This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review Various Artists - The Best of Ronnie Ron’s Gangsta-Lation that was on Ronnie Ron's Dangerous Records.
The Best of Ronnie Ron’s Gangsta-Lation double compilation album was released in 2000 on CD and cassette from Dangerous Records. You will hear the urban sounds of Hip Hop/Rap, R&B/Soul, Jazz, Reggae, Dance, and Funk on this double compilation album. The experience is bittersweet yet joyful.
B Brazy starts off The Best of Ronnie Ron’s Gangsta-Lation with the song Payback. Now the song Payback was inspired by James Brown - Payback. Payback was a B Brazy lyrical rap freestyle heavy inspired by the sound of James Brown. Ronnie Ron and Leroy Dukes produced Payback. B Brazy vents out his anger against the music industry on Payback.
B Brazy is demanding that these record companies better give him something. The action crew is back! (The action crew being Dangerous Records crew.) B Brazy raps about how the music business is no joke. They only give their artists enough to barely survive on. The music business is a cutthroat business.
Now B Brazy wonders whether or not he should do (perform) a jack move or should he sell rocks (cocaine) to the Japs. You know he did rapping and scrapping in his career. He does not dig no back stabbing. The music business is like a dice game. It’s win, lose, or draw. B Brazy continues to vent out his anger against the music industry. He makes crucial remarks against the music business. B Brazy has seen and met artists who have made a top selling hit and they don’t have shit. They absolutely do not have shit. The labels do not pay them. It’s not anything funny walking around being broke.
Buck Em Down is a track in-house production team Geek & Noise produced and rapped. The song Buck Em Down is about criminal activity and social injustice. Geek and Noise used the sample Johnnie Taylor - Disco Lady throughout the entire song. Buck Em Down has that early 90s hip hop/rap sound. The same sample is used on Kill Crabs 4 Fun on Blood Mary’s Day of Resurrection album from 2003. Buck Em Down features Sin Loc.
Send Geek to Folsom, Chino, Soledad, or Pelican Bay, he’ll kill another punk when gets he out of jail. Jail does not faze him. Gangsters raised him to be a soldier on this concrete battlefield. Geek earns stripes for those he kills. Now they wanna call it a truce. But what’s the use when he is still packing heat? So don’t send Geek to Folsom, Chino, Soledad, or Pelican Bay.
Now check out the criminal who’s never been a convict. That’s DJ Noise. The law enforcement catches cases but the cases never stick to Noise. The district attorneys (DAs) reject the cases and so the judges. Every time a 187 (California criminal code for homicide killing) jumps off, Geek and Noise become #1 suspects. Geek is the gangsta with stripes who kills at night. Noise is the out the criminal who’s never been a convict. He is a crafty criminal. There is no stopping Noise or Geek.
A minute and a half (1:30) into the track is when Hit Man D gets his verse. Sin Loc makes the track worthwhile listening to and a classic. Every track Sin Loc is on suddenly is a classic.
Hit Man D hates to gun a motherfucker down, but when push comes to shoves, he’ll gun that motherfucker down. Sin hates being rejected and disrespected. He wants to be respected. He ll gun down motherfuckers down that disrespect him.
Sin Loc gives his audience an English class lesson on grammar more than halfway into the track. This is where Hit Man D (Sin Loc) makes Buck Em Down a classic. Listen closely to the lyrics and you will find educational words that are structure of the English language. Terms “verb”, “adjective”, and “noun” are words used to define grammar inside structure of the English language. The Sin Loc verse “Like the time I had to shoot this motherfucker dead in his face” made Buck Em Down a classic to enjoy.
Listen closely to the lyrics listed inside these verses below.:
I take action like a verb and fire like an adjective
To put a noun in its place
Like the time I had to shoot this motherfucker dead in his face
For trying to front me in front of a few bitches
I let that shit slide
An adjective is a word or phrase naming an attribute. Adjectives can be modified in order to describe someone or something. An adjective is grammatically related to a noun or pronoun. An adjective is added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.
Nouns is used to describe or identify a person, place, or thing. Nouns can be used to describe people, places, or things.
Verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence. Verb is a predicate of a sentence in other words.
Bitch Get Lifted is a B Brazy/Bloody Mary duo cut although B Brazy performs most of the rapping donning the track into a B Brazy solo. Some B Brazy fans and Bangin’ On Wax fans regard Bitch Get Lifted as a B Brazy solo track. B Brazy is all over the place here. Bitch Get Lifted would later appear on Bloody Mary - Day of Resurrection in 2003.
A funky James Brown sampled is looped all over Bitch Get Lifted. The track Bitch Get Lifted seems to be overall James Brown inspired. Ronnie Ron must have been inspired by the funky sounds of James Brown when he produced this track in 1997. Bitch Get Lifted is a perfect song to listen to with the bass boosted.
Bullets Don't Have No Names is listed but does not appear on the cassette version for some reason despite being included on the tracklist. Bullets Don't Have No Names is a CD-only track. This version of Bullets Don't Have No Names was the video version (Quiet Storm Mix). The Quiet Storm Mix of Bullets Don't Have No Names has some Reggae sound in it. It was not the radio version that is the regular version fans and the public associate the song with.
Jon Jon and The Originals performed on the song Bullets Don’t Have No Names which was released as a single in 1997. The Bullets Don’t Have No Names single was included with the 1997 documentary Bullets Don’t Have No Names on VHS and DVD.
A Lil Something From Da West Side was a leftover track that was supposed to be included on the Lil Hawk Red Riding Hood album that was supposed to be released in 1997, but never was released due to Lil Hawk’s incarceration over a murder he supposedly committed. (Which he did not.) Lil Hawk is currently serving a 25 to life sentence in the penitentiary in California.
