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Loud Rocks

2000 compilation album by various artists

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Loud Rocks is a rap rock compilation album by American hip hop record label Loud Records, composed of remixes, covers and collaborations between rock and hip hop music artists. It was released on September 5, 2000 in four editions: one with explicit lyrics, a clean version, a Japanese and a Canadian version (each including a bonus track).

Recording sessions took place at Capitol Studios, Track Record, Studio 56, Encore Studios, NRG Studios, 123 Studios, Conway Studios, Westlake Audio, Stankonia Recording, Pyramid Sound Recording Studios, Olympic Studios, The Blue Room, Machine Sound, and Spin Studios.

Production was handled by Rick Rubin, Armand Majidi, Bob Marlette, Butch Vig, Dante Ross, DJ Homicide, Epic Mazur, Incubus, John Seymour, Jose Reynoso, Josh Abraham, Machine, Sevendust, Wayne Static, and Amy Finnerty, who also served as executive producer.

It features contributions from Wu-Tang Clan, Tha Alkaholiks, Big Pun, Xzibit, Chad Smith, Crazy Town, Dead Prez, Endo, Everlast, Grunge Is Dead, Incubus, Mobb Deep, M.O.P., Ozzy Osbourne, Sevendust, Shootyz Groove, Sick of It All, Static-X, Sugar Ray, System of a Down, Tom Morello and Tony Iommi.

The album debuted at number 108 on the Billboard 200 in the United States and at number 94 on the Offizielle Deutsche Charts in Germany.

01Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Entertainment WeeklyB+
Select
The Guardian
The Village VoiceA−

Select gave the album a two out of five rating. The review compared the album to the Judgment Night Soundtrack stating that it "did much the same thing, but it found room for curious hybrids like Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul. Only Everlast and Mobb Deep's 'Shook Ones'...shows anything like the same ambition here".

02Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Shame" (System of a Down & RZA of Wu-Tang Clan) Rick Rubin2:40
2."Make Room" (Sugar Ray & Tha Alkaholiks) DJ Homicide3:59
3."Hip-Hop" (Static-X & dead prez) Wayne Static3:52
4."Los Angeles Times" (Endo & Xzibit)
  • Amy Finnerty
  • Jose "Choco" Reynoso
4:05
5."Shook Ones Part II" (Everlast) Dante Ross4:16
6."Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothing ta Fuck Wit" (Tom Morello, Chad Smith, Inspectah Deck, Method Man & RZA)
  • Hunter
  • C. Smith
  • Diggs
  • Coles
  • Hawkins
  • Woods
  • Grice
  • Jones
Rick Rubin3:52
7."Only When I'm Drunk" (Crazy Town)
  • R. Smith
  • Robinson
  • Brooks
  • August Moon
  • William Thomas
 4:54
8."What U See Is What U Get" (Sevendust & Xzibit)JoinerSevendust5:12
9."How Bout Some Hardcore" (Grunge Is Dead & M.O.P.) Butch Vig3:28
10."For Heaven's Sake 2000" (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi & Wu-Tang Clan) Bob Marlette4:55
11."Caribbean Connection" (Shootyz Groove & Big Pun) Machine3:46
12."Survival of the Fittest" (Sick of It All & Mobb Deep)
  • Johnson
  • Muchita
  • Armand Majidi
  • John Seymour
3:46
13."Still Not a Player" (Incubus & Big Pun) Incubus4:12
Total length:52:57
Canadian bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Daaam!" (Finger Eleven & Tha Alkaholiks)4:27
Japanese bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Reign of the Tec 2000" (YKZ & The Beatnuts)4:44

03Personnel

  1. "Shame"
  2. "Make Room"
  3. "Hip Hop"
  4. "Los Angeles Times"
    • Xzibit
    • Endo
      • Gil Bitton, vocals
      • Zelick, bass guitar
      • Joel Swartz, drums
      • Eli Parker, guitars
    • Amy Finnerty, producer, engineer, mixing
    • Choco "The Panelist", producer, engineer, mixing
  5. "Shook Ones Part II"
    • Everlast, vocals, rhythm guitar
    • Keefus, keyboards
    • Bron Tieman, steel guitar
    • Truly Odd, DJ
    • Dante Ross, producer
    • Jamey Staub and the Stimulated Dummies, mixing
    • John Gamble, production coordinator
  6. "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothing ta Fuck Wit"
    • Wu-Tang Clan
    • Tom Morello, guitar, bass guitar
    • Chad Smith, drums
    • Rick Rubin, producer
    • Rich Costey, mixing
    • David Shiffman, engineer
    • Choco "The Panelist", engineer
    • Lindsay Chase, production coordinator
  7. "Only When I'm Drunk"
  8. "What U See Is What U Get"
  9. "How Bout Some Hardcore"
    • M.O.P.
      • Bill
      • Fame
    • Grunge Is Dead
      • Butch Vig, loops, programming, producer, remixing
      • Billy Bush, guitars, engineer
      • Pea Podd, bass guitar
    • Cameron Webb, 2nd engineer
    • Suzanne Ybarra, production coordinator
  10. "For Heaven's Sake 2000"
  11. "Caribbean Connection"
  12. "Survival of the Fittest"
  13. "Still Not a Player"

04Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)94
US Billboard 200 108
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 68
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