This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review Frustrated By Death. Frustrated By Death was released in 1996 on BLVD Records out of San Antonio, Texas. Ricé, C-Ordell, Inez, Mike McGarity, and Finnesse 1 produced the album. Denise James is on the vocals with Ricé as well.
On Frustrated By Death in 1995, Lil Sin was going through grief due to the fact that his father, Rodney Warner Sr. died of cancer, and his homeboy Gangsta Horne (Winston Horne) had died in a driveby with Crips. Lil Sin was dealing with death. Lil Sin was a teenager when this album was recorded. Frustrated By Death was Lil Sin's best album.
During that time in 1995 to 1996, Lil Sin was living in Boston. He drove back to back from Boston to San Antonio while having to kids. (2 sons Kevin and Trevion.)
The intro starts off with harmonious church organs and church bells in the background. Hands can be heard clapping. A priest is speaking at a funeral where everyone is gathered. Lil Sin is the one who is being buried. The priest talks about how Lil Sin was a rebel and a soldier. Lil Sin was bad to the bone.
On the title track Frustrated By Death, Lil Sin learns that death is inevitable. He sees things clearly in a whole other world. His sanity is gone. Ricé, a well known producer from San Antonio, is in the background vocals. I love the heavy synths used on this song. Ricé sure knows how to put together a masterpiece song.
On the song Gangsta Horne, Lil Sin expresses his feelings towards the loss of his friend Winston Horne (Gangsta Horne). Lil Sin was going through grief due to the fact that his friend and homeboy Gangsta Horne (Winston Horne) had died in a driveby with Crips. All it took was one blast from a gat. Lil Sin is in a fucked up situation. Lil Sin can't bring Gangsta Horne back. Tears are there from Lil Sin.
Red Eyes is a song dedicated to all those weed smokers out there smoking joints, smoking on blunts, puffin' on blunts, and drankin' on tanqueray. Another G-Funk laced track! Fuck yeah! Lil Sin feelin' high as a kite smoking up in Plex Park down in San Antonio with C-Ordell and Lil Acid. BLVD is getting high too! Ain't nothin' but a BLVD thang!
For those who don't know, this version of Final Cry is a remix from the original version of Final Cry that was on C-Ordell's Under Investigation in 1995. The original version had that Southern US swang to it. C-Ordell was on it too. Both songs deal with the death of Lil Sin's father, Rodney Warner Sr. (R.I.P.).
It has that heavy guitar production by Ricé and C-Ordell. It has that G-Funk sound also.
On 11 Overs, Lil Sin has crack cocaine on his lap and the laws are on his ass, fool. Ya'll better come with it! Be damned if Lil Sin gets caught! Check it out while you motherfuckers hear Lil Sin on this track. Peep game. Niggaz be packin' glocks. Dope sales and clienteles got Lil Sin nervous. Lil Sin thinks of fatal thoughts of dying young while in the process of selling crack cocaine. Ain't no shorts in the drug game. Lil Sin says he's on a late night creep. He cooked 11 Overs. He does get caught in the middle of the song. He don't trust nobody no more. His income gets larger and larger. This is a gangsta rap track!
38 Reasons has that G-Funk sound to as nearly all Hip Hop/Rap albums did in the mid 90s. Ricé is singing in the background vocals I think. Lil Sin never sleeps on his enemies. Lil Sin has fatal thoughts of being killed. He does commit a homicide by killing someone which he admitted to in this song. Lil Sin is quick to start static with his automatic. He is basically robbing people. Lil Sin is smoking weed in at da crib in the middle of the song. Lil Sin is feeing high. He had killed someone and now he's in a sticky situation. Lil Sin dedicated this song to 2Pac. The song was recorded in 1995.
On Streets, the streets have taken Lil Sin under and now he lives a life of crime. Lil Sin is high. He is killing people. The glock is in his hand. Talking about murder in the first degree and putting people in body bags. The streets are nothing nice. Lil Sin is paranoid. The laws are catching up to him.
I love the beats and the electronic bass. The production is on point! This is a gangsta rap track also!
Mind Keeps Wondering is the next song. On this song, Lil Sin wonder what life is like in the afterlife. Lil Sin wonder what happens to him after death. I love the production skills! Denise James is singing the background vocals.
Denise James has been featured on albums by others in the San Antonio area such as C-Ordell, New Def'nition, Mr. Joshay, Suthern Merchandise, GLO, Lady Lunatic, Marques Callaway, Nino, P.K.O., and many others!
Whatever It Takes samples Anita Baker - Whatever It Takes. This song is about searching for true love. It has that mid 70s Stax sound to it. Love should be given. Anyone can say they love someone. Don't fall back on your words. 3 quarters into the song, you can hear a couple having sexual intercourse.
Bounce'n & Floss'n is jump a joint to bump to in your ride. The bass samples a bit So Ruff, So Tuff, by Roger Troutman of Zapp. It has that 80s soul and that 90s G-Funk sound! Something to listen in your Lowrider while 3 Wheel Motion. References to Stevie Wonder, former San Antonio rap group P.K.O., and Nino of P.K.O. are made.
Party'n Wit Sin is a party joint. It has that 90s G-Funk sound.
Playa Hatas has some sick ass bass added to it. C-Ordell is on this track playas! Lil Sin goes straight reggae on this track! C-Ordell kicked ass with his southern funky flow! Right with perfect timing.
Nina is a song about his girlfriend. Another G-Funk cut.
Deadman Talk'n is a C-Ordell solo. It has some sick ass bass lines and heavy blaring horn synths used on this track. Another G-Funk cut. The only thing I don't like about is that it's shorter than all songs on the rest of the album. That's my only problem with this song right here. It should included Lil Sin because this is his album.
The sixteenth track is the radio version of Mind Keeps Wondering. It is slightly remixed from the ninth track on the album. On the outro, a Sister is singing at the funeral of Lil Sin.
A side note for those who don't know, Lil Sin (Ronnie Warner Jr.) is from the Eastside of San Antonio (Eastwood). He started out on BLVD Records with Clyde Williams III aka Sugabear and C-Ordell in 1995 while working on his debut album Frustrated By Death and C-Ordell's Under Investigation album. They both got him started in the music business. So did his father Rodney Warner Sr. (R.I.P.). Lil Sin is now on his own label called SoufField and has been since 2001. Lil Sin is a mix of Scarface, 2pac, Tha Realest, Tela, and Devin The Dude.
This has to be one of the most wanted G-Funk/Hip Hop/Rap albums to have ever come out of Texas and San Antonio along with Suthern Merchandise - Suthern Stress.
All of Lil Sin's albums are underrated classics! Lil Sin's albums always are very underrated. Other than that; Every time Lil Sin releases an album, it usually sells around 300,000 copies.
I rate this album, Frustrated By Death, 5/5*****!!
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