Debut album by Sacramento-based,
Oakland-born rapper, Andre "Gangsta Dre" Crump. The production is
performed almost entirely by Marvin Scott, Gangsta Dre does the beat of
"Jackin Mission", Bootsy & Roger Troutman co-produce "Mandatory
Murder". Marvin Scott, Brian Porter, J-Roc are in charge of the
keyboards. Guests are Mr. K-Geeta, Kyky Brown, K-Luv, Lil Pig, Low "G",
Mike Mayfield, Mitchel, P-Dubb, Ronie and San Francisco rapper Melly-Mel
(many had this moniker in the Bay). The rhythms are simple, a dry and
poor downtempo drum mediocrely supports the mobb samples and gentle
strings chosen by Marvin Scott, which adds casual, cheap synths that
sound distant from the beat, they are almost aesthetic and don't
particularly ruin the tracks.
The author is Gangsta Dre, the
title is "Gang Banging Poetry", so yeah, the themes revolve around the
generic and bland, raw and unspicy thug. The salt arrives immediately
and even seems to sweeten these sour and scarce drums, giving flavor to
the mobb samples and synths, then it disappears from the table and the
palate suffers: after half a dozen minutes, there comes a dry section
that doesn't tell you anything, with a slow and decent rap. When someone
finally brings the salt back to the table, the meal is almost over:
"Sacramento Summertime" stands out as the most delicious dish, thanks to
the classic sample "Yearning for Your Love" by the Gap Band which
returns relaxed vibes and on which the MC flows with a regular and
velvety rap style. There's the eight-nine minute posse "Survival on the
Battlefield" as the final pre-outro piece, but you can send the dish
back, the drum is dry and tight, the samples are average, nine to ten
people spit something into it, I don't care and they don't do much to
get interested, they all sound the same. Consisting of 10 tracks and
approximately 47 minutes of listening time, the CD is released by Funk
Central and Black Market Records. In 1996 and in 2005, is published
again with four tracks added, under Funk Central and Black Armor,
respectively.
Rating: 6/10.
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