All video clips of all the songs. Download the album or mp3, watch videos Capone -N- Noreaga. (Top Of New York) 10 Channel 10 11 Capone Phone Home (Interlude) 12 Stay. Musolini, Mendosa, Troy Outlaw & Castro) 7 Live On Live Long 8 Neva Die Alone 9 T.O.N.Y. Album: The War Report Artists: Capone-N-Noreaga Length: 70:43 Label: Penalty Records 1 Intro 2 Bloody Money 3 Driver's Seat 4 Stick You 5 Parole Violators 6 Iraq (See The World) (feat.Artist: Capone-N-Noreaga - The War Report 1997, Song: Capone-N-Noreaga Live, Duration: 03:49, Size: 7.01 MB, Bitrate: 256 kbit/sec, Type: mp3. However, Channel 10 was a disappointment to several fans who claimed that the duo took more of the commercial route and departed from their original grimey style. Last year, CNN dropped their first album in nine years. This time around the record will be released on Raekwon’s Ice Water Records.An album like this proved that Hip-Hop didn’t have to conform to the ever-popular shiny suit, fish-eye video, and radio-friendly production combo. According to some sources this LP went gold. With “Mafioso” and “Jiggy” rap being the dominant sub-genres during the mid-nineties, Capone-N-Noreaga took Hip-Hop music back to its early-nineties incarnation a time when gritty tales of realism were rife, a time when baggy jeans and Timbs were preferred over designer labels and gaudy jewellery.Released on Penalty Recordings, Tommy Boy Records, and 25 To Life Entertainment, The War Report was a relative success making it into the Billboard charts. Rappers only a few years prior, used to be unafraid to sound “underground” but thanks to Puff Daddy’s dominance, many Hip-Hop artists began to make Pop-friendly songs intended to appeal to non-rap fans. During an era of widespread crossing over by many Hip-Hop artists, this LP felt very fresh. The pair released their début album The War Report in 1997 and it was a refreshing listen during a time filled with Pop music sampling and radio-friendly sounds.Therefore it might be more appropriate to say this album is by Noreaga-N-Tragedy-N-Capone, at least unofficially.The first song “Blood Money” sets the tone for much of the album. In my opinion, The War Report was as much Tragedy’s album as it was Noreaga and Capone’s.Because of his imprisonment, Capone only appears in five of the songs, Noreaga appears in every song with four solo joints, and Tragedy is the featured artist in eight songs. With Khadafi appearing on more than half the songs, he was much more than a “featured artist”. In this introduction, we hear Capone and Noreaga talk about how many people from their block are locked up in prison, which is ironic if not apt since Capone gets sent to prison during the album’s creation.With Capone being imprisoned for a parole violation during the album’s recording, the album was completed with the help of fellow Queensbridge artist Tragedy Khadafi (as well as Mobb Deep and a few others).
Capone N Noreaga War Report Download The Album![]() ![]() Inshallah, Allahu Akbar, supporter, C.N.N., desert men supreme order”“Parole Violators” (which I’ll point out contains a back-masked rape lyric) is a sombre yet head-nodding track featuring Havoc of Mobb Deep on the chorus and this is followed by “Iraq (See The World)”, the only song that at least production-wise, goes along with the then-current Mafioso Rap sound. (You on some homo shhh?) Nah kid, we on some real shit, since we here, we might as well get all of it. We want the yay-yo, and the cash that’s in the stash, strip his Tommy drawers, yo, check the crack of his ass. Strap the door, C-4, detonating shhh, blow the spot, don’t give a fuck who you go and get. With a piano sample making for a foreboding and moody soundscape, Tragedy steals the show with his unique blend of violence and Islamic-slash-Middle-East references…“ C.N.N., desert men, holding the chrome with gorilla grip, Sing Sing, straight convict. I remember this song being played on Tim Westwood’s Radio 1 show almost every week. There’s some sentimental lines including the chorus “If your heart stop beating I’ll go back in time, make your heart beat again, real niggas till the end”. Castro, Musalini, Mendosa, and Troy Outlaw all give very good verses and Troy even mentions that he “isn’t into doing drugs” which was and still is an original stance on the subject.“Live On Live Long” is another one of Noreaga’s solo offerings where he reminisces about Capone prior to getting locked up, rapping “Damn dun how you get caught? Sometimes I look back and think that the shit is my fault”. Capone has a verse as does Tragedy who brags about his “Motorola flip phone” (which was the cellphone trend back then). There’s the meanest production courtesy of Buckwild and the song contains a hard piano hit similar to Heather B‘s “Da Heartbreaka”. This is one of the songs where Tragedy and Noreaga rename parts of New York with Middle Eastern counterparts Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Syria, Somalia etc. I told you fools to stop fucking with the Mahdi, Arab Nazi, blow holes in your Versace. Move fakers, get your back blown in Jamaica, lay you in the earth and curse you and your maker. Capone brings some drug-dealing into the mix ( “I did it for the love of the cash your honour, trafficking across the Verrazano, coke and the marijuana”) and Tragedy ends the track with his usual impressive mix of violence, crime, not to mention his flawless flow…“ 2-5 we on a deadline, read the headline, Noreaga blast with nines. So fuck you, plus your weak religion”). Noreaga brings some vicious lyrics and some anti-Christian sentiment ( “Kid listen, die on the cross like a Christian. (Top Of New York)”, a classic track that made it onto rap radio shows and even MTV. ![]() It’s a short song but it includes a verse from Capone. But until then, I’m a shine to the last sin, resurrect through the birth of my son, and live again.”There’s a very memorable chorus and the production by The Hitmen which consists of echoing snare hits, vocal samples, subtle singing, and violins all make for a head-nodding, rugged, mid-tempo, track.“Channel 10” is a relaxed track with a never-ending string sound. When the flesh dry up and the world decay, reach heaven in a pearly white Acura. Crime side of life, foul price to pay, illegal life, trigger trife till we old and grey. Zelda wind waker emulator mac“Halfway Thugs” then follows and it has a nice rugged beat with an echoing snare. With Marley Marl producing, he creates a very laid-back and steady beat that compliments the sexual content. Rapped over it.“Capone Bone” is next and it’s the only Capone solo track on the album. The track might feel unneeded alongside the previous interlude but there’s a decent beat to listen to, but I would have preferred if N.O.R.E. This track includes a sample from the film “The Rock” with Ed Harris’ character saying “Remember Operation Desert Storm?”. This is followed by “Stay Tuned (Interlude)” a second interlude that serves as an introduction to Side 2 if you were listening on cassette or vinyl.
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