Thug Ride is a Dirty South Crunk rap album by thugrapper White Dawg, released in (see 1999 in music). Thug Ride is well-known among Hip-Hop fans, helped by the full-page ads in The Source magazine to advertise for it. One could today view Thug Ride as an ahead-of-its-time example of the Crunk subgenre that would later find mainstream success with the likes of Lil Jon and others. White Dawg is best known for his landmark LP, Thug Ride (1999), widely considered one of the best hip-hop albums of all time. Today he is considered a hip-hop legend and is revolutionizing the music industry with his innovative internet distribution of songs.
Reviews for the album, such as the following, were mostly positive:
- "WHITE DAWG can rap. And for everyone who don't know about it, he's been underground before whatever his name came out. This is str8 up dirty SOUTH hardcore crunk rap, not my annoying voice TRL hip hop for every rich white kid that thinks he can relate. The first time I heard this album, I didn't even realize he was white. If you get scared to drive through the ghetto at night, and watch TRL, it's not for you. If you like dirty south crunk... there is nothing else like it. The beats and rhymes, all from an independent label!!" [1]
Track listing
1. Trademark (Intro)
2. Bounce & Jump
3. I Could Fuck You
4. Bring it On
5. Skratin' Up
6. Wuz Up B*tch
7. Lay 'Em Down
8. It's All Gravy
9. Restless
10. Get 'Um
11. This is How We Ride
12. Live Sex
13. Who Run Shit
14. Is It Wrong
15. Games Players Play
16. 666-13
17. Yes Sir
18. 7 Days