Husalah

Husalah
Husalah
Birth name	James Ratliff
Born	May 13, 1979
Genres	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper
Years active	1995-present
Labels	The Artist Records, Sumo Records
Associated acts	Mob Figaz, The Jacka , AP.9, Fed-x, Mac Dre, Cormega

James "Husalah" Ratliff (born May 13, 1979),[1] is an American rapper from Pittsburg, California. He began his career with the Pittsburg group the Mob Figaz, whose first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999. Like his close friend The Jacka, Husalah is a Muslim, and frequently references Islam in his lyrics. Husalah collaborated with many artists like Too Short, Kool G. Rap, Cormega, Paul Wall, Freeway (rapper), Mac Dre, E-40, Andre Nickatina and Keak Da Sneak. The Bay Area legend also released numerous Group projects on top of 3 solo studio albums (Dope Guns and Religion, Hustlin’ Since the 80’s and The H) ,

Career

Husalah began his career with the Pittsburg-based group Mob Figaz. Their first album, C-Bo's Mob Figaz, was released in 1999 and was a minor hit on the Billboard Hip Hop charts, entering in at #63. The album sold fairly well, selling 60,000 units. His first solo album, entitled Dope, Guns, and Religion, was released in 2006 and was one of the most highly anticipated Bay Area hip-hop albums of the time.

Husalah has collaborated with E-40, Lil B The Based God, Yukmouth, Clyde Carson, and Roach Gigz, among others.

Discography

Solo albums

Studio albums

2007: Huslin Since Da 80's
2018: H

Mixtapes

2006: Dope, Guns & Religion
2010: Tha Furly Ghost Vol. 3 [2]

With Mob Figaz

1999: C-Bo's Mob Figaz

With Mob Figaz alumni

2002: Camp Mob Figaz: The Street Soundtrack (with various)
2003: Mob Figaz
2005: 3 Da Hard Way (with The Jacka & Marvaless)
2006: Animal Planet (with The Jacka)
2006: Mob Trial (with AP.9 & The Jacka)
2007: Without My 5 (with AP.9)

Additional collaborations

2007: Explosive Mode 3: The Mob Gets Explosive (with The Jacka, Messy Marv & San Quinn)
2008: The Tonka Boyz (with B-Luv) (R&B #57 / Heatseekers #49) [3]
2014 Tortoise and the Hare (with Blanco & Kokane)

Guest Appearances

2001. "Target Practice" (with The Jacka, Earl Haze, Kozi & Yukmouth) on (The Jacka Of The Mob Figaz)
2003. "This Goin' Up" (with E-40, & Turf Talk) on (The D-Boy Diary: Book 2)

References

AP9. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUSALAH!!". The Siccness Network. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p734424/charts-awards

External links

Husalah at Discogs
Husalah at allmusic

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[1] AP9. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUSALAH!!". The Siccness Network. Retrieved April 1, 2020.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttps://www.allmusic.com/artist/p734424/charts-awards