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{{Infobox album <!--See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = 21 & Over
| name = 21 & Over
| Type = Album
| type = Studio
| Artist = [[Tha Alkaholiks]]
| artist = [[Tha Alkaholiks]]
| Cover = The Alkaholiks Album 21 & Over.jpg
| cover = The Alkaholiks Album 21 & Over.jpg
| alt =
| Released = August 24, 1993
| released = {{Start date|1993|8|24}}
| Recorded = 1992-93
| recorded = 1992–93
| Genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]], [[underground hip hop]]
| studio = Yo Mama's House ([[Los Angeles]], [[California|CA]])
| Length = 36:10
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| Label = [[Loud Records|Loud]]/[[RCA Records|RCA]]
| length = {{Duration|m=35|s=15}}
| Producer = [[Tha Alkaholiks]]<br />[[King Tee]]<br />[[Lootpack]]<br />Derick "D. Pimp" Williams
| label = {{hlist|[[Loud Records|Loud]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]}}
| Last album =
| producer = {{hlist|Derrick Williams|[[King Tee]]|[[Lootpack]]|[[Tha Alkaholiks]]}}
| This album = '''''21 & Over''''' <br /> (1993)
| prev_title =
| Next album = '''''[[Coast II Coast]]''''' <br /> (1995)
| prev_year =
|
| next_title = [[Coast II Coast]]
| next_year = 1995
| misc = {{Singles
| name = 21 & Over
| type = studio
| single1 = Make Room
| single1date = June 21, 1993
| single2 = Likwit
| single2date = 1994
| single3 = Mary Jane
| single3date = June 6, 1994
}}
}}
}}
'''''21 & Over''''' is the debut studio album by American hip hop trio [[tha Alkaholiks]]. It was released on August 24, 1993, via [[Loud Records|Loud]]/[[RCA Records]]. The recording sessions took place at Yo Mama's House, in [[Los Angeles]]. The album was produced by [[Lootpack]], [[King Tee]], Derrick "D. Pimp" Williams, and tha Alkaholiks, who also served as executive producers with Fabian Duvernay. It features [[guest appearance]]s from King Tee, Field Trip, Lootpack, and Threat. The album peaked at number 124 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and number 23 on the [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] in the United States.

The album has ten tracks, timed at only about 35 minutes, but it contains three singles, "Make Room", "Likwit" and "Mary Jane". None of these singles reached the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], but they all did well on the [[Dance Singles Sales|Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] chart. The only single that contains vocals from anybody other than [[Tash (rapper)|Tash]] and [[J-Ro]] is "Likwit", which features King Tee. King Tee is responsible for founding tha Alkaholiks, and the track's title is a reference to the [[Likwit Crew]] that he created. Lootpack and Threat are the only other guest vocalists. [[Nu metal]] versions of 2 of their songs are on ''[[Loud Rocks]]'', one with [[Crazy Town]] covered "Only When I'm Drunk" also on Crazy Town's 1999 album ''[[The Gift of Game]]'', and "Make Room" featuring [[Sugar Ray]].

==Critical reception==
{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Cite web |last=Rabin |first=Nathan |author-link=Nathan Rabin |title=Tha Alkaholiks - 21 & Over Album Reviews, Songs & More {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/21-over-mw0000100421 |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=[[AllMusic]] |language=en}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r184802|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review]</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
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| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Brackett |first=Nathan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t9eocwUfoSoC&q=Tha+Alkaholiks+21+Overt&pg=PA13 |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |last2=Hoard |first2=Christian David |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster|Simon and Schuster]] |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-7432-0169-8 |pages=13–14 |language=en |author-link=Nathan Brackett |author-link2=Christian Hoard}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Source]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}
}}
The album is highly praised, and has been described as "the quintessential West Coast party album".<ref name="AM" /> ''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote: "Part of the '90s West Coast revival of old-school rap sensibilities, San Fernando Valley's Alkaholiks take the 'party-and-bullshit' theme to its inevitable falling-down-drunk-and-hurling end."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chang |first1=Jeff |title=Alkaholiks |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/alkaholiks/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=21 June 2024}}</ref>