Lil Something From Da West Side was a Damu Ridas posse cut that served as a freestyle rap track. Lil Hawk, Lil Ms. China (Ms. China also known as Ms. Chyna), Pimp (then known as YG Pimp D), and Tip Toe each had a verse. The track Lil Something From Da West Side proved to the world and fans that Pimp D WAS NOT Tip Toe.
My Mama Named Me Batman on the cassette version of Ronnie Ron’s Gangsta-Lation has D-Rock shouting out "Yeah! We're aware of the time!" was about peace and unity. Songs My Mama Named Me Batman by D-Rock & The Bayou Crew (Get Some Of This Funk) and Get Some Of This Funk (My Mama Named Me Batman) (Remix) have the same intro, but it has live outside sound.
Their songs My Mama Named Me Batman (Get Some Of This Funk) and Get Some Of This Funk (My Mama Named Me Batman) (Remix) had music videos that aired on The BOX on MTV. Although both music videos had not received high viewership in numbers, D-Rock & The Bayou Crew had fun making the songs and music videos. Both songs and the music videos have a live outside feel to them.
On the cassette version of Ronnie Ron’s Gangsta-Lation, I’m Calling You A Bitch gets cut off half way through the song at 2:04 and fades into silence for 4:02 minutes in an effort to preserve continuity. I’m Calling You A Bitch is from Tweedy Bird Loc - No Holds Barred album from 1994. The track is a Tweedy Bird Loc/Fo Clips duo cut.
To My Niggas Makin' Low Cheddar was a leftover from Fo Clips album. To My Niggas Makin' Low Cheddar was supposed to appear on Fo Clips second album, but due to his untimely death, only one song was recorded of his planned second album called To My Niggas Makin' Low Cheddar. To My Niggas Makin' Low Cheddar featured an artist named Coop.
All My Niggas is another leftover track that was supposed to be included on the album Damu Ridas. All My Niggas was a Damu Ridas posse cut that served as a freestyle rap track. Lil Hawk, Tip Toe, Spyder (G Spyder), and B Brazy each spit a verse on All My Niggas.
No More Mr. Nice Guy was a leftover from Nini X's album. No More Mr. Nice Guy was a Dangerous posse cut that featured Lil Stretch, Sin Loc, Big Wy, Redrum781, CK, and Blue Rag. No More Mr. Nice Guy was a leftover that was supposed to appear on Bloody Mary’s debut album She’s Dangerous in 1994, but never did.
Hittin’ Switches is a Geek & Noise track that is Zapp inspired hence the More Bounce to the Ounce sample. Perfect for the car freaks and car hoppers. Most of their tracks are Zapp inspired hence the usage of samples from Zapp songs. Trickeration is a track Geek and Noise produced and rapped on. The same sample is heard on the track Put Dat On Da B from Bloody Mary - Day of Resurrection in 2003.
The Game of Mack N was a track from in-house production team Geek & Noise. They both produced and rapped. It’s a rap about having the freshest cloths and freshest hoes. Mainly living the fast life. Kev-Vo is the man singing on the soulful chorus.
•Geek & Noise (Captain Geek & DJ Noise) were in-house producers for Dangerous Records from 1990 to 1997. They were also rappers that did not make the Bangin' On Wax cut during the auditions in 1992. They did have tracks they saved over the years for what was supposed to be for their debut album which were unreleased and appeared on RRLGA for some reason. Tracks are Trickeration, The Game of Mack'N, Hittin' Switches, Buck 'Em Down, Do Your Thing, Got Dam They Ruthless, and Gangsta Style Rappin' were supposed to be for their debut album, but that didn't happen due to financial reasons, contract disputes, and business issues with Dangerous Records. After 1997, they split. Geek & Noise were also a part of DJ Battlecat’s East Side Tag Team production crew in the 90s.
•D-Rock & The Bayou Crew were the first official artists to sign to Dangerous Records back when Dangerous Records was Dance Craze Records. Dance Craze Records was an early incarnation of Dangerous Records before the label became Dangerous Records. D-Rock & The Bayou Crew was signed to Dangerous Records from 1990 to 1992. Their songs My Mama Named Me Batman (Get Some Of This Funk) and Get Some Of This Funk (My Mama Named Me Batman) (Remix) had music videos that aired on The BOX on MTV.
*B Brazy's songs Payback and Bitch Get Lifted were leftovers from The Braziak album in 2000.
*Comin' Out The Cage is a radio remix version.
*Wish You Were Here, Piru Love, Nini Says F-ck You, Comin' Out The Cage, and Steady Dippin' are radio edits.
*Geek & Noise were a part of Tweedy's Underworld Connection (UWC) at one point.
*Lil Ms. China was also known as Ms. China or Ms. Chyna sometimes.
*Geek & Noise are Captain Geek & DJ Noise.
*Geek & Noise (Captain Geek & DJ Noise) were in-house producers for Dangerous Records from 1990 to 1997 before splitting up.
*Lil Hawk's leftover song A Lil Something From Da West Side was a leftover from the Lil Hawk Red Riding Hood album.
*C-Alright is the remix version with Genuine Draft (now known as Domino) in it from Bangin' On Wax: Greatest Hits in 1996.
*It is possible that songs A Lil Something From Da West Side and All My Niggas were leftover tracks intended to be included on Damu Ridas or Damu Ridas II (How Deep Is Your Hood).
*In the inside credits on an orange wall of names, Ronnie Ron (then CEO of Dangerous Records) dissed Robert Lewis III of former PAR Records by calling him Lying Ass Rob Lewis.
*Bitch Get Lifted later appeared on the Bloody Mary - Day of Resurrection album in 2003.
I rate this album, Gangsta-Lation, 5/5*****!!
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