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B Brazy - Figueroa Rida (Figaro Rida) album review
 
B Brazy - Figueroa Rida (Figaro Rida) is one of those hood albums that hardly ever left the Inglewood, California. Only a few people in Inglewood and LA know about this album. B Brazy had charm, charisma, and talent when he rapped. He had that Nawlins (New Orleans) accent in his voice. His voice and charm are what make his album great. You will love his gangsta rap style and finesse in his vocals as this is some real gangbanging music. Brazy was the braziest and the hardest. He was ahead of his game. The album had some straight gangsta lyrics and dope beats. A small tinge of soul music is incorporated.

B Brazy recorded the Figueroa Rida album in his own basement. The album had 10 tracks. So you know it has that raw sound to it. Unfiltered and raw gangsta rap sound. DJ Dammar helped produced his album.

B Brazy never dropped any of his albums on Dangerous Records. B Brazy personally made his own albums on CD-r and distributed them to his homies in Inglewood in 2000. There was no artwork or cover printed up for his album. Only 60 first pressings of the CD supposedly exist. Possibly 1,000 copies total at most.


B Brazy starts off 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.


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.

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 bass boosted. Bitch Get Lifted came from Ronnie Rons' Gangsta-Lation Album in 2000.


This World We Live In deals with the problems of the world. The song also deals with B Brazy’s own personal problems and thoughts. Not just gangbanging. This is real. You know. People say the justice system is a joke.

5/5*****!!

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B Brazy - The Braziak album review

The B Brazy - The Braziak album is one of the best rap albums to have come out of Inglewood, California next to Lil Hawk - Lil Hawk Red Riding Hood and Allfrumthai - Tha I. B Brazy had charm, charisma, and talent when he rapped. He had that Nawlins (New Orleans) accent in his voice. This entire album is 100% percent gangsta rap with action packed lyrics, unique characteristics, and male bravado. His album is similar to a hood drama or documentary. The action, drama, thrills, charm, charisma, and energy is what makes this album great. You will love his gangsta rap style and finesse in his vocals as this is some real gangbanging music. B Brazy was the braziest and the hardest. B Brazy was like the Damu Eazy-E. He was ahead of his game. This is real rap! A small tinge of soul music is incorporated on this album.

B Brazy recorded The Braziak album in his own basement. So you know it has that raw sound to it. Unfiltered and raw gangsta rap sound. DJ Dammar helped produced a majority of his album. Ronnie Ron only produced a couple of songs though.

B Brazy never dropped any of his albums on Dangerous Records. B Brazy personally made his own albums on CD-r and distributed them to his homies in Inglewood in 2000. The reason the album did not see a proper retail release is because B Brazy released a bunch of underground songs that were strictly for the hood only. There was no artwork or cover printed up for his album. Only 60 first pressings of the CD supposedly exist. Possibly 1,000 copies total at most. Now some copies of this album had 10 songs while other copies had 12 songs. The reason why B Brazy titled his album The Braziak is because he dedicated his album to his brother Laniak (Bryant Hannon).



B Brazy puts a West Coast spin and twist on the East Coast classic BDP - The Bridge Is Over. By doing so, he retitled the song to be The Drought Is Over. His lyricism is clever and hardcore as ever. The song showed how he was a talented young MC and rapper. His raps songs are always impressive and leave much to be desired.

The song’s production was arranged perfectly and the piano keys were tuned just fine. He even copied the exact same piano keys, chords, and notes. The piano bridge used in this song is made up of just four-note chords. A majority of these keys use B flat major and the F key. The keys are as follows: BBBBBB (x2) BBB AG FFF GA BBB AG FFF GA BBB AG FFF GA BBB AG FFF

B Brazy used an innate technique while playing the piano. His hands hovered over the keyboard rather than just sticking to them. He does not play the keys vertically a downward direction. However he did not use a new melody or a chord progression. That is because he used the same keys which is how he kept the song original. Since the song is played in B major, that means he started playing the A key next. He pressed and released the keys is a fast manner yet felt the resistance inside of those strings and chords.

Samples used in The Drought Is Over are Boogie Down Productions - The Bridge Is Over and The Undisputed Truth - (I Know) I'm Losing You.


Westside YGs is one of the best songs B Brazy has recorded. The song has that neighborhood sound and is a banger. The vibe is very mellow yet gangsta. Now that flute solo you hear is exactly what gives this song a calming vibe. B Brazy recorded this song in 1994 for the compilation album Flamin B Dawgs Come Better.

