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Young Black Brotha
EP by Mac Dre
Released1989
Recorded1988, Remix Studios, Oakland, California
GenreWest Coast hip hop
Length25:30 (LP)
20:52 (MC)
LabelStrictly Business Records
ProducerKhayree
Mac Dre chronology
Young Black Brotha
(1989) 		California Livin'
(1991)

Young Black Brotha is Californian rapper Mac Dre's debut release. It was issued in 1989 on vinyl and cassette. Tracks 1 and 3 would later appear on the compilation of the same name in 1993.

Track list

Side G
No.TitleLength
1."Young Black Brotha"5:42
2."Livin' a Mac's Life"4:57
3."Too Hard for the Fuckin' Radio (Radio Version)" (Only on LP version)4:39
Total length:15:18
Side Q
No.TitleLength
3."Too Hard for the Fuckin' Radio" (Presented on the vinyl as "Too Hard for da Fuckin' Radio")4:59
4."Mac Dre's the Name"5:13
Total length:10:13

As well as the four songs listed above, the LP jackets and cassette J-cards also mentioned a radio edit of "Mac Dre's the Name" at the end of side G and the instrumental track for "Young Black Brotha" at the end of side Q, although they were not present on the LP or MC.

When tracks 1 and 3 were included on the Young Black Brotha album in 1993, track 1 was shortened by 15 seconds and track 3 was retitled to "2 Hard 4 the Fuckin' Radio".

A completely different track named "Mac Dre's the Name" was used as the title track for the album of the same name in 2001.

References

  1. Infinite Wiz (2015-07-05). "Happy Birthday Mac Dre! Tribute To The Founder Of Thizz Music". The Source. Retrieved 2022-07-25. On November 1, 2004, rapper Mac Dre, 34, was shot and killed by Mitchel Hermiston after a performance in Kansas City, Missouri. Today would of made his 45th birthday. Before his untimely demise, Dre built his legacy on being the originator of Thizz Music and one of the founders of the "hyphy" movement. His debut release, Young Black Brotha, was issued in 1989 on vinyl and cassette and the rest is archived in Hip Hop history.

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