Ruthless for Life

Ruthless for Life
Ruthless for Life
Studio album by MC Ren
Released	June 30, 1998
Recorded	1997–1998
Studio	Larabee (Los Angeles, CA); Urban House Inc. (Houston, TX); Bad Ass Beat Lab (Oakland, CA); Tha Mutha Ship (Chocolate City); Sound Castle Recording (Los Angeles, CA); Redzone (Burbank, CA); Clear Lake Audio (North Hollywood, CA); Ameraycan Studio (North Hollywood, CA); Echo Sound Recording Studio (Glendale, CA);
Genre	West Coast hip-hop; gangsta rap; hardcore hip-hop;
Length	50:10
Label	Ruthless; Epic;
Producer	Alan "Byrd" Tatum; Ant Banks; DJ Bobcat; DJ Raw Steele; Larry Johnson; L.T. Hutton; tha Chill; T-Mix; Touch Tone; Young Tre;
MC Ren chronology
Singles from Ruthless For Life
	"Ruthless for Life"; Released: April 28, 1998; "Comin' After You"; Released: July 1998; "Who in the Fuck"; Released: 1998;

Ruthless for Life is the third solo full-length studio album by American rapper MC Ren. It was released on June 30, 1998, through Ruthless Records with distribution via Epic Records. The recording sessions took place at Larrabee and Sound Castle Recording in Los Angeles, Urban House Inc. in Houston, Badass Beat Lab in Oakland, Tha Mutha Ship in Chocolate City, Redzone in Burbank, Clear Lake Audio and Ameraycan Studio in North Hollywood and Echo Sound Recording Studio in Glendale. The album was produced by T-Mix, Ant Banks, L.T. Hutton, Alan "Byrd" Tatum, DJ Bobcat, Larry Johnson, Raw Steele, tha Chill, Touchtone, and Young Tre. It features guest appearances from 8Ball & MJG, Big Rocc, Ice Cube, Peeps, RBX, Snoop Dogg, and tha Chill.

The album debuted at number 100 on the Billboard 200 and number 14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States. Its lead single, "Ruthless for Life", peaked at number 15 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, number 35 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales, number 61 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 13 on the Hot Rap Songs charts.