Young Black Brotha (EP)

This article is about the Mac Dre EP. For other uses, see Young Black Brotha.

Young Black Brotha is Californian rapper Mac Dre's debut release. It was issued in 1989 on vinyl and cassette. Tracks 1 and 3 would later appear on the compilation of the same name in 1993.^[1]

Young Black Brotha
EP by Mac Dre
Released	1989
Recorded	1988, Remix Studios, Oakland, California
Genre	West Coast hip hop
Length	25:30 (LP) 20:52 (MC)
Label	Strictly Business Records
Producer	Khayree
Mac Dre chronology
Young Black Brotha (1989) California Livin' (1991)

Track list

Side G

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Young Black Brotha"	5:42
2.	"Livin' a Mac's Life"	4:57
3.	"Too Hard for the Fuckin' Radio (Radio Version)" (Only on LP version)	4:39
Total length:		15:18

Side Q

No.	Title	Length
3.	"Too Hard for the Fuckin' Radio" (Presented on the vinyl as "Too Hard for da Fuckin' Radio")	4:59
4.	"Mac Dre's the Name"	5:13
Total length:		10:13

As well as the four songs listed above, the LP jackets and cassette J-cards also mentioned a radio edit of "Mac Dre's the Name" at the end of side G and the instrumental track for "Young Black Brotha" at the end of side Q, although they were not present on the LP or MC.

When tracks 1 and 3 were included on the Young Black Brotha album in 1993, track 1 was shortened by 15 seconds and track 3 was retitled to "2 Hard 4 the Fuckin' Radio".

A completely different track named "Mac Dre's the Name" was used as the title track for the album of the same name in 2001.