Esham discography
Esham discography | |
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Studio albums | 43 |
Live albums | 25 |
Compilation albums | 3 |
Video albums | 45 |
Music videos | 45 |
EPs | 10 |
Singles | 10 |
B-sides | 12 |
Soundtrack albums | 1 |
Tribute albums | 4 |
Esham is an American rapper and producer currently signed to Reel Life Productions, a label he cofounded in 1987. His discography consists of fifteen solo-studio albums with twenty-three including NATAS 8 studio albums, and eight EPs, as well as ten singles, 5 mixtapes, three compilation albums, 45 music videos, and many appearances on other artists' tracks and on compilations.
Esham initially recorded and released the self-financed album Boomin' Words from Hell in 1989. After cofounding Reel Life Productions, Esham released two more albums independently, Judgement Day and KKKill the Fetus. His next album, Closed Casket, was distributed by Warlock Records.
In 1997, he began a production agreement with Overcore Records, which coproduced his discography with the rebranded Gothom Records until Overcore went defunct. Esham's Gothom/Overcore releases were distributed internationally by TVT Records. In 2002, Esham signed with Psychopathic Records, where he achieved his highest level of success and released his album with the most consecutive charts, A-1 Yola.
Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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US [1] |
US Heat [2] |
US Indie [3] |
US Rap [4] |
US R&B [5] | |||||
Boomin' Words from Hell |
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Judgement Day |
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KKKill the Fetus |
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Closed Casket |
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Dead Flowerz |
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Bruce Wayne: Gothom City 1987 |
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Mail Dominance |
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Tongues |
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195 | — | 7 | — | 46 | |||
Repentance |
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— | 9 | 10 | — | 71 | |||
A-1 Yola |
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176 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 48 | |||
Martyr Sity |
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Sacrificial Lambz |
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I Ain't Cha Homey |
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Suspended Animation |
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Suspended Extended |
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DMT Sessions |
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Secret Society Circus |
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Venus Fly Trap LP |
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Dichotomy |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Compilation albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US [1] |
US Heat [2] |
US Indie [3] |
US Rap [4] |
US R&B [5] | ||
Detroit Dogshit | ||||||
Bootleg: From the Lost Vault, Vol. 1 |
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Acid Rain |
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The Butcher Shop |
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86 | ||||
Hellaween: Pure Horror |
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Death of an Indie Label |
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EPs
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||||
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US [1] |
US Heat [2] |
US Indie [3] |
US Rap [4] |
US R&B [5] | ||
Erotic Poetry |
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Homey Don't Play |
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Hellterskkkelter |
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Maggot Brain Theory |
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Lamb Chopz |
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Holy Black Mamba |
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Singles
