LBC Crew

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Name = LBC Crew

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Img_capt = From left:Tray Deee, Techniec, Bad Azz, South Sentrelle, Lil C-Style from their music video "Beware of my crew"
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Origin = Long Beach, California
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Genre = Gangsta rap West Coast hip hop
Occupation = Rapping
Years_active = 1995 - 1998
Label = Doggystyle, Death Row
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Past_members = Tray Deee
Techniec
Bad Azz
South Sentrell
Lil C-Style

The "LBC Crew" ("Long Beach Crip Crew") were a short-lived collective of Long Beach-based rappers. They were the first act to be executively-produced by Snoop Dogg. In 1997, The LBC Crew were signed to Doggystyle Records, a label operated by Snoop and distributed through Snoop's then record label, Death Row Records.

There is a full LBC Crew album called "Our City", although it was never released, it is floating around the internet, LBC Crew had a hit single with the song "Beware Of My Crew", from the A Thin Line Between Love and Hate soundtrack. They were also prominently featured on Snoop Dogg's second album Tha Doggfather. The group disbanded following the collapse of Death Row. Since then, unreleased material from the group emerged on the underground.

Most of the LBC Crew remained visible figures in West-Coast hip-hop. Prior to his incarceration, Tray-Dee was part of the successful rap-trio, Tha Eastsidaz. Bad Azz released two solo albums under the Doggy Style imprint. Lil C-Style remained part of unorganized Death Row camp. And Techniec recently signed to The Game's The Black Wall Street Records.

The Break-Up

Early on in the LBC Crew's lifespan, a small dispute broke out between Lil C-Style and Snoop Dogg over C-Style's royalties (he claimed he wasn't being paid enough for them). The argument was never settled, resulting in C-Style damaging the original tape of LBC's debut album beyond repair, and telling Snoop he no longer wanted to be part of the group. [ [http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/snoopdogg07/part4/ dubcnn.com // Snoop Dogg Interview Part 4 (January 2007) // West Coast News Network // ] ]

Members

*Tray Deee (Tracy Lamar Davis)
*Techniec (original member) (David Keith Williams III)
*Bad Azz (original member) (Jamarr Antonio Stamps)
*Lil' C-Style (original member) (Ronald Gillion)
*South Sentrell (sometimes spelled Cintrell, Cinema, Mz. South 'Sentral, SO. Sentrelle or Ms. South Central) (Sentrelle Connerly)

Discography

*"Haven't You Heard? (We Givin' Something Bacc To The Street)" (cancelled)
**"Haven't You Heard"(Unreleased)
**"Blueberry" (originally recorded for the album later included in "Tha Doggfather")
**"Gold Rush" (originally recorded for the album later included in "Tha Doggfather")
**"Out the Moon /Boom, Boom, Boom/" (originally recorded for the album later included in "Gridlock'd (OST)"
**"Dippin' In My Low-Low" (re-recorded with Shaquille O'Neal for an unreleased Shaq project)
**"I Just Wanna Be From D.P.G."(Unreleased)
**"Get Up To Get down"(Unreleased)
**"Feels So Good" (Originally recorded for the album later included in "Deathrow Archives"
*1996: "Our City" (Unreleased Album)
*1995: "A Thin Line Between Love and Hate soundtrack" (Warner Bros. Records)
**LBC Crew : "Beware of my crew EP" #75 US, #51 R&B, #8 Rap, #23 Dance-Maxi
*1995: "The Show Soundtrack" (Def Jam)
**"Droppin Bombz" (Tray Deee, So. Sentrelle)
*1998: "19th Street LBC Compilation" (19th Street Recods)
**"Flossin'" (Tray Deee, Bad Azz, Lil' C-Style) (re-up)

Filmography

*February 24, 1996 : Soul Train
**Season 25, Episode 817 - themselves
*1997 : Rhyme & Reason - themselves (Miramax)

References

* [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1800283854/cast Rhyme & Reason] at Yahoo! Movies
* [http://www.dubcnn.com/interviews/badazz/ Bad Azz interview on DubCNN about LBC Crew]
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