Wegonefunkwichamind [PA]

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:12:23
Big Mello: Corey Funky Fingers (guitar, bass guitar); Terrence "Beawolf" Williams (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer); Crazy C (keyboards, sampler); Mike Dean . Personnel: Vikta Black (vocals, drums); F.L.O.W, S.A. Sools, Flow , Brotha, Flex, Lowdown Family, Repeat Offendaz, Mad Scientist, Nina Ross, Brotha (vocals); Mike Dean (guitar, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer, bass guitar); Corey "Funky Fyngas" Stoot (guitar, bass guitar); Terrence "Bearwolf" Williams (piano, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer); Preston Middleton, Dirtt, Roger Tausz (bass guitar). Additional personnel: Lil' Marcus (vocals). Audio Mixers: James Hoover; Richard Simpson ; Roger Tausz. Recording information: Digital Services, Houston, TX; Ultimate Sounds Studios, Houston, TX. Photographer: Derril Vallery. One of the most G-funk rappers to come out of Houston, Big Mello's versatile style -- laid-back gangsta to Twista-styled quickness -- was never properly sold to the public by Rap-A-Lot. He should have been bigger, but then a car accident with no signs of foul play took his life in 2002. Some posthumous releases were heralded by a handful, then almost everything went out of print and Mello was only heard by those willing to shell out some serious cash for collector's items. Four years after his death, Rap-A-Lot makes the odd choice of releasing chopped and screwed remixes of his early albums rather than reissuing them. Mixtape regular DJ D is enlisted for the remixing, an excellent decision considering his knowledge and previous handling of Texas hip-hop, although any remix isn't going to satisfy those looking for the real deal. DJ D tightens up Wegonefunkwichamind by dropping some tracks, which allows him to stretch the volatile "Southside" into a mammoth, ten-minute-long brain wrecker. Most of the other gangsta tracks are also handled with a heavy hand as sludgy beats create suffocating, eerie monsters, while the weekend numbers roll along smoother with minimal stutters and the occasional rewind. The album as a whole hangs tight and ends with the great "Family Affair 94," which cops the old Sly & the Family Stone song along with the beat from Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express." Rap-A-Lot picking the right remixer for the job and DJ D's follow-through makes this a great experience for the Texas hardcore, but you can't help but hope the original gets reissued and the Big Mello word gets spread. ~ David Jeffries
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)