==Track listing==
'''''21 & Over''''' is the debut album by [[West Coast hip hop]] group, [[Tha Alkaholiks]]. It is highly praised, and has been described as "the quintessential West Coast party album."<ref>[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r184802|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( 21 & Over > Overview )))<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It has ten tracks, timed at only about 35 minutes, but it contains three singles, "Make Room," "Likwit" and "Mary Jane." None of these singles reached [[The Billboard Hot 100]], but they all did well on the [[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales]] chart. The only single that contains vocals from anybody other than [[Tash (rapper)|Tash]] and [[J-Ro]] is "Likwit," which features [[King Tee]]. King Tee is responsible for founding Tha Alkaholiks, and the track's title is a reference to the [[Likwit Crew]] that he created. [[Lootpack]] and Threat are the only other guest vocalists on this album, but production is provided by Tha Alkaholiks, King Tee, Lootpack and Derick "D. Pimp" Williams.
{{Track listing
| headline = ''21 & Over''
| all_writing = [[Tash (rapper)|Rico Smith]], [[J-Ro|James Robinson]] and [[E-Swift|Eric Brooks]], except where noted
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Likwit
| note1 = featuring [[King Tee]]
| writer1 = {{hlist|Smith|Robinson|Brooks|[[King T|Roger McBride]]}}
| extra1 = {{hlist|[[Tha Alkaholiks|E-Swift]]|[[Tha Alkaholiks]]{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length1 = 3:27
| title2 = Only When I'm Drunk
| extra2 = {{hlist|E-Swift|Tha Alkaholiks{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length2 = 3:37
| title3 = Last Call
| extra3 = {{hlist|E-Swift|[[King Tee]]{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length3 = 4:36
| title4 = Can't Tell Me Shit
| extra4 = {{hlist|Derick "D. Pimp" Williams|E-Swift{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length4 = 4:03
| title5 = Turn Tha Party Out
| note5 = featuring [[Lootpack]]
| extra5 = {{hlist|[[Lootpack]]|Tha Alkaholiks{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length5 = 3:22
| title6 = Bullshit
| note6 = featuring King Tee
| writer6 = {{hlist|Smith|Robinson|Brooks|McBride}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|King Tee|E-Swift|Tha Alkaholiks{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length6 = 3:29
| title7 = Soda Pop
| note7 = featuring Field Trip
| extra7 = {{hlist|E-Swift|King Tee{{ref|b|[b]}}}}
| length7 = 2:48
| title8 = Make Room
| extra8 = {{hlist|E-Swift|Tha Alkaholiks{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length8 = 3:28
| title9 = Mary Jane
| extra9 = {{hlist|Lootpack|Tha Alkaholiks{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length9 = 3:30
| title10 = Who Dem Niggas
| note10 = featuring Threat
| writer10 = {{hlist|Smith|Robinson|Brooks|Corey Lloyd Brown}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|E-Swift|Tha Alkaholiks{{ref|a|[a]}}}}
| length10 = 3:45
| total_length = 35:15
}}


'''Notes'''
== Track listing ==
* {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies a co-producer
<!--this section is for album credits only-->
* {{sup|{{note|b|[b]}}}} signifies an additional producer
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!align="center" |#
!align="center" |Title
!align="center" |Producer(s)
!align="center" |Performer (s)
!align="center" |Sample(s)
!align="center" |Length
|-
|1
|"Likwit"
|E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks
|Tash, J-Ro, [[King Tee]]
|<small>*"Ode to Billie Joe" by [[Lou Donaldson]]</small>
<small>*"[[Rock Box]]" by [[Run-DMC]]</small>
|2:34
|-
|2
|"Only When I'm Drunk"
|E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks
|J-Ro, Tash, E-Swift
|<small>*"[[Seven Minutes of Funk]]" by [[Tyrone Thomas & The Whole Darn Family]]</small>
|3:36
|-
|3
|"Last Call"
|E-Swift, King Tee
|Tash, J-Ro, E-Swift
|<small>*"[[The Payback]]" by [[James Brown]]</small>
|4:37
|-
|4
|"Can't Tell Me Shit"
|Derick "D. Pimp" Williams, E-Swift
|E-Swift, J-Ro
|<small>*"[[Think (About It)]]" by [[Lyn Collins]]</small>
|4:09
|-
|5
|"Turn Tha Party Out"
|[[Lootpack]], Tha Alkaholiks
|Lootpack, Tash, J-Ro, E-Swift
|<small>*"[[Synthetic Substitution]]" by [[Melvin Bliss]]</small>
|3:19
|-
|6
|"Bullshit"
|King Tee, E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks
|J-Ro, King Tee
|<small>*"It's A New Day" by [[Skull Snaps]]</small>
|3:27
|-
|7
|"Soda Pop"
|E-Swift, King Tee
|E-Swift, Field Trip, Tash
|<small>*"[[Hard Times]]" by [[Baby Huey]]<br />*"Snakin' the Grass" by [[Cannonball Adderley]]</small>
|2:48
|-
|8
|"Make Room"
|E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks
|J-Ro, Tash
|<small>*"Sing a Simple Song" by [[Sly & the Family Stone]]<br />*"Blow Your Head" by [[Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s]]</small>
|3:28
|-
|9
|"Mary Jane"
|Lootpack, Tha Alkaholiks
|J-Ro, Tash
|<small>*"[[Mary Jane (Rick James song)|Mary Jane]]" by [[Rick James]]</small>
|3:31
|-
|10
|"Who Dem Niggas"
|E-Swift, Tha Alkaholiks
|Threat, E-Swift, J-Ro, Tash
|<small>*"[[Take Me to the Mardi Gras]]" by [[Bob James (musician)|Bob James]]<br />*"Blind Alley" by [[Emotions]]<br />*"You Can't Love Me if You Don't Respect Me" by [[Lyn Collins]]</small>
|3:46
|}


