- hip hop
- 75 min
- 16 tracks
- Young Black Brotha Records
Illegal Business? is Mac Mall's debut album. It was released on July 13, 1993. It was produced by Khayree. A single, "Ghetto Theme," was released, for which Tupac Shakur directed the music video. The album peaked at #71 on the Billboard charts. The album sold more than 125,000 copies. In 2025, Pitchfork placed Illegal Business? at number 72 on their list of the 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
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- 1Crest Side Playah2:07
- 2Sic Wit Tis4:40
- 3It’s All Good4:46
- 4I Gots 2 Have It4:44
- 5Cold Sweat4:55
- 6Nathan but Game4:44
- 7Versatile4:20
- 8Crack da 405:10
- 9Da Bank Heist4:43
- 10Don’t Wanna See Me5:07
- 11Young n da Game4:50
- 12$$ on da Dank4:37
- 13My Opinion4:05
- 14Illegal Business?5:39
- 15Ghetto Theme5:16
- 16Pimp Shit5:07
16 tracks, 75 minutes.
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