Necessary Roughness

Studio album by The Lady of Rage
Released	June 24, 1997
Recorded	1996–1997
Studio	Can-Am Studios (Tarzana, Los Angeles)
Genre	West Coast hip hop hardcore hip hop gangsta rap
Length	60:53
Label	Death Row Interscope
Producer	Suge Knight (exec.) Daz Dillinger Soopafly DJ Premier Easy Mo Bee Kenny Parker The Lady of Rage Reg Flair Sean "Barney" Thomas

Singles from Necessary Roughness
"Sho' Shot" Released: 1997 "Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That)" Released: 1997

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Necessary Roughness is the debut and so far only official studio album from the American hip-hop artist, The Lady of Rage. The album was released on June 24, 1997. Necessary Roughness was largely produced by Daz Dillinger, with contributions from Easy Mo Bee and DJ Premier. The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200 on July 12, 1997. Necessary Roughness was the last Death Row Records album to be distributed by Interscope.

Track listing

*Necessary Roughness* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Riot (intro)"			2:44
2.	"Necessary Roughness"	The Lady of Rage	Easy Mo Bee	4:37
3.	"Big Bad Lady"	The Lady of Rage	Dat Nigga Daz	5:12
4.	"Sho Shot"	The Lady of Rage	Sean "Barney" Thomas	4:26
5.	"No Shorts"	Rage Daz	Dat Nigga Daz	4:00
6.	"Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That) [Remix]"	Rage Daz	Dat Nigga Daz	5:05
7.	"Raw Deal"	The Lady of Rage	Dat Nigga Daz	5:25
8.	"Breakdown"	The Lady of Rage	Easy Mo Bee	4:17
9.	"Rough Rugged & Raw" (featuring Dat Nigga Daz and Snoop Doggy Dogg)	Rage Daz Snoop	Reg Flair	4:06
10.	"Super Supreme"	The Lady of Rage	Kenny Parker	4:10
11.	"Some Shit"	The Lady of Rage	DJ Premier	3:06
12.	"Microphone Pon Cok" (featuring The Andraé Crouch Singers)	Rage Madd 1 (of A.O.D.) Edi Ameng	DJ Premier	4:14
13.	"Get With Da Wickedness (Flow Like That)"	The Lady of Rage	The Lady of Rage	3:57
14.	"Confessions"	The Lady of Rage	Daz Rage	5:34
Total length:				60:53

"The Set Up" (featuring Heather B. & Nikki D) (produced by DJ Premier)
- The song was confirmed as a diss song to rival Foxy Brown who previously made derogatory comments about Rage and Heather B. in a particular interview. The track however was subsequently deleted from the album's track listing. This would also be the second time Nikki D made a cameo in a Foxy Brown diss record, the first being Queen Latifah's controversial, "Name Callin' (Part 1)".^[1]

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	32
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	7