Chino XL

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Chino XL, is an American Hip Hop lyricist, battle rapper, and actor  The nephew of Bernie Worrell  of Parliament/Funkadelic. Chino XL is known for his technically accomplished style, consisting of self-consciously over-the-top punchlines, exaggerated egotism, and use of multiple similes, puns, metaphors, and wordplay. He is a member of the intellectual collective MENSA and has collaborated on various projects with some of the most well known artists in Hip Hop.  He is half-latino (Puerto Rican) and half-African.
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BIRTH NAME: Derek Keith Barbosa
BORN: Bronx, NY
ORIGIN: East Orange, NJ
OCCUPATIONS: Emcee, Producer, Actor
YEARS ACTIVE: 1991-present
LABELS: American Recordings/Warner Bros., Metro Records, Activate Records, Bungalo Records, Machete Music, Universal Records
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BIO Aside from music, Chino, under the management of Hollywood talent manager Stacey Castro (who is also Executive Producer of his long awaited 2006 release Poison Pen) also forged a career in acting, appearing in several films and making guest appearances on the Comedy Central series Reno 911! and the CBS series CSI: Miami. He has starred in films alongside Kate Hudson, Luke Wilson, and Rob Reiner and had a solo project debut at Robert Redford's Sundance Film Festival.  

 After co-founding the duo Art of Origin, the emcee was signed at age 16 by music impresario Rick Rubin to Rubin's American Records imprint, which was once part of the Warner Bros. Records family. He released his debut album Here to Save You All in 1996. The debut was released to critical acclaim and major airplay by radio and MTV.

 Following Prince's departure from Warner, Chino was released by the label as well, and he released his sophomore album I Told You So in 2001, and his third album Poison Pen in 2006.  In 2007, Chino signed a contract with urban Latin record label and Universal imprint Machete Music.  In 2009 during a controversial interview with Allhiphop.com writer Han O'Connor, Chino revealed that his fifth studio album The RICANstruction is to be released in Spring 2010. The album will be released via his own joint venture CPR/Universal and will feature the likes of Immortal Technique, Tech N9ne, Ras Kass, Crooked I and Bun B. The RICANstruction will also feature an unreleased collaboration with D12's Proof and a song with Big Pun. The album will be executive produced by Focus and also feature production from DJ Khalil.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chino_XL
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Here to Save You All (1996)
Label: American Recordings/ Warner Bros. Records
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Here to Save You All is the debut album by emcee Chino XL released on April 9, 1996. It is predominantly produced by B Wiz and only held two guest appearances from Ras Kass and Kool Keith. It contains the infamous, but well-known song "Riiiot!" which had a line which possibly alluded to West Coast rapper Tupac getting raped in prison. Tupac later called him out on "Hit Em Up" and Chino responded with a freestyle diss. Chino himself has stated that the line was not meant as a diss and he and Tupac were on good terms at the time of his passing.

Track Listing
   1. Here To Save You All (prod B Wiz)
   2. Deliver (prod KutMasta Kurt)
   3. No Complex (prod B Wiz)
   4. Partner To Swing (prod B Wiz)
   5. It's All Bad (prod B Wiz)
   6. Freestyle Rhymes (prod Bird)
   7. Riiiot! feat. Ras Kass (prod Bird)
   8. Waiting To Exhale feat. Gravitation (prod B Wiz)
   9. What Am I? (prod By B Wiz)
  10. Feelin' Evil Again (prod B Wiz)
  11. Thousands (prod D.J. Homicide)
  12. Kreep (prod Eric Romero)
  13. Many Different Ways (prod B Wiz)
  14. The Shabba-Doo Conspiracy feat. Kool Keith  (prod B Wiz)
  15. Ghetto Vampire (prod B Wiz)
  16. Rise (prod Dan Charnas)
  17. Outro (hidden track)

Samples
* "Creep" by Radiohead in the song "Kreep"
* "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John in the song "No Complex"
* "Last Dayz" by Onyx in the song "Riiiot!"
* "Lifestylez ov da Poor and Dangerous" by Big L in the song "Many Different Ways"

I Told You So (2001)
Label: Metro
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I Told You So is a hip hop album by Chino XL released by Metro Records on August 21, 2001. The album peaked at #98 on the Billboard R&B Albums chart. Kool G Rap has a guest appearance on the song "Let 'Em Live".

