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Danny Boy - Welcome To Death Row! single review

The Danny Boy - Welcome To Death Row! cassette was a demo single recorded by Danny Boy and 2 Pac on the date of 10/20/1995. The songs recorded for the demo were Welcome To Death Row! and Church Interlude. Only 2 songs were recorded for the demo.


Welcome To Death Row! uses smokey soulful singing from Danny Boy as he graces the song with himself singing the chorus and singing a couple verses. The song uses a fusion of soul rap which you can vibe to. Welcome To Death Row! was the anthem for Death Row Records in 1995. This one's for the OG’s, hardheads, gangsters, squares, churchgoers, and knuckleheads. You know what time it is.

Welcome To Death Row! was a/is a Danny Boy song featuring 2Pac, Jewell, Michel’le, and Stacie Smallie. Welcome To Death Row! was recorded on October 30, 1995 at Can-Am Studios (Studio B) in Tarzana, California. The producers for Welcome To Death Row! were Hurt-M-Badd, Kurt Kobane, and DJ Quik.

The beginning of the song uses a sample from the intro of Dr. Dre - The Chronic. Dr. Dre’s dedication might ring a bell to you. “This is dedicated to the niggas that was down from day one./Welcome to Death Row.”

People in the ghetto, don't you know it's Death Row? Danny Boy explains to us that a new breed has arrived. So please get your groove on. You ought to be sanctified. If you know what I know about the people stranded on Death Row. You might wanna ride. Rock on, brothers and sisters.

2 Pac tells us don't never underestimate the power of brothers. Convicted felons and gangbangers from outta the gutter. 2 Pac and Danny Boy are stranded on Death Row for real. Tricks come and get their pictures taken. There ain't nothing left to say but pray. Try to keep ya head up and look for better days on Death Row. Just throw ya hands up and feel good with this one right here. Your boy 2 Pac is spittin' out for his homeboy Danny Boy. Letting y'all know what time is it here on Death Row. Y'all need to peep how they are rollin’.


The Church Interlude is a Danny Boy solo which was an interlude written and performed by himself with no outside help or extraordinary features. Danny Boy takes it to church with his smokey vocals and soulful singing on the Church Interlude. You know what time it is.

The producers for Church Interlude were Hurt-M-Badd, Kurt Kobane, and DJ Quik. The Church Interlude was recorded right after the recording process of Welcome To Death Row! was completed. Church Interlude was recorded on October 30, 1995 at Can-Am Studios (Studio B) in Tarzana, California. The producers for Church Interlude were Hurt-M-Badd, Kurt Kobane, and DJ Quik.

5/5*****!!

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Ryan Daoust - Don't Call Me Boo-duh album review

Ryan Daoust - Don't Call Me Boo-duh is one of the lesser known unreleased albums from No Limit Records which was set to be released on The New No Limit Records label during the New No Limit era of the mid-2000s. Hardly anything is known about this album. Almost nothing can be found about his album online or offline.

What is known about this obscure No Limit album is that the album had that Southern rap sound which was emulating and duplicating the chopped and screwed sound from Houston, Texas during that time. Songs such as Robbin' Da Drug Stoe, Don't Call Me Boo-duh, and Chillin Wit My Grill In are a testament to this. The underground classics Robbin' Da Drug Stoe, Don't Call Me Boo-duh, and Chillin Wit My Grill were recorded for the Ryan Daoust - Don't Call Me Boo-duh album.

Ryan Daoust was also heavily involved in doing drugs such as codeine and promethazine. His favorite frug was purple drank which is cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine. He makes several references to purple drank on Robbin' Da Drug Stoe.

Sadly Ryan Daoust passed away from a drug overdose on September 6, 2008. Former No Limit recording artist Ryan Daoust was found dead on September 6th, 2008 of what was widely assumed to be another syrup related death. His death caused by ingesting cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine.

3/5***

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Variety of Sinz - Cartoonz Ov Danger album review

Variety of Sinz - Cartoonz Ov Danger is a goofy rap album which took jabs at modern culture and contemporary entertainment in a satirical manner. The album includes a wacky cartoony rap song called Cartoonz Ov Danger, the hood classic called Hooterville, Devil’s Lake, and much more. These were the old school rap classics included on this album. These are unreleased Variety of Sinz songs which people are very lucky to have as not even the members of Variety of Sinz have copies of these songs themselves.

The album Variety of Sinz - Cartoonz Ov Danger was floating around Flint in 1991 when their album Wicked Az Kimistry was being recorded. The album was given to friends and had circulated around the 5th Ward neighborhood of Flint, Michigan.

Variety of Sinz recorded these songs from the period of/covering 1988-1991. Those were songs Variety of Sinz recorded in the studio which never were released. Those Variety of Sinz songs were recorded before 1993 back when they were still known as Hoodboyz. Variety of Sinz had been rapping under the name Hoodboyz prior to 1993.

