Ass, Gas, or Cash (No One Rides for Free)

Ass, Gas or Cash (No One Rides for Free) is the only solo studio album by the American rapper K-Dee. It was released on November 15, 1994, via Lench Mob Records. Recording sessions took place at Lench Mob Studios in Los Angeles, California, with producers Ice Cube, Madness 4 Real, Vic C., 88 X Unit, Shaquille, D Mac and Laylaw. It features guest appearances from Bootsy Collins, Morris Day, Ice Cube, Ayana Anderson and Snow. The album peaked at number 33 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 20 on the Heatseekers Albums chart in the United States. It spawned three singles: "Thought I Saw a Pussy Cat", "The Freshest MC in the World" and "Hittin' Corners".

Ass, Gas or Cash (No One Rides for Free)
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 1994
Recorded1993–1994
StudioLench Mob Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
LabelLench Mob
Producer
Singles from Ass, Gas or Cash (No One Rides for Free)
  1. "Thought I Saw a Pussy Cat"
    Released: August 29, 1994
  2. "Hittin' Corners"
    Released: 1994
  3. "The Freshest MC in the World"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing

No.TitleProducer(s)Length
1."Intro"
1:24
2."The Best Thing Goin'"Madness 4 Real5:01
3."Hittin' Corners"Shaquille4:41
4."The Freshest MC in the World" (featuring Ayana Anderson)Ice Cube4:52
5."Pimpin' and Padering (Part 1)" 0:49
6."Make the Music"Vic C4:42
7."Gigalos Get Lonely Too" (featuring Morris Day)Ice Cube5:26
8."Neva Was a Baller"88 X Unit4:31
9."Where's That Cat?" 0:29
10."Thought I Saw a Pussy Cat" (featuring Ice Cube & Bootsy Collins)Ice Cube4:28
11."K-Swinga"
  • Vic C
  • Ice Cube
4:23
12."Pimpin' and Padering (Part 2)" 0:21
13."Talk of the Town"Ice Cube4:44
14."Into You"Ice Cube5:05
15."Words to the Wise" 0:21
16."Ain't Nothin' Poppin'" (featuring Snow)Madness 4 Real4:57
17."Assoline" 0:12
18."Ass, Gas or Cash" (featuring Bootsy Collins & Ice Cube)Ice Cube5:01
Sample credits[2]

Personnel

  • Darrell L. Johnson – rap vocals
  • O'Shea Jackson – vocals (tracks: 10, 18), producer (tracks: 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 18), mixing, executive producer
  • William Earl Collins – vocals (tracks: 10, 18), bass (tracks: 10, 14)
  • Ayana Anderson – vocals (track 4)
  • Morris E. Day – vocals (track 7)
  • Snow – vocals (track 16)
  • Natasha Walker – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 13, 14)
  • Darryl "D' Style" White – backing vocals (tracks: 3, 6, 14)
  • Nicole Chaney – backing vocals (tracks: 2, 13)
  • Cisco – backing vocals (tracks: 4, 13)
  • Nanci Fletcher – backing vocals (tracks: 10, 14)
  • The Unda Covers – backing vocals (track 2)
  • Alysse Manning – backing vocals (track 10)
  • Ferry Freeman – backing vocals (track 10)
  • Dap – backing vocals (track 16)
  • Emmanual Dean – keyboards (tracks: 3, 14)
  • Clint Stokes III – keyboards (tracks: 4, 7, 13)
  • George Bernard Worrell, Jr. – keyboards (track 10)
  • Mark Cross – keyboards (track 13)
  • Warryn Cambell – additional keyboards (track 16)
  • James "Tre" Rabb – guitar (tracks: 4, 7, 13)
  • Dirty Mug – guitar (tracks: 10, 14)
  • Clint Sands – bass (tracks: 4, 7, 13)
  • Derrick McDowell – producer (track 1)
  • Larry Goodman – producer (track 1)
  • Lasse Bavngaard – producer (tracks: 2, 16)
  • Nicholas Kvaran – producer (tracks: 2, 16)
  • Rasmus Berg – producer (tracks: 2, 16)
  • Jesper Dahl – producer (tracks: 2, 16)
  • Shaquil Tajh Allah – producer (track 3)
  • Victor "Vic C" Conception – producer (tracks: 6, 11)
  • Michael Keith Simmons – producer (track 8)
  • Victor Nathan Taylor – producer (track 8)
  • Chris Puram – mixing
  • Keston E. Wright – mixing

Chart history

Chart (1995) Peak
position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[3] 33
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4] 20

References

Ass, Gas Or Cash (No One Rides For Free) at Discogs (list of releases)


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