RBX

RBX
RBX
Born	Eric Dwayne Collins; October 8, 1967 (age 56); Long Beach, California, U.S.
Other names	The Narrator
Education	University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Occupations	Rapper; songwriter; producer;
Years active	1992–present
Relatives	Desean L Collins (Brother); Snoop Dogg (cousin);
	Musical career
Genres	Hip hop; hardcore hip hop;
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Premeditated; Warner Bros.; Aftermath; Interscope; MCA; Doggystyle;

Eric Dwayne Collins (born October 8, 1967) better known by his stage name RBX (standing for "Reality Born Unknown"), is an American rapper from Long Beach, California.

Early life and education

Collins was born and raised in Long Beach, California. Contrary to popular belief, Collins is not related to funk legend Bootsy Collins, although the two are close friends.^[2]

Career

1992–1995: Death Row Records

RBX joined Death Row Records in 1992 with his cousins Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger.^[3] A former college student and retail manager, Collins declined to sign blank contracts like his Death Row brethren. His tenure on the label would be brief but memorable. Having made commanding cameos on The Chronic in 1992 and Doggystyle in 1993, RBX left the label in 1994 and signed with the lesser known Premeditated Records. He released The RBX Files in 1995, his debut solo album that was produced by former Chronic production team member Greg "Gregski" Royal.

The album abandoned the popular West Coast G-Funk style in favor of a "gritty, dungeon-like" sound more associated with New York. The single "A.W.O.L." was an attack on Death Row, Suge Knight, Dre, and others, with X comparing the dubious business practices there to the days of Ruthless Records, Jerry Heller, and Eazy-E. In a YouTube interview with VladTV he talked about an altercation over food between him and Suge Knight, in which Knight pulled out a gun.

1996–2000: Aftermath Entertainment

In 1996, RBX visited Dr. Dre at home and apologized for his harsh words on record and in magazines and immediately signed to Dre's new Aftermath label. He was featured on the 1996 compilation Dr. Dre Presents... The Aftermath on the solo song "Blunt Time" and the group track "East Coast/West Coast Killaz" with KRS-One, B-Real and Nas, with both songs produced by Dre. Lost in the infamous reshuffling of Aftermath in 1998, RBX once again went solo and released his follow up album No Mercy, No Remorse on an independent label in 1999. He reappeared with Aftermath to cameo on Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP in 2000.

2022–present: Hibernation Shivers

In 2022, RBX began work with Los Angeles based producers Sccit & Siavash The Grouch on his comeback album Hibernation Shivers. The Labcabin Records includes features from Spice-1, MC Eiht, Daz Dillinger, Fatlip, Project Pat, Ras Kass, Eligh, Cold 187um, Krayzie Bone, Butch Cassidy, Kurupt, Smoov-E & more. On April 20, 2022, RBX assisted Fatlip with the release of a single for Fatlip’s album, “Torpor”, in the Sccit & Siavash The Grouch produced song titled “Wake Up”. The single was accompanied by a music video, which was themed around the Los Angeles homeless epidemic. On July 7, 2023, RBX released the first single from “Hibernation Shivers”, titled “Nightstalker”. The single, which features Krayzie Bone, is a re-imagining of the infamous Los Angeles serial killer Richard Ramirez. On September 8, 2023, RBX released the second single from “Hibernation Shivers”, titled “Lets Ride”, which was led by a funky west coast groove reminiscent of golden era G-Funk. The single, featuring Sccit & Klientel, got a video release on September 11, 2023. The “Hibernation Shivers” album was officially released on March 15, 2024 to critical acclaim, with AllHipHop referring to the album as a “masterpiece” while unveiling a new single & video for the album titled “Hibernation” featuring Ras Kass. ^[4] ^[5]

Discography

Studio albums

The RBX Files (1995)
No Mercy, No Remorse (1999)
Ripp tha Game Bloody: Street Muzic (2004)
The Shining (2005)
Broken Silence (2007)
Hibernation Shivers (2024)

Collaboration albums

Concrete Criminal Gang with Bigg Rocc (2010)