During this time around the early 1990s, During this time Variety of Sinz was rapping under the name Hoodboyz. 40 Fiend (Dwonne DayLove), Tessio (Tessio Calhoun), Scottie, Danny, D Kent, Kareem (Kareem Cordell), HMD (Lovell Sims), and D Polk/Helebe (Dion Polk) were the original Hoodboyz. As well as others. They had demos floating around Flint in between albums.

Cartoonz Ov Danger is a lost Variety of Sinz album which was a demo on cassette which nobody has anymore. Not even the members of Variety of Sinz have copies of this demo album anymore. What baffles the fuck out of me is how Variety of Sinz lost these songs. That's sad that Variety of Sinz doesn't even own all of their own songs and albums anymore. That's sad 40 Fiend doesn't have any of those songs no anymore.


Cartoonz Ov Danger was another one of Variety of Sinz lost songs recorded in 1991. The song is low quality since the song was recorded on a cassette deck. The song was over recorded with several songs. Cartoonz Ov Danger was on their unreleased demo cassette before Wicked Az Kimistry was released.

Cartoonz Ov Danger is a wacky cartoony rap song where members of Variety of Sinz diss and fight various cartoon characters. The members go around assaulting various Disney characters and go on a chaotic rampage.

What baffles the fuck out of me is how Cartoonz Ov Danger ended up getting lost and how that none of the members of Variety of Sinz got a copy of that song. That's sad that Variety of Sinz doesn't even own all of their own songs. Apparently no one else owns that song. Variety of Sinz had a lot of "lost songs" they made in the studio which were never released.


Murder One is a track about committing murders. Think murder rap. 40 Fiend and DJ Clay produced the track using a handful of samples. Murder One is quite similar to Murder One On A Punk Muthafucka by Tweedy Bird Loc.

This version of Murder One was later used on their 1993 debut album Wicked AZ Kimistry. The Variety of Sinz version of Murder One is a remix which only features Titan of King Hood Cykoz and Deuce 11 Gz/Duece 11 Gz on the hook. The Variety of Sinz version of Murder One is a remix of the original version.


Once upon a time in the hood before Blunts, there was a hit song by The Hoodboyz called Hooterville which was a classic. This shit was tight. True Hood Boyz/Hood Boy shit flat out. Hooterville is a reference to 9th Avenue in the 5th Ward neighborhood. Hooterville featured verses from 40 Fiend, Tessio, Danny, and Scottie.

Hooterville was recorded when Variety of Sinz was rapping under the name Hoodboyz back in 1990. Variety of Sinz was still Hoodboyz then. Kareem was beatboxing at the time Hooterville was recorded. He was the one that was doing all the beatboxing on Hooterville.

Lyrics to the song go as follows. These here are some of the lyrics.

Hooterville! Hooterville! Take em back to Hooterville!
Let me take you all back to Hooterville
Hooterville Hooterville comin back for the kill
Take a lil sip and tell me how ya feel
Hooterville! Hooterville! Take me back to Hootyville!
Hood Boyz dizzy niggas

Scottie’s verse was in the middle of the song somewhere. Scottie’s verse ended with something like this.: "See that's the only way Scottie get fucked up!" and "On my way to Hooterville I had to make a stop/Had to check around the corner cause my spot was hot." Scottie came in hard too with that voice of his which was a motherfucker. That shit was tight. His voice was a cold Ice T voice. Scottie was the 9th Avenue Hood Boy.

“Now it’s my turn to take em back to Hooterville/Keepin my hand on the mothafuckin steel/See that's the only way Scottie get fucked up!”

Now it’s my turn to take em back to Hooterville
Keepin my hand on the mothafuckin steel
Had to check around the corner cause my spot was hot
On my way to Hooterville I had to make a stop

Dwonne DayLove says, “Hell yeah he came in hard too that voice was a mf. I dont even know the order we went in HoodBoy Scottie was in the middle somewhere.”

Danny’s verse was the first verse. Danny was on there flowing too. Danny had the hardest verse hands down when he made the song. His verse was the first verse. Dwonne DayLove says, “Hell yeah he came in hard too that voice was a mf, I dont even know the order we went in HoodBoy Scottie was in the middle some where” and that Danny had the hardest verse hands down when he made the song. Danny’s verse was the first verse. Danny was on there flowing too. Danny had the hardest verse hands down when he made the song.
 
Part of the lyrics to Dwonne DayLove’s went as, "On my way to Hooterville I had to make a stop/Had to check around the corner cause my spot was hot."

What baffles the fuck out of me is how Hooterville ended up getting lost and how that none of the members of Variety of Sinz got a copy of that song. That's sad that Variety of Sinz doen't even own all of their own songs.