Track Listing
   1. Rude Awakening
   2. What You Got
   3. History
   4. Nunca
   5. That Would Be Me
   6. Last Laugh feat. B-Real
   7. Let 'Em Live feat. Kool G Rap)
   8. Water
   9. Baby
  10. Sorry
  11. Chino XL
  12. Chinophone, Pt. 1
  13. You Don't Want It
  14. Beef
  15. Chinophone, Pt. 2
  16. I Told You So
  17. Don't Say a Word
  18. Chino Fans
  19. It's My World
  20. Ass-In-An-Instant
  21. Chianardo Di Caprio
  22. How It Goes feat. Saafir
  23. Be Here

Poison Pen (2006)
Label: Activate Entertainment
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Poison Pen is the third studio album by Chino XL released on March 17, 2006. Fans anticipated this release ever since Chino XL's Poison Pen: The Lost Tapes, which featured the tracks "Beastin'", "Our Time", and "Wordsmith". Poison Pen was released as a 2-disc special collector's edition. Every copy was autographed by Chino XL with a silver "poison pen". The album was executive produced by Chino's then manager Stacey Castro, who orchestrated guest appearances by the late Proof of D-12, Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Killah Priest, and the Beatnuts.

Track Listing
Disc one
   1. Intro
   2. Poison Pen (prod Dan Charnas)
   3. Even If It Kills Me (prod One Eye)
   4. Messiah (prod Larry Bird)
   5. Wordsmith Intro
   6. Wordsmith (prod Larry Bird)
   7. Beastin' feat. Killah Priest (prod Carlos Bess)
   8. Skin (prod N Kredible)
   9. Don't Fail Me Now feat. The Beatnuts (prod Bird)
  10. Our Time feat. Proof of D-12 (prod Proof, Moss)
  11. B-Boy Intro
  12. B-Boy/Gangsta (prod Bird)
  13. Talk To You (prod N Kredible)
  14. What You Lookin' At (prod Gennessee Lewis)
  15. Can't Change Me Intro
  16. Can't Change Me (prod Buff Billion)
  17. All I Wanna Do... (Bout Nuthin') / "Nunca [Bonus Track]
(prod N Kredible)

Disc Two
Disc Two is a remixed version of the album by POWER 106's Mr. Choc. Sequencing is by JBoogie and SugaShack. It also includes descriptions of each track by Chino XL.

Bonus Material
Aside from the Bonus Track "Nunca" at the end of "All I Wanna Do... (Bout Nuthin'), there are also bonus videos and links to unlock a special contest on the Poison Pen website.

The Warning:
Hosted by King Tech (2006)
[Mixtape]
Label: none
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The Warning: Hosted by King Tech is a mixtape album by Chino XL. He always comes hard, but on this limited edition mixtape you will get the chance to hear him at his best, not to mention the impressive roster of guest's lending their flows to a verse or two. Chino's guest's range across the country from Pitbull repping Miami, to Snoop & WC putting it down for the West Coast, making this truly diversified mixtape.