It's 1994. So watch B-Brazy as he bail through the door with a big fat ass joint and his arms around a hoe. He’ll kick that gangsta shit. So let him fuck it up. But first let him fill his cup and crease his khakis up. West Up to all these bitches, swangin’ off his riches. When they say, “Oooh B Braze, can we hop in?”, he hit the switches. Now all these bitches eating ass.

He is too crazy. B Brazy is not your average motherfucker as he hangs with the Figueroa Street Gang (Figaro Rida Gang) and not no bitch made busters or snitches. He hangs with the gang, runs with the thugs, and busts automatic slugs when its time to bust.

One time (police) trying to catch him but they ain't caught him yet. Here's a hint as to where he is. G strolling on Figueroa Street is where you find this gangsta at. B Brazy in his set with his homies in his brand new 79 cut Lexus Coupe on thangs. He is wearing a starched khaki suit and a beanie with a joint in his mouth. His khakis hang so low that his ass shows. B Brazy is off the drank but don't think that a damn thang has changed. Enemies get whooped.

Yeah it's that gangsta ass nigga that you all call Braze. B Brazy is known to bust like a gauge and fuck up niggas on the stage. Y’all bitches and y'all niggas on these nuts. Please suck 'em while he hits you with the Braze A Daze. B Brazy makes money by pimping hoes and fucking them. Beep Beep. Ah shit man, your bitch just paged.
 
Now he is so high to the point where he is lookin' like a Korean. He’s just as high as he can be.He’s got ten on another sack and five on the Hennessy. All while he is dressed to kill in a Coupe Deville.

These lyrics implicate that he is high and under the influence.

And god damn I'm so high I'm lookin' like a Korean
Woop woop, and I swoop in a Coupe Deville
Pig tails lookin' proper and I'm dressed to kill
I'm just as hiiigh as I can be
I got ten on another sack and five on the Hennessy

Bitches see him so high and often wonder how long his penis and what his phone number is. He tells them, “Bitch, get out my face. Hoe I'm high. You fuckin' up my high.” B Brazy is so bent off that Hennessy and the Tanqueray. Still got a double deuce and half a blunt in the ashtray. He got so damn high to where he’s baggin' on every goofy bitch that walked by. You see he love clowning bitches that look like Yoda.

B Brazy asks Lil Hawk this. “Lil Hawk, I'm kinda bent, blood. Pass me a soda.” Now B Brazy is staggering, comin' out the motherfuckin cut drunk and high as fuck. It's a drunk, high as fuck young nut. It's the West on his nuts. The way B Brazy says “sweet daddy” is in Nawlins style.

B Brazy is about to show up with the 20 sack of indo and then peep how many hoes are on the dance floor.  He brought a gang of tweed and his 9 double M. He is now finna swoop to the set. Hood rats get to swangin' when they see the curl hangin’. Hopped out with the khakis way hangin’. Ooh, 109th Street definitely in the house that time. It don't stop, it don't quit.

 
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. B Brazy was the braziest and the hardest. He was ahead of his game.

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 bass boosted up. Ronnie Ron produced Bitch Get Lifted. The song samples George McCrae - I Get Lifted and James Brown - Funky Popcorn.

Now not too many people know or are aware of this, but the song Bitch Get Lifted was also used on Ronnie Rons' Gangsta-Lation Album in 2000 and the 2003 album Bloody Mary - Day of Resurrection.

 
This World We Live In deals with the problems of the world. The song also deals with B Brazy’s own personal problems and thoughts. Not just gangbanging. This is real. You know. People say the justice system is a joke.

5/5*****!!

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The Underground Committee - For Da Profit album review

The Underground Committee - For Da Profit one of The Underground Committee’s more street savvy albums that revolves around the concept of getting money. The Underground Committee was more about their hustle and lyrics on this album than their debut album. This is evident on songs such as Just Wanna Shine, We Some Ballers, Ballin Ain't Impossible, and For Da Profit. Each song on this album uses a different style prepared with distinctive lyrics and unique styles of flowing. For example, the songs Menage A Trios and Mamacita uses both styles of Spanish rap & Latin rap. Another example is the song Everyday Everyday uses a merengue twist. True Down South rap fans will enjoy this album. For Da Profit is a tight ass album with off da hook lyrics.

Spanx designed the album’s artwork and cover for the record label. The cars you see used on the album cover were owned by the members of The Underground Committee. The car details are what helped make this album stand out in a sense of relevancy. Both the retail version & degraded version of the album cover were exactly the same.

Southern Kumphert was more hands on with production than he was on their debut album. He produced a majority of this album with Apollo and Spanx. Of course Apollo and Spanx were the engineers who mixed the album as they did with The Prophecy album along all other The Underground Committee albums and Last Hour Records releases.