Year | Title | Album |
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1994 | "Sunshine" |
KKKill the Fetus |
1994 | "Stop Diggin' On The D-L" |
Closed Casket |
1994 | "The Fear (Morty's Theme)" |
The Fear (soundtrack) |
1995 | "Mental Stress" |
Closed Casket |
1996 | "You Better Ask Somebody" |
Dead Flowerz |
1999 | "Twirk Yo Body" |
Mail Dominance |
2003 | "Woo Woo Woo" |
Repentance |
2008 | "World Hustle" |
Sacrificial Lambz |
2010 | "SSMD" |
Suspended Animation |
2011 | "DMT Sessions" |
DMT Sessions |
2012 | "Bath Salts" |
Venus Fly Trap |
Guest appearances
Year | Song | Artist(s) | Album |
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1992 | "Taste" | Insane Clown Posse | Carnival of Carnage |
1993 | "Chop! Chop!" | Beverly Kills 50187 | |
"My Man, My Man, My Man (Bubble Gum Gangster Remix)" | Esham | Dance on the Wild Side (compilation) | |
1994 | "The Fear (Morty's Theme)" | The Fear (soundtrack) | |
1995 | "Losin It" | Project Born | Born Dead |
"Bitcheshate" | Mastamind | Lickkuidrano | |
"Poemz" | Dice | The Neighborhoodshittalka | |
1996 | "Player Hater" | The Dayton Family | F.B.I |
"Live" | Kid Rock | Early Mornin' Stoned Pimp | |
2000 | "Traffic" | The Workhorse Movement | Sons of the Pioneers |
"Cunt Killers" | Esham | Race Riot (compilation) | |
"Aftermath" | Know Good | Aftermath | |
"Nite N Day" | Mastamind | Themindzi | |
"Deep or Dolo" | |||
"Questions" | Insane Clown Posse | Bizzar | |
2001 | |||
"Still Going Thru a Thang" | Ghetto E | Ghetto Theater | |
"Resume Of A Killa" | |||
"Yes Yes Y'all" | Kool Keith | Spankmaster | |
"Dark Vader" | |||
2002 | "Soopa Villains" | Insane Clown Posse | The Wraith: Shangri-La |
2003 | "Conquer" | Esham | Psychopathics from Outer Space 2 (compilation) |
"Oldie But Goodie" | |||
"Demon Faces" | |||
"24's on a '84" | |||
"Wicked Wild" | |||
"Bitch Shut Up" | |||
"Killin' Spree" | |||
"Enjoy Life" | Bedlam | Bedlamitez Rize | |
"Don't Be" | Lavel | Nutty | |
"Sticky Icky Situations" | Anybody Killa | Hatchet Warrior | |
"World Is Hell" | Twiztid | The Green Book | |
2004 | "Roll" | MC Breed | The New Prescription |
"Shotgun"/"Climbing" | Blaze Ya Dead Homie | Colton Grundy: The Undying | |
"Outta My Way" | Monoxide | Chainsmoker LP | |
2005 | "Deadbeat Moms" | Insane Clown Posse | The Calm |
"Bonus Flavor" | Twiztid | Man's Myth Vol. 1 | |
"Wicked Rappers Delight" | Insane Clown Posse | Forgotten Freshness Volume 4 | |
"Thug Pit" | |||
2006 | "All Night Everyday" | Kool Keith | Collabs Tape |
2008 | "2Getha4eva" | Trick Trick | The Villain |
"Think Global" | T1 | Technology | |
"Human Tornado 2008" | Daniel Jordan | Daniel Jordan's Greatest Anti-Hits | |
"I Murder" | DJ Clay | Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 1 | |
"In Love With A Hooker" | Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 2 | ||
"Can't Hold Me Back '08" | Let 'Em Bleed: The Mixxtape, Vol. 3 | ||
2009 | "Murder You Remix" | Mike E. Clark | Psychopathic Murder Mix Volume 1 |
"The Riddler" | Daniel Jordan | Daniel Jordan's Essential Rarities Vol. 2 | |
"Van Helsing" | |||
"Fight Club" | Violent J | 'The Shining | |
2010 | "No Justice No Peace" | SickTanicK | From The Vault |
2015 | "Devil" | Scum & Q Strange | Snuff HD |
Production credits
Year | Artist | Album | Song(s) | Record label(s) |
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1989 | Esham | Boomin' Words from Hell | Self-released | |
1991 | Erotic Poetry | Reel Life | ||
Homey Don't Play | ||||
1992 | Judgement Day | |||
Insane Clown Posse | Carnival of Carnage | "Carnival of Carnage" and "Taste" | Psychopathic | |
Natas | Life After Death | Reel Life | ||
1993 | Insane Clown Posse | Beverly Kills 50187 | "17 Dead", "Chop! Chop!" | Psychopathic |
Esham | KKKill the Fetus | Reel Life | ||
Hellterskkkelter | ||||
1994 | Natas | Blaz4me | ||
Esham | Maggot Brain Theory | |||
Esham | Closed Casket | Reel Life/Warlock | ||
1995 | Natas | Doubelievengod | Reel Life | |
Mastamind | Lickkuidrano | |||
1996 | Dice | The Neighborhoodshittalka | "Rainz Itz Pourz", "Whatitbelike", "Gettin' High", "They Fucked Up", "Welcome2mygeto", "Immagangsta", "Funny How People Change", "Growing up as a Kid", "Poemz", "Everydog", "They Murdered My Brother", "Lonely Ruthless", "Theneighborhoodshittalka" | |
