Live and Let Die (album)

Live and Let Die
Studio album by Kool G Rap & DJ Polo
Released	November 24, 1992
Recorded	1991–92
Studio	Cherokee Recording Studio Westlake Audio Paramount Studio (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	East Coast hip hop gangsta rap mafioso rap horrorcore hardcore hip hop
Length	61:45
Label	Cold Chillin' CC 5001
Producer	Kool G Rap Sir Jinx Trackmasters
Kool G Rap chronology
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1990) Live and Let Die (1992) 4,5,6 (1995)
DJ Polo chronology
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1990) Live and Let Die (1992) Polo's Playhouse (1998)
Singles from On the Run
"Ill Street Blues" Released: February 26, 1993 (commercial release) "On The Run" Released: May 24, 1993

Live and Let Die is the third and final studio album by the American hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo. It was released on November 24, 1992, via Cold Chillin' Records and features Big Daddy Kane, Bushwick Bill, Ice Cube and Scarface. The singles "Ill Street Blues" and "On The Run" both received consistent airplay on Yo! MTV Raps and BET's Rap City upon release.

Warner Bros. Records eventually refused to distribute Live and Let Die as part of its deal with Cold Chillin' Records because of lyrical content and cover art.^[1] It is not known if a Warner Bros. catalogue number was ever assigned to the release. Live and Let Die remained out of print until it was re-released and remastered with various bonus material in August 2008 by Traffic Entertainment Group, the current owners of the Cold Chillin' catalog. Over the years, several music critics have hailed it as an underground classic, due to Kool G Rap's intricate lyricism, and Sir Jinx's production.

Compared to the lyrical themes on the duo's previous albums, this album features an even greater focus on hardcore gangsta and mafioso rap lyrics. The violence and sexual content are much more graphic than on any previous Kool G Rap & DJ Polo album. Most of the songs feature vivid stories of some sort, many of them related to organized crime (especially the singles "On the Run" and "Ill Street Blues") and violent street crime ("Train Robbery", "Two to the Head"). There are also sex raps ("Operation CB", "Fuck U Man"), horrorcore stories ("Straight Jacket", "Edge of Sanity"), and even some socio-political commentary similar to Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions ("Crime Pays"). The songs "Home Sweet Home", "Fuck U Man" and "Still Wanted Dead or Alive" act as sequels, respectively, to the songs "Streets of New York", "Talk Like Sex" and "Wanted: Dead or Alive" from the previous album.