Government Issue

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Don't Trip

3. Hemp Cartel Love

4. Pass It 2 Da Homies (4:20)

5. Funny Powers

6. If U Can't Make Me Happy

7. TWIsM 2K1

8. THC

9. The Business

10. Tryin' 2 Come Up

11. Uno Mas

12. Don't Pay 4 Azz (M.A.S.H.)

13. Make Dat Money

14. We Smokin' Green (T.H.C. Anthem)

15. WST

16. Roll Wit' Me (X.O.)

17. Outro

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Meen Green is a self-proclaimed hempaholic who lives the danksta way of life. "I have 3 lungs and I smoke the most bud ever. I suffer from a rare smoking disease called Indo-nemia, which occurs when the level of THC in my body falls too low. I have to smoke weed at least every 3 hours or my lungs will collapse." Government Issue was completed with the help of various producers and artists in his Los Angeles hometown, and showcases Green's love for good smoke, high times, and good music. James Sumbi, founder of beatsandrhymes.net and The Sunshine Shack, is the executive producer of Government Issue and produced 11 of the 17 album tracks & interludes. Sumbi discovered the Freestyle Fellowship, the left coast underground hip-hop generals who made critical acclaim with their albums To Whom It May Concern (1991) and Inner City Griots (1993).

Featured on Government Issue are Green's longtime friends and hustle mates Ganjah K and SupHerb (Down Syndroam), notorious underground west coast emcees who both hit turntables and airwaves worldwide while signed to Wild West Records in the mid nineties. Lil Clown, another longtime friend of Green's, produced 2 songs on the CD. R&B vocalist ShanDozia, previously signed to Quincy Jones' Qwest Records, added his vocals to the album just before it hit the presses.

In 1991 Meen Green met producer Bird & rapper/producer Vooodu through Gumby (a/k/a Torche), another Wild West artist. Vooodu and Bird, two super producers behind Ras Kass' mysterious underground rise, merged with Meen Green to form The West Coast Avengers. Vooodu's friend Danny Holloway produced a sampler for his label True Sound in 1992, and Meen Green and Vooodu were featured on one of its tracks, Bird's "Bird's Eye View". Danny later introduced the group to Forest Whittaker, who in turn featured three of their songs in the 1992 HBO movie Strapped. The addition of Ras Kass in 1994 gave birth to the Western Hemisfear. They were often featured at Bigga B's Unity concerts in Los Angeles and rocked the west coast underground at each performance. While working on Ras Kass' album, Meen Green met Bob Whitfield, owner of Patchwerk Recordings in Atlanta. They had a conversation on the phone, which lead to a meeting and later, a record deal.

Meen Green was signed to Bob Whitfield's Patchwerk Records in 1996 and spent the next 4 years in Atlanta working on his music and growing as a producer and independent label owner. He quickly built an Atlanta fan base and got mix show play on Hot 97.5, V103, and was a regular guest on The Panther Power Hour on college radio station WRFG. The Smoking Section was released in January of 1998 and featured west coast appearances from Western Hemisfear's Mykill Myers, The Hemp Cartel, Aceyalone and Mikah Nine of Freestyle Fellowship. The Smoking Section and its singles were featured in Vibe, Source, Rap Pages, Rap Sheet, High Times, Black Beat and the Los Angeles Times. Defunct magazines 4080, Unsigned & Hella Broke, and The Flavor also featured the rapper's works. Singles "In Da Wind" (featuring Jazze Pha) and "Deep In The Game" (featuring Pimp C of UGKs) both were in rotation in clubs and mix shows in the Dirty South, and Meen Green's name spread further outside the boundaries of ! Los Angeles and Atlanta. Featuring production from both the south and west coasts, The Smoking Section had a universal sound and boasted of marijuana escapades - a subject matter that at the time was too controversial for the mainstream airwaves.

Product Description
From the producers of The Freestyle Fellowship's underground classic, To whom it may concern..., comes this West Coast Hip-Hop album from a self proclaimed hempaholic hustla...

Government Issue,Meen Green,Beats & Rhymes,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: The Definitive G.I.

