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Genre:
Rap
Release Date: 02/27/2001
A charter member of Memphis'
Hypnotize Camp Posse (along with
Gangsta Boo and
Three 6 Mafia),
Project Pat is a skilled demonstrator of mid-South baller
hip-hop.
The Hypnotize Camp tends to market its releases in the manner of
Master P's
No Limit label and
the Cash Money Millionaires but with much less gloss. With menacing beats (courtesy of
DJ Paul and
Juicy J) consisting of heavy, repetitive drum kicks and sinister high-hat snares,
Pat takes drug-hustling
rap into the same deranged dimension as his Memphis cohorts,
Three 6 Mafia. Southern pimp slang from
rap's underbelly mixed with eerie low-end synth grooves is the way of the walk here on
Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin. Strictly
gangsta,
Pat's unique flow combines a rapid Midwest cadence with a sing-song
Southern format. With its sprawling number of tracks, it's best to hone in on a few of the standouts:
"Life We Live," "If You Ain't From My Hood," "Break Da Law 2001," and
"So High." ~M.F. DiBella, All Music Guide
;)
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