Rick Rock Rick Rock is an American record producer originally from Montgomery, Alabama and based in Fairfield, California . He is a founding member of the former rap group Cosmic Slop Shop and the Federation with fellow rapper Doonie Baby , and is regarded as a pioneer of the hip-hop subgenre Hyphy .Late 1990s Rick Rock began to make a name for himself in 1996 when well known Vallejo Producer Mike Mosley invited him to come to the studio to meet E-40 . E-40 had originally planned on using a beat produced by Mike Mosley, however due to Mosley's tardiness, Rick Rock used that time as an opportunity to showcase his talents. He went on to produce two tracks featured on E-40's Tha Hall of Game including the song "Record Haters" a diss track directed to NYC rapper AZ and basketball player Rasheed Wallace . E-40 then introduced Rick Rock to Tupac Shakur where he and Mike Mosley co-produced two additional tracks "Tradin War Stories" and "Ain't Hard to Find" from the album All Eyez on Me . Around that time Rick Rock also contributed heavily to fellow bay area artist Spice 1's Immortalized album.Early 2000s Rick Rock's popularity grew in the early 2000s after Jay-Z released the hit single "Change the Game". From there, Rick Rock went on to produce "Can't Deny It" for Fabolous , and "I Don't Do Much" by Beanie Sigel . In 2002 Rick Rock reunited with Vallejo producer Mike Mosely and produced the songs "Godzilla" featuring E-40 and Pizzo and "The Sickness" by Federation. Both songs were featured on Mike Mosely's compilation album Major Work The Soundtrack . In Spring of 2002, Rick Rock produced "Automatic" featuring Fabolous, which became the lead single for E-40's album Grit & Grind . In 2003 Rick Rock gained more commercial success working with New York-based producing hits "Make It Clap" for Busta Rhymes "If I Could Go" for Angie Martinez and "Breathe, Stretch, Shake" for Mase . Following his commercial success, Rick Rock became a sought after producer on the West Coast producing underground tracks like Keak Da Sneak's "T-Shirt, Blue Jeans , & Nike's", "Back it Up" by Ras Kass , "Whip Appeal" by Bambino Brown and producing over half of the songs featured on B-Legit's fourth album Hard 2 B-Legit . In 2003 Rick Rock founded his own label Southwest Federation and signed the Federation featuring fellow Cosmic Slop Shop alumn, Doonie Baby and additional rappers San Diego Native Battle Locco and Harlem native El Dorado Red. El Dorado Red is the only rapper other than the Federation to release an album on Rick Rock's label with the release of East Side Rydah Vol. 1 .Discography Studio albums Albums with Rick Rock production 1996: All Eyez on Me by Tupac Shakur 1996: Tha Hall of Game by E-40 1996: Seasoned Veteran by Richie Rich 1997: Unpredictable by Mystikal 1998: The Element of Surprise by E-40 1998: Fearless by Marvaless 1999: Immortalized by Spice 1 2000: ' by Jay-Z 2000: Loyalty and Betrayal by E-40 2000: Restless by Xzibit 2001: The Reason by Beanie Sigel 2001: Supernova by Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes 2001: Ghetto Fabolous by Fabolous 2001: ' by Yukmouth 2002: Blood Brothers by Kastro & E.D.I. of Outlawz 2002: Ghetto Heisman by WC 2002: If I Could Go! by Angie Martinez feat Sacario & Lil Mo 2002: Grit & Grind by E-40 2002: Animal House by Angie Martinez 2002: Hard 2 B-Legit by B-Legit 2002: West Coast Mafia by C-Bo 2002: It Ain't Safe No More by Busta Rhymes 2002: React by Erick Sermon 2002: Born to Reign by Will Smith 2002: Man vs. Machine by Xzibit 2003: Street Dreams by Fabolous 2004: ' by Method Man 2004: Welcome Back by Mase 2005: Block Movement by B-Legit 2005: Cash on Delivery by Ray Cash 2005: Institutionalized by Ras Kass 2006: Everready by Tech N9ne 2006: Tha Blue Carpet Treatment by Snoop Dogg 2006: My Ghetto Report Card by E-40 2007: Ultimate Victory by Chamillionaire 2007: T.H.U.G.S. by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony 2008: Ego Trippin by Snoop Dogg 2008: by G-Unit 2009: Custom Cars & Cycles by Triple C's 2009: Before I Self Destruct by 50 Cent 2010: ' by E-40 2011: Doggumentary by Snoop Dogg 2012: ' by E-40 2012: ' by E-40 2012: ' by E-40 2012: Napalm by Xzibit 2012: by E-40 & Too $hort 2012: by E-40 & Too $hort 2013: Demonstration by Tinie Tempah 2014: ' by E-40 2014: ' by E-40 2015: Mudface by Redman 2016: ' by E-40 2016: ' by E-40 2017: Neva Left by Snoop Dogg 2017: Trillionaire Thoughts by Droop-E 2019: Rick Rock Beats by Rick Rock 2019: Madden 20 by Snoop Dogg 2019: I Wanna Thank Me by Snoop Dogg 2019: Black Man In America by Redman
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