For Da Profit served as the successor album for The Prophecy album. This album was just as successful as their debut album. Despite not being as heavily promoted as the debut album, For Da Profit managed to sell 11,000 units.

The Underground Committee had talent and made some hits. The Underground Committee is one of the San Antonio rap groups that should have gotten more exposure next to Tribe 46, Big House Click (BHC), Down and Dirty Click, Poetic Vandals, Southern Merchandise, and Tone City Kingz.    


For Da Profit is the title track and is one of their songs which revolved around the concept of getting money. Everything members of The Underground Committee does is for the profit. All they want is a pie of the American pie. This whole song is one hard ass song. The last verse of the song is where The Underground Committee killed it. That verse is what made this song the bomb. Classic SA-Town shit.

Everyday Everyday uses a merengue twist as the piano and beats used on this song alternate between 58 BPM and 64 BPM on a straight/regular 8-count. Their vocals seem to mimic Nelly’s St. Louis derrty style of rapping. J-Roc is the one who mimicked Nelly’s St. Louis derrty style of rapping on this particular song. Overall the song copies Nelly and Twista’s style of rapping. The Dirty South sounds makes the song stand out.  This is rap music at a new level as each verse on this song uses a different style. Everyday everyday if you rep the south.

Menage A Trios both styles of Spanish rap and Latin rap with a merengue twist. This song alternates between 58 BPM and 64 BPM on a straight/regular 8-count.

Who's Lookin Over Me is one of those battle rap songs with hardcore lyrics and Dirty South beats. You knew it was time to take care of business when this song was played. Now the beats are what made this song a classic.


The Underground Committee teaches us on that living a life of crime is not at all glamorous and that crime does not pay on the song Counting Days. Anyone who has served time can relate to this song.Anybody raised on the South Side of San Antonio can relate to this song as well.

Lyrics to the chorus are “I used to paper chase/the judge threw me time/now I’m counting days to the cell I’m confined/I’m looking for some ways to change my life" Anyone who has served time can relate to the lyrics of the chorus. Lyrics to the chorus are an example of how living a life of crime is not all glamorous or easy. Anybody raised on the South Side of San Antonio can relate to this song as well. The lyrics explain how that person was a product of our environment.

The lyrics “Living the high life/Then the next day you hear they got popped" glorifies the dangerous and deadly aspects living a life of crime.

The lyrics “I’m looking for some ways to change my life” is about seeking a change for the better. These lyrics are seek a solution for something better in life.

5/5*****!!

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The Underground Committee - Tight Revenue album review

The Underground Committee - Tight Revenue is a tight ass album with off da hook lyrics. This is rap music at a new level as each song uses a different style. True Down South rap fans will enjoy this album as these 11 solo artists united to record every song with a different style prepared with distinctive lyrics and unique styles of flowing.

The whole album was produced by Lower Than Underground Productions. DJ's Spanx and Apollo did a bulk of the production. Southern Kumphert produced some songs too.

Spanx designed the album’s artwork and cover for the record label. You can see the gold and diamond's details in both the retail version & degraded version. The jewelry details are what helped make this album stand out in a flashy sense of relevancy.

The album was a great success in the underground scene across San Antonio. The album sold successfully at clubs and carshows in San Antonio and the surrounding areas. Around 12,000 flyers and posters of the album were distributed and passed out.

"Coming from the South Side of San Antonio" is more than a mere quote from another underground rap group, but is now some sort of chant that is faith fully recited by many in the streets of San Antonio. It is also were Last Hour Records was founded.

Bangin Trunks uses thin beats rather than usual barrage of thick heavy beats you are accustomed to hearing in Southern rap. Moving on UP is making moves in the games. There is no limit when you are moving on up. This is one hard ass song.

5/5*****!!

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Mixed Emotionz 1997 demo album review

Mixed Emotionz uses the elements of hip hop, rap, and jazz on their 1997 self-titled demo album. You have the jazzy boom bap over hardcore lyricism. What’s different about this album is this album was not so hyper focused on gangsta rap as many hip hop/rap groups from Flint, Michigan were at that time. Mixed Emotionz was a hip hop/rap group that got lost in the slew of gangsta rap of the 90s. Now these songs were recorded in 1996 and 1997 with a majority of the songs being recorded in 1996. The demo was produced by Moodswang. Their 1997 self-titled demo album has 4 songs.

Mixed Emotionz was D-Reck, ICE, D Wood, Moodswang, Mz. Nasty, and Teiko. D-Reck was a dope MC. ICE was a dope MC. So was Mz. Nasty. They often performed at the Merrill Talent Show at Merrill School (Merrill Elementary School). What motivated them was hip hop.



