Mixerr Album Reviews #347

This is Michael Mixerr. I re-review NFTP - Scandalas as I need to do some corrections and make some grammatical changes. Scandalas was released on Cut Foul Records, distributed by INDI, and distributed by City Hall in 1993. Think gangsta rap meets old school hip hop with this album when you listen to this album by NFTP. Many cars in Flint were playing NFTP, DOA, and The Dayton Family at the time this cassette came out.

NFTP is Niggaz From The Park from Sarvis Park on the West Side of Flint, Michigan. NFTP was from Moore Street as was Took-N-Bone. Sarvis Park was a hood not to be fucked with back then as Dayton Street was. NFTP made it very clear they did not like snitches. NFTP was a group composed of gang members from the city of Flint during that time period. Most members of the NFTP were Crips and some were Vice Lords. NFTP was a group composed of nine members. Big Dane, The Mac, Lil Mac, Big Rock aka Big Roc, A. Bone, Mackee aka The Undertaker (Mackeef), and others were members of NFTP.


The Lurk is about Big Rock's life of street hustling and dope smuggling. Big Rock would rather roam the streets and sell drugs than to prefer being in school and getting an education to better himself so he can become a contributing member of society. The dark grim realities of street life do lurk on this song. The song shows us no solution to end the problems of the United States drug epidemic.

One thing is for sure! NFTP made it very clear that they did not like snitches. That was what the song Uah Snitch was all about. The Mac can't stand the fact that there are too many snitches in Flint due to the fact that Flint is a small city of 100,000 people. NFTP had beef with many snitches as well as many local Flint gangs such as Flint Bloodstones, Spanish Cobras, Dayton Mafia, and Selby Hood. NFTP was cool with Took-N-Bone and DOA while almost no one else in Flint was at that time.
The productions styles and sampling are very underground and bass heavy. The Slick Rick samples are phat and off the hook! Let me put it that way.

Big Rock's Ride was the dopest cut! A lot of NFTP fans and Flint citizens can agree with that. Most cars in Flint were playing this and The Dayton Family at the time. Big Rock's Ride will remind you of the song Cruzin' by the DOA during the same year.


The Undertaker's Dozen (13) is a short two and a half minute interlude about how The Undertaker killed 13 people and why his nickname is "13 Booties in a Basket". It's a never ending saga of The Undertaker committing random killing of unsuspecting victims. The Undertaker starts his first murder related killing on Friday the 13th. He killed women, men, and children. The Undertaker's Dozen (13) is about why Mackeef is The Undertaker. The mood of this interlude is very dark, sinister, foreboding, and brooding.

Next up is the title track of Scandalas. Most cars in Flint were playing this and The Dayton Family at the time as I had said before. This track is filled with pure gangsta ass dopeness. Being "scandalas" is about living that criminal lifestyle as a rebel to society and the moral standards set in place. It's clear that NFTP was pissed off about some shit when they recorded this track. Fools were still having beef in the 90s. There is still chivalry in the 90s that is mentioned in the beginning of the title track. The productions styles and sampling are very underground and bass heavy modulating pounding keynotes. NFTP was the most "scandalas" rap group from Flint!


Mackee (The Mac) has a raspy distorted voice on Behind The Mac. I love the heavy bass and drum beats on Behind The Mac. Mackee made it clear he did not like Slobs (Bloods or in this case Flint Bloodstones) because he was a Crip. (Not to mention Spanish Cobras, Dayton Mafia, and Selby Hood.) Big Dane was a Crip too. It's a straight gangsta song!
On Park Thang is how NFTP proves it's just a Sarvis Park thang.


While DFC was the most funkiest rap group, while Took-N-Bone were the dopest, The Dayton Family was the most hardest gangsta rap group, DOA was the most deadliest rap group, you had Ruff-N-Rugged which was the most rugged rap group in Flint, Top Authority was the most authoritative in Flint, Guttt Control was the most gutsiest sexually suggestive out of all the Flint rap groups at that time, while FOD was the rawest, and Artfull Dodgers was the most artsiest,. NFTP was the most scandalas rap group from Flint!

It's too bad NFTP didn't make 4 more albums after this one. A lot of rap groups from Flint only dropped one or two albums for some reason. The reason that a lot of rap groups from Flint only dropped one or two albums was due to lack of finances, lack of resources, lost interest, creative differences, contracts, and criminal lifestyles at most. So that's why NFTP only released one cassette. NFTP was the most gutta! NFTP lyrics were def not wack unlike them Took-N-Bone.

I rate this album, Scandalas, 5/5*****!