Tunnel Rats discography

Tunnel Rats discography
Releases
↙Studio albums 10
↙Compilation albums 5
↙Music videos 1
↙Mixtapes 1
↙Collaborative 1
↙Guest appearances 8
↙Miscellaneous 1

The combined discography of Tunnel Rats, a West Coast underground Christian hip hop collective founded in 1993 in Whittier, California, consists of 10 studio albums, 5 compilations, 1 mixtape, 8 guest appearances, and some other album contributions. Named after the tunnel rats in the Vietnam war, the mixed-gender, multi-racial collective comprises eighteen individual members and has incorporated six affiliated groups, LPG, Future Shock, Footsoldiers, Foundation, New Breed, and The Resistance, which have recorded both within Tunnel Rats and independently. The collective has released three albums under the Tunnel Rats name, Experience, in 1996, Tunnel Vision, in 2001, and Tunnel Rats, in 2004. LPG has released three albums, The Earthworm, in 1995, 360 Degrees, in 1998, and The Gadfly, in 2003. Future Shock appeared on the Soldiers for Christ album Illumination in 1994 and released a studio album, Remember the Future, in 1996, but decided in 1997 to record independent of the Tunnel Rats.[1] New Breed joined Tunnel Rats in 1997, and has released two albums, Stop the Music in 2002 and Nine in 2004. In 2006, Footsoldiers and production team Resistance collaborated with KRS-One on his album Life, and released a mixtape and a studio album, Live This. Though currently on hiatus, Tunnel Rats has not disbanded, according to a statement by member Peace 586.[2]

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Album details
Experience[1]
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Brainstorm
Tunnel Vision[3]
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: UpRok
Tunnel Rats[4]
  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: November 1, 2004
  • Label: UpRok

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums
Title Album details
Coalition: the Hip-Hop Alliance
Uprock Records Sampler[5]
  • Released: January 29, 2002
  • Label: UpRok
Uprock Mixtape, Vol. 1[6]
  • Released: November 19, 2002
  • Label: UpRok
  • Host: DJ Allstar
Underground Rise, Volume 1: Sunrise/Sunset[4]
  • Released: April 25, 2003
  • Label: UpRok
Uprock Mixtape, Vol. 2[7]
  • Released: October 7, 2003
  • Label: UpRok
  • Host: DJ Allstar

Guest appearances

 List of guest appearances
Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"What's Real"[8] 2002 BK & Associates BK & Associates

Music videos

Title Year Director
"T.R.'z" 2001 N/A

Miscellaneous

Title Album details
Both Sides[3]
  • Compilation of unfinished material[9]
  • Released: October 5, 2005
  • Label: Thump

Side projects

Footsoldiers

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Album details
Live This[10]
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: August 1, 2006
  • Label: Image/Antagonist

Mixtapes

List of mixtapes
Title Album details
Footsoldiers mix[11]
  • 1st mixtape
  • Released: May 1, 2006
  • Label: Tony Touch

Collaborations

 List of collaborative projects
Year Album details Peak chart positions
U.S. U.S. R&B CAN
2006 Life[12]
  • Artist: KRS-One
  • Released: June 13, 2006
    •
  • Label: Image
 — 50 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Future Shock

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Album details
Remember the Future[1]
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: December 1, 1996[13]
  • Label: Brainstorm

Guest appearances

 List of guest appearances
Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"Illumination" 1994 Soldiers for Christ Illumination[1]

LPG

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Album details
The Earthworm[14]
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Brainstorm/Tunnel Rats
360 Degrees[15]
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: October 5, 1998
  • Label: Solar
The Gadfly[16]
  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: June 10, 2003
  • Label: UpRok

Guest appearances

 List of guest appearances
Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"Illumination" 1994 Soldiers for Christ Illumination
"Respect"
"Worst Enemy, Greatest Allie" 1995 Next Level of Hip Hop[17]
"I Wonder"
"Slaughter"

New Breed

Studio albums

List of studio albums
Title Album details
Stop the Music[18]
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: February 12, 2002
  • Label: UpRok/EMI CMG
Nine[19]
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: 2004
  • Label: UpRok/EMI CMG

Guest appearances

"What's My Name"[20] 2001 DJ Maj Full Plates: Mixtape. 002

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cummings, Tony; Stephen Adams (February 24, 2003). "America's Hip Hop Underground: Some of the best US acts". Cross Rhythms (Cross Rhythms) (73). Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. ↑ Vasquez, Rene (February 13, 2010). "Re: Who Are the (Current) Tunnel Rats?". Sphere of Hip Hop. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Tunnel Rats - Discography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Propaganda". Jesus Freak Hideout. John DiBiase. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Uprock Records Sampler". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Uprok Mixtape, Vol. 1". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Uprok Records Mixtapes, Vol. 2". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ "What's Real". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  9. ↑ Henly, Ralph (2013). "Tunnel Rats "TRz" video - linked comment". YouTube. Google. Retrieved May 15, 2014. 'Both Sides' was misrepresented as a TR album. It's not. It was a like a production reel of stuff we were working on at the time...somehow it got released as a Tunnel Rats album which is incorrect.
  10. ↑ "Live This - Releases". Allmusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Footsoldiers mix". Shames Worthy. Bandcamp. Retrieved May 14, 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  12. ↑ "Life - Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Remember the Future". Shames Worthy. Bandcamp. Retrieved May 14, 2014. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  14. ↑ "The Earthworm - Releases". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  15. ↑ "360 Degrees". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  16. ↑ "LPG - The Gadfly". BEC Recordings. BEC Recordings. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Next Level of Hip Hop". Allmusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  18. ↑ Semioli, Tom. "Stop the Music". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Nine - Releases". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Full Plates: Mixtape. 002". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.