Tru (music group)
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Tru , an acronym for The Real Untouchables was an American hip-hop group of the label No Limit Records .
history
The group already existed in 1993. At that time, their debut album Who’s Da Killer? in a 7-person line-up, consisting of Master P , Silkk the Shocker , C-Murder , King George, Big Ed , Challi-G and Milk Man. The publication, however, had no commercial significance. The same was true of Understanding the Criminal Mind , published the following year .
This changed when Master P distributed the group's music through his own label, No Limit Records . The 1995 album True was able to sell more than 200,000 copies without much advertising or airplay and thus played a major role in establishing No Limits in the music industry.
The final breakthrough came in 1997 after Master P reduced the group to himself and his two brothers Silkk the Shocker and C-Murder. Tru 2 Da Game sold more than two million copies in the US, which the RIAA awarded two times platinum .
The hype surrounding the label that set in immediately afterwards made Master P a star , so on the one hand he had a lot to do with running his company and on the other hand he expanded his activities to include filmmaking and sports management, especially basketball . In addition, the solo careers of the other two members were now also very successful. Another album was released in 1999 with Da Crime Family . The two-year waiting period after the predecessor was extremely long in relation to the frequency of no-limit publications. The work also received a gold record , but could not match the sales figures of Tru 2 Da Game .
Subsequently, the success of No Limit Records quickly subsided and C-Murder was convicted of murder. Another record of the group was therefore only released in 2004 with The Truth . C-Murder was then replaced by the rapper Hallelujah and was only heard on one song himself, with a verse that he snapped in his prison cell. The album was once again placed at number 54 on the Billboard 200 , but only stayed on this sales list for two weeks, continuing the commercial downward trend.
No more publications followed.
Discography
Albums
- 1993: Who's Da Killer?
- 1994: Understanding the Criminal Mind
- 1995: True
- 1997: Tru 2 Da Game
- 1999: Da Crime Family
- 2004: The Truth
Compilations
- 2005: The Best of Tru
Singles
- 1997: I Always Feel Like (Somebody′s Watching Me)
- 1999: Tru Homies
- 1999: Hoody Hooo
- 2005: Where U From
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Billboard : Tru - Chart history
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
- ↑ Allmusic : Who's Da Killer? - Tru | Songs, reviews, credits
- ↑ Allmusic: Tru 2 da Game - Tru | Songs, reviews, credits
- ↑ a b RIAA : Searchable database with artist search for "TRU"
- ↑ Allmusic: C-Murder | Biography & History
- ↑ Allmusic: The Truth - Tru | Songs, reviews, credits