Lil Willie Johnson - Young Man Take Care of Your Child is one of the more rarer albums from gospel singer Lil Willie Johnson. This is a super rare deep soul album by gospel singer Lil Willie Johnson that has been lost and forgotten with time. Not too many people know about this album. Thankfully Lil Willie has allowed his album to be streamed digitally on website services such as YouTube, Amazon, and CDBaby.
The album has that 70s soul sound mixed with 2000s deep soul as well. Southern soul and deep soul can’t get any better than this. So now this album is certainly something you would expect to hear from a powerful modern deep soul singer. His sound is similar to Bobby Bland, Lil Ed Williams, Blind Willie Johnson, and Z. Z. Hill. The blues songs he covers on this album are also perfect as they filled with deep powerful soul. This album has a taste of powerful modern soul too. There's no one who can sing like Little Willie Johnson.
Young Man Take Care of Your Child was his second debut album as a soul singer and solo artist released in the year 2001. This album was issued on cassette and CD-r. Most of these songs are vintage recordings dating back to the 70s and 80s. Most of these songs came from his 2000 debut album Leave My Keys.
Tonight Might be the Night is perfect for a romantic night or a late night creep. The diluted bass has a reverb and deep tone.
Willie is on his way to her house. She told him tonight might be the night they can get into something romantic. Willie hopes she means every word she says because he does not have time to mess around. Things start to hot and steamy here. She is dropping down, breaking in a sweat.
Of course Willie gets hard when he sees her strutting down the street with her big pretty legs. His heart skips a beat whenever he sees her big pretty legs. It’s a shame that she will not share his love with him. He believes he can her all his. A lot of his friends are always begging her. They got more money to spend on her than Willie does.
He’s so glad. Willie believes he can her his lover.
The song Leave My Keys uses several layers of instrumentation with a powerful horn selection, loud drum kit, and rhythmic bass guitars. What stands out about this particular song is the loud powerful horn selection. Basically loudness is what sets the tone for this song of his. This song came from his 2000 debut album of the same name.
She said she was leaving Lil Willie Johnson. She’s going away real soon. Willie stayed up all night long wondering what she meant be she was leaving him. He tells her, “Go on. Walk out the door. Leave my keys, baby. ” He also tells her, “Leave my keys to the car.”
All this midnight roaming and wondering around has got Willie wondering what’s going on. She said she was leaving him so many times before. But Willie thought she would never leave him this time for good. After he gave her everything after marrying her. He explicitly tells her to go on and leave him be. He explicitly tells her, “Go on. Leave me, baby. Walk out the door. Leave my keys.”
Lil Willie Johnson covers James Brown and The Famous Flames - Try Me with the song Try Me. Here on this particular cover song, Lil Willie Johnson sounds like Lil Ed Williams and Z. Z. Hill when he talks. This song is perfect for a very special night or a break up. Try Me is definitely perfect for the bedroom as things get sexual and sexy here.
Lil Willie Johnson is the “go-to” man when a lady is searching for good love, action, and satisfaction. He wants any to try being with him. He tells any lady, “When the hurt is strong and everything you do is wrong. You need someone to comfort you. Well, listen baby. I'll come first to you. So try me.” He explains why he is the “go-to man” in the lyrics to this song.
If you need satisfaction
Listen baby, I've got the action
Where I am, that's where it's at
So, listen baby, it's tit for tat, so
Try me, try me, try me
When the hurt is strong
And everything you do is wrong
You need someone to comfort you
Well, listen baby, I'll come first to you, so
Try me, try me, try me
Need good lovin'
I'm black, try me coming
Yes I'm black, try me and I'm coming
Try me, try me
Lil Willie Johnson does a beautiful job covering Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - I Need You with his enigmatic deep soul styled singing.
Lil Willie Johnson doesn't want to be happy with somebody else. He knows this. He found a particular lady he knows he would be happy with. No need of fooling himself. Why be concerned if she doesn’t love him? He’d be wasting her time and his as well. But it’s clear that he desperately needs her. He wants her.
He doesn’t need "someone else”. He needs her. I guess he’s just a stubborn fool. Kind of hard headed like a mule. But how does Willie love someone else when he needs her? Well I guess these things just don't matter. “But how do I love someone else when I need you?” is the question he asking himself.
He apologizes as there is no love between them. He can tell from the look in her eyes that she is now with another man. Willie explain how she is with another man with these lyrics here: “And I apologize/There's no kind of love between us/I can see from the looks of your eyes/And now you're with another”
The title track Young Man Take Care of Your Child tells men to take care of their own children and not be an absent parent. The song uses filtered diluted bass coming from a bass guitar. Reverb is used in the electric organ.
