There's a beautiful tradition in the use of the sample in the mid-nineties Memphis rap scene: the loop accompanies a drum that, due to its raw and economic nature, it never hits too hard, it's minimal, rough, but often much more accessible than the mainstream productions of the late nineties and all the underground ones that imitated the commercial ones in the following three decades. Shawty Pimp, producer of the album that sells it through his Big Pimpin label, chooses fresh and melodic samples that give a funky flavor to the cassette of Red Dog, rapper you can hear on the tapes of Children of the Corn and Graveyard Productions. This type of sound, close to the best West Coast products, allows the project to stand out a little from the rest of the local cassettes: on this production, at times brilliant, the MC of Memphis chooses a calm, slow, velvety delivery style, creating a solid tape full of excellent moments ("Kickin Pimpin", "You Better Recognise", "Play No Playa"). 7/10.
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