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Released July 26, 2011
Recorded 2010/2011
Genre Hip hop
Length 50:05
Label Duck Down/ Fontana
Producer : Black Rob, Buckwild, Bishop, D'Mile, DJ Pain, Nicholas \"Young McFly\" Greer, Eric Matlock, Self Service, David Shapiro, Spank, Gerald \"Soul G\" Stevens
Game Tested, Streets Approved is the third studio album by Black Rob, released on July 26, 2011 through Duck Down Music Inc. The album managed to peak at number 44 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
The album was his first since The Black Rob Report, which was released six year earlier in 2005. Shortly after the release of that album, Black Rob was sentenced to seven years in prison for grand larceny and served four years of that sentence before being released in 2010. After his release from prison, Rob cut ties with his previous label Bad Boy Records and inked a deal with independent rap label, Duck Down Music Inc. and began work on Game Tested, Streets Approved.
Tracklist
1 Welcome Back
2 Boiling Water
3 Bumpin'
4 Can't Make It In NY
5 Showin Up
6 Celebration
7 Wanna Get Dough
8 Get Involved
9 Sand To The Beach
10 Made Me A Man
11 Fuck Em'
12 This Is What It Is
13 Up North - This Is What It Is
14 No Fear
Black Rob (born Robert Ross; July 12, 1976) is a rapper who was formerly signed to Bad Boy Records. He is best known for the 2000 hit single \"Whoa!\", which reached the Billboard Hot 100.
Ross grew up in Harlem and began rapping between the age of 11 and 12. He was inspired by the artists he listened to regularly, including Spoonie Gee, Doug E. Fresh, and Slick Rick.When he was 22, he joined his first rap group, the Schizophrenics, though they did not release any albums. He initially rapped under the alias \"Bacardi Rob\".
He began associating with the Bad Boy label as early as 1996, appearing on the Bad Boy remix to 112's \"Come See Me\". He was then featured on several Bad Boy releases, including remixes to Total's \"What About Us\" (1997) and Faith Evans's \"Love Like This\" (1998), the song \"24 Hrs. to Live\" (1997) from Mase, and albums by Puff Daddy & the Bad Boy Family (1997) and The Notorious B.I.G. (1999). He also made two appearances on Cru's 1997 album Da Dirty 30, as well as albums by Ol Dirty Bastard, Channel Live, The Madd Rapper, Benzino, Tony Touch, and others. These guest appearances earned him media buzz.
In early 2000, he released the hit single \"Whoa!\". Produced by Diggin' in the Crates Crew member Buckwild, \"Whoa!\" became his biggest hit. The song peaked at number 43[2] on the Billboard Hot 100 and reached the top 10 on both the R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap charts. To date, it remains Rob's only solo single to have reached the Hot 100. His album Life Story was released in 1999 and rose above platinum sales. Despite subsequently appearing on releases by P. Diddy and G. Dep, he did not make another hit single. His second album, The Black Rob Report failed to perform as strongly as his debut and quickly fell off the Billboard 100 charts. In his earlier years, Black Rob headed the street rap team which he named \"Alumni\". In 2005, Jemal Mosley from Off The Block Entertainment started managing Black Rob's career. In 2010, he parted from Bad Boy and signed to independent label Duck Down Records. In 2011, he released Game Tested, Streets Approved, which peaked at number 44 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums.
Black Rob also started his own independent label, Box and One, with Jemal Mosley.
In 2013, he joined the planned reality series \"Come Back Kings\" with Ed Lover, Calvin Richardson, David \"Davinch\" Chance (of Ruff Endz), Jeff Sanders, Jameio, Mr. Cheeks and Horace Brown.
In 2014, he appeared on the song \"Take 'Em Off Da Map\" on Diamond D's recent album, The Diam Piece.
In 2015, Black Rob released his fourth studio album, Genuine Article on Slimstyle Records, which he produced with Jemal Mosley. Guest emcees on include Sean Price, Tek, battle legend Murda Mook, and Quas Amill. Ron Browz, former Bad Boy label-mate Q. Parker (112), Kali Ranks, and Quan all sing choruses on the album. Producers include Easy Mo Bee, Coptic, Big French, and others.
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