I Need Drugs

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I Need Drugs
Studio album by Necro
Released	November 7, 2000
Recorded	1997 – 2000
Genre	Hardcore hip hop Horrorcore
Length	65:23
Label	Psycho+Logical-Records
Producer	Necro
Professional reviews
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Necro chronology
Necro (1998) I Need Drugs (2000) Instrumentals Vol. 1 (2001)
Alternate Cover
Censored cover

I Need Drugs is the debut studio album by American hip hop musician Necro, released on November 7, 2000 by Psycho+Logical-Records. This album maintains emphasis on both his violence and sex themes, rather than focusing on one or the other such as in his 2001 album Gory Days and his 2005 album The Sexorcist, respectively. The album spawned one single, "The Most Sadistic", and a music video for the title track.

The album contains 13 studio tracks and three radio freestyles. Seven of the studio tracks from the album were previously released on the "Get on Your Knees" single and the Necro EP. Featured guests on the album include Necro's brother Ill Bill and Mr. Hyde.

I Need Drugs contains many Necro classics, all of which showcase notable styles Necro refers to as "gore" ("Your Fuckin' Head Split"), "sex" ("Get on Your Knees") and "violence" ("The Most Sadistic").

A controversial music video was made for the aforementioned title track, which depicts people (Necro's uncle and a friend) shooting heroin and smoking crack cocaine while Necro performs the song.

"The Most Sadistic" and "Fuck You to the Track" were subsequently remixed since this release, in 2003 for Rare Demos and Freestyles Volume 1 and 2005 for Rare Demos and Freestyles Vol. 2 respectively. An alternate mix of "Rugged Shit" was also released in 2003 on Rare Demos & Freestyles Vol. 3.

[edit] Track listing

1. "The Most Sadistic" (featuring Ill Bill) – 2:59
2. "Hoe Blow" – 3:33
3. "I Need Drugs" – 4:42
4. "Your Fuckin' Head Split" – 3:06
5. "You're Dead" (featuring Ill Bill) – 3:01
6. "Get on Your Knees" – 5:36
7. "Rugged Shit" – 3:08
8. "I'm Sick of You" – 3:13
9. "Cockroaches" – 2:46
10. "Fuck You to the Track" – 3:13
11. "Burn the Groove to Death" – 5:18
12. "Underground" – 5:54
13. "S.T.D." – 2:41
14. "WKCR 89.9 Freestyle 4/20/2000" (featuring Mr. Hyde) – 8:18
15. "WNYU 89.1 X-Mas Freestyle 12/23/99" – 2:32
16. "WNYU 89.1 Freestyle 5/10/2000" – 5:57

[edit] Trivia

• "I'm Sick of You", "Cockroaches", "Fuck You to the Track", "Burn the Groove to Death", and "S.T.D." were featured two years earlier on Necro's debut EP, Necro, in 1998. "Get on Your Knees" and "Underground" were also released before the album, on the "Get on Your Knees" single, also in 1998.
• I Need Drugs is one of Necro's only two albums to not have an instrumental version released, the other being 2005's The Sexorcist.
• The album cover was taken from a screenshot of the music video for the title track.
• The title track "I Need Drugs" is a sort of satire of the LL Cool J song "I Need Love", from which the beat also is borrowed.

[edit] Personnel

• Necro – vocals, arranging, composing, writing, photography, production, mixing
• Ill Bill – guest vocals
• Mr. Hyde – guest vocals

v • d • e Necro Albums Necro • I Need Drugs • Gory Days • The Pre-Fix for Death • The Sexorcist • Death Rap Mixtapes Street Villains Vol. 1 • Brutality Part 1 • Street Villains Vol. 2 Demos and freestyles Rare Demos and Freestyles Volume 1 • Rare Demos and Freestyles Vol. 2 • Rare Demos & Freestyles Vol. 3 Instrumental albums Instrumentals Vol. 1 • Gory Days Instrumentals • Brutality Part 1 Instrumentals • The Pre-Fix for Death Instrumentals Singles "Get on Your Knees" • "The Most Sadistic" • "Bury You with Satan" • "Morbid" • "Fire" Filmography 187 Reasonz Y • The Devil Made Me Do It • "I Need Drugs" • Sexy Sluts: Been There, Done That Related articles Psycho+Logical-Records • Uncle Howie Records • Goretex • Ill Bill • Injustice • Non Phixion • Sabac • Secret Society