted US11 (6 weeks)
US
First published: September 4th, 2015

Collab albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2006 One hunid US78 (3 weeks)
US
First published: February 21, 2006
with Willie Hen and Young Malice as The Product

Compilations

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
2002 Greatest hits US40 (5 weeks)
US
First published: October 22, 2002
2003 Balls and My Word US20 (8 weeks)
US
First published: April 8, 2003
2008 The best of Scarface US121 (2 weeks)
US
First published: April 22, 2008

Mix tapes

  • 2010: Dopeman Music

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
UK UK US US
1993 Let Me Roll
The World Is Yours 		UK-UK US87 (4 weeks)
US
1994 Hand of the Dead Body
The Diary 		UK41 (2 weeks)
UK 		US74 (7 weeks)
US
I Seen a Man Die
The Diary 		UK55 (2 weeks)
UK 		US37 (17 weeks)
US
1997 Smile
The Untouchable 		UK-UK US12
gold
gold

(19 weeks)US
feat. 2Pac and Johnny P
Sales US: 500,000+
Game Over
The Untouchable 		UK34 (2 weeks)
UK 		US-US
feat. Dr. Dre , Ice Cube and Too $ hort
2002 Guess Who's Back
The Fix 		UK-UK US79 (8 weeks)
US
feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel

More singles

  • 1991: Mr. Scarface
  • 1991: A Minute to Pray and a Second to Die
  • 1993: Now I Feel Ya
  • 1995: Among the Walking Dead (feat. Facemob)
  • 1997: Mary Jane
  • 1998: Homies & Thuggs ( feat.Master P and 2Pac)
  • 1998: Sex Faces (feat. Too $ hort, Tela and Devin the Dude)
  • 2000: It Ain't, Pt. 2
  • 2002: My Block
  • 2007: Girl You Know ( feat.Trey Songz )
  • 2008: High Powered
  • 2014: No problem
  • 2014: Exit Plan

Awards for music sales

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region Gold record icon.svg gold Platinum record icon.svg platinum Sales swell
Awards for music sales
(country / region, awards, sales, sources)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3 5,000,000 riaa.com
All in all Gold record icon.svg 4 × gold4th Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ virginrecords.com: The Geto Boys Biography ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed November 27, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.virginrecords.com
  2. ↑ Rap Legend Scarface Reveals Why He Wanted to Die in His New Memoir on billboard.com, accessed July 26, 2015.
  3. ↑ a b c d Chart sources: UK US
  4. ↑ a b c d Music Sales Awards: US
personal data
SURNAME Scarface
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jordan, Bradley (maiden name); Jordan, Brad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American rapper
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1970