By Ricardo Lezama Art is often defiant solely through its existence.
Conejo, whose real name is Jose Martin, is the famed Los Angeles rapper whose regarded as a living legend by Hip Hop globally. The esteem is held due to both the quality and longevity of his content along with the street credibility associated with the lyrics.
Quite appropriately, the rapper was on the run while releasing a long string of full albums with high quality production. In our view, one of the takeaways from this art is that the long arm of the American law was powerless against some cunning Chicanos. Again, without disengaging the need for rules, laws and morals, the art produced by Conejo was a big “Fuck You” to a system that habitually scapegoats and railroads Chicanos with the harshest crimes possible under any circumstance.
So, how many albums did Conejo actually create while on the run? The answer is not straightforward since the rapper himself does not recall those infinite sessions in various studios in Latin America/Mexico, however, we’ve found a minimum of 30 well documented albums listed on Youtube Music:
– Shady Conejo (2016)
– Revenge Served Cold (2005)
– Angel Of Death (2005)
– Dead End Gangster (2008)
– Los Angeles Times (2009)
– Devils Playground (2006)
– City of Angels (1999)
– Written in Blood (2012)
– The Puppet Master Curse (2012)
– Gates of Hell (2013)
– Nightmare Legacy (2011)
– Ski Mask Boy (2013)
– Musica Asesina (2012)
– Children of the Night (2012)
– Coronation (2012)
– City Of Angels- Special Edition (2005)
– The Bootlegs, Vol. 1 (2008)
– Conejo Presents Notorious Enemy Vol 1 (2005)
– Mad at the World (2011)
– Game Over (2009)
– The City of Angeles : Volume 2 (2007)
– Grimoire (2013)
– Agenda 32 (2021)
– Hood Star 2 (2018)
– Street Life 11 (2022)
– Sinister Kingdom (2013)
– Kings of Terror (2016)
– American Zombie Dos (2021)
– Hood God (2019) – Lift the Curse (2019)
– Street Life 3 (2021)
– Hood God 2 Pazuzu (2019)
– Hood Star (2018)
– Mastermind (2014)
– Favela Tres (2014)
– Dope Fiend (2018)
– American Zombie (2014)
– Professional Medicine (2014)
– Favela Dos (2014)
– West Adams (2020)
– Ski Mask Boy 2 (2017)
– Welcome to the Southland (2013)
– Iceman Chronicles (2014)
– Enemies of the State (2013)
– Street Life (2020)
– Infernal Religion (2021)
– Sandman Slim (2016)
– Conjure Man (2013) – Crack House 2 (2016)
– Manifesto (2013) Number of Albums: 30
In the words of Proper Dos Producer, Ernie G, one of the oddities in Chicano rap is that most of the rappers are alluding to a background that they did not experience through 2nd or 3rd party references. As most know about the treacherous underworld of Los Angeles based Mexican and Mexican connected artists, it’s actually fairly dangerous to swing around with flash and false claims of gang life.