Don’t Cry is the chorus driven deep soul song which is backed by a lively xylophone and a marimba. A xylophone and marimba are what give this song a live feeling. The loud powerful energetic chorus is what stands out about Don’t Cry. You can feel the energy coming from the chorus as you listen to this song. This song is perfect for anyone who is going to a breakup in their relationship with a loved one.
5/5*****!
*Lil Willie Johnson also has his name stylized as Li'l Willie Johnson.
*Li'l Willie Johnson was a gospel singer before he transitioned into being a soul singer.
*His second album was much harder to find until 2010 when he released this album to CDBaby as a digital download.
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Ter’ell - Ter’ell’s Groove House album review
Ter’ell - Ter’ell’s Groove House was an album released by none other than Austin, Texas based soul artist Ter’ell Shahid. All of the songs on this album were written, performed, and produced by Ter’ell himself without any other in-house producers or outside help. The album has everything from club anthems to romantic bedroom songs. His sound is sultry and soulful in nature as well as mood. Ter’ell’s Groove House was released on CD in 2002 by Dark Skin Records outta Atlanta, Georgia.
Ter’ell digs the way this sexy chick moves on the opening song Sexy. He has been checking out her style as she moves. The premise of the song is Ter’ell keeping his eyes on a sexy chick while checking her out.
Her style can be described as sexy. The way she comes out of her brand new Cadillac while looking all good makes a brother want to bone. She wears a tight ass skirt. Ter’ell says she looks all good in her tight ass skirt. All his friends know what he means.
Every time he sees her eyes it makes him fantasize about the things they could be doing. He turns into a fool. Clearly he wants to be down with her. Even with his style. Ter’ell loves her body like honey. He has been checking out her style as she dances. He also likes the way she grooves.
4 the ladies in the club is the club anthem dedicated specifically for the ladies which is what Ter’ell intended for with this song of his. You know. The ones that show guys love at the front of the stage. He wants to see the ladies dance. Nothing but good times here.
Slow Interlude is the slow jam which slows the albums mood down completely with the infectious synths and Afrocentric beats.
3/5***
Both genres of jazz and soul meet rap on this single by Adic. Adic - Ain’t No Love is a Shreveport rap classic. This single is Shreveport rap at its finest. Adic is Always Def In Competition from Shreveport, Louisiana, US. The single was released locally on cassette and vinyl in 1993 for the independent ADIC label.
The single Ain’t No Love is about how people have no love for each other these days. It also deals how people are heartless these days. Ain’t No Love searches for the solution of happiness. Adic rakes it back to the roots on this album. The single’s title is solely based off of and inspired by the Bobby Bland jazz ballad Ain’t No Love In The Heart of City. That is where the inspiration for the album title must have come from.
Ain’t No Love is about how people have no love and are heartless these days. People are heartless these days. We as humans are not as compassionate as we should be. We are not compassionate as we once were. Just look at the world.
This beginning sentence “Just look at the world.” gives us a foreshadowing into our grim looking future. That sentence alone gives us an insight into our grim future.
Adic states that black people are getting killed in the city streets of inner cities and urban communities. Many killings of black do happen when living in an urban community. Murder, homicide, and genocide are well prevalent in many inner cities. Adic raps about crime that plagues inner cities and drugs that effect peoples mood stability.
Adic tells us where we should be as a human race. Adic raps on debating issues that effect quality of living. Homelessness, poverty, and crime are enormous issues that effect the quality of living in America. These issues effect quality of living standards.
Damn It Feels Good is an upbeat swing jazz ballad of which Adic raps about how the quality of living in America would be in the group’s vision of a perfect world. Damn It Feels Good is an upbeat swing jazz ballad that has a positive vibe to it very much similar to 80s and 90s pop. You can definitely hear that upbeat 90s pop sound in Damn It Feels Good. The song itself is filled with both negative and positive themes.
Adic makes pro black statements at the very beginning of Damn It Feels Good. The group Adic tells black people in America to be proud of their race. That is their stance on racial pride. Pro-black is where and what Adic wants to be at. It’s about proud of being black. This tells us where the group Adic is on pro-black stances.
Adic raps about how the quality of living in America would be in the group’s vision of a perfect world. There would be no homelessness. There would be no poverty. Starvation would become a thing of the past. Abortion would become a thing of the past too. Adic states that there should be no crime. Everyone would be living in peace and harmony. But Adic knows that it’s too much to ask for.
