One of these days I may rewatch but seeing this first run - I remember it as overblown tripe. The Simcoe character was especially revolting. Save yourself the trouble and read Alexander Rose's excellent book on the subject.
I don't have this rated as a great record but the production from N.O. Joe is definitely an upgrade over past Rap-A-Lot employs. There's more space, thick beats, and funky bass which sees the slicker raps of Big Mike replacing Willie D's more vociferous barks. It comes together best on low-end sample-shiftng mega monsters like "Murder After Midnight", the lengthy Rap-A-Lot roster freestyle "Bring It On", and "Six Feet Deep", a devastatingly sad ballad in the mold of Ice Cube's "Dead Homiez". There's just as many misses on what turns out to be another mercurial Geto Boys record we ultimately cannot dismiss...and still revisit once in a while.
I wasn't expecting Mozart or anything, but this was a record I thought would be crazier than it turned out to be. Bushwick delivers the majority of these tracks in a monotone style, which I guess could be construed as zombie-like, but it just puts me to sleep. Was that part of his evil plan all along? Then, once I'm asleep, he will steal my soul? Well, if that happens, at least I can say I heard his solo record a few times.
Ah, this was horrible - a one-song, maybe two-song album. Pantera mailed it in for the money then went their separate ways. "Goddamn Electric" was especially atrocious - to first hear a line like “your trust is in whiskey and weed and Slayer” was one of the corniest experiences to go through. Dimebag is a shell of himself, even on the comeback single "Revolution Is My Name", which sounds like he took 5-10 snippets of past material and stitched the song together out of them. There are lots of dumb self-reverential lyrics and themes, too. There is a sound effect on "Death Rattle" which intentionally sounds like a bong hit. The drunk guy on the cover is a mess of blurred fingers, spilled booze, and bodily fluids, which is a great indicator of the mess that is this record. I give'em 2 points because at least the style of music is in my wheelhouse, but can't be held responsible for anyone else's take.
