Mixerr Album Reviews #210

This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review Tha S.E.T. - Trickeration Foe Life. Tha S.E.T. is from Southeast San Diego, California. This album was released in 1996 on Introspective Records and B Up Records.


The first track is New York City. Tha S.E.T. finds themselves in New York City at record store in search for some gangsta rap music. They do not like the East Coast sound. Now remember, this album was made during the East Coast vs. West Coast feud. It's a diss aimed at New York City basically.

Listen To What I Kick is a lyrical and biographical sone at the same time. Pure G-Funk beats and nothing but gangsta lyrics! Triv. Dat Nigga Erick, Sir Devoe, and Mikey Eastbound hit it off great on this track! Real riders will like this track. Killa shit!

Raised By The Streets is an upbeat ska surfer song mixed with Rock. It is another lyrical and biographical song at the same time. The song is really about the perils of Southeast San Diego. Such as being raised by the streets, being raised by the hard knocks, relying on gangs, turning to drugs, doing crime, roaming the wicked streets, committing armed robberies, and aggravated assault. Real rider will like this!

The Struggle Is On is about the daily struggles and daily hustles of in SESD. Sir Devoe flows good on this track. It's all about day to day struggles and day to day hustles with life in San Diego. Pure gangsta shit! The xylophone is on good point.

My Life is an autobiographical track about Dat Nigga Erick's life in Southeast San Diego. This is a solo track by Dat Nigga Erick from Tha S.E.T. right here. He born in 1973 to a single mother in SD. He was at a straight disadvantage being mismanaged by street life at a young age. Talks about being a bad ass knuckle head in SD sporting Dickies, Chucks, and rags as well as other illegal activities such as hiding from the police (dodging the one time), drive by shootings, theft, and public intoxication. These were all the things Dat Nigga Erick did as he got older. He soon realized his errors and gave up that way of life.

Bouncin' will remind you of More Bounce To The Ounce by Zapp. This is Dago truck music. A song to go cruz'n to. This a solo track by Sir Devoe. This is funky. Floatation is a darker track as My Life by Dat Nigga Erick was. I'm not too surprised by that.

Let Loose is a gangsta ass track! Trickeration finna let loose is about smokin' on a bong and sippin' on a deuce deuce. It's Da Bomb! Real gangsta shit!
Let Loose is what gave the name Trickeration to the streets of Southeast San Diego. Trickeration would be later popularized by Mitchy Slick in 2001 which turned into triggeration that year and the name stuck after that. Trickeration later turned into Mitchy Slick's catchphrase as well as "Triv." and "Yeah dat!".

K-SIMP is a radio interlude which is very funny. I wish people could cuss on the radio like that and use profanities. Fuck censorship! For real tho! Tyrone was the funniest on this interlude! We need more tracks like this nowadays! It's a nighttime track. All the chicks will go wild for the radio DJ Daddy Long Stroak dickin' all these bitches down late at night. Dickin' them down on a late night creep.

Tell Me What U Wanna Do is a late nighttime song. Sort of a love song which calms down the albums mood. This love song just mellows the mood out perfectly. Tell Me What U Wanna Do is perfect for a radio song when driving on a dark road late at night by yourself. It's one of those songs.

Young Thugs is a darker gangsta track like Flowtation. Southeast Struggle is the same theme as The Struggle Is On. 12 Gauge Dumpin' is a pure gangsta track! Also similar to Let Loose and Young Thugs. Trickeration Foe Life is a dark gangsta track similar to Let Loose.


If you hadn't bought or got this album, buy it! You won't regret it! Trickeration Foe Life is filled with funky raw material that breeds from San Diego. No filler material either. Even the skits are worth playing! No track on here is worth skipping! You don't get that a lot with albums these days.

Trickeration Foe Life one of those album that got lost in the shuffle during the East Coast vs. West feud along with many other gangsta rap albums and new school hip hop albums. It's a shame too because that San Diego Funk (Triv sounds by the way) always went under the music radar. That Dago G-Funk is raw!
I rate this album, Trickeration Foe Life, 5/5*****!!