Adic wants the following, “Everyone would live in peace and harmony.” The message Adic is trying to get across is wanting everyone to live in peace and harmony. Adic wants everyone to live in peace and harmony. The message is quite simple.
What Makes You Want To Want To Lie To Me is a sad heartbreaking love song with an Enya-esque sample of What Makes You Want To Want To Lie To Me by Merge. As a matter of fact, the whole song entirely relies on the sample of What Makes You Want To Want To Lie To Me by Merge. Pay attention closely to musical notes playing from the harp and you’ll notice.
The change in the sound quality is noticeably huge. Volume is set at a much higher level than all the other songs on the album. What Makes You Want To Want To Lie To Me is a sad heartbreaking love song that hits right in the feels. It’s one of those down and out songs.
5/5*****!!
Ter’ell - Ter’ell’s Groove House was an album released by none other than Austin, Texas based soul artist Ter’ell Shahid. All of the songs on this album were written, performed, and produced by Ter’ell himself without any other in-house producers or outside help. The album has everything from club anthems to romantic bedroom songs. His sound is sultry and soulful in nature as well as mood. Ter’ell’s Groove House was released on CD in 2002 by Dark Skin Records outta Atlanta, Georgia.
Ter’ell digs the way this sexy chick moves on the opening song Sexy. He has been checking out her style as she moves. The premise of the song is Ter’ell keeping his eyes on a sexy chick while checking her out.
Her style can be described as sexy. The way she comes out of her brand new Cadillac while looking all good makes a brother want to bone. She wears a tight ass skirt. Ter’ell says she looks all good in her tight ass skirt. All his friends know what he means.
Every time he sees her eyes it makes him fantasize about the things they could be doing. He turns into a fool. Clearly he wants to be down with her. Even with his style. Ter’ell loves her body like honey. He has been checking out her style as she dances. He also likes the way she grooves.
4 the ladies in the club is the club anthem dedicated specifically for the ladies which is what Ter’ell intended for with this song of his. You know. The ones that show guys love at the front of the stage. He wants to see the ladies dance. Nothing but good times here.
Slow Interlude is the slow jam which slows the albums mood down completely with the infectious synths and Afrocentric beats.
3/5***
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Adic - Ain’t No Love single reviewBoth genres of jazz and soul meet rap on this single by Adic. Adic - Ain’t No Love is a Shreveport rap classic. This single is Shreveport rap at its finest. Adic is Always Def In Competition from Shreveport, Louisiana, US. The single was released locally on cassette and vinyl in 1993 for the independent ADIC label.
The single Ain’t No Love is about how people have no love for each other these days. It also deals how people are heartless these days. Ain’t No Love searches for the solution of happiness. Adic rakes it back to the roots on this album. The single’s title is solely based off of and inspired by the Bobby Bland jazz ballad Ain’t No Love In The Heart of City. That is where the inspiration for the album title must have come from.
Ain’t No Love is about how people have no love and are heartless these days. People are heartless these days. We as humans are not as compassionate as we should be. We are not compassionate as we once were. Just look at the world.
This beginning sentence “Just look at the world.” gives us a foreshadowing into our grim looking future. That sentence alone gives us an insight into our grim future.
Adic states that black people are getting killed in the city streets of inner cities and urban communities. Many killings of black do happen when living in an urban community. Murder, homicide, and genocide are well prevalent in many inner cities. Adic raps about crime that plagues inner cities and drugs that effect peoples mood stability.
Adic tells us where we should be as a human race. Adic raps on debating issues that effect quality of living. Homelessness, poverty, and crime are enormous issues that effect the quality of living in America. These issues effect quality of living standards.
Damn It Feels Good is an upbeat swing jazz ballad of which Adic raps about how the quality of living in America would be in the group’s vision of a perfect world. Damn It Feels Good is an upbeat swing jazz ballad that has a positive vibe to it very much similar to 80s and 90s pop. You can definitely hear that upbeat 90s pop sound in Damn It Feels Good. The song itself is filled with both negative and positive themes.
Adic makes pro black statements at the very beginning of Damn It Feels Good. The group Adic tells black people in America to be proud of their race. That is their stance on racial pride. Pro-black is where and what Adic wants to be at. It’s about proud of being black. This tells us where the group Adic is on pro-black stances.
