Tru is a three-piece gangsta rap group that No Limit mastermind
Master P formed with his younger brothers,
Silkk and
C-Murder.
Tru became the most popular act on No Limit with their 1995 debut album,
True; it sold over 200,000 copies with little promotion or airplay, and helped establish No Limit as an underground hip-hop force.
Tru released its second album,
Tru 2 da Game, early in 1997. Shortly afterward, No Limit exploded, making
Master P into a superstar. Given his many duties at the label, along with his forays into filmmaking, basketball, and sports management,
plus the burgeoning solo careers of
Silkk and
C-Murder, it wasn't a surprise that it took
Tru two years -- an eternity in No Limit time -- to produce its third album, Da Crime Family.
–
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi