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See Also: Above The Law & The Hood Mob
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The son of Motown staff composer Jerry Long ("Ball of Confusion," "Just My Imagination," "Still Waters Run Deep"), Kokane's life has always included music, though it is the old school funk of the '70s that most influences his style. He began his career as a vocalist in the mid-'80s as rap was first appearing in his native Los Angeles before eventually signing to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records label in 1991. In addition to co-writing "Appetite for Destruction" for NWA's Niggaz4life, Kokane also contributed to other West Coast gangsta rap albums such as Above the Law's Black Mafia Life. His first solo single, "Nickel Slick Nigga," appeared on the Deep Cover soundtrack as well as his debut album for Ruthless, Who Am I. His second album for Ruthless, Funk Upon A Rhyme, appeared in 1994 but didn't sell many copies, dooming Kokane to a frustrating sabbatical period where he made the occasional cameo. He reappeared in late 1999 with a solo album on Eureka Records, They Call Me Mr. Kane, yet this album never escaped the underground. Ironically, it was on the L.A. posse track found on Dr. Dre's 2001 album, "Some L.A. Niggaz," that Kokane scored big; this encounter with Dre's camp led to his relationship with Snoop, who signed him to Dogghouse Records, bringing a renewed sense of promise to Kokane's long-running career. — Jason Birchmeier
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Jerry Long, Jr.
Kokane - Who Am I?: Addictive Hip Hop Muzick
Kokane - Funk Upon A Rhyme
Kokane - They Call Me Mr. Kane
Kokane - Don't Bite The Funk Vol.
1
Kokane - Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Kane
Pomona City Rydaz & Kokane - Some Say
Kokane - Mr. Kane Pt. 2
The Hood Mob - Kokane Presents The Hood Mob
Kokane - Back 2 Tha Clap
Mr. Kane - Pain Killerz
Gentry & Mr. Kane - Gangstarock
Kokane - 4 Ryders Only (Single)
Above The Law - Black Mafia Life
Above The Law - Uncle Sam's Curse
Baby S - Street Fractions
Bad Azz - Personal Business
Bad Azz - Executive Decision: Business, Nothing Personal
Big Lurch - You Raaang!!!!!!
Big Lurch - The Big Lurch Mixtape
Bones
Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. - West Koasta Nostra
Brotha Lynch Hung - Loaded
Busta Rhymes - Genesis
C-Bo - Life As A Rider
Butch Cassidy - High
Cypress Hill - Stoned Raiders
Daddy V & Snoop Dogg Present Blaze It Up: High 'Till I Die
Deep Cover
DJ Aladdin Featuring Ice-T & Tha West Coast Rydaz - $port Ya Vest In Tha West
DJ Jam Presents WBALLZ 187.4 FM Vol. 1
DJ Muggs - Soul Assassins: Hits For Hire
DJ Whoo Kid - Westside Reloaded
DJ2High - West Coast Gangsta Shit Vol. 2
D.P.G. - The Unreleased Collection
Doggys Angels - Pleezbaleevit!
Dr. Dre - First Round Knock Out
Dr. Dre - The Chronic 2001
Tha Eastsidaz - Snoop Dogg Presents Tha Eastsidaz
Tha Eastsidaz - Duces 'N' Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way
Tha Eastsidaz - Gang Bang Muzic Promo
Eazy-E - It's On (Dr. Dre) 187um Killa
E-40 - Tha Hall Of Game
E-40 - Loyalty And Betrayal
E-40 - Grit & Grind
E-40 - Slumpalation
Friday After Next
From Tha 909
The Game & Snoop Dogg - Westside Connection
Gang Tapes
Gangsta - Penitentiary Chances
Goldie Loc - Tha After Party
Goldie Loc - Bizzness Never Personal
Goldie Loc - Still Eastsidin'
Goldie Loc - Loc'd Out
Goldie Loc - B.G. 2 O.G.
Goldie Loc - Eastsideridaz
Ice Cube - Laugh Now, Cry Later
IV Life Records Vol. 1.4 Mixtape
Jayo Felony - Whatcha Gonna Do
Julio G - Westside Radio Vol. 3
Krayzie Bone - Too Raw For Retail
Kurupt - Against Tha Grain: The E.P
Lil' Eazy-E - This Ain't A Game
Mac Dre - Rapper Gone Bad
Mack 10 - The Paper Route
MC Eiht Presents Tony Smallz: Smoke In Tha City
Menace II Society
Merry Fucking Christmas 6: The Miracles Of Christmas (Thug Radio Mixtape)
Million Family March
Mr. Short Khop - Da Khop Shop
Oz
Prince Paul - Politics Of The Business (Advance)
Prodigy - Return Of The Mac (Advance)
Prodigy - Return Of The Mac
Pomona City Rydaz - Walking Game
Ras Kass - Van Gogh (Pre-Release)
Ras Kass - Van Gogh (Alternate Version)
The Relativez - Money Respect Money
Roscoe - Young Roscoe Philaphornia
Shaft 2000
Snoop Dogg - Tha Last Meal
Snoop Dogg Presents: Doggy Style Allstars: Welcome to Tha House, Vol. 1
Snoop Dogg - Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$ (Pre-Release)
Snoop Dogg - Paid Tha Cost To Be Da Bo$$
South Central Cartel - Westurrection
Spice 1 - The Black Bossalini (A.K.A. Dr. Bomb From The Bay)
Spice 1 - Spiceberg Slim
Spice 1 - Me And My Guns
Suga Free - The Features
Suga Free - Tha New Testament (The Truth)
Suga Free - Why U Bullshittin' (Thug Radio Mixtape)
Suga Free - Just Add Water Advance
Suga Free - Just Add Water
Suga Free - The Features Volume 2
Suga T - Gettin' It
Techniec - The Résumé: 1995-2003
Thug Radio Mixtape 14: Ridin'
Thug Radio Mixtape 15: Hard As Steel
Thug Radio Mixtape XV: Want That Old Thing Back
Thug Radio Mixtape 17: Still No Surrender
Thug Radio Mixtape 18: Raw Shit
Thug Radio Mixtape 19: Gonna Make A Change
Too $hort - You Nasty
Too $hort - Chase The Cat
Training Day
Tray Deee - The General's List
Tray Deee - I Beez The Hardest
True Crime: Streets Of L.A. Bonus Discs
T.W.D.Y. - Lead The Way
Warren G - Return Of The Regulator
Warren G - Long Beach Veteran Mixtape
WC - Ghetto Heisman
WC - Westside Heavy Hitter
Welcome To The Chuuch Mixtape Volume 1
Welcome 2 Tha Chuuch Volume 4: Sunday School
Welcome 2 Tha Chuuch Vol 5: Tha Revival
Welcome 2 Tha Chuuch Volume 6: Testify
Welcome To Tha Chuuch Volume 9: Run Tell Dat
The West Coast Rydaz - What Really Goes On
Xzibit - Restless
Yella - One Mo' Nigga To Go
Yukmouth - Thug Lord: The New Testament
Though Kokane had been involved with the West Coast rap scene since the dawn of gangsta rap, he was never able to secure any substantial success for himself until 2000 when he played a major role in the success of Snoop Dogg's Tha Last Meal. His eccentric vocal approach is half fluid rapping and half weird P-funk-influenced singing. This balance made Kokane a perfect choice to lay down the vocal hooks for Snoop's album, as he appeared on eight of the album's 19 tracks.
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