This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review T-Lye - Street Wize.
Street Wize was a demo released on cassette in 1993 from Sick Bay Productions. E-Moe produced on I Gostakickit and Street Wize. E-Moe was responsible for the production of those 2 songs. T. McNeal and S. Gardiner were the investors for Sick Bay Productions.
T-Lye was on Sick Bay Productions along with E-Moe, Sicx, and Big Hollis as well. They were a part of Sick Bay Productions. Sick Bay Productions had artists from the Bay Area and Sacramento. Sick Bay was active from 1994 to 1998. E-Moe and Big Hollis did the productions on I Gostakickit and Street Wize. T-Lye was 15 when she recorded this demo. T-Lye is an artist from Sacramento, California.
Death Row is a dark eerie track with an angelic chorus in the background. The angelic chorus in the background helps the song give off an eerie vibe. The track is a representation of gangsta rap at its finest.
T-Lye has a job drug dealing with niggaz on the street. She is way clean so police can’t frame her for hers crimes or detained. Don’t fuck around with T-Lye or make her angry. She will start aiming to shoot you. They will put a tag on your toe and you’ll be another victim of death row buried 6 feet in the dirt while T-Lye is on the streets putting in much work.
Now we are in pursuit of a high speed chase throughout town. T-Lye is getting chased by the fucking county blues. E-Moe is letting loose with a Tech 9. One down and hella more to go.
Street Wize is a 3 1/2 minute track about T-Lye's knowledge of the streets. T-Lye kicks game to her audience on this track. She speaks up on the harsh realities of street life. E-Moe provides and contributes a bit of spoken word on this track of hers.
Now this version of Street Wize is not the sample free version of Street Wize that appeared on the I Gotsakickit demo single that was released in 1994. The 1994 version did not include the soul sample used in this version of Street Wize. It used beats E-Moe had produced and engineered. This version of Street Wize is the 1993 version.
Living the mobstyle lifestyle since the age of 7 and now T-Lye’s 15. She spent 9 years without the help and love from her mother. T-Lye be slangin’ that crack rock right down the street. Flipping that check every 1st and 15th day of the month. T-Lye has to have mail because she can’t live without it. She’s got a kid now and can’t work ain’t about it. T-Lye would rather live a criminal lifestyle cooperating with illegal business to earn an income. A fresh pair of Jordan’s are way too important for T-Lye. In other words her priorities are fucked up.
Fools be trying to jack T-Lye. But fools can’t catch T-Lye as she’s rolling in E-Moe’s Coup with a .390 on her side. Street life is hard. Her father never taught her nothing so she became street wize. Slanging that heavy weight of yayo and crack rock is what she does and is known for.
E-Moe explains that out here on the streets is either live or die. You have to sell dope to make it. If you receive welfare, you are not going to make it in life.
Her dope spot started getting hot so she figured that it’s time to stop. She doesn’t want to show her face to an undercover cop or another cop. So she found herself another dope spot for her narcotics ring out in the boondocks. Obviously the boondocks is a preferable choice since nobody’s out there. Eventually T-Lye went on to get her education. She is on time and never short of her medication. Her occupation was a sworn drug dealer, but now she’s going straight while making money. It feels great. E-Moe tells no lies. You gotta be street wize. Coming from the Sick Bay you gotta be street wize.
E-Moe tells us the streets are not the same anymore these days. You can’t slang dope anymore. It’s way too hard. So now we have to slang these beats instead and keep on becoming street wise. You know. It’s like this. Sick Bay be coming Street Wize.
T-Lye is deep in this music thang. She has a talented flow of rap and she well aware of this. T-Lye shows awareness in her raps. She hits the studio every chance she gets. She’s nothing nice once she gets on the mic. So now you fools know.
I Gotstakickit is about the day in a life of T-Lye. It's about how T-Lye kicks it with the Sick Bay Crew. It is filled with super heavy G-Funk bass along with that Bay Area sound. Think Mobb Music and gangsta rap filled with hip hop beats. Nothing but Mobb Music. It’s a Sick Bay thang!
T-Lye was 16 years old and already kicking it like an OG when she recorded Igotstakickit with E-Moe and Tasha B (Tasha Brooks). She was in an original state of mind.
E-Moe did the drum programming on the I Gotstakickit track. Any beats done by E-Moe are always on point. Big Hollis has done stellar production too. Female vocalist Tasha B. makes an appearance on this song. Tasha B. reminds me of a little of R&B. Sick Bay Productions also made a music video for the I Gotstakickit single.
I don't know what went down with Sick Bay Productions or why T-Lye did not release a full album, but whatever went down with Sick Bay Productions remains a mystery. Maybe it was just for fun or maybe the money wasn't right at the time. It's such a such shame that artists like this get overlooked. This single was too short for me and the fans.
I rate this single, Street Wize, 5/5*****!!
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