Ran outta ammo and started throwin' Black Rob RAR files

Five people in the comments Da streetz asked for a Black Rob compilation after I'd posted a few mixtape joints of his recently, so I've whipped and then zipped one up per request. B.R's actually one of the easiest currently active old-man NY rapper to assemble an anthology for since he's relatively slept-on beyond his Bad Boy singles, his catalogue stretches way back to 1991 when he recorded a demo with - of all people - Automator, and he's still knocking out a few good joints nowadays, though that floppy monkey hat he's wearing on-stage in his latest viral-video Ventilation is one seriously suspect piece of headwear which even Theophilus London would balk at and be like "nah, son". Dru-Ha doesn't employ a stylist at Duck Down?

There didn't seem any point in including any of his main singles for Bad Boy such as I Dare You, Whoa, Espacio with Lil' Kim & G. Dep, Star In The Hood, and Ready since I put this together as a chronological primer for people who're only familiar with Banco Popular via those singles in the first place and the comp' had already spiralled into being 30 tracks long. Thus, consider this collection a Black Rob sandwich which uses 1991's Automator production The Smoothness as the top slice of bread, the Whoa-device revisting Up North from last year as the bottom slice, and 28 personal favourite joints which range from guest appearances, album cuts, mixtape joints and unreleased gems as the filling. Everybody gotta eat, yo, so tuck in :

Black Rob - Banco Popular's Dirty 30

1. The Smoothness
2. Nuthin' But (with Cru)
3. Make It Hot
4. 24 Hours To Live (with Ma$e, The Lox & DMX)
5. I Love You, Baby (with Puffy)
6. The Heist
7. One Way (with G. Dep)
8. Life Story (with Cheryl Pepsi Riley)
9. Can I Live? (with The Lox)
10. Thug Story
11. B.R (with G. Dep)
12. Let's Get It (with G. Dep & Puffy)
13. Business Never Personal
14. Permanent Scars AKA Live From The Eastside
15. Godfather (with Puffy & G. Dep)
16. Time 2 Ride AKA They Heard I Got Life O.G version
17. Questions And Answers
18. Broken Bottles (with Aasim & Wise G)
19. Y'All Know Who Killed Him
20. You Know What
21. Smile In Ya Face
22. Help Me Out
23. Jeans And Sneakers (with Notorious B.I.G)
24. Knock 'Em Out
25. High In The Clouds (with O.D.B)
26. New York
27. Live At The Bar-BBQ 2007 (with D-Dot, Notorious B.I.G, Ness & Aasim)
28. Big Guns
29. No Fear
30. Up North

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Feel free to use this as a soundtrack the next time you shoplift a scandalously priced can of liquid elastoplast from your local chemist/supermarket, safe in the knowledge that a kleptomaniac like Black Rob would approve. Just don't hold your breath for me to hook up a Loon's greatest hits or a Best Of Mark Curry next, though.