Guerillas in tha Mist

Guerillas In Tha Mist
Studio album by Da Lench Mob
Released	September 22, 1992 (US)
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	West Coast hip hop, Political rap
Length	41:24
Label	Street Knowledge
Producer	Ice Cube, Chilly Chill, Mr. Woody, Rashad, T-Bone
Da Lench Mob chronology
'''Guerillas in tha Mist''' (1992) Planet of da Apes (1994)
Singles from Guerillas in tha Mist
"Guerillas in tha Mist" Released: 1992 "Freedom Got an A.K." Released: 1993

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Guerillas in tha Mist is the debut album by Da Lench Mob, who originally appeared on Ice Cube's debut solo album, Amerikkka's Most Wanted. The titular "Guerillas in tha Mist" was a hit at the release of the album, which also appears in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the fictional radio station "Radio Los Santos", along with the United States cable news channel CNN and the leading home video producer Viva Video, Inc. The album was produced by Ice Cube,^[2] and he is featured throughout the album though uncredited. The single "Freedom Got an A.K." peaked at number 7 on the Hot rap singles charts.^[3]

The album title is a pun on the popular movie title Gorillas in the Mist and guerrilla warfare. In the post-Los Angeles Riot atmosphere of the album's release, the title was also perceived as a clever reference to a comment made by one of the police officers who had arrested Rodney King. Laurence Michael Powell, one of King's arresting officers, had described through radio message a domestic disturbance involving two blacks as something straight from "Gorillas in the Mist." Powell's comment was seen as racist, comparing blacks to gorillas, and was used against the officer during the Rodney King trial.^[4]

Track listing

• *co-producer

Samples

Capital Punishment

• "Life of Antarctica" by Vangelis
• "Get Out of My Life, Woman" by Lee Dorsey

Buck tha Devil

• "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & The Family Stone
• "Back to Life" by Soul II Soul

Lost in tha System

• "Aqua Boogie" by Parliament
• "It's Ain't No Fun to Me" by Graham Central Station
• "Lick the Balls" by Slick Rick

You & Your Heroes

• "Ironside" by Quincy Jones
• "School Boy Crush" by Average White Band
• "Fight the Power" by Public Enemy

All on My Nut Sac

• "Goodbye, So Long" by Funk Inc
• "Hydra" by Grover Washington, Jr.
• "Stoned Is the Way of the Walk" by Cypress Hill

Guerillas in tha Mist

• "California My Way" by The Main Ingredient
• "D'Void of Funk" by Parliament
• Excerpts from the film Gorillas in the Mist
• "The Payback" by James Brown
• "Tribal Jam" by X-Clan

Ain't Got No Class

• "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band

Freedom Got An A.K.

• "Dance Across the Floor" by Jimmy (Bo) Horne
• "Gett Off" by Prince
• "Backed up Against the Wall" by Three Pieces
• "Medley (Son of Shaft/Feel It)" by The Bar-Kays

Ankle Blues

• "N.T." by Kool And The Gang
• "Space Lady" by Lonnie Liston Smith

Who Ya Gonna Shoot wit That

• "Ode to Billy Joe" by Lou Donaldson

Lord Have Mercy

• "Dreaming About You" by The Blackbyrds
• "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers

References