== Charts ==
==Personnel==
*Rico "[[Tash (rapper)|Tash]]" Smith – vocals, co-producer <small>(track 1, 2, 5, 8-10)</small>, mixing, executive producer
{| class="wikitable"
*James "[[J-Ro]]" Robinson – vocals, co-producer <small>(track 1, 2, 5, 8-10)</small>, mixing, executive producer
! Chart (1993)
*Eric "[[E-Swift]]" Brooks – vocals, producer <small>(tracks: 1-3, 6-8, 10)</small>, co-producer <small>(tracks: 4, 5, 9)</small>, mixing, executive producer
! Peak<br>position
*Roger "[[King T|King Tee]]" McBride – vocals <small>(tracks: 1, 6)</small>, producer <small>(track 6)</small>, co-producer <small>(tracks: 3)</small>, additional producer <small>(track 7)</small>, concept
*[[Lootpack|The Loot Pack]] – vocals <small>(track 5)</small>, producers <small>(tracks: 5, 9)</small>
*Field Trip – vocals <small>(track 7)</small>
*Corey "Threat" Brown – vocals <small>(track 10)</small>
*Derrick "D. Pimp" Williams – producer <small>(track 4)</small>
*Steve "Fred 40 to the Head" Fredrickson – engineering
*Bob Morse – mixing
*Fabian Duvernay – executive producer
*Mark Heimback-Nielsen – art direction, design
*Michael Miller – photography
*Trevor Williams – A&R

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1993)
| [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
| align="center"|124
|-
|-
! scope="row" |US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billboard 200 Chart: Week of September 11, 1993 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1993-09-11/ |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
| US Top R&B Albums
| 124
| align="center"|23
|-
! scope="row" |US [[Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart: Week of September 11, 1993 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-albums/1993-09-11/ |access-date=March 27, 2023 |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
| 23
|}
|}


=== Singles ===
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2"| Year
!rowspan="2"| Year
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!colspan="4"| Chart positions
!colspan="4"| Chart positions
|-
|-
! <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]
! <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US Hot 100]]</small>
! <small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks|US R&B]]
! <small>[[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US R&B]]</small>
! <small>[[Hot Rap Tracks|US Rap]]
! <small>[[Hot Rap Songs|US Rap]]</small>
! <small>[[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales|US Dance<br>Maxi-Singles]]
! <small>[[Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales|US Dance<br>Maxi-Singles]]</small>
|-
|-
| 1993
| 1993
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|}
|}


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|60796|Tha Alkaholiks – 21 & Over}}


{{Likwit Crew}}
{{Likwit Crew}}

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Revision as of 23:08, 21 June 2024

21 & Over
Studio album by
Tha Alkaholiks
ReleasedAugust 24, 1993 (1993-08-24)
Recorded1992–93
StudioYo Mama's House (Los Angeles, CA)
GenreHip hop
Length35:15
Label
Producer
Tha Alkaholiks chronology
21 & Over
(1993) 		Coast II Coast
(1995)
Singles from 21 & Over
  1. "Make Room"
    Released: June 21, 1993
  2. "Likwit"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Mary Jane"
    Released: June 6, 1994

21 & Over is the debut studio album by American hip hop trio tha Alkaholiks. It was released on August 24, 1993, via Loud/RCA Records. The recording sessions took place at Yo Mama's House, in Los Angeles. The album was produced by Lootpack, King Tee, Derrick "D. Pimp" Williams, and tha Alkaholiks, who also served as executive producers with Fabian Duvernay. It features guest appearances from King Tee, Field Trip, Lootpack, and Threat. The album peaked at number 124 on the Billboard 200 and number 23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.

