Artist
Mac Dre
Mac Dre is a hip-hop artist from Vallejo, CA formed in 1978. 77 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Vallejo, CA · Best hip-hop albums
- 77
- Releases
- 1992–2025
- Active years
- 1978
- Formed
Discography
64
Most popular
A Tale of Two Andres
2008 · 17 tracks
Stupid Doo Doo Dumb
1998
The Genie of the Lamp
2004
Thizzelle Washington
2002
Young Black Brotha
1994
Al Boo Boo
2003
Mac Dre's the Name
2001
The Game Is... Thick, Part 2
2004
Dre Day: July 5th 1970
2008
It's Not What You Say... It's How You Say It
2001
Rapper Gone Bad
1999
16 Wit' Dre
2006
16 Wit' Dre, Part Two
2006
Rompalation III
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The Best Of Mac Dre (Swisha House Remix)
2016
The Rompalation
2014
Mac Dre Presents the Rompalation
2014
The Musical Life of Mac Dre Vol 3 - The Young Black Brotha Years: 1996-1998
2014
Mac Dre Tribute All Stars
2014
The Rompalation, Vol. 2: Mac Dre Serves You an Overdose
2014
The Musical Life of Mac Dre Vol 2 - True to the Game Years: 1992-1995
2013
From the Ground up the Soundtrack
2013
The Musical Life of Mac Dre Vol 1 - The Strictly Business Years: 1989-1991
2013
Dre Mix
2011
Special Guest Appearances 2
2011
Mac Dre: Romp in Peace / Johnny Ca$h: Thizz in Peace
2011
Don't Hate the Playa Hate the Game #4 - Hosted by DJ Vlad
2011
The Best of Mac Dre, Vol. 5
2010
The Super Sig Tapes
2010
From Tha Ground 2 A Pound
2009
Maccin' & Doggin'
2008
Starters In The Game
2008
What It Thizz?
2008
The Best of Mac Dre Volume 4
2008
For the Streets
2008
Pill Clinton
2007
Mac Dre "Is" Pill Clinton
2007
Me & My Cuddie
2007
Everybody Ain't Able
2007
Mac Dre Uncut
2007
Don't Hate the Player, Hate the Game #3
2007
The Best of Mac Dammit and Friends
2007
16 Wit' Dre Part 1
2006
The Best Of Mac Dre Volume Three
2006
Uncut
2006
Mac Dre 16 Wit Dre Part Two
2006
15 Years Deep
2006
Turf Buccaneers
2005
Da U.S. Open
2005
Don't Hate Tha Playa 2
2005
Tha Best Of Mac Dre Volume 1
2005
The Appearances
2004
Amerikkkan Syko
2004
Ronald Dregan: Dreganomics
2004
Ronald Dregan
2004
The Best of Mac Dre, Vol. 2
2004
Heart of Gangsta, Mind of a Hustler, Tongue of a Pimp
2003
Heart Of A Gangstar, Mind Of A Hustler, Tongue Of A Pimp
2003
Do You Remember? The Remix Album
2002
Do You Remember?
2002
Mac Dammit Man & Friends: City Slickers
2002
Rompalation, Vol. 3
2002
Mac Dre Serves You the Rompalation 2
1999
What's Really Going On?
1992
Popular tracks
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Singles & EPs
13
Tha Preacher
Single · 2025
Free Game
Single · 2024
Cutthroat
Single · 2023
Factors
Single · 2022
Nothin' but Game (Remix)
Single · 2020
The Return of Mac Dre
Single · 2019
Mac Dre Day (feat. Nef the Pharaoh, J-Diggs, D-Lo & Mistah Fab)
Single · 2016
Nothin' but Game
Single · 2015
Dedicated to the Riches
Single · 2013
Shemygo Remix - Single
Single · 2009
Uncut (Radio Tracks)
EP · 2007
You Ain't Getting Paid?
Single · 2007
Back n da Hood
EP · 2005
Appears on
2Releases by other artists featuring Mac Dre.
Featured tracks
2Collaborators
8
Community
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About
Andre Hicks (July 5, 1970 - November 1, 2004), better known by his stage name, Mac Dre, was a Bay Area based gangsta rapper from the Crest side of Vallejo, California, active since 1988 and considered one of the predecessors of the hyphy movement. During his career in the rap world, he worked with artists like Andre Nickatina, Yukmouth, Snoop Dogg, Mac Mall, Dubee and Keak Da Sneak. Mac Dre’s music gained popularity in the early to mid 1990s throughout the Bay Area, eventually receiving national recognition through his independent record labels Romp and Thizz Entertainment. He released many hit singles, such as “Too Hard for the Radio”, and most recently “Feelin’ Myself”. He was the creator of the “Thizzle Dance”, a popular dance which holds no specific standard. Hardship and controversy were staples of Mac Dre’s career. After recording his first three albums between 1989 and 1991, Mac was charged with conspiracy to commit bank robbery.
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His record label, Romp Productions, and his many references to “Romper Room” in his songs, coincided with a Vallejo robbery gang of the time calling themselves the “Romper Room Gang” and responsible for the robberies of many area banks and pizza parlours. Hicks was alleged to be a member of the gang. The rapper was sentenced to five years in prison in 1992. In prison, Hicks gained some notoriety by recording the lyrics to songs directly over the Fresno County jail inmate telephone. His album, Young Black Brotha, was a result of such efforts, as well as guest appearances on fellow artists’ songs, all while Hicks was still imprisoned. A later album, Back ‘N Da Hood, was also made up of these prison-recorded songs. After his release from prison in 1996, Mac Dre began releasing albums steadily, building pace in the early 21st century. Mac Dre’s audience was growing, and mainstream hip-hop stations were beginning to give Hicks’ music more airtime. Hicks relocated to Sacramento, California in 2001, where he began a label, Thizz Entertainment. On November 1, 2004, Mac Dre was shot to death while returning to his hotel after a performance in Kansas city. A car pulled up next to the white van carrying Dre along with other Thizz artists. Whether words where exchanged or not, the ordeal ended in the bloodshed of a bay area rap legend. The van swerved off the road and into a ravine where it ran into a tree. Word is that Dre was thrown from the van, but officials say they found him in the front seat, dead on arrival. Some believe that Mac Dre’s killer was Kansas City rapper Anthony “Fat Tone” Watkins. In 2005 Watkins was murdered, allegedly by Bay Area rapper Mac Minister. In March 2006, Mac Minister was arrested by FBI officials.
Mac Dre in brief
- How many Mac Dre releases are on Riffiter?
- 77 releases are catalogued, spanning 1992 to 2025.
- When was Mac Dre formed?
- Mac Dre formed in 1978, in Vallejo, CA.
- What genre is Mac Dre?
- Mac Dre is catalogued under Hip-Hop.
- What is the most recent Mac Dre release on Riffiter?
- Tha Preacher, released in 2025.