Necessary Roughness (album)

Necessary Roughness
Studio album by the Lady of Rage
Released	June 24, 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Studio	Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
Genre	West Coast hip hop hardcore hip hop gangsta rap
Length	60:53
Label	Death Row Interscope Universal
Producer	Suge Knight (exec.) Dat Nigga Daz Soopafly DJ Premier Easy Mo Bee Kenny Parker The Lady of Rage Reg Flair Sean "Barney" Thomas
Singles from Necessary Roughness
"Sho' Shot" Released: 1997 "Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That)" Released: 1997

Necessary Roughness is the only studio album by American hip-hop artist the Lady of Rage. The album was released on June 24, 1997. Necessary Roughness was largely produced by Daz Dillinger, with contributions from Easy Mo Bee and DJ Premier. The album peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard 200 on July 12, 1997. Necessary Roughness was the last Death Row album to be distributed by Interscope Records.