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Big Hutch A.K.A. Cold 187um (Born Gregory Fernana Hutchinson, August 2, 1961 in Pomona, California)
K.M.G. The Illustrator (acronym: Knowledge Most Greatly) (Born Kevin Dulley)
DJ Total K-Oss (Born Anthony Stewart)
Go Mack (Left after Black Mafia Life) (Born Authur Goodman)

Albums
Above The Law - Livin' Like Hustlers
Above The Law - Black Mafia Life
Above The Law - Uncle Sam's Curse
Above The Law - Legends
Big Hutch A.K.A. Cold 187um - Executive Decisions

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Big Syke - Be Yo' Self
Blazin' (Cold 187um)
Blood & Tears
DJ Jam Presents WBALLZ 187.4 FM Vol. 1
DJ U-Neek - Ghetto Street Pharmacist (Cold 187um)
E-40 - Tha Hall Of Game (Cold 187um)
Fakin' Da Funk
Gang Tapes
Kokane - Who Am I?: Addictive Hip Hop Muzick
Kokane - Funk Upon A Rhyme
Kokane - 4 Ryders Only (Single)
Kokane - Mr. Kane Pt. 2 (K.M.G.)
Kokane - Back 2 Tha Clap (K.M.G.)
L.B.C. Crew - Long Beach 2 Compton Mixtape
MC Ren - The Villain In Black
Menace II Society (Cold 187um)
N.W.A. - EFIL4ZAGGIN
The N.W.A. Legacy Volume 1: 1988-1998
Ruthless Records Tenth Anniversary Compilation: Decade Of Game
Roger Troutman II - The Second Coming (Cold 187um)
Snoop Doggy Dogg - Dead Man Walkin' (Cold 187um (Big Hutch))
Thug Law Chapter 1
Thug Lifestyles
Thug Radio Mixtape 18: Raw Shit (K.M.G.)
Too Gangsta For Radio
True Crime: Streets Of L.A.
2Pac - Until The End Of Time
T.W.D.Y. - Lead The Way (Cold 187um)
We're All In The Same Gang
Yukmouth - United Ghettos Of America (Cold 187um)

Above The Law's Bio From AllMusic.Com
Part of the post-N.W.A. explosion of California gangsta rap, Above the Law came out of the Eastern Los Angeles suburb of Pomona; leader Cold 187um, aka Big Hutch (born Gregory Hutchinson), was joined by KMG the Illustrator (born Kevin Dulley), Go Mack (born Arthur Goodman), and DJ Total K-Oss (born Anthony Stewart). Mixing '70s vintage-funk and soul samples with live instrumentation (Hutchinson had studied jazz while in school), the group signed with Eazy-E's Ruthless Records and issued their debut album, Livin' Like Hustlers, in 1990; split into violence- and sex-themed sides, it was co-produced by Dr. Dre (prior to N.W.A.'s rancorous breakup) and received well in gangsta circles. The Vocally Pimpin' EP appeared in 1991, and the full-length follow-up Black Mafia Life was released in 1993. Go Mack left the group shortly thereafter, and Above the Law stuck with the trio format for their last Ruthless album, 1994's Uncle Sam's Curse, which featured greater contributions from KMG. Following Eazy-E's tragically sudden death, Above the Law left Ruthless for Tommy Boy, debuting in 1996 with Time Will Reveal; although the lyrics stuck with the group's well-worn gangsta themes, it demonstrated that Big Hutch's skills as a G-funk producer were becoming ever more polished. 1998's Legends kept the West Coast gangsta flame burning, but proved to be their last release on Tommy Boy; they formed their own label, West World, and struck a distribution deal with Street Solid for 1999's Forever: Rich Thugs. The same year, Big Hutch released his solo debut, Executive Decisions. In 2000, Big Hutch was recruited by Suge Knight to become the new house producer and musical director at Death Row Records, making it the new home of Above the Law as well. They recorded a new album called Diary of a Drug Dealer, but the release dates were continually pushed back while Big Hutch worked on production assignments, including the debut album by Crooked I; amid all the album delays, rumors began to circulate about the group's breakup. - Steve Huey

