Tunnel Rats discography

The combined discography of Tunnel Rats, a West Coast underground Christian hip hop collective founded in 1993 in Whittier, California, is three studio albums, a collaborative compilation album, several compilation appearances, one guest appearance, one music video, and a collection of unfinished material. Named after the tunnel rats in the Vietnam War, the mixed-gender, multi-racial collective has included twenty individual members and incorporated six affiliated groups: LPG, Future Shock, Footsoldiers, the Foundation, New Breed, and the Resistance, which have recorded both within Tunnel Rats and independently. The collective has released three albums under the Tunnel Rats name: Experience (1996), Tunnel Vision (2001), and Tunnel Rats (2004). They also collaborated on a compilation album released through Uprock Records, Underground Rise, Volume 1: Sunrise/Sunset (2003). Though currently on hiatus, Tunnel Rats has not disbanded, according to a statement by member Peace 586.[1]

Tunnel Rats discography
Studio albums3
Compilation albums1
Music videos1
Guest appearances1
Compilation appearances4
Miscellaneous1

Studio albums

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List of studio albums
Title Album details
Experience[2]
  • 1st studio album
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Brainstorm
Tunnel Vision[3]
  • 2nd studio album
  • Released: 2001
Tunnel Rats[4]
  • 3rd studio album
  • Released: November 1, 2004 (2004-11-01)
  • Label: UpRok

Compilation albums

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List of compilation albums
Title Album details
Coalition: the Hip-Hop Alliance
Uprock Records Sampler[5]
  • Released: January 29, 2002 (2002-01-29)
Uprock Mixtape, Vol. 1[6]
  • Released: November 19, 2002 (2002-11-19)
  • Label: UpRok
  • Host: DJ Allstar
Underground Rise, Volume 1: Sunrise/Sunset[4]
  • Released: April 25, 2003 (2003-04-25)
  • Label: UpRok
Uprock Mixtape, Vol. 2[7]
  • Released: October 7, 2003 (2003-10-07)
  • Label: UpRok
  • Host: DJ Allstar

Guest appearances

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List of guest appearances
Title Year Other performer(s) Album
"What's Real"[8] 2002 BK & Associates BK & Associates

Music videos

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Title Year Director
"T.R.'z" 2001

Miscellaneous

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Title Album details
Both Sides[3]
  • Compilation of unfinished material[9]
  • Released: October 5, 2005 (2005-10-05)
  • Label: Thump

References

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  1. ^ Vasquez, Rene (February 13, 2010). "Re: Who Are the (Current) Tunnel Rats?". Sphere of Hip Hop. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Cummings, Tony; Stephen Adams (February 24, 2003). "America's Hip Hop Underground: Some of the best US acts". Cross Rhythms Magazine (73). Cross Rhythms. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "The Tunnel Rats - Discography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Propaganda". Jesus Freak Hideout. John DiBiase. Retrieved May 13, 2014.
  5. ^ "Uprock Records Sampler". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  6. ^ "Uprok Mixtape, Vol. 1". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  7. ^ "Uprok Records Mixtapes, Vol. 2". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  8. ^ "What's Real". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
  9. ^ Henly, Ralph (2013). "Tunnel Rats "TRz" video - linked comment". YouTube. Google. Retrieved May 15, 2014. 'Both Sides' was misrepresented as a TR album. It's not. It was a like a production reel of stuff we were working on at the time...somehow it got released as a Tunnel Rats album which is incorrect.