You Government Issue Manufacturer: Rockville ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Government Issue Joyride/Fun Just Never Ends ASIN: B000008G53 Release Date: 1995-04-16

Customer Reviews:

The Definitive G.I........2004-05-19

Average customer rating:

Crash Government Issue Manufacturer: Positive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: You ASIN: B000008G52 Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Another Day
2. Strange Wine
3. Better Than T.V.
4. Time Will Rearrange
5. Connecticut
6. Crash
7. Price
8. Fear
9. Summer of Blood
10. For Ever

Average customer rating:

Joyride/Fun Just Never Ends Government Issue Manufacturer: Positive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Government Issue You ASIN: B000000IQM Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Blending In
2. Understand
3. 4-Wall Hermit
4. Familiar
5. Time To Escape
6. Joy Ride
7. Hall of Fame
8. Notch to My Crotch
9. Reflection
10. These Boots Are Made for Walkin'
11. Fun and Games
12. Written Word
13. Mad at Myself
14. Next Time
15. Bored to Death
16. Vanity Fare
17. World Caved In
18. Massacre
19. Trapped
20. Vanity Fare [Live]

Average customer rating:

Beyond Government Issue Manufacturer: Dutch East ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000003JY4 Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. No Rights
2. Bored to Death
3. Fashoinite
4. Insomniac
5. Asshole
6. Sheer Terror
7. Asshole
8. Understand
9. Vanity
10. Message to a Friend
11. Mad at Myself
12. Plain to See
13. World Caved In
14. Say Something/Visions And
15. Everybody's Victim
16. Even When You're Here
17. On the Screen
18. Caring Line
19. For Ever
20. (Some Trips) Last Forever
21. Dali's Sunflower
22. I'm in Love With You So Why Do You Sleep in the Hay

Average customer rating: Great Choice Sheer Masterpiece

Government Issue Government Issue Manufacturer: Positive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Joyride/Fun Just Never Ends You ASIN: B000000IQN Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Visions and ?
2. They Know
3. Locked Inside
4. Even When You're Here
5. Everybody's Victim
6. Memories Past
7. When I'm Alone [*]
8. Hear the Scream
9. Say Something
10. On the Screen
11. It Begins Now
12. Last Forever
13. Sheer Terror [*]

Customer Reviews:

Great Choice.......2003-09-18

This album rocks!

Sheer Masterpiece.......1999-10-30

Average customer rating:

Sanctuary Tom Lyle Manufacturer: Skyclad ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00095VM6M

Tracks:

1. Crowd
2. Now and Then
3. Sound on Sound
4. Controls
5. Time
6. Sanctuary
7. Joy Ride
8. Attack at Dawn
9. Power
10. No Escape

Product Description

Average customer rating: the first 7" was the best... classic DC HC another hardcore cd Goverment Issue - Seminal DC Band remember Club Shanghai in Toronto

Complete History, Vol. 1 Government Issue Manufacturer: Dr. Strange Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Complete History, Vol. 2 Double Image Black Dots The Unboxed Set New York Thrash ASIN: B000044U2F Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

1. Teenager In A Box
2. No Way Out
3. Twisted Views
4. Sheer Terror
5. G.I.
6. Hall Of Fame
7. Hour Of 1
8. G.I.
9. Puppet On A String
10. Sheer Terror
11. Happy People
12. Lost In Limbo
13. Plain To See
14. Partyline
15. Here's The Rope
16. Insomniac
17. Religious Ripoff
18. Sheer Terror
19. G.I.
20. Happy People
21. No Rights
22. Puppet On A String
23. Blending In
24. Understand
25. 4-Wall Hermit
26. Familiar
27. Time To Escape
28. Hey Ronnie
29. Joy Ride
30. Hall Of Fame
31. Notch To My Crotch
32. Reflection
33. These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
34. Puppet On A String
35. Sheer Terror
36. Fun & Games
37. Written Word
38. Mad At Myself
39. The Next Time
40. Bored To Death
41. Vanity Fare
42. World Caved In
43. Massacre
44. Trapped
45. Vanity Fare

Tracks:

