In April 2010,. CPO Boss Hogg, (aka Lil Nation), suffered what was originally reported as a heart attack. While the West Coast emcee’s daughter confirmed with HipHopDX that Boss Hogg had in fact suffered from an undisclosed respiratory issue, the man himself explained the full story.
“It wasn’t a heart attack, it was partially congestive heart failure, but the doctors didn’t know what happened,” explained Boss Hogg to DubCNN. “There was a host of things going, my body was, what they called weeping; a whole lot of carbon dioxide had built up in my brain and they didn’t know what that was about, but mostly it was congestive heart failure. A lot of people tend to mix up CHF with a heart attack, but they’re not the same thing. It was going to kill me just the same though! I didn’t realize it, but the doctor told me I was literally on my deathbed.”
The rapper explained that the incident had more than just a physical effect on him. “That event gave me a lot of pause because I actually had dreams that I had died while I was at the hospital, and I didn’t really realize that I hadn’t died. One of the things that went through my head while I was dreaming these things is that I needed to do another album. A lot of people had been trying to get me to do one for years now.”
“So my main focus has been trying to get something out, and mid last year we decided to go ahead and get something cracking,” he continued. “When I was in the hospital they had a lot of tubes down my throat and nose, so when I came out of that my voice had changed and I wasn’t used to using it. It took me a minute to get my voice again on the mic, but we just finished up the album.”
Boss Hogg, who was discovered by N.W.A.’s MC Ren, and has collaborated with Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, Xzibit, and Kurupt, revealed that he recorded his new project with the help of former Death Row engineers.
“My brother mixed some of it, my man Dave Aron who’s done a lot of stuff for Death Row; he mixed ‘Picture Me Rollin’ for me and ‘Pac. Barney Rubble, who’s also done a lot of stuff for Death Row, did some mixing on it as well. So, it’s pretty much an in-house project, but it came out pretty tight,” he explained.
Other contributions to the project include production from CMW’s Tha Chill and E-A Ski.
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That first CPO joint was on CONSTANT rotation, “Ballad of a Menace” is classic single, IMHO that was a classic WEST COAST album.
“i’m smooth as a muthafucka, me and my nine/i’m cool as a muthafucka, i’ma get mine”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW_ePQRvrKI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7tvkpE00bo
I never knew what this dude looked like for years. He had a unique voice
Damn
Years and years I was looking for this man’s music
Only had songs that features him, so yeah DROP THAT ALBUM
And get well soon, stay healthy.
So you can not buy it?
Always loved this guys voice. Always liked his features in those old death row days.
Would love to hear more from him..
“My bitch finna have a bastard, see. Soo I needs to hit a lick–drastically.” –Picture Me Rollin.’
This guy only had one album, correct?
Yup
really? no one else is going to say it? *sigh* okay, here it goes: old ass irrelevant nigga!
Young ass Internet Nicca
THe Longer you alive the older you get
Pray You dont live tomorrow cuz 5 minutes from now you a old ass nicca too
now say something
what nigga? 5 minutes from now, and tomorrow, i’ll still be young while you’ll still be old bitching about the young generation and how we’re getting all the shine right now while the old washed up rappers sell 1000 copies of their albums and fade into obscurity. now YOU say something.
haahhaa typing with your bottom lip quivering… why are you still alive replying?
Nervous Now aint you… I mean if you about this young ish then OFF yourself, put the pistol to your mouth and squeeze young soldier, so you can be forever young and we can all preach how “you had so much life ahead of you”
If you still alive you getting old… Be very afraid…. You better not wake up tomorrow or your fate of geting old will draw near…. (I’m gonna make sure you hate being alive from here on in)
I forgot to wash my feet…I’m dumb.
This guy dropped a dope album back in the day.
You swag faggots.
Get healthy, Boss Hogg… We got love for you.