Mixerr Album Reviews #335

This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will re-review SuthernKali4YaMan by Malik-Bo due to spelling errors and grammatical errors. This album was released in 1998 on Die Hard Records (Die Hard Rekordz) from San Diego, California. Malik-Bo, Junebug Spade, and King Kas produced this album. Think of this album as gangsta Rap meets politically conscience lyrical Hip Hop with some Dallas trunk bass!

SuthernKali4YaMan is the first track. D. Greene makes an appearance. SuthernKali4YaMan is Malik-Bo's insight of what everyday life is in Southern California. I love the hard heavy hitting bass note which is a single line staccato note. It's all coming up in Southern California. D. Greene has a good singing voice. He should consider a solo career.

Wanna Get 2 Know U Girl is a 2 step dance track that will make you want to boogie on the dance floor. Wanna Get 2 Know U Girl is about Malik-Bo wanting to get to know a girl and spend time with her. The funky guitar is funkadelic! I love the live instrumentation of the drums and beats. So they are on point!

Watch Out has the best sick ass bass line I have ever heard!! It is the best song on the album along with Quazola and Brokest In Southeast!! Watch out for the haters, snitches, and po-po's! It's basically a lyrical attack track aimed towards all his enemies telling them that Malik-Bo is spitting flames in these here verses that he is rapping about.

What Am I Supposed To Do? reminds me of the song Hypnotized by The Notorious BIG. (especially the heavy ass loud bassline!) The sample used on this track is Raw Deal by Lady of Rage with BGOTI as the female background vocals. It's all about making tough choices and decisions. What Am I Supposed To Do? has the best sick ass bass line I have ever heard also!!


Fuck The Radio! is a diss song to radio stations out there that don't want to play Malik-Bo's music even if radio stations music isn't for the people. Malik-Bo's music is made for the people by the people. Malik-Bo has been through the hustle and the struggle. Malik-Bo is tired of the same old bullshit played on all the radio stations. Radio stations be on that "fuck local" tip when Malik-Bo is on the local tip. There is no unity in radio stations when it comes to San Diego.

Brokest In Southeast is about why and how Malik-Bo is the brokest motherfucker in Southeast San Diego & how all the hoodrats in "the set" want his cheese even though they can't get a simple cent from Malik. So Malik can't get a grip. There's a huge difference of when you livin' for them streets and them streets livin' for you. His niggaz do drink brew and smoke a split or two. Like Dat Nigga Wuan (?) for example. Malik-Bo also discusses how his car got hauled off and repossessed. In the middle of this song, Malik-Bo finds himself on a mission to the East Side of San Diego to LP (Lincoln Park) to obtain an ounce and a spliff. Malik-Bo now leaves off leanin' in his '84 Cutlass. People intrusively bother Malik-Bo. Malik-Bo does need his own way to make money. Nobody understands him. The freestyle is I love the old timey beats and sounds to this song.


Quazola is a lyrical freestyle track by Malik-Bo and Junebug Spade. Quazola is a track that deals with the sour relationships that Malik-Bo has developed with his homies about how they are not really all that loyal to him, the unemployment issues that loom in his community, and his stress. The homies become intrusively irritating. Other than that, Quazola is about selling marijuana.
Poor niggaz are fucking Malik-Bo up over for more than 12,000 grand. Malik-Bo is in the field of stock exchange while riding around San Diego (SESD) on Vogue rims. He drinks Old Crow with hoes. Malik-Bo has homies that won't support him financially and that won't think twice about snitching on him when they are the ones doing criminal activity with him. But despite all that, Malik-Bo is still cool with the homies. Malik-Bo keeps a tight grip! Some niggaz call him Malik. Some niggaz call him Talid. Malik-Bo gets denied chances of employment because of his dress code and lifestyle. They employer gives Malik a handshake with a fake grin telling Malik that they are hiring when in reality the company is not at all hiring no one. So why are these businesses bothering to hire at all?


Breakdown is a funk rock track. Think old school classic rock. Don't know what the sample is or the original artist that Malik-Bo had sampled for Breakdown. It's basically break-beats and classic garage rock samples on a Yahama keyboard or whatever instrument(s) Malik-Bo used for this particular song.

Vibin' is a Reggae track. Malik-Bo should do more Reggae songs. I'm surprised he hasn't. In fact Malik-Bo and Black Mikey should do some Reggae songs. I'm surprised they haven't.

AUZE has that NYC East Coast grimey rap sound. When I'm Gone is a longer song. Goin' 2 Much has Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles old school arcade sound to it. Don't Like Loosin' features Junebug Spade and Sativa. Don't Like Loosin' is quite different from this whole album. Ghetto Star is an okay song, but I skipped it anyway.
I Can't Run Back! is all about making tough choices and decisions. I Can't Run Back! has the best sick ass bass line I have ever heard!! Don't hate the playa! Hate the game! Chipz & Change is a song with the same theme but a lot more lyrical.


I hate how this overlooked San Diego classic went under the radar. It's a shame this album did though. Malik-Bo is underrated! This whole album is on fire! It's still relevant today! Especially the Quazola song. That track was tight! This whole album has that East Coast grimey rap sound. Either way, Malik-Bo is tight!
I rate this album, SuthernKali4YaMan, 5/5*****!