As everybody knows back in the 1980-1990-2000 and so on the gang activity in the U.S.A reached the top and it became unstoppabe.
One way of making peace or to stop your brothers and sisters killing eachother was to make an album and work with them in the studio since some of them had a lot of talent to show and reduce gang killings on the streets.
Bloods & Crips was a musical collaboration.
The idea behind the albums was to get the gang members to bang (slang for fight) on wax (i.e., record) and not in the streets. Each record consisted of a "B" side and a "C" side. The B side consisted of Bloods and the C side consisted of Crips. The songs "Bangin On Wax", "G's & Loc's" and "I Wish You Were Here" were the only songs where the Bloods & Crips rapped together in the original albums. Most of the songs were written and recorded in the same studio session.
The Bloods & Crips project was organized by producer Ronnie Phillips,rappers Redrum 781 and Tweedy Bird Loc,actual gang members.
First album "Bangin On Wax" released back in 1993 was a succes,making it to #86 on the Billboard 200.The album has sold over 500,000 copies,reaching Gold status.
Bangin' on Wax 2... The Saga Continues is the second studio album by the Bloods & Crips, released in 1994 and also a succes like the first one but later the groups split into two seperate groups and it was the last album that they made together.
Its a shame that now in 2014 only a few of them "ghatto stars" are still alive but they made a difference back then.
Bloods & Crisps