Rap Life

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title: "Rap Life" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1999-debut-albums", "loud-records-albums", "tash-(rapper)-albums", "albums-produced-by-knobody", "albums-produced-by-fredwreck", "albums-produced-by-rockwilder", "albums-produced-by-battlecat-(producer)"] topic_path: "arts/music" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rap_Life" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	Rap Life
type	Studio album
artist	Tash
cover	Raplifetash.jpg
released
recorded	1998–99
studio
genre	West Coast hip hop
length
label
producer
prev_title	Likwidation
prev_year	1997
next_title	X.O. Experience
next_year	2001
misc	{{Singles
name	Rap Life
type	studio
single1	Rap Life
single1date	1999
single2	Bermuda Triangle
single2date	March 23, 1999
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| name = Rap Life | type = Studio album | artist = Tash | cover = Raplifetash.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 1998–99 | studio = | genre = West Coast hip hop | length = | label = | producer = | prev_title = Likwidation | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = X.O. Experience | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Singles | name = Rap Life | type = studio | single1 = Rap Life | single1date = 1999 | single2 = Bermuda Triangle | single2date = March 23, 1999 | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = | rev2 = Los Angeles Times | rev2score = | rev3 = Q | rev3score = | rev4 = The Source | rev4score = Rap Life is the debut solo studio album by American rapper Tash. It was released on November 2, 1999, via Loud Records. The recording sessions took place at Skip Saylor Recording, Enterprise Studios, Troposphere Studios, Mirror Image Studios, and Soundcastle. The production was handled by E-Swift, Fredwreck, Minnesota, Rockwilder, DJ Battlecat, Knobody, Younglord and Sir Jinx. It features guest appearances from Tha Alkaholiks, Phil Da Agony, B-Real, Carl Thomas, Kurupt, L.V., Outkast, Philip Johnson, Raekwon, Xzibit and Ice-T. The album reached number 148 on the Billboard 200, number 28 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and topped the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States. Its singles—"Rap Life" and "Bermuda Triangle"—were minor success landing on the Hot Rap Songs at No. 45 and 39, respectively.

Track listing

| all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Ricochet | writer1 = | extra1 = E-Swift | length1 = 3:15 | title2 = Cops Skit | extra2 = Sir Jinx | length2 = 0:14 | title3 = G'z Iz G'z | note3 = featuring Kurupt | writer3 = | extra3 = DJ Battlecat | length3 = 4:31 | title4 = Pimpin' Ain't Easy | writer4 = | extra4 = Minnesota | length4 = 3:15 | title5 = Rap Life | note5 = featuring Raekwon | writer5 = | extra5 = Younglord | length5 = 4:51 | title6 = The Game | note6 = featuring Carl Thomas | writer6 = | extra6 = Knobody | length6 = 4:13 | title7 = Game Show Skit | extra7 = Sir Jinx | length7 = 0:18 | title8 = Only When I'm Drunker | note8 = performed by Tha Alkaholiks and Phillip Johnson | writer8 = | extra8 = Minnesota | length8 = 4:28 | title9 = Goggles Skit | note9 = featuring Danielle O'Donnell and E-Swift | writer9 = | extra9 = Sir Jinx | length9 = 1:03 | title10 = Nightfall | writer10 = | extra10 = Fredwreck | length10 = 3:46 | title11 = Bill Clinton Skit | note11 = featuring Troy D. Duran | extra11 = E-Swift | length11 = 1:04 | title12 = Smokefest 1999 | note12 = featuring Phil da Agony, Outkast and B-Real | writer12 = | extra12 = E-Swift | length12 = 4:59 | title13 = Fallin' On | note13 = | writer13 = | extra13 = Rockwilder | length13 = 3:25 | title14 = Tash Rules | note14 = featuring LV | writer14 = | extra14 = Rockwilder | length14 = 3:49 | title15 = Ice-T Skit | note15 = featuring Ice-T | writer15 = | extra15 = E-Swift | length15 = 0:55 | title16 = True Homies | note16 = featuring Phil da Agony and Xzibit | writer16 = | extra16 = E-Swift | length16 = 4:50 | title17 = Blackula | note17 = performed by Tha Alkaholiks | writer17 = | extra17 = E-Swift | length17 = 3:42 | title18 = Bermuda Triangle | note18 = | writer18 = | extra18 = E-Swift | length18 = 4:11 | total_length = 56:24

Charts

::data[format=table] | Chart (1999) | Peak position | |---|---| ::

Singles

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Year	Song	Chart positions	US R&B	US Rap
1999	"Rap Life"	86	45
"Bermuda Triangle"	—	39
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References

References

1. Blanford, Roxanne. "Tash - Rap Life Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic".
2. Baker, Soren. (December 18, 1999). "Record Rack".
3. Grundy, Gareth. (February 2000). "Reviews - Over 18,000 music reviews from the world's greatest music magazine".
4. (December 1999). "Record Report: Tash – Rap Life".

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