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Mac Dre. Andre Louis Hicks (July 5, 1970 – November 1, 2004), known by his stage name Mac Dre, was an American rapper from Vallejo, California. [1] He was an instrumental figure in the emergence of hyphy, a cultural movement in the Bay Area hip hop scene that emerged in the early 2000s. [2] Hicks is considered one of the movement's key ...
1996: Mac Dre Presents: The Rompalation Vol.1; 1998: Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game (Mac Dre in the Mix) 1999: Mac Dre Brings You: The Rompalation II: An Overdose; 2002: Mac Dre Presents: The Rompalation III; 2004: The Appearances (Special Guest Appearances) 2004: Treal T.V. (The Soundtrack) 2005: Welcome to Thizz World (Hosted by DJ Rick ...
The Best of Mac Dre II. (2004) The Best of Mac Dre is the first "best of" album by Mac Dre. It was released in 2002 by Sumo/Thizz Entertainment. It is the first compilation of his hit songs, later followed by The Best of Mac Dre, Vol. 2 & 3. Though Mac Dre was killed by gunshot on November 1, 2004, his Bay Area legacy lives on through his music.
Thizz Entertainment is a Sacramento-based, originally independent record label, started in 1999 by rapper and music producer Andre Hicks, who was professionally known as Mac Dre, a poster child of the hyphy movement that swept through the Bay Area in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Punk Police. Mac Dre Boy. Super Humanbeing. Black Buck Rogers. Let's All Get Down. Livin the Life. Ride wit Me. 4 Myself (featuring Devious & Dubee)
Some of Mac Dre's vocals were recorded over the phone from prison, after being incarcerated for a string of bank robberies in 1992. [1] Young Black Brotha peaked at #93 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, making it Mac Dre's most commercially successful work.
Part 2. (2004) Uncut. (2006) The Game Is...Thick, Part 2 is the eleventh and final studio album by Bay Area rapper Mac Dre released on October 19, 2004. The album was released just 13 days before an unknown assailant shot and killed Hicks while driving on a freeway in Kansas City, Missouri. [citation needed]
DJ Complejo of RapReviews gave the album a rating of 9 out of 10, writing, "On 'Ronald Dregan' Mac Dre was at the top of his lyrical game as well as showcasing just as well he had mastered his flow over the years," adding, "with albums like 'Ronald Dregan' Mac Dre was close to breaking out of his position as a local legend, and with good reason."