The Intro is filled with that wicked shit from that one and only Mixed Emotionz clique. That wickedness with many different styles and techniques. If that wicked shit don’t hit you, then this shit will. Mixed Emotionz with a scope of a view to kill. The song uses a crushed saxophone sample giving this intro a jazzy boom bap vibe mixed with lyrical rap.


U Ain't Hustla is aimed at the pretenders and fakers trying to be something they are really not. The song calls them out for not being really hustlers. U ain't hustla until you’ve got your hustle on. U Ain't Hustla is quite eerie and haunting due to the whistles and due to the way which those keys are arranged with those musical notes. The song has that Thug Life vibe and sound. U Ain't Hustla is one example of gangsta rap as this song was written from the hustler’s mindset.

ICE says, “U ain't hustla until you’ve got your hustle on.” All of his lyrics were written from the perspective of a hustler’s mindset. Hustlers do whatever to earn money.

Mz. Nasty says if your money ain’t right, you ain’t tight. She’ll go up in a blaze if she has to. She’ll kill if she has to. Now she’s got you bobbin’ to this wicked azz kimistry. None of ya’ll hoes can get with Mz. Nasty. Marijuana keeps her high and blew back. I thought you knew that. Hardcore gangstas (g’s) roam the Flint streets at night. You can’t see her like a genie when she is doing driveby’s. She also robs people for their riches. Those drug fiends keep her rich.

ICE says, “U ain't hustla until you’ve got your hustle on.” Those are the catchy lyrics and hook to this song. All of this was written from the hustler’s mindset.

Here is what the lyrics “I’ve got ya bobbin’ to this wicked azz kimistry” mean. “I’ve got ya bobbin’ to this wicked azz kimistry” is reference to the 1993 debut album by Variety of Sinz called Wicked AZZ Kimistry that was released on cassette.


Saturday Nights is about how Saturday nights go down in Flint, Michigan. Clubbing while engaging in social interaction is what ICE does in the song. Saturday Nights is an ICE solo which also the best song off the album. The high pitched eerie synths give off a gangsta rap vibe and the beats give away a boom bap sound. This song is the best solo song from ICE of all time.

The song takes place creeping though the commercial strip of Clio Road where several businesses are located. ICE is the space age pimp that has got your attention smoking on that Mary Jane. Peeping out the hoes on Clio Road. Hoes show him love at the strip club although they really want his money. ICE is the #1 nigga in the hood. DJ’s and big ballers got him tripping over the way they love his rap style. The Flint streets are hyped and crowded during Saturday nights. New ways and old tactics get a nigga laid. The fast life is what how he’s living.

He goes straight back to Clio Road after hitting the club and engaging in social interaction. Music by Freak Nasty is what’s on his mind. Mixed Emotionz is blowing up the spot that’s hot. They kick rhymes that are just like ICE’s. Life gets a bit better. He wishes he could become the #1 MC.


Wanna Be A G Like Me is one of the more gangsta rap tracks on the album filled with hyper masculinity and over the top lyrics. The song is similar to a song from The Dayton Family or Raw Deal. Mz. Nasty is all over the song too.  Big G of MOSS is one of the guest artist on this song.

Wake up. Feel the blast of Mz. Nasty’s .380! She breaks it down throwing gang signs and drivebys. So come and meet your doom. That’s freak nasty. The weed she puffs is lye. Hardcore love comes from the streets of Bedrock in Flint.

Mz. Nasty is throwing bodies in Devils Lake after doing drivebys. You better believe these bodies are dead bodies of the victims she killed during those drivebys. The level she takes you through is like voodoo. That’s no bullshit. She is relentless and realistic with her shit. Drivebys are her favorite crime to commit. She represents Sonny Avenue & Lawndale Avenue in Merrill Hood.

Big G of MOSS says Flint is the shit and not to be fucked. That is factual because Flint niggaz don’t play.  Flint niggaz are real niggaz.

ICE is next. Be scared at night because there are drivebys. Niggaz from the Ave are known not to slip. Flint niggaz are real niggaz.  ICE is known for slanging thangs out in Merrill Hood. He hears about some funk popping off on Lawndale Avenue. His pager is blowing up as there are bitches getting fucked there. Ballers are fucking bitches there.

Some of the over the top lyrics to this song are “Things keep me tight/Wet dreams the other side of me/You can always see me/“ are a giveaway of explicit lyrics.

Mixed Emotionz gave King Hood Cykoz a shout out during the song. The lyrics “It’s the King Hood Cykoz down on 9th Ave” are a shout out to King Hood Cykoz which ICE gave. Despite Merrill Hood being Blood territory and King Hood being Gangsta Disciples territory, Mixed Emotionz was down with King Hood Cykoz.

5/5*****!!