Westside Connection

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Westside Connection
General information
Genre (s) Hip hop
founding 1996
Current occupation
Ice Cube
MC
 WC
former members
rapper
 Mack 10

Westside Connection is an American gangsta rap group. It was founded by rappers Ice Cube , Mack 10 and WC .

Westside Connection attracted attention, among other things, by confronting the hip-hop group Cypress Hill and the resulting diss song King of the Hill .

history

In 1995, the three West Coast rappers appeared together for the first time on the album Mack 10 by the rapper Mack 10 with the song Westside Slaughterhouse . A year later, Ice Cube, Mack 10 and WC formed the group Westside Connection and released their first album Bow Down . The sound carrier entered the US Billboard 200 charts at number 2 and later reached platinum status with 1.7 million units sold. The two singles Bow Down and Gangstas Make the World Go Round also celebrated chart successes. Sun rose Gangstas Make the World Go Round at position 40 and Bow Down at number 21 of the Billboard Hot 100 -charts one.

The group's second album was released in 2003 after a hiatus. Gangsta Nation , recorded by Westside Connection with musician Nate Dogg , was released as a single . Gangsta Nation debuted at number 33 on the US charts. The second album was also able to place itself in the charts again at position 16. Terrorist Threats did not reach the success of the debut album with 679,000 units sold.

After the release of the second album, Mack 10 split from the group and WC signed to Ice Cube's label Lench Mob Records . In 2005, Mack 10 stated that there would be no more new material from the group. As a reason, the musician gave the concentration of the individual members on their respective solo careers.

In 2008, Ice Cube declared the group's comeback. The rapper The Game should replace the former member Mack 10. For the album Raw Footage by Ice Cube, released in 2008, the joint piece Get Use To It with WC and The Game was already created.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1996 Bow Down - - - - US2
platinum
platinum

(45 weeks)US
First published: October 22, 1996
Sales worldwide: 1,700,000
2003 Terrorist Threats - - - - US16
gold
gold

(20 weeks)US
First published: December 9, 2003
Sales worldwide: 679,000

Compilations

  • 2007: Best Of Westside Connection - The Gangsta, The Killa and The Dope Dealer

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1996 Bow Down
Bow Down 		- - - - US21 (20 weeks)
US
First published: August 28, 1996
1997 Gangstas Make the World Go Round
Bow Down 		- - - - US40 (20 weeks)
US
First published: January 24, 1997
2003 Gangsta Nation
Terrorist Threats 		DE89 (5 weeks)
DE 		- - - US33 (18 weeks)
US
First published: October 14, 2003
( feat.Nate Dogg )

Video albums

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ice Cube / Westside Connection Vs. Cypress Hill ( Memento of October 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ a b Wildstylemag.com: Westside Connection: New line-up? ( Memento from January 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ Billboard.com: Westside Connection Albums ( December 6, 2008 memento on the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Platinum status of the album Bow Down
  5. ↑ Billboard.com: Singles by Westside Connection ( Memento from December 27, 2008 on the Internet Archive )
  6. ^ Mack 10: King Pin Dream
  7. ↑ Mzee.com: Ice Cube: Westside Connection Comeback with The Game?
  8. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
  9. ↑ a b Worldwide album sales on statisticbrain.com, 23 August 2015, English. Retrieved November 1, 2015.