3/5***!

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Mia X - Sista Stories Concept Conflict & Confusion album review

Sista Stories Concept Conflict & Confusion showcased the raw sista side of Mia X which was written from a sista's point of view and perspective. Mia X shares her experience about womanhood in form of rap. Tales of conflict and tales of confusion are told. It's also about dealing with pain during the struggle of life. For those who don't know, Sista Stories picks up where Unladylike left off which is what Mia X intended. In fact, Sista Stories Concept Conflict & Confusion revisits Unladylike in a more explicit manner. Mia X displayed some of the rawest content on her 1999 album.

This No Limit album is different as there are not as many radio friendly tracks on this album. Only 3 of the 17 tracks that were on this album are radio friendly. Mia X decided to take a more darker explicit approach when recording this album. While the album seems to have a Burlesque theme, Mia X might have been inspired by R. Kelly during the time. She brought out that raw uncut hip hop sound with this album backed with a tinge of R&B/soul. There are several cover songs which Mia X covers such as Cover Girls - Show Me and Betty Wright - After The Pain. Those are some examples of the covers songs on this Mia X.

Mia X collaborated with many artists who weren't on No Limit. She had beeb working with a whole lot of producers for the Concept Conflict & Confusion album. Master P financed the album by paying for production costs, advertisements, and promotion. He was responsible for putting money into the album. P pulled out the big guns on this one.

The Mia X - Sista Stories Concept Conflict & Confusion album was scheduled to be released on the date of November 16, 1999. However Sista Stories Concept Conflict & Confusion did not get an official release and the album remains unreleased in physical format to this day. A few promo copies were pressed up for record company executives, DJs, and radio stations for review instead. However a lot of songs from this album had leaked about 10 years ago as Mia X herself leaked songs from her old twitter account in 2007.

The album cover was designed by the legendary graphic design firm known as Pen N Pixel. They designed her album cover in 1998. The cover of her 1999 album was a yellow gradient colored background.

Now her album cover was redesigned in 2002 by a different graphic design firm called Alexander Studios & Relic. They had used a more grayscale color scheme using a monochromatic silver which looks good on a book or novel. Alexander Studios & Relic had dropped “Concept Conflict & Confusion” from the album title which led the album to be simply retitled to Mia X - Sista Stories. This album cover was advertised in Billboard Magazine in 2002.


Here are the reasons why the Mia X - Sista Stories Concept Conflict & Confusion album was never released.

One of the main reasons why this album was never released was due to family drama and personal issues. Mia X had lost both her parents Her parents health conditions worsened due to illness along with aging. These personal issues and family drama led her to leave the label and take care of her family for around 4 years. She needed to take some time and heal emotionally. That is why Mia X went on hiatus from the music industry.

A lack of charting singles was the other reason why this album was never released. Mia X did not promote any singles for the album that were charting. In fact she barely promoted the album at all despite Master P advertising her Sista Stories Concept Conflict & Confusion album in nearly every No Limit album release during the late 1990s.

Her intentionally leaking songs recorded for the Sista Stories Concept Conflict & Confusion album on her twitter account to her fans is another reason why the album was never released. Mia X leaked songs from her old twitter account back in 2007. Now Mia X does have the album in her possession and does have the rights to release the album. That choice is her alone.


Forgive Me is about Mia X's experience about womanhood along with her point of view and perspective on womanhood. There is often conflict and confusion that comes with womanhood. XL did a wonderful job producing the song.

The Feel Good Song has an upbeat reggae vibe to it. The piano used in this song helps give the mood an upbeat reggae vibe. The song is dedicated to family and friends. The song also sheds light on enjoying the company of your favorite people you love and cherish. The Feel Good Song was produced by KLC and O’Dell.

Somethin New featured Devin The Dude and No Limit Top Dog Snoop Dogg when he was in his prime. Somethin New was a funky smooth cut with the loopy Devin The Dude to add in with the quirkiness. Both Devin The Dude and Mia X went hard on the mic. The undisputed Queen of the South never loses her step.

Hip Hop 101 features Mia and KRS-One on a track together. You know that Mia X and KRS-One on a track sure to be fire. Pure fire with lyricism and hip hop. This is real hip hop! You will wonder why she didn't drop this as a single. It’s a shame this wasn’t ever officially released.

Mia X did a remake of the 1987 Cover Girls hit Show Me. Show Me was one of the 3 radio friendly tracks that were on the album. The remake is filled with rawness as Master P lent a hand in production of course. Mia X did a good job.


The 1999 version of I'll Take Ur Man is a reprise which revisits I'll Take Ur Man ’97. The track uses a fusion of funk incorporated with rap and soul. Those heavy guitars and synthesizers represent the funk portion of I'll Take Ur Man.

