Against tha Grain – The E.P. is an EP/bootleg compilation that consists of the songs that Kurupt and Koch Records removed from the original Against tha Grain album, as well as other filler tracks that had nothing to do with the original release. After making up with Snoop Dogg and the rest of Tha Dogg Pound, Kurupt did not want to see any backlash for his previously recorded diss songs for Death Row Records and since he had just made a deal with Koch to release Tha Dogg Pound's reunion album, they removed the songs without Suge Knight's knowledge.