Adic raps about how the quality of living in America would be in the group’s vision of a perfect world. There would be no homelessness. There would be no poverty. Starvation would become a thing of the past. Abortion would become a thing of the past too. Adic states that there should be no crime. Everyone would be living in peace and harmony. But Adic knows that it’s too much to ask for.
Adic wants the following, “Everyone would live in peace and harmony.” The message Adic is trying to get across is wanting everyone to live in peace and harmony. Adic wants everyone to live in peace and harmony. The message is quite simple.
What Makes You Want To Want To Lie To Me is a sad heartbreaking love song with an Enya-esque sample of What Makes You Want To Want To Lie To Me by Merge. As a matter of fact, the whole song entirely relies on the sample of What Makes You Want To Want To Lie To Me by Merge. Pay attention closely to musical notes playing from the harp and you’ll notice.
The change in the sound quality is noticeably huge. Volume is set at a much higher level than all the other songs on the album. What Makes You Want To Want To Lie To Me is a sad heartbreaking love song that hits right in the feels. It’s one of those down and out songs.
5/5*****!!
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Various Artists - Runnin’ Blind album review
The Runnin’ Blind compilation was a tight compilation which featured rap artists from all over San Antonio, Texas. The album had also featured gangs from different sets and sides of the rag. Each song is pure fire from front to back with no tracks worth skipping.
Ricé and Sean Tompkins produced one tight ass compilation album. The album was produced at Ricé’s Music Box Studios back when it was located in his trailer at Westhill Mobile Home & RV Park on Pinn Road in Southwest San Antonio. Ricé produced over half the album. That is why you can hear his sound all over the album.
Sean Tompkins served as the executive producer for the whole album and pulled songs that others performed and featured on from other albums. Sean Tompkins was responsible for releasing the album on his own label which was Commerce St. Records. That label was responsible for releasing Mr. Joshay’s albums.
The Runnin’ Blind compilation was released on Commerce St. Records in 1997 on CD and cassette format. There was no vinyl release. The Runnin’ Blind compilation was mainly sold at Commerce Street Records when the storefront was located inside of the old Windsor Park Mall in San Antonio, Texas. The Runnin’ Blind compilation was also released and distributed through Southwest Wholesale. More than 10,000 units of Runnin’ Blind were pressed. That is the reason you can easily find this album on Amazon, eBay, GEMM, Yahoo Auctions, etc.
Not too many people know this but Commerce St. Records was located inside of the old Windsor Park Mall in San Antonio, Texas. The address for Commerce St. Records was 7900 North IH-35, Suite L-5, San Antonio, TX 78218.
King 13 began the compilation with a piano laced opener called Naked Soul. The piano is what keeps the mood mellow sort of in a strange way. The feeling is both mellow and intense.
The song takes us through the views of a gangsta. King 13 laces the mic with such fiery and aggression in his lyrics. This is not surprising since this is gangsta rap. Every song King 13 raps on is fire! That is a fact. His presence is huge for this song.
Now Lil Paul was all over the title track Runnin’ Blind more than Lil Sin despite Lil Sin being featured on the song. This is more of a Lil Paul song. Lil Paul is part of ETG (East Terrace Gang) along with Scoot and Lil Short who were featured on other songs on this compilation. Runnin’ blind with two 9’s is that ish.
The song has a dark eerie vibe with chilling whistles and bells. You can feel a Wild West vibe and sound due to the whistles you hear in the background as you listen to the song. Volume of the shakers have been reduced significantly. Ricé does a wonderful job with arranging the bells and whistles as always.
Runnin’ blind with two 9’s are the words which give this song Wild West mentality, sound, and vibe. Runnin’ blind with two 9’s is that ish.
You and Your Nine was put on the Runnin’ Blind compilation by Sean Tompkins because the album was short on tracks. That was all Sean’s idea. He put You and Your Nine on the Runnin Blind compilation first before later including the album on Mr. Joshay’s 21 Crunk St album in 1998. Label mates Dirty Red and King 13 make an appearance. Mr. Joshay represented Commerce Street to the fullest.
Sean Tompkins co-produced You and Your Nine and Ricé did the instrumentation arrangements. The song has a smooth but brooding sound of uncertainty. Things get kind of eerie due to the tone and sound. Still this song is regarded as old school San Antonio hip hop/rap at its finest.
King 13 the freestyle king graces the track first.
You bastards always talk about murderous shit. Gotta get your gat and your click because ya’ll can’t squabble it. Those same people are the same ones who go to the pen and end up being the first ones to get raped. Sucking dick and getting fucked like a bitch. Ain’t made to run on these streets. You grab your heat from under the drivers seat of your vehicle because your boxing game is weak. That ass gets beat and teeth are split. All this to avoid grief.
