Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: C-Bo, E-40, Brotha Lynch Hung, Yukmouth, Killa Tay, Spade, Crash, Bobby Sealz, Big Lurch, Cosmo, Lil' Cyco, Young Meek, Thug Mississ, Mr. Short Khop, CJ Mac, Cryciz, Fat Tone, Roger Troutman, Speedy, Cool Nutz, H6)dsta Rob, Phat's Bossi, Max Julian, Pizzo, Bosko (rap vocals). | | Producers include: Floss P, Vonzail, Bosko, Wino, Terrance "T-Po" Powe. | | Recording information: Bosko's; Carson, CA; House Of Blues, Encino, CA; Kansas City; Los Angeles, CA; The Vault. | | Debuting on a new label, West Coast Mafia, with an album of the same name, C-Bo continues his dark vision of left-coast gangster politics, with the apocalyptic chords and lyrical menace to match. C-Bo starts right from the beginning, reassuring listeners that the West Coast is still selling records with "Milk & Honey" and reminding everyone who's really gangsta with "We Did It." "Can U Deal Wit This?" finds him trading some great rhymes with Killa Tay and Big Lurch, while Roger Troutman, Jr. makes up for the absence of his father on talkbox guitar. Though C-Bo raps prove he's still at the top of his game, the productions are a bit samey, with dark chords and trebly percussion rollers on most every track. ~ John Bush | | Hardcore rapper C-Bo has done jail time for the ferocity of his lyrical output, so the content of WEST COAST MAFIA should only be a surprise to the incredibly unwary. Titles such as "Keep Shit Locced," "Thugg It," and "I'm a Baller" are more hints that C-Bo and his confederates Big Lurch and Spade & Crash are nothing if not reality-based in their slices of thug life. Meanwhile, "Blacc Gorillas" continues the gangsta tradition of calling the public's attention to the fact that the guys wish to be left to carry on their activities in peace and without disturbance, thank you very much (though not in those precise words). WEST COAST MAFIA is very much your traditional gangsta collection, though this shouldn't dissuade C-Bo and Co.'s many fans old and new from enjoying it immensely. |
Musical Guests | | E-40 | | Brotha Lynch Hung | | Yukmouth | | Crash | | Spade | | Bobby Sealz | | Killa Tay | | Cool Nutz | | H60dsta Rob | | Max Julien | | Phats Bossi | | Speedy | | Roger Troutman, Jr | | Big Lurch | | Cosmo | | Lil' Cyco | | Fat Tone | | Cryciz | | Mr. Short Khop | | CJ Mac | | Marvelous | | Pizzo | | Thug Missis | | Bos |
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