1. Plain To See
2. Written Word
3. The Next Time
4. Blending In
5. Day Of Reckoning
6. Interview
7. Familiar
8. Time To Escape
9. The Next Time
10. Fun & Games
11. These Boots Are Made For Walkin'
12. Hall Of Fame
13. Reflection
14. Notch To My Crotch
15. Interview 2
16. Hall Of Fame II
17. Teenager In A Box
18. Understand
19. G.I.
20. Hour Of 1
21. Dead Dog
22. And Final Comments?
23. Visions And?
24. They Know
25. Locked Inside
26. Even When You're Here
27. Everybody's Victim
28. Memories Past
29. When I'm Alone
30. Hear The Scream
31. Say Something
32. On The Screen
33. It Begins Now
34. Last Forever
35. Sheer Terror

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

the first 7" was the best..........2001-12-12

classic DC HC.......2001-11-29

another hardcore cd.......2001-08-12

Goverment Issue - Seminal DC Band.......2001-06-21

Their earlier stuff is catchy, but look to songs like "they know", and "hear the scream". Both versions of "Blending in" are massive, in all respects.

remember Club Shanghai in Toronto.......2000-12-09

Average customer rating:

Strange Wine Government Issue Manufacturer: Positive ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000000IQD Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Studio: Strange Wine
2. Studio: I'm James Dean
3. Studio: Teenager In A Box
4. Live At CBGB: Visiona And?/They Know/Caring Line
5. Live At CBGB: Mad At Myself
6. Live At CBGB: It Begins Now/Wishing
7. Live At CBGB: Beyond

Average customer rating: holy crap!!! One cd to lean on Here come Da Judge!!!

Complete History, Vol. 2 Government Issue Manufacturer: Dr. Strange Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Punk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Complete History, Vol. 1 Make Yourself a Happening Machine: A Collection MIA: The Complete Anthology ASIN: B00005UJBU Release Date: 2002-01-22

Tracks:

1. Jaded Eyes
2. Beyond
3. Man In A Trap
4. Caring Line
5. Young Love
6. Where You Live
7. Wishing
8. Public Stage
9. World, You And I
10. Hole In The Scene
11. Melancholy Miss
12. Public Stage (Live)
13. Another Day
14. Strange Wine
15. Better Than TV
16. Time Will Rearrange
17. Connecticut
18. Crash
19. The Price
20. The Fear
21. Summer Of Blood
22. For Ever

Tracks:

1. Strange Wine (Live)
2. Where You Live (Live)
3. Blending In (Live)
4. Understand (Live)
5. Better Than TV (Live)
6. Jaded Eyes (Live)
7. Mad At Myself (Live)
8. Beyond (Live)
9. Wishing (Live)
10. The Price (Live)
11. Public Stage (Live)
12. Connecticut (Live)
13. It Begins Now (Live)
14. Last Forever (Live)
15. Wishing (Live)
16. Another Day (Live)
17. Understand (Live)
18. Beyond (Live)
19. Mad At Myself (Live)
20. Forever (Live)
21. Jaded Eyes (Live)
22. Say Something (Live)
23. Visions And? (Live)
24. Caring Line (Live)
25. Hole In The Scene (Live)
26. They Know (Live)
27. Where You Live (Live)
28. Rabbits (Live)
29. The Land Of Me (Live)

Album Description

Customer Reviews:

holy crap!!!.......2005-02-28

One cd to lean on.......2002-02-11

'crash' is by far the best offering from this long running and sadly overlooked dc band. it melded elements of the original GI with lots of melody (a'la the ramones), lots of cool guitar and bass counter melodies (a'la the smiths) and just great songs in general. even stabb seemed to really understand his voice and where he could go with it on the album.

volume one of this complete boxed set is a good beginning. this band has lots to offer in the hardcore world, but their strongest material came in the latter day covered by volume 2. in fact, i would highly suggest purchasing this volume over the first on every level.

Here come Da Judge!!!.......2002-01-31

Average customer rating:

Best of Government Issue Live Government Issue Manufacturer: Performance Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Straight Edge | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Hardcore & Punk | Live Albums | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008FJ2G Release Date: 1995-04-16

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