Against the Grain (Kurupt album)

Against the Grain
Studio album by Kurupt
Released	August 23, 2005 (2005-08-23)
Recorded	2002–2003
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	68:48
Label	Death Row Koch
Producer	Baby-C-Style Blaqthoven Diverse Doug Mayhem Joshua Andrews Mark Sparks Ric Rude Screwface Sir Jinx tha Row Hitters
Kurupt chronology
Originals (2004) Against the Grain (2005) Same Day, Different Shit (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllHipHop	2.5/5[1]
AllMusic	[2]
Now	3/5[3]
PopMatters	1/10[4]
RapReviews	5.5/10[5]

Against the Grain is the fourth solo studio album by American rapper Kurupt. It was released on August 23, 2005, through Death Row Records, making it his first and, to date, only solo album for the label. The album was produced by Mark Sparks, Doug Mayhem, Sir Jinx, Baby-C-Style, Blaqthoven, Diverse, Joshua Andrews, Ric Rude, Screwface, and tha Row Hitters, with Suge Knight serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Eastwood, Tri Star, Young Tone, 2Pac, Dave Hollister, Domination, M.O.P., Potion, Roscoe, Spider Loc, the Dayton Family, and Val C.

The album went almost unnoticed due to the lack of promotion by Koch Records, which distributes all of Tha Row's albums. It debuted at number 60 on the Billboard 200 albums and number 20 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. It also made it to number 146 on the French Albums chart. The cut tracks were later released on a 2007 bootleg compilation titled Against tha Grain E.P.. The album was reissued in February 2010, under the title Down and Dirty with a slightly altered tracklist. The song "Calico" previously appeared on the Dayton Family album Family Feud.