Bitch made to the core. Doing driveby shootings are easier than fighting. People who are cowards do driveby shootings because they can’t fight. We all gotta die in due time. Be true to yourself.
King 13 is strong in the rap game as he is the freestyle king of San Antonio rap/hip hop. He is flipping the flow with niggas that ain’t gonna last. King 13 was known for flipping flows in his rap back in the 90s.
Dirty Red raps on the second verse.
Dirty Red dedicates his hate to pussy packing niggaz bumping they gums about some beef shit. That could have been done a long time ago. Boxing ain’t the thang for them to do. They are bitch made to the core as King 13 said. Grabbing a fully automatic weapon is part of retaliating and causing static. Such mannerism is considered cold blooded to the bone.
Bumping Al Green and watching Al Capone. The name ain’t nothing but the skin tone. Dirty Red takes people on going head first. It hurts to see a player ball. These haters are looking for the next player to gank.
Mr. Joshay raps at the very end of this song.
Come fly with this young black villain. Look into his eyes and you’ll spot the killers at night. Young villains who stacking they scrilla. Young villains blast any motherfucker on sight. Like that. These niggaz don’t be playing in Texas.
Mr. Joshay tells people not to hesitate to shoot at him if they plan on doing so. Don’t waste his time if you ain’t finna pull the trigger. The song is aimed at the weak and fake people. Those type of people are quick to grab their guns instead of actually fight. They don’t last long as they are not made to run on these streets. You might as well shoot yourself.
SCG - 3 Shotz is suspense filled gangsta rap track that is filled with street drama. The sound effects are perfect as they fit in appropriately with the mood and vibe. SCG is part of Lil Sin’s SoufField click and Santee’s PRC label.
SCG is trapped in the game. He is pulling that strap and is not holding back, loc. He don’t give a fuck about the laws. Fuck them haters. Haters tried to kill him. SCG represents the SCG Click from the South Side of San Antonio. He has ties with the East Side though.
Fuck them haters. Haters tried to kill him. He caught someone slipping. Another murder and another homicide is in progress. He don’t a fuck about another person’s death. That .9 millimeter shows no love as he pulls the hammer back. The sets doesn’t have any love for fakers. Better watch out.
Now 3 Shotz was recorded a studio on Nolan Street which was a bail bonds office and not at Ricé’s Music Box Studios. Jason Collins was supposed to be on SCG, Sir Knox, Lady Pimp, and Pimp C. However Jason Collins locked up. So the engineer and producer had to scrap the verse he laid. Lady Pimp got Jason’s verse and spot instead. SCG and Sir Knox did most of the rapping anyway.
Lil Short of ETG (East Terrace Gang) takes control of the song Short Rida as he explains the hustles and struggles of his life. Every day is a struggle when you are a hustler like Lil Short. The song was dedicated to those a part of the East Terrace Gang. Ricé produced the song.
Guess who’s back? The nigga who pulled a jack and did a year and a half in jail. That would be Lil Short of ETG. He has to get his. He’s jacking for keeps. It’s an everyday struggle for him. That is why he hustles and is a hustler. He goes from hitting them jack to selling them packs. They are Bout It, Bout It in the city of SA like Master P. San Antonio is city where you have to hustle. Lil Short won’t settle for less until people tell him he is the best. Lil Short is a straight rida coming from the East Side neighborhood of East Terrace.
Lil Short is putting it down like he’s supposed to. A straight 27 soulja blowing on that doja. People stare at the return of the straight rida. A shop on East Commerce Street is where he shoots at police. He won’t stop until player haters drop. He is looking for ice. He is a ghetto star you can see at the clubs. There ain’t no love in this dirty game. Looking out for rivals, enemies, and law enforcement is something a hustler must deal with.
Lil Short was a victim of the ghetto as he was raised in the East Terrace housing projects. He had to become a rida at the age of 3. He had to become a rida to keep his family fed and taken care of. He had to compete with others in these wicked streets. That is not easy at all. He thanks God for not being dead yet because he grew up fast.
Tomorrow is not promised. What little time he has is borrowed and compromised. Lil Short will ride for ETG until he dies. He will kill if he has to.
No Matter What is about how the music business and life in general has changed. Use your brain and the game will be good to you. The game will be good to you if you let it. The song has one of the coldest beats ever heard and is layered with heavy double bass guitars. The drum programming is superb.