Mixtapes

X1: Westside Radio Vol. 18 (2007)
X2: Digital Kush (2009)
X3: Calm Before the Storm (2011)
X4: Water for Sharks (2012)
X5: Immortal Instamentalz (The New Bloccmixx) (2014)

EPs

Tha Equinox (2019)

Guest appearances

Title	Release	Other performer(s)	Album
"The Day the Niggaz Took Over"^[6]	1992	Dr. Dre, Dat Nigga Daz, Snoop Doggy Dogg	The Chronic
"Lyrical Gangbang"^[6]		Dr. Dre, Kurupt, The Lady of Rage
"Stranded on Death Row"^[6]		Dr. Dre, Bushwick Bill, Kurupt, Snoop Doggy Dogg, The Lady of Rage
"Serial Killa"	1993	Snoop Doggy Dogg, Tha Dogg Pound, The D.O.C.	Doggystyle
"East Coast/West Coast Killas"	1996	Nas, B-Real, KRS-One (as Group Therapy)	Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath
"Blunt Time"	1996		Dr. Dre Presents the Aftermath
"So Watcha Want"	1998	MC Ren, Snoop Dogg	Ruthless for Life
"Bustaz"	1998	Lil' C-Style, Legacy, Tray Deee	C-Style Presents 19th Street LBC Compilation
"Ten Steps and Draw"	1999	Q'sta The Don, B.G. Knocc Out	Finer Things
"Flip Side"		Silva Satin	Escape From Death Row
"Gangsta Love"		Warren G, Nate Dogg, Kurupt	I Want It All
"Trouble"	2000	Daddy V, Nate Dogg, E-White
"Souljas"		504 Boyz, Snoop Dogg	Goodfellas
"Remember Me?"		Eminem, Sticky Fingaz	The Marshall Mathers LP
"Dipp Wit Me"	2001	DPG	Dillinger & Young Gotti
"Remember Me (Remix)"		Eminem, Sticky Fingaz	Shady Lane : Remix Album
"When You See Me"		Bad Azz, Snoop Dogg, Kokane	Personal Business
"Dogghouse In Your Mouth"		Tha Eastsidaz, Suga Free, Soopafly, Kurupt, Ruff Dogg, King Lou, Mixmaster Spade	Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way
"Legend of Jimmy Bones"		Snoop Dogg, MC Ren	Bones
"Freestyle Fellowship"		Freestyle Fellowship	Temptations
"Doin' It Bigg	2002	E-White	Snoop Dogg Presents... Doggy Style Allstars Vol. 1
"The Strong Will Eat the Weak"		Snoop Dogg, Kokane
"Light That Shit Up"		Snoop Dogg, Soopafly, Kokane
"Not Like It Was"		Snoop Dogg, Soopafly, E-White, Kokane, Latoya Williams
"Batman & Robin"		Snoop Dogg, The Lady of Rage	Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss
"My Nine"		Daddy V, Squeak Ru	Compton OG
"Ortiz Anthem"		Fieldy's Dreams	Rock'n Roll Gangster
"Do What You Feel"		Fieldy's Dreams, Polarbear	Rock'n Roll Gangster
"Picasso"	2003	Myka Nyne	A Work In Progress
"XJ9"		Myka Nyne, Brother J	A Work In Progress
"We Came Here 2 Ride"		Warren G	True Crime: Streets of LA soundtrack
"Stand Up"	2004	Tony Smallz	Smoke in tha City
"The Line"		Metrocross	WestCoast Offense Vol. 1
"Gun Down"		Daddy V	OGTV: The Soundtrack
"Don't Lokk at Nann Nigga !"		Lil Half Dead, Depp, Tripp Locc, Young Sagg, Tek	Welcome 2 Tha Chuuch Vol. 1
"DPG Life"
"A.D.I.D.A.C."		Snoop Dogg, Bishop Don Juan, Lil' ½ Dead, Bad Azz, E-White
"What You Desire"		Snoop Dogg, Xzibit
"Murda"		Snoop Dogg, Bad Azz	Welcome 2 Tha Chuuch Vol. 2
"Moet"		E-White, Tripp Locc, Snoop Dogg	Welcome 2 Tha Chuuch Vol. 3
"Money"	2005	Bigg Steele	Size Duz Matter
"I'm Broad"		Coss	Long Beach City Limits Vol. 1
"These Muthafuckaz"		Snoop Dogg	Welcome 2 Tha Chuuch Vol. 4 : Sunday School
