Mixerr Album Reviews #1,500

This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review the Checkmate 2003 album by Lil Breazy. This album was released on Iced Down Records and distributed by Select-O-Hits in 2003. Bad Guy, Check Yourself, and Everybody's Ballin' are the singles! Lil Breazy is from Austin, Texas.

Let Me Look At You is fast uptempo soul rap song featuring Big Grind and Ajax of Sam Huston Boyz (Sam Houston Boyz). Staying paid is the only thing on Lil Breazy’s agenda. He’s click-clackin’ and stackin’ up money into his account. Lil Breazy only represents the real. On this track, Lil Breazy separates the real from the fake.

Everybody's Ballin' is the hit single for this album! This is one of those party on the boat dock at the top of the boat jams. This jam will make you want to get up and dance! This is the bomb!! A rockin’ Stapleton Sisters sample is used. This song had house parties in Austin rockin' out back in 2002! Everybody's Ballin' had everyone partyin’ back in 2002. If you were educated and informed about the social scene and party scene here in Austin, Texas, you’d know about this song.

Mash 4 Skrilla is a very Lone Star Texan song. The country guitar on the high note gives out that Texas Country feel. Lil Breezy tells us on the brooding chorus lines that he’s not going to die being broke. Rap game or dope game he’s in it to win it. Lil Breazy’s a certified track killa. He kills on every track of his sophomore album.

Time 2 Shine showcases both Lil Breazy and ICE's lyrical talent. I love the vocoder used on Time 2 Shine. This song was so cold. Both artists had the game on freeze. ICE was on ATV Recordz, Isolated Records, Madd Creole Entertainment, and Iced Down Records. She was from Austin, Texas.

Bad Guy and Check Yourself have that Scarface movie feel with that heavy bass and heavy drums. So does Don't Fuck With Me which features Lil Flip and has a Scarface movie sample.

Just A Player is a slow downtempo dreamy soul song featuring Big Chop and Cin-A-Mon of ATV Recordz. Just A Player is a soul rap song. This song is not exactly the best Lil Breazy song nor is it his best work compared to all his other masterpieces.

Whoever told you G-Funk and Gangsta Rap was dead, they're wrong! It just moved to the South. Listen to You Know How We Do It featuring Big Pokey from Wreckshop Records outta Houston, Texas!  It has that old 90s G-Funk sound. This is like a From Austin to Houston collaboration. It's an Ice Cube cover song. This song is a new song not featured on the 2002 edition.

You should buy this album if you already haven't!! This album is off the hook!  It's that good! Take my word for it. It's too bad that Lil Breazy's career never took off. Austin Hip Hop/Rap always gets overlooked!


[The 2003 edition of this album was distributed by Select-O-Hits as the original 2002 edition was distributed by Southwest Wholesale. The reason why this edition of the Checkmate album was distributed by Select-O-Hits is because Southwest Wholesale went bankrupt in 2003.]

I rate this album, Checkmate 2003, 5/5*****!!