Now what’s interesting about the song No Matter What with Lil Sin and Nino of P.K.O. is that Lil Sin used lyrics from his song The Game Done Changed from his 1998 album Who Got Yo Back. Notice these lyrics? “But it’s hard to see who’s out to cross you in your path/I done ran with thug niggaz, drug dealers, and lots of killaz on the block/My eyes are on you fuck niggaz?”
Lil Sin has the world in the palm of his hands. But it’s hard to see who’s out to cross you in your path. He’s ran with thug niggaz, drug dealers, and lots of killaz on the block. He had to change the crowd of people he associated himself with. His eyes are on these fuck niggaz who are trying to kill him for the people he associates himself with. One easy spot on the block is where Lil Sin is slanging.
Lil Sin is having things that younger G’s are hating him for. They are simply jealous of the material possessions he has. He’s changed his ways because fancy things have gotten to him. It’s gotten to the point where shady people have been watching. In order to maintain you have to use your fucking brain. Shady people will get to your money if you let them take it. Use your brain and the game will be good to you. Game will be good to you if you let it.
Nino will put his steel chrome up against your dome. You’re gonna feel the wrath from the blast. Watch your ass! SA fools are putting it down. Smoking pounds of weed on the East Side of SA-Town. Nino will fuck around and pull your card. Nino has the water and Lil Sin has them kilos. Nino is that fool others love to hate.
Sweet-P put a gangsta rap spin on the Rose Royce classic Love Don’t Live Here Anymore and turned that into You Can't Slang Here. You Can't Slang Here is about how Sweet-P will murder outside dealers and hustlers who attempt to control the drug trade on his street. Endo, Big Tiny, and Ricé produced the song. LAMM on Burnet! What ya’ll know about that?
If you’re not from this hood or from this street, you can’t slang here anymore. You can’t sell your dope here anymore. You can’t sell your drugs here anymore. If you’re not from street, you can’t hang here anymore.
These fools try to come into Sweet-P’s hood and short stop (short change) the drug trade in his neighborhood. If they keep on doing that then they will surely get murdered. Sweet-P won’t let that happen. He could understand if these hunters and dealers were paying rent to one of his dope houses. But they haven’t paid him any money.
Sweet-P is that player slanging dope on Burnet Road in Lockwood Park. He controls Burnet Street. He don’t give a damn about these haters. Task Force won’t get away with his cash because he won’t let that happen either.
Lil Paul, Scoot, and Lil Short of ETG (East Terrace Gang) made one killer classic with the song Five For Twenty. Five For Twenty was the hood anthem for East Terrace back then. Now Ricé produced some killer infectious bells and grooves on Five For Twenty. That is a fact. Lil Short of ETG shows haters no pity with his rap lyrics.
5/5*****!!
The Runnin’ Blind compilation was a tight compilation which featured rap artists from all over San Antonio, Texas. The album had also featured gangs from different sets and sides of the rag. Each song is pure fire from front to back with no tracks worth skipping.
Ricé and Sean Tompkins produced one tight ass compilation album. The album was produced at Ricé’s Music Box Studios back when it was located in his trailer at Westhill Mobile Home & RV Park on Pinn Road in Southwest San Antonio. Ricé produced over half the album. That is why you can hear his sound all over the album.
Sean Tompkins served as the executive producer for the whole album and pulled songs that others performed and featured on from other albums. Sean Tompkins was responsible for releasing the album on his own label which was Commerce St. Records. That label was responsible for releasing Mr. Joshay’s albums.
The Runnin’ Blind compilation was released on Commerce St. Records in 1997 on CD and cassette format. There was no vinyl release. The Runnin’ Blind compilation was mainly sold at Commerce Street Records when the storefront was located inside of the old Windsor Park Mall in San Antonio, Texas. The Runnin’ Blind compilation was also released and distributed through Southwest Wholesale. More than 10,000 units of Runnin’ Blind were pressed. That is the reason you can easily find this album on Amazon, eBay, GEMM, Yahoo Auctions, etc.
Not too many people know this but Commerce St. Records was located inside of the old Windsor Park Mall in San Antonio, Texas. The address for Commerce St. Records was 7900 North IH-35, Suite L-5, San Antonio, TX 78218.
King 13 began the compilation with a piano laced opener called Naked Soul. The piano is what keeps the mood mellow sort of in a strange way. The feeling is both mellow and intense.
The song takes us through the views of a gangsta. King 13 laces the mic with such fiery and aggression in his lyrics. This is not surprising since this is gangsta rap. Every song King 13 raps on is fire! That is a fact. His presence is huge for this song.
