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Good Side, Bad Side (Crucial Conflict album)

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Good Side Bad Side
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 3rd, 1998
Studio
  • The Barn (Chicago)
  • CRC (Chicago)
  • Neighborhood Watch (Chicago)
Genre
Label
Producer
Crucial Conflict chronology
The Final Tic
(1996)
Good Side Bad Side
(1998)
Planet Crucon
(2008)
Singles from Good Side Bad Side
  1. "Scummy"
    Released: 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Source[2]

Good Side Bad Side is the second album by the Chicago hip hop group Crucial Conflict.[3][4] It was released on November 3, 1998, through Pallas Records, Raw Dope Productions and Universal Records. Recording sessions took place at the Barn, Chicago Recording Company and Neighbourhood Watch Studios in Chicago. It features a couple of diss tracks towards Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, and guest appearances from Tear Da Club Up Thugs, Do Or Die and R. Kelly.

The album peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and at number 10 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States.

Critical reception

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The Chicago Tribune thought that "producer-rapper Wild Style's mesmerizing musical compositions may be the group's strongest asset ... Dubbed the 'Rodeo' style, the work of the Windy City beatsmith contains insistent keyboard, twangy guitar and dynamic drum patterns that explode from the speakers."[5] The Chicago Reader wrote that "the relentlessly hysterical, nasal speed-rapping turns the 75-minute CD into a suffocating sonic beatdown."[6]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Intro"2:00
2."The Bidness"4:09
3."Scummy"4:28
4."Roll Somethin"4:18
5."2 Bogus" (featuring Tear Da Club Up Thugs)4:18
6."Let It Go"3:40
7."Like This"4:23
8."Young Guns"4:53
9."Universal Love"4:11
10."Faceless Ones"3:58
11."Swing It over Here"4:17
12."Airplane" (featuring Do Or Die)4:51
13."Pump It Up"3:34
14."Back Against the Wall (Bone Thugs Diss)"5:20
15."Come On"3:40
16."I'm Bout to Explode"5:02
17."Ghetto Queen" (featuring R. Kelly)4:19
18."Raw Dope Anthem"4:24

Personnel

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Chart history

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Chart (1998) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[7] 38
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[8] 10

References

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  1. ^ Gallucci, Michael. "Good Side, Bad Side - Crucial Conflict | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  2. ^ Alvarez, Gabriel (December 1998). "Record Report: Crucial Conflict – Good Side, Bad Side". The Source. No. 111. New York. pp. 206, 208.
  3. ^ "Crucial Conflict Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Crucial Conflict Rally Around Windy City For New Album". MTV News. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016.
  5. ^ Baker, Soren. "Crucial Conflict Good Side Bad Side (Pallas/Universal)". chicagotribune.com.
  6. ^ Margasak, Peter (December 17, 1998). "Jay-Z/ Big Punisher/ Noreaga/ Crucial Conflict". Chicago Reader.
  7. ^ "Crucial Conflict Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  8. ^ "Crucial Conflict Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
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