The Dead Has Arisen

The Dead Has Arisen
Studio album by Lil 1/2 Dead
Released	October 25, 1994
Recorded	1993–1994
Studio	Westlake Audio (Los Angeles, California) Total Trak Sound
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap G-funk hardcore hip hop horrorcore
Length	1:07:09
Label	Priority
Producer	Tracy Kendrick (also exec.) Courtney Branch (also exec.) Clever Kisum Kenneth "K-Phlx" Manning Devon Davis Damon Rose DJ Silk N-Hance
Lil 1/2 Dead chronology
The Dead Has Arisen (1994) Steel on a Mission (1996)
Singles from The Dead Has Arisen
"Had to Be a Hustler" Released: 1994 "12 Pacofdoja" Released: 1994

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
RapReviews	7/10

The Dead Has Arisen is the debut studio album by American rapper Lil 1/2 Dead from Long Beach, California. It was released on October 25, 1994, through Priority Records. Recording sessions took place at Westlake Audio in Los Angeles and at Total Trak Sound, with producers Courtney Branch and Tracy Kendrick. It features guest appearances from Chaos and Quicc 2 Mac of Hostyle, Tha Chill of Compton's Most Wanted, AMG and X-Con. The album peaked at number 39 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 17 on the Top Heatseekers chart in the United States.

The album has been both praised and criticized for its likeness to Lil 1/2 Dead's Long Beach friend Warren G's debut album Regulate...G Funk Era. Whilst it failed to achieve similar success to its predecessors Dr. Dre's The Chronic and Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle, it did achieve nationwide and international fans, and Lil 1/2 Dead has been recognized as responsible for introducing and popularizing the smooth, laid-back rapping style along with Snoop Dogg and Warren G.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Had to Be a Hustler"	Lil ½ Dead Deyon Davis	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch Deyon "Cali" Davis	4:34
2.	"12 Pacofdoja" (featuring Chaos & Quicc 2 Mac)	Lil ½ Dead Russell Bates III Leon James Samuel L. Macshack	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch Clever Kisum	5:14
3.	"Stz'll Got It" (featuring AMG & Tha Chill)	Lil ½ Dead Jason Lewis Russell Bates III Vernon Johnson	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch Clever Kisum	5:39
4.	"Play 'Em or Spray 'Em" (Commercial Break)	Lil ½ Dead	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch	4:29
5.	"Still on a Mission"	Lil ½ Dead Russell Bates III	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch Clever Kisum	4:38
6.	"Dead Man Can't Rap"	Lil ½ Dead Damon Rose X-Con	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch Damon "Twin" Rose	5:53
7.	"Hustler's Interlude" (Commercial Break)	Lil ½ Dead	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch	3:18
8.	"That Dope Nigga 1/2 Dead" (featuring Outlawz)	Lil ½ Dead K-Phlx	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch K-Phlx	4:54
9.	"Eastside, Westside" (featuring Tha Chill)	Lil ½ Dead Vernon Johnson K-Phlx	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch K-Phlx	5:41
10.	"Now They Come Around" (featuring Chaos & Quicc 2 Mac)	Lil ½ Dead Damon Rose	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch Damon "Twin" Rose	4:09
11.	"That's What You Get"	Lil ½ Dead K-Phlx	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch K-Phlx	4:10
12.	"It Don't Stop"	Lil ½ Dead N-Hance	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch N-Hance	4:37
13.	"You Know Me"	Lil ½ Dead Tracy Kendrick	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch	4:30
14.	"Deadicated" (featuring X-Con)	Lil ½ Dead X-Con Russell Brown Russell Bates III	Tracy Kendrick Courtney "Tha Commander" Branch Clever Kisum Russell "DJ Silk" Brown	5:23
Total length:				67:09

Charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)	39
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)	17

External links

• The Dead Has Arisen at Discogs (list of releases)