Now Lil Paul was all over the title track Runnin’ Blind more than Lil Sin despite Lil Sin being featured on the song. This is more of a Lil Paul song. Lil Paul is part of ETG (East Terrace Gang) along with Scoot and Lil Short who were featured on other songs on this compilation. Runnin’ blind with two 9’s is that ish.
The song has a dark eerie vibe with chilling whistles and bells. You can feel a Wild West vibe and sound due to the whistles you hear in the background as you listen to the song. Volume of the shakers have been reduced significantly. Ricé does a wonderful job with arranging the bells and whistles as always.
Runnin’ blind with two 9’s are the words which give this song Wild West mentality, sound, and vibe. Runnin’ blind with two 9’s is that ish.
You and Your Nine was put on the Runnin’ Blind compilation by Sean Tompkins because the album was short on tracks. That was all Sean’s idea. He put You and Your Nine on the Runnin Blind compilation first before later including the album on Mr. Joshay’s 21 Crunk St album in 1998. Label mates Dirty Red and King 13 make an appearance. Mr. Joshay represented Commerce Street to the fullest.
Sean Tompkins co-produced You and Your Nine and Ricé did the instrumentation arrangements. The song has a smooth but brooding sound of uncertainty. Things get kind of eerie due to the tone and sound. Still this song is regarded as old school San Antonio hip hop/rap at its finest.
King 13 the freestyle king graces the track first.
You bastards always talk about murderous shit. Gotta get your gat and your click because ya’ll can’t squabble it. Those same people are the same ones who go to the pen and end up being the first ones to get raped. Sucking dick and getting fucked like a bitch. Ain’t made to run on these streets. You grab your heat from under the drivers seat of your vehicle because your boxing game is weak. That ass gets beat and teeth are split. All this to avoid grief.
Bitch made to the core. Doing driveby shootings are easier than fighting. People who are cowards do driveby shootings because they can’t fight. We all gotta die in due time. Be true to yourself.
King 13 is strong in the rap game as he is the freestyle king of San Antonio rap/hip hop. He is flipping the flow with niggas that ain’t gonna last. King 13 was known for flipping flows in his rap back in the 90s.
Dirty Red raps on the second verse.
Dirty Red dedicates his hate to pussy packing niggaz bumping they gums about some beef shit. That could have been done a long time ago. Boxing ain’t the thang for them to do. They are bitch made to the core as King 13 said. Grabbing a fully automatic weapon is part of retaliating and causing static. Such mannerism is considered cold blooded to the bone.
Bumping Al Green and watching Al Capone. The name ain’t nothing but the skin tone. Dirty Red takes people on going head first. It hurts to see a player ball. These haters are looking for the next player to gank.
Mr. Joshay raps at the very end of this song.
Come fly with this young black villain. Look into his eyes and you’ll spot the killers at night. Young villains who stacking they scrilla. Young villains blast any motherfucker on sight. Like that. These niggaz don’t be playing in Texas.
Mr. Joshay tells people not to hesitate to shoot at him if they plan on doing so. Don’t waste his time if you ain’t finna pull the trigger. The song is aimed at the weak and fake people. Those type of people are quick to grab their guns instead of actually fight. They don’t last long as they are not made to run on these streets. You might as well shoot yourself.
SCG - 3 Shotz is suspense filled gangsta rap track that is filled with street drama. The sound effects are perfect as they fit in appropriately with the mood and vibe. SCG is part of Lil Sin’s SoufField click and Santee’s PRC label.
SCG is trapped in the game. He is pulling that strap and is not holding back, loc. He don’t give a fuck about the laws. Fuck them haters. Haters tried to kill him. SCG represents the SCG Click from the South Side of San Antonio. He has ties with the East Side though.
Fuck them haters. Haters tried to kill him. He caught someone slipping. Another murder and another homicide is in progress. He don’t a fuck about another person’s death. That .9 millimeter shows no love as he pulls the hammer back. The sets doesn’t have any love for fakers. Better watch out.
Now 3 Shotz was recorded a studio on Nolan Street which was a bail bonds office and not at Ricé’s Music Box Studios. Jason Collins was supposed to be on SCG, Sir Knox, Lady Pimp, and Pimp C. However Jason Collins locked up. So the engineer and producer had to scrap the verse he laid. Lady Pimp got Jason’s verse and spot instead. SCG and Sir Knox did most of the rapping anyway.
