Usual Suspects (Explicit Version) (1997) (Explicit Version )

Artist: Fifth Ward Boyz
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Label: Emd/virgin
UPC: 00724384511722
Release Date: 11/18/1997
Buy.com Sku: 60074898
Item#: MK3QRP
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. O.G. Intro ~ 5th Ward Boyz
2. Gangsta S**t - (featuring Spice 1/Mr. Slimm) ~ 5th Ward Boyz
3. Hustlin' - (featuring Red Dog/Mr. Slimm) ~ 5th Ward Boyz
4. Live Your Life - (featuring Tasha) ~ 5th Ward Boyz
5. Big Faces ~ 5th Ward Boyz
6. I Know - (featuring Scarface) ~ 5th Ward Boyz
7. Heat ~ 5th Ward Boyz
8. Got II Be Down II Die ~ 5th Ward Boyz
9. Live Remote ~ 5th Ward Boyz
10. F**K Strugglin' - (featuring 8Ball & MJG) ~ 5th Ward Boyz
11. Hollyhood ~ 5th Ward Boyz
12. Somethin' To Ride To - (featuring Do Or Die/Johnny P.) ~ 5th Ward Boyz
13. Don't Nuttin Change - (featuring Gotti) ~ 5th Ward Boyz
14. P.W.A. - (featuring Willie D./Devin) ~ 5th Ward Boyz
15. Til The World Blow Up ~ 5th Ward Boyz
16. Mama's Praying ~ 5th Ward Boyz



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
5th Ward Boyz: E-Rock, 007, Lo Life (vocals).
Additional personnel: Spice 1, Mr. Slimm, Red Dog, Tasha, Scarface, EightBall & MJG, Do Or Die, Johnny P., Gotti, Willie D, Devin (vocals); Mike Dean (bass, drums).
Producers include: 5th Ward Boyz, Freddy Young, Mike Dean, Scarface, J. Bido.
Engineers: Mike Dean, Philip Osman, James Hoover, 5th Ward Boyz.
Recorded at Hippie House and Digital Services, Houston, Texas and at The Enterprise, Burbank, California.
Audio Mixers: 5th Ward Boyz; Leroy Williams ; James Hoover; Mike Dean .
Recording information: Enterprise Studio, Burbank, CA; Hippie House & Digital Services, Houston, TX.
Photographer: Mario Castellanos.
The 5th Ward Boyz took their name from the same infamous Houston ghetto that gave the world the Geto Boys, one of the first groups to embrace gangsta rap in the 1980s. Like the Geto Boys, the 5th Ward Boyz specialized in gangsta rap and offered violent, profane depictions of life in the Fifth Ward. But while the early gangsta rap of the Geto Boys, Ice-T, N.W.A, and Schoolly D had a definite freshness and was quite cutting-edge, there's nothing fresh about Usual Suspects. "Got II Be Down II Die," "Heat," "Pussy, Weed and Alcohol," and other tunes on this routine, unoriginal effort don't say anything that older gangsta rappers weren't saying eight years earlier. A few of the songs are memorable -- most notably "Live Your Life" and "Mama's Praying," which describes a mother's prayer that her son won't get caught up in the criminality that surrounds her in the ghetto. But on the whole, Usual Suspects demonstrated that in 1997 there were still many rappers who were content to offer one tired, worn-out gangsta rap clich? after another. ~ Alex Henderson
Usual Suspects, the 5th Ward Boyz's third album, isn't dramatically different than Rated G or Ghetto Dope -- it's a collection of straightahead gangsta-funk, with rolling beats, deep bass grooves and cliched lyrics. The 5th Ward Boyz do have charisma, which compensates for the lack of imagination in the music, and a few moments -- like "I Know," a duet with Scarface -- are dynamic, exciting hip-hop, yet Usual Suspects is the kind of rap record that will primarily appeal to devoted followers of gangsta rap. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Musical Guests
8Ball & MJG
Devin
Willie D.
Johnny P.
Tasha
Scarface
Mr. Slimm
Spice 1
Red Dog
Do Or Die
Gotti

 
Compilation Appearances
Thugged Out-Albulation (Explicit Version)
Best Of Rap-A-Lot(screwed & Chop
Slab Soldierz Street Muzik(Explicit Version)
Rap A Lot Greatest Hits
Rally World Vol 2(Explicit Version)

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 11/18/1997
Original Release Date : 1997
Catalog ID : 45117
Label : Rap-A-Lot Records
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00724384511722

 
Professional Reviews
Rap Pages (1/98, p.104)
- Solid Material - "...USUAL SUSPECTS represents the 5th Ward Boys' transition from adolescents to adult-hood in this rap game and not many groups will ever reach the milestone."

  
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