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1996 single by Capone-N-Noreaga featuring Mobb Deep and Tragedy Khadafi

"L.A., L.A."

Single by Capone-N-Noreaga featuring Mobb Deep and Tragedy Khadafi

from the album The War Report

Released

April 1996

Recorded

1995

Genre

Length

4:49

Capone-N-Noreaga singles chronology

"Illegal Life"
(1996)

"L.A., L.A."
(1996)

"T.O.N.Y. (Top of New York)"
(1997)

Mobb Deep singles chronology

"Give Up the Goods (Just Step)"
(1996)

"L.A., L.A."
(1996)

"Front Lines (Hell on Earth)"
(1996)

Music video

"L.A., L.A." on YouTube

"L.A., L.A." is a song about Los Angeles by American hip hop duo Capone-N-Noreaga, featuring guest appearances from fellow American rappers Mobb Deep and Tragedy Khadafi. It was released in early 1996, as the second single from their debut album The War Report (1997).

The original version with the "New York, New York" beat was released in 1995. Soon after, Marley Marl remixed both the Kuwait and Iraq versions and both were released together in 1996.

The song was written as a response to West Coast hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound's single "New York, New York", in which members of Tha Dogg Pound are seen knocking down buildings in New York City, in its music video.

Background

Tha Dogg Pound is from California and at the height of the East Coast-West Coast Conflict many people in New York saw this as disrespect. The music video (which uses the Kuwait Mix albeit in shorter form) shows the rappers Capone N Noreaga kidnapping members of Tha Dogg Pound (Kurupt and Daz Dillinger) and putting them in the trunk of a car. Capone throws Kurupt off a roof after he attempts to escape. At the end they torture Daz to death and throw his corpse off the 59th Street Bridge.

References

"Prodigy Didn't Want To Respond To Tupac Dis, N.O.R.E. Says". MTV News. Archived from the original on January 1, 2015.

External links

mtv.com

v t e Capone-N-Noreaga
Capone Noreaga
Studio albums	The War Report (1997) The Reunion (2000) Channel 10 (2009) The War Report 2: Report the War (2010) Lessons (2015)
Singles	"Illegal Life" "L.A., L.A." "T.O.N.Y. (Top of New York)" "Closer" "Yes Sir" "Rotate"
Related articles	Discography Penalty Recordings Tommy Boy Records Def Jam Recordings SMC Recordings East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry Tragedy Khadafi

v t e Mobb Deep
Havoc Prodigy
Studio albums	Juvenile Hell The Infamous Hell on Earth Murda Muzik Infamy Amerikaz Nightmare Blood Money The Infamous Mobb Deep
EPs	Black Cocaine
Compilations	The Best of Mobb Deep The Infamous Archives The Safe Is Cracked
Mixtapes	Free Agents: The Murda Mixtape
Singles	"Peer Pressure" "Hit It from the Back" "Shook Ones" "Shook Ones, Part II" "Survival of the Fittest" "Temperature's Rising" "Give Up the Goods (Just Step)" "Back at You" "Front Lines (Hell on Earth)" "G.O.D. Pt. III" "Hoodlum" "Quiet Storm" "Quiet Storm (Remix)" "It's Mine" "U.S.A. (Aiight Then)" "Burn" "Hey Luv (Anything)" "Get Away" "Gangstaz Roll" "Got It Twisted" "Real Gangstaz" "Have a Party" "Put Em in Their Place" "Give It to Me" "Creep"
Featured singles	"L.A., L.A." "Microphone Master (Remix)" "It's the Pee" "The Roof (Back in Time)" "Outta Control (Remix)"
Related articles	Discography 4th & B'way Records Loud Records G-Unit Records

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