Mia X is back and she came to out rap. Once Mia X is on the mic, you better think twice because this bitch ain't no joke. So get out her face before she smack you hoes. Respect who she is because if you mess with her, she will take your man. She will make him do the shit for her that he never did before. So don’t be shocked when you see them together.

Go head roll your eyes and talk some shit. But you ain't bad enough to get em up with this bitch. Mia X couldn't take your man unless he's ready to go.

You know what's up. Mia X is all about chin checks. Mia X will take your man regardless of whether he is your fiancé or your husband. So all you fake bitch better not play Mia X close. You know who she is. You got to deal with this drama. It’s not a bet or a threat. It’s a promise.

Mia X sent him back with the news that he's pussy-whipped and is packing all his shit You thought you had that locked. But now Mia X push his Lex truck up and down the block. Cheddar knots and ice rocks from those shopping sprees just after one night. Now you know of course Mia X has boss skills in the bed. The biggest mamma is sill running the show. Her legs spread a quarter to 3 AM. She has got your man on a mission body until a quarter to 4 AM.

Look at you face. the jealousy's showing Don't player hate. Get your shit tight. Once Mia X is on the mic, you better think twice because this bitch ain't no joke. She flows so unladylike. She’ll stomp your ass like a southern cockroach.

She’ll take your man out of spite because you are amongst many bitches that she does not like. Mia X is only doing it to get up under your skin. Mia X is the hoe who spoiled your wedding plan. She will take your man, your husband, and your fiancé.

The feelings that he had for you are forgotten while she is plotting on the Swiss and the cheddar. He can spoil Mia X rotten with the things he can do for her. Not just talking. Mia X is that clever bitch in any type of weather. He’s got his mind got his money and got his face in her pussy. She will ride him like a pony. His dick don't get hard for you.

You got a headache blowing up his pager trying to plead your case. Too late. You are x'd out. It’s best you understand you ain't shit no more.

Most broads have men that love to hold. You be at her show on the very first row. Mia X flipped the script and macked his game plan. Tricking all this cream. The big momma is with Macho Man. It’s so easy to get involved with this sister as her game is cool. Her pussy be the bomb. It’s non-speculation. Revenge is sweet but payback's a trip. Dumb bitch, you won't know which is which. Don't try and step to this jam. Because if you do, Mia X will take your man and break him.

Mia X is back and I came to out rap
You so, get out my face before I smack you hoe
Yeah you know respect who I am
'Cause if you mess with me I'll take ya man

Well I'll take ya man right out your crib
And make him do the shit for me that he never did
So when you see us together perfing in the place
Super shocked, got the dick look on your face
Go head roll your eyes, talk some shit
But you ain't bad enough to get em up with this bitch
Now you can call me a raw man stealing hoe
But I couldn't take you nigga unless he's ready to go
You know what's up
I'm all about chin checks

Like you fucked the rest of your crew
Them hoes getting somewhere when I starts to shoot
I gives a damn
You know who I am
Fake bitch don't play me close
'Cause I'll take yo man

I'll take yo man
Ya fiancee your husband
The niggaz you sweating and all your fuck friends
And when I say I will you know I can
Don't fuck with me
'Cause I'll take yo man

I'll take yo man and bitch you got to deal with this
Its not a bet or a threat
Its a damn promise
From me to you
Think you the shit
I send him back with the news that he's pussy whipped
And packing all his shit
You thought you had that locked
But now I push his Lex truck up and down the block
Cheddar knots, ice rocks, hands get frost bite
Shopping sprees to Loisviller after just one night
Nothing nice, boss skills in the be -e-d
Close your shop once my legs spread a quarter to three
The biggest Mama sippin Mo
Still running the show


After The Pain is a remake of the Betty Wright song After The Pain. This version is cover song laced over updated beats produced by KLC with a fresh new sound. This is soul rap with a modern touch. The undisputed Queen of the South never loses her step. Mia X tells us that there is life after the pain. After The Pain is track 14 of 17 on the album.

Betty Wright started off the song by telling Mia X, “Well, Mia. I couldn't resist the urge after talking to you about us hooking up and doing something. So go ahead and tell them, girl. There’s life after the pain.”

Her cover of Betty Wright - After The Pain has some of the lyrics that were sued and sung in the original version.

One example is at the 0:49 mark.

After the pain, you come and love me
And I welcome you, you're a glad sight to see
And after the rain and all that I have been through
I still can't explain how I can still love you like I do
But I do, yes, I do
Still love you like I do
(After the pain)
Boy you still do me like you do

Another example is at the 3:55 mark.

Don't blame Mr. Charlie, Mr. Charlie is just a man
And he's doing the best he can
I heard 'em say, “Don't blame Mr. Charlie, Mr. Charlie is just a man and he's doing the best he can.”
That's what I heard him say


4/5****!