Lil Heavy — Illegal Sells EP

In 1994, Maceo "Lil Heavy" Smith produces a cassette that's wholly dragged by Crime Click members II Tone and Mac Montese and features several other Memphis guests, such as Lil Los, TYS, P. Drizzle, Outlaw, Tha Goodfellaz and Jae Jo, who has the final solo tune. The tape is extended, with eight long tracks and over forty minutes of listening, and stands out from much of the rest of the local circuit for its beautiful melodic and compelling loops that form the background to the thug-gangsta bars produced by the slow and raw style of Crime Click rappers and Lil Heavy. Mid-South re-mastered the cassette in 2008 and released the work on CD. 7/10.