Tunnel Rats discography
The combined discography of Tunnel Rats, a West Coast underground Christian hip hop collective founded in 1993 in Whittier, California, is three studio albums, a collaborative compilation album, several compilation appearances, one guest appearance, one music video, and a collection of unfinished material. Named after the tunnel rats in the Vietnam war, the mixed-gender, multi-racial collective has included twenty individual members and incorporated six affiliated groups: LPG, Future Shock, Footsoldiers, the 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 (1996), Tunnel Vision (2001), and Tunnel Rats (2004). They also collaborated on a compilation album released through Uprock Records, Underground Rise, Volume 1: Sunrise/Sunset (2003). Though currently on hiatus, Tunnel Rats has not disbanded, according to a statement by member Peace 586.[1]
| Tunnel Rats discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 1 |
| Music videos | 1 |
| Guest appearances | 1 |
| Compilation appearances | 4 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 |
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
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| Experience[2] |
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| Tunnel Vision[3] |
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| Tunnel Rats[4] |
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Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Coalition: the Hip-Hop Alliance |
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| Uprock Records Sampler[5] |
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| Uprock Mixtape, Vol. 1[6] |
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| Underground Rise, Volume 1: Sunrise/Sunset[4] |
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| Uprock Mixtape, Vol. 2[7] |
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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] |
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References
- Vasquez, Rene (February 13, 2010). "Re: Who Are the (Current) Tunnel Rats?". Sphere of Hip Hop. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- Cummings, Tony; Stephen Adams (February 24, 2003). "America's Hip Hop Underground: Some of the best US acts". Cross Rhythms Magazine. Cross Rhythms (73). Retrieved May 8, 2014.
- "The Tunnel Rats - Discography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- "Propaganda". Jesus Freak Hideout. John DiBiase. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
- "Uprock Records Sampler". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- "Uprok Mixtape, Vol. 1". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- "Uprok Records Mixtapes, Vol. 2". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- "What's Real". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- 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.