Mc Breed Died at 37
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Breed was a Flint, Michigan-based rapper best known for his singles “Ain’t No Future in Yo Frontin”, which peaked at #66 on the Billboard Hot 100 [3], and “Gotta Get Mine”, featuring 2Pac, that made it to #6 on the Hot Rap Singles. [3]
Breed is also known as the first commercially successful rapper to come out of the Midwest. [4] MC Breed’s first album was released with rap group DFC and was entitled MC Breed & DFC for independent record label, SDEG Records. His solo debut was 1992’s 20 Below, after which he released 1993’s The New Breed. He would go on to have a very extensive discography and have a very long career that was at times successful, but he never fully broke into the mainstream. His highest charting album was 1994’s Funkafied, which peaked at #106 on the Billboard Hot 200. Through his career he would align himself with various rap scenes. Early in his career with DFC, he and the group were independents, as one of the first groups out of the Midwest. However, later in his career he aligned himself with the West Coast, taking on more of a G-Funk sound [5] and befriending West Coast rapper Too Short. Still later, he realigned himself once again with the Dirty South for 1995’s Big Baller.[6]
Breed re-emerged in 2004 with a new deal through Urban Music Zone Entertainment, a subsidiary label of Psychopathic Records, to release his album The New Prescription[14]. The album was released in August of that year with national distribution through RED Distribution/Sony, and featured ESHAM, who was signed to Psychopathic Records at the time. The album didn’t receive much promotion, but a music video was made for the album’s only single, “Rap Game”.[15]
Before his sudden passing, Breed was preparing to release a DVD documentary about his life titled, Where Is MC Breed?[20]. He was also working on a new album, titled The Original Breed: Swag Heavy, which was intended to be released through his former label, Ichiban Records[21]. Although the project was still in development, Breed had reached out to many of his friends to help create the album, such as producers Erotic D, Ant Banks, Jazze Pha, and Colin Wolfe, as well as rappers The D.O.C., Spice 1, and Too Short[22]. Breed stated the album was half finished in September of 2008 when he was released from the hospital after being on life support for two days[23].
U.S.
U.S. Hip-Hop
1991 MC Breed & DFC 142 38
1992 20 Below 155 40
1993 The New Breed 156 17
1994 Funkafied 106 9
1995 Big Baller 143 17
1996 To Da Beat Ch’all – 34
1997 Saucy – –
1998 Flatline – 48
1999 It’s All Good 180 41
2000 Rare Breed – –
2001 The Fharmacist – –
2004 The New Prescription – –
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