Big Hutch/Cold 187um's Bio From AllMusic.Com
Gregory Hutchinson, who also goes by Cold 187um and Big Hutch, is among the many gangsta rappers who came out of South Central Los Angeles in the late '80s. Lyrically, the rapper/producer has never been known for his subtlety — many of Hutch's lyrics are graphic, violent, and disturbing accounts of thug life in L.A.'s inner-city neighborhoods. The Southern Californian is best-known for his association with Above the Law, one of South Central L.A.'s most famous (or infamous) gangsta rap groups. Heavily influenced by N.W.A. and the seminal Ice-T, Hutch formed Above the Law with fellow L.A. residents Go Mack (Authur Goodman), KMG the Illustrator (Kevin Dulley), and Total K-oss (Anthony Stewart) in 1989. That year, the group caught the attention of late N.W.A. member Eazy-E (Eric Wright), who signed ATL to his Ruthless label. Different labels were distributing Ruthless at the time; for N.W.A. and Eazy, Ruthless went through Priority, although Ruthless went through Atlantic for The D.O.C. and J.J. Fad. And in the case of ATL, Ruthless was distributed by Epic. Produced with N.W.A.'s Dr. Dre, ATL's debut album, Livin' Like Hustlers, was released by Ruthless/Epic in early 1990. The strong influence of N.W.A. and Ice-T was evident throughout the album; rapping in the first person, Hutch and his colleagues held nothing back and told listeners just how violent and dangerous the ghetto streets of South Central L.A. could be. Hutch, Ice-T, N.W.A., Houston's Geto Boys, Philadelphia's Schoolly D, and other gangsta rappers who emerged in the '80s weren't the first people to rap about thug life and the social problems of the inner city. But because they rapped in the first person and took listeners inside the minds of thugs, felons, gang members, drug dealers, pimps, players, and hustlers, many listeners found gangsta rap to be more troubling than the third-person message raps that had been coming from New York since the early '80s. When Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Run-D.M.C., the Fat Boys, and other New York MCs rapped about the problems of the inner city, they stuck to the third person and didn't portray the thugs they were rhyming about; Hutch and other gangsta rappers, however, actually gave listeners a thug's perspective. Hutch, like many other gangsta rappers, has been accused of glorifying and promoting black-on-black crime and he has often countered that he is merely drawing attention to the inner city's problems, not encouraging them. Livin' Like Hustlers was a hit, and in 1993, ATL's second album, Black Mafia Life, was released by Warner Bros. After providing a third album, Uncle Sam's Curse, for Ruthless in 1993, ATL signed with Tommy Boy in 1996 and recorded two albums for that New York label: 1996's Time Will Reveal and 1998's Legends. Then, in 1999, the group moved to Street Solid, the hip-hop/urban division of producer James Warsinske's L.A.-based Solid Entertainment (formerly AVC Entertainment). At Street Solid, Hutch had two careers, he was still a member of ATL but launched a solo career on the side. ATL's Forever Rich Thugs came out on Street Solid in 1999, and Warsinske's label released Hutch's first solo album, Executive Decisions, that same year. Along the way, Hutch has done his share of producing; the rappers he produced in the '90s or early 2000s range from Snoop Doggy Dogg, Eazy-E, MC Ren (formerly of N.W.A.), and South Gate to Kokane and E-40. Most of the rappers Hutch has produced are West Coast gangsta rappers, although he has also worked with the female group H.W.A. (whose X-rated, sexually explicit lyrics have more in common with Lil' Kim or Luther Campbell and 2 Live Crew than gangsta rap). - Alex Henderson

Official Site: Above The Law, MySpace & K.M.G.'s MySpace