Husalah

Husalah
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	1995-present
Labels	The Artist Records, Sumo Records

James "Husalah" Ratliff (born May 13, 1979), is from Pittsburg, California. He began his career with the Pittsburg group the Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. Like his close-friend, The Jacka, Husalah is a Muslim, which contributes much to his lyrics.

Career

He began his career with the Pittsburg, California-based group Mob Figaz. Their first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999 and was a minor hit on the Billboard Hip Hop charts, entering in at #63. The album sold fairly well making 60,000 units sold. His first solo album, entitled Dope, Guns, and Religion, was released in 2006 was one of the most anticipated Bay Area Hip-Hop albums at the time.

Discography

Solo albums

Studio albums

• 2007: Huslin Since Da 80's
• 2018: H

Mixtapes

• 2006: Dope, Guns & Religion
• 2010: Tha Furly Ghost Vol. 3

Collaborative albums

With Mob Figaz

• 1999: C-Bo's Mob Figaz

With Mob Figaz alumni

• 2002: Camp Mob Figaz: The Street Soundtrack (with various)
• 2003: Mob Figaz
• 2005: 3 Da Hard Way (with The Jacka & Marvaless)
• 2006: Animal Planet (with The Jacka)
• 2006: Mob Trial (with AP.9 & The Jacka)
• 2007: Without My 5 (with AP.9)

Additional collaborations

• 2007: Explosive Mode 3: The Mob Gets Explosive (with The Jacka, Messy Marv & San Quinn)
• 2008: The Tonka Boyz (with B-Luv) (R&B #57 / Heatseekers #49)
• 2014 Tortoise and the Hare (with Blanco & Kokane)

Guest Appearances

• 03. "This Goin' Up" (with E-40, & Turf Talk) on (The D-Boy Diary: Book 2)

External links

• Husalah at Discogs
• Husalah at allmusic