Lil Short of ETG (East Terrace Gang) takes control of the song Short Rida as he explains the hustles and struggles of his life. Every day is a struggle when you are a hustler like Lil Short. The song was dedicated to those a part of the East Terrace Gang. Ricé produced the song.
Guess who’s back? The nigga who pulled a jack and did a year and a half in jail. That would be Lil Short of ETG. He has to get his. He’s jacking for keeps. It’s an everyday struggle for him. That is why he hustles and is a hustler. He goes from hitting them jack to selling them packs. They are Bout It, Bout It in the city of SA like Master P. San Antonio is city where you have to hustle. Lil Short won’t settle for less until people tell him he is the best. Lil Short is a straight rida coming from the East Side neighborhood of East Terrace.
Lil Short is putting it down like he’s supposed to. A straight 27 soulja blowing on that doja. People stare at the return of the straight rida. A shop on East Commerce Street is where he shoots at police. He won’t stop until player haters drop. He is looking for ice. He is a ghetto star you can see at the clubs. There ain’t no love in this dirty game. Looking out for rivals, enemies, and law enforcement is something a hustler must deal with.
Lil Short was a victim of the ghetto as he was raised in the East Terrace housing projects. He had to become a rida at the age of 3. He had to become a rida to keep his family fed and taken care of. He had to compete with others in these wicked streets. That is not easy at all. He thanks God for not being dead yet because he grew up fast.
Tomorrow is not promised. What little time he has is borrowed and compromised. Lil Short will ride for ETG until he dies. He will kill if he has to.
No Matter What is about how the music business and life in general has changed. Use your brain and the game will be good to you. The game will be good to you if you let it. The song has one of the coldest beats ever heard and is layered with heavy double bass guitars. The drum programming is superb.
Now what’s interesting about the song No Matter What with Lil Sin and Nino of P.K.O. is that Lil Sin used lyrics from his song The Game Done Changed from his 1998 album Who Got Yo Back. Notice these lyrics? “But it’s hard to see who’s out to cross you in your path/I done ran with thug niggaz, drug dealers, and lots of killaz on the block/My eyes are on you fuck niggaz?”
Lil Sin has the world in the palm of his hands. But it’s hard to see who’s out to cross you in your path. He’s ran with thug niggaz, drug dealers, and lots of killaz on the block. He had to change the crowd of people he associated himself with. His eyes are on these fuck niggaz who are trying to kill him for the people he associates himself with. One easy spot on the block is where Lil Sin is slanging.
Lil Sin is having things that younger G’s are hating him for. They are simply jealous of the material possessions he has. He’s changed his ways because fancy things have gotten to him. It’s gotten to the point where shady people have been watching. In order to maintain you have to use your fucking brain. Shady people will get to your money if you let them take it. Use your brain and the game will be good to you. Game will be good to you if you let it.
Nino will put his steel chrome up against your dome. You’re gonna feel the wrath from the blast. Watch your ass! SA fools are putting it down. Smoking pounds of weed on the East Side of SA-Town. Nino will fuck around and pull your card. Nino has the water and Lil Sin has them kilos. Nino is that fool others love to hate.
Sweet-P put a gangsta rap spin on the Rose Royce classic Love Don’t Live Here Anymore and turned that into You Can't Slang Here. You Can't Slang Here is about how Sweet-P will murder outside dealers and hustlers who attempt to control the drug trade on his street. Endo, Big Tiny, and Ricé produced the song. LAMM on Burnet! What ya’ll know about that?
If you’re not from this hood or from this street, you can’t slang here anymore. You can’t sell your dope here anymore. You can’t sell your drugs here anymore. If you’re not from street, you can’t hang here anymore.
These fools try to come into Sweet-P’s hood and short stop (short change) the drug trade in his neighborhood. If they keep on doing that then they will surely get murdered. Sweet-P won’t let that happen. He could understand if these hunters and dealers were paying rent to one of his dope houses. But they haven’t paid him any money.
Sweet-P is that player slanging dope on Burnet Road in Lockwood Park. He controls Burnet Street. He don’t give a damn about these haters. Task Force won’t get away with his cash because he won’t let that happen either.
Lil Paul, Scoot, and Lil Short of ETG (East Terrace Gang) made one killer classic with the song Five For Twenty. Five For Twenty was the hood anthem for East Terrace back then. Now Ricé produced some killer infectious bells and grooves on Five For Twenty. That is a fact. Lil Short of ETG shows haters no pity with his rap lyrics.
5/5*****!!
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