Track List
1. Intro
2. Don't Run From Me feat. Snoop Dogg & Dre
3. Hood Love ft. Bosko & Focus (prod Focus)
4. Latinos Stand Up (Mixtape Joint) ft. Sinful, Pitbull and Sick Jacken
5. Killin' Em Right Now (Mixtape Joint) ft. Y.B.
6. It Had To Happen ft. Rock, Verb & Def Jef
7. Enough Beef ft. Common & Royce da 5'9
8. Warning
9. Live On Power 106 with Felli Fel
10. Watch Closer ft. Tracy Lane
11. That's Just My Life ft. Big O & Focus
12. Heavenly Father (prod. by Ricky Saiz)
13. Lethal ft. Verb & Focus
14. Don't Give A Flying Fuck (Mixtape Joint)
15. Jump Back ft. Focus & WC
16. The Time ft. Rohff
17. Felli Fel Promo
18. DJ Dedication (Power 106)
19. Mr. Choc
20. Big Boy's Neighborhood
21. Outro




 

Something Sacred (2008)
[with Playalitical]
Label: Illuminated Ent Grp
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Something Sacred is the first album to be jointly released by Chino XL and Playalitical. It was released January 15th, 2008 under the artist name Chino XL & Playalitical on Illuminated Ent Grp.

Track List
   1. Always Has Been, Always Will Be
   2. Jump Off
   3. Bat Signals Up
   4. All I Ever Hear feat. Duce Stabs
   5. License to Puke
   6. Violate You feat. Spoke-In-Wordz
   7. Stay in the Lines
   8. Body You feat. Supernatural
   9. Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
  10. Posiden
  11. Something Sacred
  12. It's No Secret
  13. Let It Snow
  14. Be With You feat. Bizzy Bone
  15. Smoke Screen

RICANstruction: 
The Black Rosary (2012)
**2012 HHUG ALBUM OF THE YEAR WINNER***
Label: Viper Records
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RICANstruction: The Black Rosary is the fourth studio album by Chino XL released on September 25, 2012 on Viper Records as a double LP. The double disc album features Tech N9ne, Big Pun, Immortal Technique, Travis Barker and more.

Track List
Disc 1
1. Rain (Interlude)
2. Fathers Day (prod Apollo Brown)
3. Eight Beginnings feat. Mystic (prod Apollo Brown)
4. Have 2 (prod E-Swift)
5. Its Not Too L8te (prod Stu Bangas)
6. Wicked Church (prod Toba Beats)
7. Silent Art Child (prod SouthPaw)
8. Broken Halo (prod Sid Roams)
9. Anything (prod Wyldfyre)
10. Hell Song feat. Tech N9ne (prod Wyldfyre)
11. Bad Man Bible (prod Wyldfyre)
12. Mama Told Me (prod DJ Khalil, J Thrill)
13. Afraid Of Nothing (prod Kwame)
14. Can Be (prod Apollo Brown)
15. Arm Yourself feat. Sick Jacken, Immortal Technique, And Dv Alias Khrist (prod Wyldfyre)
16. No Damn Good For Me (Scarlet Intro) (prod Lounge Lizzards)
17. Sleep In Scarlet (prod Focus)
18. Nahh (prod Focus)
19. Eye (prod House Shoes)
20. Reguarding Elizabeth (Save Me) feat. Travis Barker (prod Soul Professor)

Disc 2
21. Black Rosary 8AM (prod Apollo Brown)
22. Closer To God (prod Oh No)
23. Little Man (prod Focus)
24. Figure It Out (prod Focus)
25. Xross Your Heart (prod Focus)
26. Buried In Vocabulary feat. The Horse Shoe Gang (prod Level 13)
27. Missing You 8PM (Interlude) (prod Apollo Brown)
28. Crazy Love (prod Exile)
29. Take It Back feat. Rakka Iriscience And Roc Marciano (prod Apollo Brown)
30. N.I.C.E. (prod Nick Wiz)
31. Kings (Feat. Big Pun) (prod Focus)
32. 90 Bars Of Intervention (prod Focus)
33. The Hype Man (Interlude) (prod Soul Professor)
34. Latinos Stand Up (Remix) feat. Sick Jacken, B-Real, Thiston Howell III, Sinful, & Kid Frost (prod Focus)
35. Gone (prod Izzy The Kid)

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