Robbin' The Hood

Robbin’ The Hood is the second album from now defunct reggae/punk SoCal band Sublime. Released in 1994 by Skunk Records and Gasoline Alley/MCA, Robbin’ The Hood is considered to be more experimental than 1992’s 40 oz. To Freedom. Songs like “Pool Shark (acoustic)”, “Boss D.J.” and “Mary” should not be missed. Tracklisting:

1. Waiting For Bud
2. Steady B Loop Dub
3. Raleigh Soliloquy Pt. I
4. Pool Shark (orig)*
5. Steppin’ Razor
6. Greatest-Hits*
7. Free Loop Dub/Q-Ball
8. Saw Red*
9. Work That We Do
10. Lincoln Highway Dub
11. Pool Shark (acoustic)
12. Cisco Kid
13. Raleigh Soliloquy Pt. II
14. STP*
15. Boss D.J.
16. I Don’t Care Too Much For Reggae Dub
17. Falling Idols*
18. All You Need*
19. Freeway Time In LA County Jail
20. Mary
21. Raleigh Soliloquy Pt. III
22. Untitled

This entire CD was recorded and mixed on a 4-track cassette machine in various living rooms by Brad and Mike. All drum programming by Brad.

Song titles followed by a sphincter * were recorded at West Beach Recorders, Hollywood by Donnell, Joe and Us. Thanks to Mr. Brett and EPITAPH records.

All songs written by SUBLIME except “Steppin’ Razor” by JOE HIGGS and “Falling Idols” by Ross Fletcher and William Pangborn II.

The guy on the cover is Opie Ortiz, a friend of Sublime who did the artwork for every Sublime release (as far as I know). Opie went on to found the Sublime after band, Long Beach Dub Allstars with former Sublime member Bud Gaugh.

Samples and References from Sublime's Robbin' the Hood:
(sample source songs listed as Artist, Song Title, Album Title)

• Waiting for Bud:
  • "I told y'all...": The Cold Crush Bros. vs. the Fantastic Freaks, Basketball Throwdown
• Steady B Loop Dub:
• "When you grab ahold of me": Sublime, Badfish, 40 oz. to Freedom
• Greatest Hits:
• Bert Senzanka is the lead singer for the Ziggens, who were vey good friends of Sublime
• Free Loop Dub
• "Oh fuck, Chuck's on a killing spree": Geto Boys, Chuckie, We Can't Be Stopped
• Q-Ball:
• Too $hort is an Oakland, California rapper who raps most of the song
• Q-Ball is the rapper who does the rest
• Saw Red
• "Was that hard enough?": Gwen Stefani of No Doubt, who is the other person (besides Bradley Nowell) singing the song
• Cisco Kid
• "That's chapter 1...": Raleigh Theodore Sakers, who does several other soliloquoys on the album
• "Here's adventure..." (and other spoken samples): "The Cisco Kid," a TV series
• Organ: The Doors, When the Music's Over
• Horns: Guru, Intro, Jazzamataz Volume I
• "How am I gonna get a scar like that eating pussy, man?": Al Pacino, Scarface (movie)
• STP:
• STP stands for "secret tweeker pad"
• Flava Flave is a rapper from Public Enemy
• I.C.E. is a rapper
• 808 is a reference to the Roland TR-808, a classic drum machine
• "Baby you wanna give me kisses...": Smokey Robinson, Second That Emotion
• Boss D.J.:
• Draws heavily from Roots Rockin' by Aswad
• "It's so nice, I wanna hear the same song twice" is inspired by Bob Marley, Do It Twice, where he sings, "You so nice, I wanna do the same thing twice."
• I Don't Care Too Much for Reggae Dub:
• The Opie in question ("Opie is our man...") is Opie Ortiz, Sublime's artist and more
• Falling Idols:
• The Falling Idols were the California punk band who originally did this song
• Freeway Time in LA County Jail:
• Bati Man is Jamaican slang for crazy fool