Debut record for Reginald "Point Black" Gilliand (South Park Coalition related), gangsta rapper from the prosperous southern scene of Houston, Texas. This average dude is the first soloist to release an album affiliated with the Houston collective of the South Park Coalition, his senseless, sick and ultra-violent lyrics are hard and raw, unfiltered, and spitted with an aggressive and angry, raw style, with decent syncopated delivery and flow that practically doesn't exist.
This record is pretty decent and is a solid horrorcore document stemming from Houston, but the reasons it manages to float into the 1992 scene aren't immediately understandable. The rhythms produced by Point Blank himself (with K Rude as assistant in production) are hard and funky, dark, mediocre and generic in their lo-fi mood, it feels like a typical mediocre record. But then the guests arrive, all uncredited, they manage to take that effort up to a level decent enough to give it a hint of replay value in its fifty minutes: UGK ("Cut U in 1/2", simple rhythm with frantic syncopated skinny drum made by Pimp C), K-Rino ("Straighten It Out", "Wreckless", "Nuttin Ass B ****"), Dope E ("Wreckless", "Nuttin Ass B **** "), Ganksta Nip ("Wreckless","Nuttin Ass B ****"), Triple 6 (title track, "Nuttin Ass B ****"), LORD 3-2 & Klondike Kat ("Aggravated"), .38, Def Buzy, K.O. & Trinetta in the posse "Nuttin Ass B ****".
"Point Blank" is the song that opens the tape and is quite indicative: typical rhythm of 1985, lean, minimal, cold and raw, with a lean and syncopated drum machine, functional hook and delivery that looks like that of 1985, this guy has remained back. A ballad follows, with sample sax, jazzy dope vibes and slow delivery on slow drum machine. The following beats are often simplistic, "Straighten It Out" has vibes ballads, while the next joint has a simple and annoying rhythm with an annoying sample, produced by K-Rino. "Aggravated" leads to hip house with tightly looped sample sax, because the record has to sell some units, before closing with an appropriate gangsta-porn skit outro. Recommended for SPC and horrorcore fans.
Rating: 6/10.
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