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Brotha Lynch Hung

Brotha Lynch Hung, born Kevin James Mann on January 10, 1972, is an American rapper from Sacramento, California.[1] Since the release of his debut album 24 Deep in 1993, Brotha Lynch Hung has sold 1.4 million CDs independently.[2]

Music career

Lynch was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in the Florin Gardens area known as the "Garden Blocc" (believed to be 24th and Florin Rd.)in his songs. He started rapping as Ice Cold in 1986. He established a reputation in high school as a freestyle rapper who could "execute" his opponents lyrically, prompting his half-brother Sicx to dub him "Lynch".[3]

He appeared and produced 11 of the 12 tracks on fellow-Garden Blocc Crip' X-Raided's first album Psycho Active in 1992. He Also Featured on the Song "Hoes E Schemin Too" as well as a skit with his brother Sicx on KRD's Sac-Town Funk Album. As the "Street Talk Crew" Lynch, X-Raided, and Sicx recorded the cassette tape Niggaz In Black (1991), according to Lynch to be "some of my best work".[4]

In 1992 Lynch signed with Cedric Singleton's Black Market Records and recorded his first EP, 24 Deep (1993).[5] The album reached #91 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart,[6] the first of the label's albums to chart.[7]

His 1995 album Season of da Siccness depicted a life of drug abuse and trafficking, promiscuity, ultraviolence, and rape, with themes of cannibalism. In 2000 he appeared in the film Now Eat, along with Sicx, Loki, Art B. and others from the Sacramento scene.[8] In May 2009, he signed a deal with Midwest rapper Tech N9ne's Strange Music label.[9] In March, he released his Strange Music debut, Dinner & A Movie, selling around 7,000 albums its first week alone.

Discography

Solo albums

Year Album details Peak chart positions
Billboard 200
[10] 		Top Independent
[11] 		Top R&B/Hip-Hop
[12] 		Top Rap
[13]
1993 24 Deep
  • Released: 1993 (1993)
  • Label: Black Market
  • Format: CD & Tape
 — — 91 *
1995 Season of da Siccness
  • Released: February 28, 1995 (1995-02-28)
  • Label: Black Market
  • Format: CD, Tape & Vinyl
 163 — 26 *
1997 Loaded
  • Released: September 16, 1997 (1997-09-16)
  • Label: Black Market
  • Format: CD & Tape
 28 — 9 *
2000 EBK4
  • Released: June 27, 2000 (2000-06-27)
  • Label: Black Market
  • Format: CD & Tape
 86 — 28 *
2001 The Virus
  • Released: November 13, 2001 (2001-11-13)
  • Label: Black Market
  • Format: CD & Tape
 — 25 71 *
2002 Appearances: Book 1
  • Released: January 19, 2002 (2002-01-19)
  • Label: Black Market
  • Format: CD & Tape
 — 26 91 *
Remains: Book II
  • Released: 2002 (2002)
  • Label: Black Market
  • Format: CD
 — — — *
Book III
  • Released: 2002 (2002)
  • Label: Black Market
  • Format: CD
 — — — *
2003 Lynch by Inch: Suicide Note
  • Released: June 10, 2003 (2003-06-10)
  • Label: Siccmade Music
  • Format: CD + DVD
 132 6 21 *
2007 The Ripgut Collection
  • Released: May 29, 2007 (2007-05-29)
  • Label: Madesicc
  • Format: CD
 — — 55 25
2008 Snuff Tapes
  • Released: March 4, 2008 (2008-03-04)
  • Label: Siccness.net
  • Format: CD
 — — 78 —
2010 Dinner and a Movie
  • Released: March 23, 2010 (2010-03-23)
  • Label: Strange Music
  • Format: CD
 69 7 18 6
TBA Tha Coathanga Strangla[14] To Be Released
Mann-a-bal Lector![14] To Be Released
"—" indicates albums that did not chart.
"*" with a light gray background indicates albums released prior to charts existence.

Collaboration albums

with C.O.S.

Year Album details Peak chart positions
Billboard 200 Top Independent Top R&B/Hip-Hop
[12] 		Top Rap
2001 Trigganometry
  • Released: June 26, 2001 (2001-06-26)
  • Label: Siccmade Music
  • Format: CD
 — — — *
2007 The Fixxx
  • Released: August 7, 2007 (2007-08-07)
  • Label: Made Sicc Muzicc
  • Format: CD
 — — 67 —
2009 Suspicion Vol. 2
  • Released: July 14, 2009 (2009-07-14)
  • Label: Siccness.net
  • Format: CD
 — — — —
"—" indicates albums that did not chart.
"*" with a light gray background indicates albums released prior to charts existence.

