Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: C-Murder (rap vocals); Curren$y, Fiend, Junie Bezel, Akon, Montez, Ms. Peaches, Popeye, Soulja Slim, B.G., Capone (rap vocals). | | This is an example of the Southern Rap "screwed" mix style. | | While many rap artists have recorded albums while behind bars (Slick Rick, Shyne, Pimp C, etc.), the circumstances behind C-Murder's THE TRUEST S#!@ I EVER SAID are even more dire. C-Murder's sixth album was recorded under strict opposition by the local sheriff where the New Orleans MC was jailed, facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for a nightclub murder. Released while the rapper awaited his fate on appeal, THE TRUEST S#!@ I EVER SAID lives up to its name as C-Murder paints a stark picture of a hard life teetering on the edge of oblivion. | | C-Murder opens the record with an "Intro" comprised of news clips, where he emphatically states he didn't commit the crime, before setting the scene with a vintage No Limit flow on "My Life." The rapper occasionally drifts into a glorification of violence, particularly on opening single, "Yall Heard of Me," but more often the stories are adorned with sad reflection, a sorrow that bleeds out through the toughness. On "Won't Let Me Out," he takes a hefty portion of Akon's 2004 hit about incarceration, "Locked Out," and builds it (with Akon's production help) into an even more poignant track, while on "Mama How You Figure," C-Murder wonders whether he ever had a chance. With hopes for his freedom slipping away, C-Murder drops some of the most powerful rhymes of his career. |
Producer: Bass Heavy; KLC; Akon; Dani Kartel; Howard M; Fiend; XL; Carlos Stephens |
Engineer: Michael "5000" Watts |
Musical Guests | | Soulja Slim | | B.G. | | Fiend | | Popeye | | Bass Heavy | | Montez | | Capone | | Mac | | Curren$y | | Ms. Peaches |
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