Mixerr Album Reviews #2,206

Mad Wisdom - Mad Wisdom is a socially conscious Afrocentric rap album filled with gangsta braggadocio and unfiltered funk. You can find everything from gangsta rap to politically conscious rap on this album. Think XClan meets gangsta rap. Highlights for this album are the songs Million Me's The End, and Illegal Business. Mythology, Prophecy, and Oct 31 are the darker songs on the album.

Guest artists on this album are Bilal Shabazz, Ladicius MC, Pee Wee Warner, 55x1 Soul, and J. Baby. The album was produced by legendary Dallas beat producer DJ Snake. Bumble Bhe and DJ Snake handle a majority of the production.

Yellow text appears in his sunglasses under the caption, “this is one crazy muthafucka”. The color scheme for this album is yellow, black, white, and gray. Although the color scheme for this album relies heavily on the black & white color scheme.



Execution Of Trust serves as the opener where Nation of Islam brother Bilal Shabazz acts as the opening MC for the song. This song is one of the more Afrocentric politically conscious songs which also shows social awareness.

Tyrone Samples (Tye) and Bumble Bhe of Nemesis grace the track by adding several layers of sampled instrumentation from other songs on The End. Tye did most of the sampling while Bumble Bhe produced and did the vocal arrangements. Bumble Bhe and Tye are on the vocals. Mad Wisdom laces the track with his versatility.

Dance Hall Destruction is a reggae styled dancehall track laced with fury and rap music. Reggae meets rap on Dance Hall Destruction. Pee Wee Warner has a guest spot on the song.


Million Me's is one of the more harsh yet darker songs on the album. The song has such enigmatic versatility.The song has storytelling rap similar to Slick Rick, Biz Markie, and Lil Sin. Mad Wisdom tells us the story of how he divided himself into a million copies of himself.

The song was produced by the legendary DJ Snake. So you already know this is going to be pure G-Funk. He produced those beats and synths you hear on this song.

The original version of Million Me's used a lopped guitar sample and not distorted bass notes as on the remix. The remix of Million Me's uses distorted bass notes and synths. The remix version uses a much different sound that has slightly more bass than the original version. DJ Snake produced the beats and synths on the original and remix versions of Million Me’s.

The original version of Million Me's was used on the Youngsta Records compilation VA - Poets & Gangstas in 1995. The remix version does not appear on the Poets & Gangstas compilation.

Mad Wisdom lost himself up in hell. His brain swelled. Is he going crazy? “Am I going crazy?” is the question Mad Wisdom asks himself as he has gone psycho. Can the world tell? Smell the smoke that he sends. He is gone in with the wind. He finds himself on the other side looking. He does not like the future that he is seeing. Everything is gory in the future he is seeing. This future involves violence and bloodshed.

It may be a trick. African American people have been tricked before in the past many times. America ain’t no candy store. The devil offered Mad Wisdom an apple. Mad Wisdom preferred Snapple. So the got capped as Mad Wisdom shot the devil with a gun. One minute the devil was a snake and the next minute the devil turned into Uncle Sam. Then the devil transformed into death in the palm of Mad Wisdom’s hand with 7 hoes bleeding as he dies. This is all a dream though. He is dreaming in Dallas, Texas hence the reference to the area code 214. He wakes up screaming.

Watch Mad Wisdom as he divides himself into a million copies of himself and be the only dope emcee (MC).

Hell is the street that he stands on in Dallas, Texas. He doesn’t give a fuck about you marks. Misery loves company. So he invites misery right on in. He is awake in the night. The streets are a place of suffering, destruction, and misery of course. Which way is Mad Wisdom turning?

People rise from a cemetery as they are burning. Walls are burning. The devil is their god. Now this cemetery is an everlasting cemetery. Everybody is lost.

He asks for money to save. He asks, “Who is God? Who am I? Who is it who played me?” Mad Wisdom is living with no hope so he is going to take your life away. You’re gonna disappear from this earth.

The blunt burns slowly as he continues his flow. Notice the smells. He was raised in hell (Dallas, Texas). His freestyles are furious and at the same are wicked. He kicks wicked wisdom as he’s about to hang these tracks. There ain’t no coming back from the sinful side of life. Life after death because after death comes life. Mad Wisdom is mentally sick inside. Mad Wisdom called out the media and America for portraying a negative light on African American people. Flames stay lit in the midst of civil unrest. The god screams, “American is in trouble!”
 

Death Rims uses a mixture of reggae, funk, and gangsta rap. Death Rims deals with how things are in the ghetto and the dangerous living conditions of living in the ghetto. It’s a perils of the ghetto type of song. The song was recorded in 1993 and produced by Bhumble Bhe.

Flashing lights pass by the sirens. Every day Mad Wisdom is trapped in the ghetto. Violence often lurks around. Everyone is in survival mode. Everyone is kept on grind mode. Mad Wisdom goes on to discuss the dangerous living conditions of living in the ghetto. He stays strapped. His advice to those living in the ghetto and anyone else is never roll alone. Loose your life or drive away on a set of death rims.

Mad Wisdom wants some triple gold Daytons to match the paint on his rims. Minimum wage won’t get him paid and he needs some crown in his drop top 6 tray convertible. Life is getting harder in this new age. These young fools are strapped. This society can do you in.

He hits the switches on his 6 tray convertible. He left the parking lot late. What music he music was playing was D-Crew, Doobie, and Mac Vo (fka Devo X). He was playing Mac Vo’s yellow cassette tape. These young fools were honking at him. Mad Wisdom guessed that they wanted to test his faith. A Cutlass Supreme pulls up on the right side. There is a full moon in the sky and Mad Wisdom thinks he might die. Those who are inside the Cutlass Supreme have masks on their faces. This is believed to be a robbery. The traffic light turns green and Mad Wisdom goes about 90 MPH. He finds himself on I 635. He says, “Fuck the venue!”


Bilal Shabazz, Ladicius MC, and Mad Wisdom are in deep concentration as they are blowing up the nation with their storytelling myths and raps on the song Mythology. Think storytelling rap. So come and get deep with them. Get your knowledge right. The song is laced with deep bass and guitar rhythms. This song gets deep with lyrics such as “Religion got us trapped in the skull of a triple 6”.

I rate this album 4/5****!!