"Ballin' down Orleans and we smokin' on a blunt mane. Psycho P just scooped me up, now we ridin' Chevy thang. Windows tinted - don't look in it, plus we got the bumpin' back. Snoop he got that B-U-D, so we blaze a forty sack. Laid back Chevy lackin' bitches on my horn mane. Rollin' by the river side, holler at slang Pain."
Thankfully this isn't the same J that makes the modern tampon music. This is stuck in that raw Memphis during the golden age. Dude is getting prepped up for the Three Six debut, and thankfully has DJ Paul steadily perfecting his craft. Unfortunately after the explosive opener, the tape never really reaches that zenith.
"9 to your Dome" is a total banger opening up the tape with fury. The more dissonant breaks make the track interesting, but if there would have been more better produced breaks used, this would have been even better. "It was Triple Six" uses the tried and true South formula of slowing down a soul break. In this case it's "Paradise" by T-Connection, and it's a solid concoction of somber vibes permeating the verses. "Blow a Niggas Ass Off" is a quick filler song but has a nice keyboard break stuffed into the sparse track. "Pimp Dem Sluts" is yet another mix of sounds on loops. Altho I gotta admit when it continues the repetition and then drops the suddenly transformed beat in to smash the silence, is pretty damn effective. "No Am That Nigga" has that distinct Chopped and Screwed chorus, but is a just ok filler track. "Dick Sucking Hoes" is yet another pretty dull mix filler that could have been better if it had more dynamics. The tapes already long enough without this shit. "Break Yo Self Bitch" does have a pretty effective take on anxiety and paranoia, a tad too subdued for DJ Paul, but on point. J's delivery is simple but effective and has been imitated by hundreds of rappers. "Soldiers From the North Side" is yet another ok interlude.
"South Park Nigga" sounds like a sequel to Ganksta N.I.P. posse cut "Rough Brotha's from South Park", with worse rapping but an effective horror string loop swirling through the beat which takes a cut of The Terrorists/Point Blank sound. The next track is garbage filler sounding like Miami Bass on qualudes, goofy stilted voices in tow. Dumb ass track takes the average Bounce track seem like some scholarly shit. Skip. "Easily Executed" is more sparse, but Paul throws in a nice Operatic sample that could have been executed, no pun intended elsewhere.Then the track stops being boring, and Paul brings in that chill as fuck wah section recalling some of those awesome Rap-A-Lot/8Ball & MJG records. "Riding in the Chevy" tries to mantain that chill, lazy Sunday getting blunted vibe, but is more sparse. "Run Yo Mouth" features MC Mack and Al Kapone! Damn rateyourmusic should really update some of these appearances. Certainly serviceable mellow track, with that distinct Memphis fast paced but mellow flow over the chorus. "Come and Get Yo Wig Split" is an ok but subdued gangsta flexing, only helped by Pauls efficient ascending string placed sporadically over the production. Nice hazy production over "Lets Make a Stang" and exuberant verses matching the tempo. Not a fan of that 8bit sound, even if you attempt to make it gritty. "Kill Me a Muthafucka" is another by the numbers lofi South track, there's plenty of better tracks at this style and soon both DJ Paul and J groove that. Final rubber band thump is even more disposable.
Still on the steady trek to greatness, DJ Paul would make the much improved shit on the Lil Gin, Carmike, Gangsta Blac, and especially Volume 16, and Koopsta tapes. Juicy J would join him for the much improved Volume 10, and their collaborations together as a duo, and with Three Six Mafia. The production on here save for some tracks, doesn't capture the grit and atmosphere that the two cats were truly capable of.
Fave Blasts: 9 to Your Dome, Blow a Niggas Ass Off, South Park Niggas, Riding in the Chevy, Come and Get Yo Wig Split

Neighbor Juicy J;Travis Scott