A Tear for the Ghetto

Group Home | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 28, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Replay
• ASIN: B00000J7GV
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,050 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tear Shit Down

2. Da Real GH

3. Stupid Mf's

4. Street Life

5. Sun For A Reason

6. The Legacy

7. Run For You Life

8. Make It In Life

9. A Train X-press

10. Be Like That

11. Dial-A-Thug

12. Politic All Night

13. Keep Rising

14. We Can Do This

15. 12 O'Clock

16. Oh Sweet America

17. Breaker 1-9

18. Beefin' For Rap

19. Game Recognize Game

20. Life Ain't Shit

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The East Coast is back!, October 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Tear for the Ghetto (Audio CD)

This album is so much better than I expected. Where most east groups who debuted or broke out a few years ago have fallen off enormously (Boot Camp, Mobb Deep), this album amazed me. The beats are absolutely wicked, especially considering the absence of premier. And the rhymes, well, Lil' Dap is dope, Malachi is just Malachi, simple delivery, not particularly brilliant, but catchy rhymes--a million times better than DMX, who you might say is his bastard offspring. Check this album to regain some faith in East Coast hardcore.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Group Home- A Tear for the Ghetto, October 20, 2003

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Done - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tear for the Ghetto (Audio CD)

Group Home's second album is "A Tear for the Ghetto" (1999). Four years after there first this is another strong release from the duo of Lil Dap and Melachi. There last album was fully produced by DJ Premier, this time its only got one track from Premo (The Legacy) and lesser known producers like 8-Off, Rad, Buggy Eye,Maratta, Jiv Pos and Lil Dap looking after alot of the production which was surprisingly good. "Da Real Ghetto", track two vibes well, and Group Home comes positive talking about educating and looking after the children. My favourite track on this one is "Street Life", just one of those ill cuts I can play over and over. Next two tracks feature Guru of Gang Starr, both are decent. Some of the middle tracks dont really stand out for me, street tracks like, "Keep Rising" "12 O'Clock" and "Oh Sweet America" pick things up again. Altoghether this is another good album, Group Home benefits from some solid beats, and have improved there content on this one. A good example of this for me is "We Can Do This" where they drop some positive lyrics and a memorable chorus of "there aint no limit to life". Group Home most likely will never be one of those groups to blow, over the years they have some dropped memorable cuts, recommend checking out "Livin Proof" if you liked this album. Havnt heard of any new music coming from them as a group lately , though I have found a few Lil Dap solo appearances which are good.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New York's Finest!, January 27, 2000

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Chris "C-Coy" (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Tear for the Ghetto (Audio CD)

I'm bobbing my head to "Sun For a Reason" as I write. This album surprised me with its overall content minus the genius of Premier. Not only are the beats and music incredible, but son, Malachi and Lil' Dap have stepped up to the plate lyrically. The stories vividly describe Brooklyn's street life. If you want beats and rhymes that have DMX sounding like a pre-schooler on Riker's Island, check "Tear For the Ghetto",, The Legacy baby, no doubt!