If your familiar with old school Seattle hip hop like the Nastymix label and all the old Mix-A-Lot stuff, no doubt you'd be down with this dude, Kid Sensation who after releasing 2 albums on Nastymix, 'Rollin With Number One' in '90 and 'The Power Of Rhyme' in '92. He went on to release 'Seatown Funk' and 'Mr K-Sen'. There is another rare album he sort of released but good luck finding it. He changed his name to Xola recently but don't think he mixes with the Mix-A-Lot camp anymore?Here are 3 remixes from some twelves I got, Hope you enjoy them.
First up, I finally got round to picking up a copy of the self proclaimed Kansas City king's 'Anghellic' album that dropped in 2002 on Strange Music. As anyone who's familar with Tech N9ne's work would already know, listening to a Tecca Nina album is a unique experience, and not one that I recommend to anyone who finds it hard to get into music that's straight out of left field. With one of the dopest flow's known to man and incredible production backing him up, I'm yet to hear a Tech N9ne album I haven't loved, and this release is no different. The album kicks off with a bang in the form of 'Devil Boy', then just a few tracks later listeners are greeted by the Halloween theme song that Nina utilises well in 'Psycho Bitch', a sick track that is all about exactly what the title claims- a psycho bitch. Other stand out tracks include 'It's Alive', 'Who You Came To See', 'F.T.I', 'God Complex' and the the cult classic 'Einstein, Tech N9ne'. Although I still prefer 'Absolute Power' and Tech's latest effort 'EverReady', this was still money well spent.
In 1997, under the watchful eye of Bay Area hip hop legend Spice 1, the duo consisting of G-Nut and Den-Fenn (187 Fac) dropped their 'Fac Not Fiction' album on Penalty Recordings. This gangsta duo have free flowing rhymes and have appeared on albums such as the 'America Is Dying Slowly ' compilation, Mac Dre's 'The Rompilation' and the SCC presents 'Murder Squad' album, amongst others. With funky production from the likes of Mike Mosely and Ant Banks, and with Spice 1 overlooking the project, there was never going to be any doubt in terms of what listeners could expect with this album, good ol' fashioned funky gangsta rap. As I previously mentioned in my dope duo's post, one of the keys to making dope combo's is the rappers' abilities to switch in and out of each others verses at ease - a quality that these Bay area gangstas have no problem with. Although there are a whole bunch of tracks I could of uploaded, I went with 'All Head No Body' on the strength of it featuring B-Legit, Spice 1, Vidal, Gangsta P and the now incarcerated Big Lurch.
Hailing from the Northern California hip hop heartland of Vallejo, Funky Aztecs dropped their debut album, 'Chicano Blues', in 1992 on TNT/Par Records. Led by frontman, the Oakland born Merciless, this pioneering chicano hip hop group deliver hard hitting political and gangsta rhymes throughout their work, both in Spanish and in English. Some of the stand out tracks on this album include 'Straight Up Loco', 'Muthafucka', 'Nothing Else Matters' and 'Salsa Con Soulfood' featuring Digital Underground's Money B and Tupac Shakur. After this album came out, the group went on to drop 'Day Of The Dead' in 1996, 'Addicted' in 1999, 'Real Tales of Funky Aztecs' in 2000 and then they released a greatest hits album and a re-issue of their debut, both on 40 Ounce Records. Merciless has gone on to being a member of Dope House Records' Lone Star Ridaz that has released 3 albums, Merciless also took a forefront role on Baby Beesh's 'Ultimate Cartel', while at the same time working hard as a solo artist.
A while ago I picked up an album called 'Come Into My World' by a Detroit gangster group called Gank Move, at the time of ordering it I knew nothing about them, but I was happy with what I heard once the CD came in. I hadn't put much thought into the group in a while but recently Bullant picked up a disc for me by Ganksta Gank, album title being 'Me And My Killaz', I honestly totally forgot he was from Gank Move, but all that changed with one of the first lines dropped on the album - I rolls with the click G-A-N-K M-O-V-E. This album dropped in 1999 on Skully Records, and looking at the title and the cover, what you see is what you get. Notably this album only goes eight tracks deep but talking in terms of quality over quantity, this release is worth picking up for the right price, although, on first impressions it doesn't grab me as much as the old Gank Move album did. The track I've put up for your listening pleasure is 'Murder Aint No Game'.
Last up is the 1991 Wrap Records/Ichiban release 'Living On The Edge Of A Razor' by Capital Punishment out of Dallas, Texas. The group cosists of Lil C, B Insane & The Aggravated MC, with production from Rickey Ricardo. I first came aware of them thanks to a track of their's ('Murder') that featured on the Dutch bootleg vinyl '
For those not familiar with Esham, he hails from Detroit and he dropped his first album on cassette, Esham's Boomin 'Words From Hell' in 1989/90 on Reel Life Productions (RLP) which was a label that was started by Esham and his older brother, James Smith (not the Rap-A-Lot CEO). The album was re-released on CD with a couple of tracks missing from the tape the OG tape is pretty much impossible to find 