The album has ten tracks, timed at only about 35 minutes, but it contains three singles, "Make Room", "Likwit" and "Mary Jane". None of these singles reached the Billboard Hot 100, but they all did well on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. The only single that contains vocals from anybody other than Tash and J-Ro is "Likwit", which features King Tee. King Tee is responsible for founding tha Alkaholiks, and the track's title is a reference to the Likwit Crew that he created. Lootpack and Threat are the only other guest vocalists. Nu metal versions of 2 of their songs are on Loud Rocks, one with Crazy Town covered "Only When I'm Drunk" also on Crazy Town's 1999 album The Gift of Game, and "Make Room" featuring Sugar Ray.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]
The Source

The album is highly praised, and has been described as "the quintessential West Coast party album".[1] Trouser Press wrote: "Part of the '90s West Coast revival of old-school rap sensibilities, San Fernando Valley's Alkaholiks take the 'party-and-bullshit' theme to its inevitable falling-down-drunk-and-hurling end."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Rico Smith, James Robinson and Eric Brooks, except where noted

21 & Over
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Likwit" (featuring King Tee)
3:27
2."Only When I'm Drunk" 
  • E-Swift
  • Tha Alkaholiks[a]
3:37
3."Last Call" 
4:36
4."Can't Tell Me Shit" 
  • Derick "D. Pimp" Williams
  • E-Swift[a]
4:03
5."Turn Tha Party Out" (featuring Lootpack) 
3:22
6."Bullshit" (featuring King Tee)
  • Smith
  • Robinson
  • Brooks
  • McBride
  • King Tee
  • E-Swift
  • Tha Alkaholiks[a]
3:29
7."Soda Pop" (featuring Field Trip) 
  • E-Swift
  • King Tee[b]
2:48
8."Make Room" 
  • E-Swift
  • Tha Alkaholiks[a]
3:28
9."Mary Jane" 
  • Lootpack
  • Tha Alkaholiks[a]
3:30
10."Who Dem Niggas" (featuring Threat)
  • Smith
  • Robinson
  • Brooks
  • Corey Lloyd Brown
  • E-Swift
  • Tha Alkaholiks[a]
3:45
Total length:35:15

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

Personnel

  • Rico "Tash" Smith – vocals, co-producer (track 1, 2, 5, 8-10), mixing, executive producer
  • James "J-Ro" Robinson – vocals, co-producer (track 1, 2, 5, 8-10), mixing, executive producer
  • Eric "E-Swift" Brooks – vocals, producer (tracks: 1-3, 6-8, 10), co-producer (tracks: 4, 5, 9), mixing, executive producer
  • Roger "King Tee" McBride – vocals (tracks: 1, 6), producer (track 6), co-producer (tracks: 3), additional producer (track 7), concept
  • The Loot Pack – vocals (track 5), producers (tracks: 5, 9)
  • Field Trip – vocals (track 7)
  • Corey "Threat" Brown – vocals (track 10)
  • Derrick "D. Pimp" Williams – producer (track 4)
  • Steve "Fred 40 to the Head" Fredrickson – engineering
  • Bob Morse – mixing
  • Fabian Duvernay – executive producer
  • Mark Heimback-Nielsen – art direction, design
  • Michael Miller – photography
  • Trevor Williams – A&R

Charts

Chart (1993) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[4] 124
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[5] 23

Singles

Year Song Chart positions
US Hot 100 US R&B US Rap US Dance
Maxi-Singles
1993 "Make Room" – 85 8 43
1994 "Likwit" – 97 31 38
1994 "Mary Jane" – – – 22

References

  1. ^ a b Rabin, Nathan. "Tha Alkaholiks - 21 & Over Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
  3. ^ Chang, Jeff. "Alkaholiks". Trouser Press. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  4. ^ "Billboard 200 Chart: Week of September 11, 1993". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
  5. ^ "Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart: Week of September 11, 1993". Billboard. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
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