Notes & Personnel Info |  | This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files. | | Three 6 Mafia: DJ Paul, Juicy "J", Lord Infamous, Crunchy Black (rap vocals). | | Additional personnel: Lil' Flip, Project Pat, Pimp C, Josey Scott, Lil Wyte, The Hypnotize Camp Posse. | | Recorded at Hypnotize Minds Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. | | This is an example of the Southern Rap "screwed" mix style. | | Three 6 Mafia: Crunchy Black, Lord Infamous, Juicy "J", D.J. Paul. | | Additional personnel includes: Lil' Flip, Project Pal, Pimp C, Josey Scott, Lil' Wyle, Hypnotized Camp Posse. | | Recorded at Hypnotized Minds Studios, Memphis, Tennessee. | | Recording information: Hypnotize Minds Studios, Memphis, TN. | | This is an example of the Southern Rap "screwed" mix style. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Michael Watts. | | Da Unbreakables follows the general trajectory of Three 6 Mafia's career to date, moving them further away from their horrorcore beginnings toward the hardcore rap mainstream, yet doing so without forsaking any of production duo Juicy J and DJ Paul's beatmaking genius. Much like When the Smoke Clears (2000) and Choices (2001), the Mafia's past two releases, Da Unbreakables includes a few standout tracks (namely "Testin My Gangsta," "Bin Laden," "Ridin Spinners," "Rainbow Colors," and "Dangerous Posse") amid a mass of excellently produced yet uninterestingly written ones. All the token motifs are here, and if you've been following Three 6 Mafia this far along, there will be very few surprises. To the Mafia's credit though, they are rather inventive, even when they're remaking "Tear da Club Up" for the umpteenth time (recycled as "Let's Start a Riot" this time around). And further to their credit, the beats have never sounded more impressive. ~ Jason Birchmeier | | Miles under the radar and outside the mainstream, Memphis rap collective Three 6 Mafia's prolific, harsh, uncompromising raps have built a tremendous following through tape swapping and other grass-roots methods. Not an unusual story in the Southern rap world, but Three 6 Mafia have managed platinum success creating an even rawer world than anything on No Limit, and through a thicker sheen of syrup than the Screwed-Up Click. The outfit's latest effort DA UNBREAKABLES reveals no dearth of material or focused anger in its 18 distinctive, hypnotically undeniable cuts. | | The most remarkable aspect of the album is its elaborate, dramatic production style, closest to what fellow Southerners the Geto Boys were doing a decade earlier. "They Bout To Find Yo Body" is a near perfect, unwavering blend of nu gangsta and old-school horror. "Money Didn't Change Me" hearkens back to the best of the horror rap genre, a cautionary tale delivered in the swaggering manner of Big Daddy Kane. DA UNBREAKABLES stands as both an unpredictable record and an original statement | | Da Unbreakables follows the general trajectory of Three 6 Mafia's career to date, moving them further away from their horrorcore beginnings toward the hardcore rap mainstream, yet doing so without forsaking any of production duo Juicy J and DJ Paul's beatmaking genius. Much like When the Smoke Clears (2000) and Choices (2001), the Mafia's past two releases, Da Unbreakables includes a few standout tracks (namely "Testin My Gangsta," "Bin Laden," "Ridin Spinners," "Rainbow Colors," and "Dangerous Posse") amid a mass of excellently produced yet uninterestingly written ones. All the token motifs are here, and if you've been following Three 6 Mafia this far along, there will be very few surprises. To the Mafia's credit though, they are rather inventive, even when they're remaking "Tear da Club Up" for the umpteenth time (recycled as "Let's Start a Riot" this time around). And further to their credit, the beats have never sounded more impressive. ~ Jason Birchmeier |
Producer: DJ Paul; Juicy J |
Musical Guests | | Lil' Flip | | Project Pat | | Pimp C | | Josey Scott | | Lil Wyte | | Hypnotize Camp Posse |
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