Performance · Production
AZ
real name Anthony Cruz
United States · b. 1972-03-09
AZ is credited on 544 releases across 143 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1990–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
544
Credits
143
Albums
4
Decades active
427
In collections
Biography
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Brooklyn, NY rapper, of Dominican descent who made his first apperance as the only guest rapper on 'Illmatic' by NAS, on the song "Life's A Bitch".
AZ cut his own album a year later, Doe or Die.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
544 releases · 143 albums · active 1990–2026
- Performance · 621
- Production · 132
- Other credits · 87
Studios: Chung King Studios · Battery Studios, New York · Unique Recording · D&D Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Illmatic
1994
It Was Written
1996
Brown Sugar
1995
Stillmatic
2001
The Lost Tapes
2002
Light-Years
2025
King's Disease
2020
Doe Or Die
1995
Vinyl Days
2022
Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B
2021
36 Seasons
2014
Sugar Hill
1995
The Streetsweeper Vol. 2: The Pain From The Game
2004
Pieces Of A Man
1998
The Album
1997
Street Dreams
1996
Illmatic Remixes & Rarities
2024
Special Edition
2002
I'll Be
1997
Life's A Bitch
1994
A.W.O.L
2005
Phone Tap
1998
Soundtrack To The Streets
1998
Head Over Heels
1997
Frequent collaborators
- Nas
- Various
- J-Love
- Ghostface Killah
- The Firm (6)
- Kool G Rap
- Monifah
- DJ Kay Slay
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