| Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | November 3, 1998 | |||
| Genre | West Coast hip hop | |||
| Length | 61:59 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | DJ Pooh King Tee Tha Alkaholiks Bilal Bashir Greg Mack Bobcat Lavashon Vasille | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Ruff Rhymes: Greatest Hits Collection is a greatest hits album by West Coast hip hop artist King Tee. It was released by Capitol Records in 1998, three years after King Tee's last album. It contains tracks from each of King Tee's first three albums, all of which were released by Capitol Records. It contains no tracks from Tee's fourth album, IV Life, which was released on MCA Records. King Tee was dropped by Capitol before this album's release so he had no say in which tracks would be put on it.[2] Only three tracks on this compilation, "Bass", "Ya Better Bring a Gun", and "Can This Be Real?", are not on any of King Tee's other albums. The compilation's name is a reference to King Tee's most successful charting song, "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)".
Track listing
| # | Title | Producer(s) | Performer (s) | Length |
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| 1 | "Act a Fool" | DJ Pooh | King Tee | 4:19 |
| 2 | "Bass" | Bobcat, DJ Pooh, Greg Mack, Lavashon Vasille | King Tee | 4:44 |
| 3 | "Played Like a Piano" | DJ Pooh | Breeze, Ice Cube, King Tee | 4:59 |
| 4 | "Ruff Rhyme (Back Again)" | DJ Pooh | King Tee | 3:32 |
| 5 | "Payback's a Mutha" | DJ Pooh | King Tee | 4:32 |
| 6 | "At Your Own Risk" | DJ Pooh, King Tee | King Tee | 4:07 |
| 7 | "Guitar Playin'" | DJ Pooh, King Tee | King Tee | 5:24 |
| 8 | "Diss You" | Bilal Bashir | King Tee | 4:16 |
| 9 | "Can This Be Real?" | DJ Pooh | King Tee | 3:46 |
| 10 | "Bust Dat Ass" | King Tee | King Tee, Tha Alkaholiks | 4:17 |
| 11 | "The Coolest" | DJ Pooh | King Tee | 5:08 |
| 12 | "Just Clowning" | DJ Pooh | Breeze, King Tee, Mixmaster Spade | 4:41 |
| 13 | "Got It Bad Y'all" | DJ Pooh, Tha Alkaholiks | King Tee, Tha Alkaholiks | 4:50 |
| 14 | "Ya Better Bring a Gun" | DJ Pooh, Unknown | King Tee, Mixmaster Spade, The Compton Posse (DJ Slick, DJ Var, Hit Man, J-Ro, Papa and Sweet Tooth) | 3:43 |