"Get You Done"		The Brokerage Firm	Tax Returns
"Notorious DPG"		The Lady of Rage, Kurupt	Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents...Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album
"Reprisal"	2006	Bigg Steele, Polar Bear	Chronicles of Big Steele Volume 2
"Killing Fields"		Contribution X, Beretta 9, Hailoe	Cobra of the North
"Some Say"		Contribution X, Monk
"Iron Hands"		Contribution X, Monk, DJ Gloss
"Free"			Up Above Records: Carving a New Standard Vol. 1
"Don't Sweat It"		Tha Dogg Pound, Nate Dogg	Cali Iz Active
"Hard on a Hoe"		Tha Dogg Pound, The Lady of Rage	Cali Iz Active
"Need to Learn"		The Visionaries, Rakaa, Brother J, Sadat X, YZ	We Are the Ones (We've Been Waiting For)
"What Does It Takes"	2007	Snoop Dogg, MC Eiht	CT Experience: The DVD Files
"Ruff N Uff"		Korn, Chilly Chill	Rap Sessions
Bucc 'Em		Tha Dogg Pound, Snoop Dogg	Dogg Chit
"Voodoo"		X Clan, Quazedelic	Return From Mecca
"Set For Action"	2008	Doc Ce, Prodege	Qualified Hustla
"Ten Steps and Draw"	2009	B.G. Knocc Out	BG Knocc Out Presents... Tha Mixtape
"Ain't Nobody"		Daddy V, Hobo	OG Daddy V Presents Compton N Longbeach
"Wake Up"		Daddy V, Att Will, Gangsta Dresta, Tha Chill
"Always Stay on Yoe Toes"		Daddy V, Big2DaBoy, Keboe, KD
"Cool, I'm Wit It"		Daddy V, OG Cuicide, Caviar
"My Hood"		T-1	Mo Thug West Mixtape Vol. 2: Thug West
"City Lights"			Mo Thug West Mixtape Vol. 2: Thug West
"Mic Check"		Young Trav, MC Eiht, CMW	The Black & Brown Mixtape Vol. 1
"Freestyle"		Big2DaBoy	Dr. Dre Presents Detox Chronicles Vol. 2
"French Connect"	2010	Daddy V	OG Daddy V Presents LA French Connection
"D.P.G. 2010"		Tha Dogg Pound	100 Wayz
"Another Clip"		Tha Dogg Pound, Soopafly	100 Wayz
"The Preformation"		Bishop Lamont, Kurupt	The Shawshank Redemption/Angola 3
"Everywhere I Go"	2011	Daddy V, Kokane, Tha Chill	Tha Original Hustla
"Intro"	2012	Lil' ½ Dead	Dead Serious
"I Love This Game"		Lil' ½ Dead, Moe Z MD	Dead Serious
"Dos Equis"		Xzibit, The Game	Napalm
"Sleeper Cell"	2018	Brainwash	Amygdala
"Wake Up”	2022	Fatlip, M.O	Torpor
"Mac Dre"	2023	Rory Redmon, Sccit	Tabernacle

Filmography

Tha Eastsidaz (2000)
DPG Eulogy (2005)
Rhyme and Punishment (2011)

References

^ ^a ^b Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "RBX Recalls Meeting Dr. Dre With Snoop Dogg & The Lady Of Rage Dissing Him | UNIQUE ACCESS". 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2019-11-24 – via YouTube.
^ Jose (June 17, 2009). "RBX Interview". Dubcnn Sits Down With RBX & Napsac Ent. The Westcoast News Network. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
^ "RBX Discography". Discogs. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
^ Kyle Eustice (August 1, 2022). "Fatlip Album Features RBX". hiphopdx. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
^ Devon Jefferson (March 15, 2024). "RBX Releases 18 Track Masterpiece". allhiphop. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c Huey, Steve. "The Chronic – Dr. Dre > Overview". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 9, 2012.