with C-Bo

Year Album details Peak chart positions
Billboard 200
[10] 		Top Independent Top R&B/Hip-Hop
[12] 		Top Rap
2001 Blocc Movement
  • Released: August 28, 2001 (2001-08-28)
  • Label: JCOR Entertainment
  • Format: CD & Tape
 79 — 20 *
"—" indicates albums that did not chart.
"*" with a light gray background indicates albums released prior to charts existence.

with Doomsday Productions

Year Album details Peak chart positions
Billboard 200 Top Independent Top R&B/Hip-Hop Top Rap
2002 The Plague
  • Released: August 6, 2002 (2002-08-06)
  • Label: Cin Sity
  • Format: CD
 — — — *
2004 Siccmixx: Our Most Gangsta Hits
  • Released: June 29, 2004 (2004-06-29)
  • Label: Cin Sity
  • Format: CD
 — — — *
"—" indicates albums that did not chart.
"*" with a light gray background indicates albums released prior to charts existence.

with MC Eiht

Year Album details Peak chart positions
Billboard 200 Top Independent
[11] 		Top R&B/Hip-Hop
[12] 		Top Rap
2006 The New Season
  • Released: January 24, 2006 (2006-01-24)
  • Label: Real Talk Entertainment
  • Format: CD
 — 27 81 —
"—" indicates albums that did not chart.
"*" with a light gray background indicates albums released prior to charts existence.

with Sicx

Year Album details Peak chart positions
Billboard 200 Top Independent Top R&B/Hip-Hop Top Rap
1998 Nigga Deep
  • Released: 1998 (1998)
  • Label:
  • Format: CD & Tape
 — — — *
"—" indicates albums that did not chart.
"*" with a light gray background indicates albums released prior to charts existence.

with Tall Cann G

Year Album details Peak chart positions
Billboard 200 Top Independent Top R&B/Hip-Hop Top Rap
2003 The Uthanizm
  • Released: November 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)
  • Label: Siccmade Music
  • Format: CD
 — — — *
"—" indicates albums that did not chart.
"*" with a light gray background indicates albums released prior to charts existence.

Soundtracks

Year Album details Peak chart positions
Billboard 200 Top Independent Top R&B/Hip-Hop
[15] 		Top Rap
2000 Now Eat – The Album
  • Released: December 19, 2000 (2000-12-19)
  • Label: Siccmade Music
  • Format: CD & Tape
 — — 86 *
"—" indicates albums that did not chart.
"*" with a light gray background indicates albums released prior to charts existence.

Music videos

Year Title Director
2010 "Meat" Dan Gedman[16]
"I Plotted (My Next Murder)" Dan Gedman[17]
"Colostomy Bag" Dan Gedman[18]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ allmusic ((( Brotha Lynch Hung > Overview )))
  2. ^ http://www.cwgmagazine.com/columns/whitechicksonrap/2010/02/brotha-lynch-hung-releases-dinner-a-movie-on-march-23rd
  3. ^ sing365.com ((( Brotha Lynch Hung > Bio )))
  4. ^ Brotha Lynch Hung 2007 Interview
  5. ^ "Interview with Brotha Lynch Hung". Murder Dog Magazine. Archived from the original on February 15, 2002. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  6. ^ "24 Deep – Brotha Lynch Hung". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  7. ^ Black Market Records Myspace page
  8. ^ Now Eat (2000)
  9. ^ "Brotha Lynch Hung Signs To Tech N9ne's Strange Music Label". BallerStatus.com. May 14, 2009. Retrieved May 14, 2009.
  10. ^ a b "Billboard 200 Chart History". Billboard.com. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  11. ^ a b "Independent Albums Chart History". Billboard.com. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  12. ^ a b c d "R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart History". Billboard.com. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  13. ^ "Rap Albums Chart History". Billboard.com. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
  14. ^ a b http://www.therealbrothalynchhung.com/forum/topics/about-my-dinner-and-a-movie?id=4640277:Topic:2419&page=3
  15. ^ "Brotha Lynch Hung Presents: Now Eat – The Album". Billboard.com. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved February 26, 2010.
  16. ^ "Brotha Lynch Hung "Meat" Official Music Video". Strange Music Inc. February 3, 2010. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  17. ^ Sharks (February 17, 2010). "Brotha Lynch Hung's Split Personailty Surfaces on New Album". The Boombox. AOL. Retrieved February 21, 2010. and has partnered with director Dan Gedman to film nine music videos [...] The first video from 'Dinner and a Movie' is [...] with 'I Plotted (My Next Murder)' to follow in the next couple of weeks.
  18. ^ Paine, Jake (February 19, 2010). "Brotha Lynch Hung Prepares Video Trilogy With Dan Gedman". HipHopDX.com. Cheri Media Group. Retrieved February 27, 2010. and "Colostomy Bag" respectively. All three videos are directed by Dan Gedman.
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