Esham | Dead Flowerz | |||
1997 | Esham | Bruce Wayne: Gothom City 1987 | Gothom | |
20 Dead Flower Children | Candy, Toy Guns & Television | Untitled Hidden Track, "The Safety Dance" | Gothom/Overcore | |
Natas | Multikillionaire: The Devil's Contract | |||
1999 | Esham | Mail Dominance | ||
Natas | WicketWorldWide.COM | |||
2001 | Kool Keith | Spankmaster | "I Wanna Play", "Drugs", "Blackula", "Dark Vader", "Spankmaster (Take Off Your Clothes)" | |
Esham | Tongues | |||
2002 | Natas | Godlike | Number 6 | |
2003 | Esham | Repentance | Psychopathic | |
2004 | Insane Clown Posse | Hell's Pit | "The Night of the .44", "Bowling Balls", "24", "Basehead Attack", "Angels Falling", "Manic Depressive", "Real Underground Baby" | |
MC Breed | The New Prescription | "Intro" | UMZ | |
2005 | Esham | A-1 Yola | "Since Day One", "Turbulence", "Bolivia", "Bird After Bird", "Justa Hustler", "Yoca Cola", "Fall Into The Fire", "Wicket", "Enemies", "Help Me", "Servin'", "Bangin' Dope", "Unhappy", "?", "Smiley Faces" | Psychopathic |
Twiztid | Man's Myth (Vol. 1) | "The Argument" | ||
2006 | Natas | N of tha World | Reel Life/Gothom/Warlock | |
2007 | Esham | Lamb Chopz | Reel Life/Gothom | |
2008 | Esham | The Butcher Shop | "Lamb Chopz", "American Psycho", "Deadbeat Mom", "Forgot About E", "Mr. Honeynut Cheerioz", "I Got Flow", "Reel Life, "?????", "Monster" | |
Esham | Sacrificial Lambz | |||
2009 | Mastamind | Toxsic Avenger | ||
Daniel Jordan | Daniel Jordan's Essential Rarities Vol. 2 | "The Riddler", "Van Helsing" | Kill All Idols | |
Esham | I Ain't Cha Homey | Reel Life/Gothom | ||
Hellaween: Pure Horror | ||||
2010 | Suspended Animation | Reel Life | ||
2011 | Secret Society Circus | |||
DMT Sessions | ||||
Chupacabra | Drug Addict | |||
Daniel Jordan | The Stranger | |||
Esham | Holy Black Mamba |
Video albums
Year | DVD |
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2005 | A-1 Yola (bonus DVD)
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Music videos
Year | Title | Director(s) | Album |
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1989 | "Don't Trip" | — | Boomin Words From Hell |
1993 | "Hellterskkkelter" | — | KKKill the Fetus |
1994 | "Mental Stress" | Closed Casket | |
"The Fear (Morty's Theme)" | The Fear (soundtrack) | ||
2003 | "Woo Woo Woo" | Roy Knyrim | Repentance |
"In Detroit" | Esham | ||
2005 | "Since Day One" | A-1 Yola | |
"Turbulance" | |||
"Bolivia" | |||
"Bird After Bird" | |||
"Justa Hustla" | |||
"Yoca Cola" | |||
"Fall Into The Fire" | |||
"Wicket" | |||
"Help Me" | |||
"Servin'" | |||
"Bangin' Dope" | |||
"One Hundred" | |||
"Unhappy" | |||
"Smiley Faces" | |||
2006 | "Detroit Stand Up" | Judgement Day (box set) | |
2006 | "Fortune Teller" | — | |
2007 | "American Psycho" | Lamb Chopz | |
2008 | "World Hustle" | — | |
"Zeitgest" | Sacrificial Lambz | ||
"Livin Legend" | |||
"Dead Rappers" | |||
"Fallen Down" | |||
"Keys to the City" | — | ||
2009 | "Zombieland" | Hellaween: Pure Horror | |
"Happy Happy Joy Joy" | I Ain't Cha Homey | ||
2010 | "Stop Selling Me Drugs" | Suspended Animation | |
"Gumball 3000 - Detroit Pony Wars" | |||
2011 | "A 6iccness" | Secret Society Circus | |
"Comatose" | DMT Sessions | ||
"sildenafil citrate, skrewberry kush, codeine phosphate promethazine" | |||
"lysergic acid diethylamide oxycontin clonazepam" | |||
"Clonazepam" | |||
"Pricele$$ Ble$$ing$" | Death of an Indie Label | ||
"Scante" | DMT Sessions | ||
"Police" | Suspended Animation | ||
"Holy Black Mamba" | Holy Black Mamba |
References
- 1 2 3 "Esham Album & Song Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Esham Album & Song Chart History - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Esham Album & Song Chart History - Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Esham Album & Song Chart History - Rap Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 16, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Esham Album & Song Chart History - R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 16, 2011.