Don't Mess Wit Texas by Lil' Keke : Reviews and Ratings

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Don't Mess Wit Texas

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Artist	Lil' Keke
Type	Album
Released	June 17, 1997
Rating	3.51 from 6 ratings
Genres	Southern Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap

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1	Still Pimpin Pens (Screwed)	3:58
2	Don't You Know	4:14
3	It's Going Down	4:07
4	Something About the Southside (feat. Mr. 3-2)	4:40
5	Money in the Making (feat. Herschelwood Hardheadz)	3:57
6	Serious Smoke (feat. Duke & Mike-D)	6:17
7	Don't Mess Wit Texas (feat. Head & Knocky)	3:59
8	South Side	4:50
9	Bounce and Turn	4:21
10	If You Wanna	5:37
11	Niggas Be Hating Me (feat. Double D)	3:46
12	Baller in the Mix (feat. Herschelwood Hardheadz)	4:11
13	Can You Feel Me (feat. Al D & Fat Pat)	3:54
14	All in the Game	4:25
15	Still Pimpin Pens	3:08

1 issue

1997

Don't Mess Wit Texas

Jam Down

JDO-1005

1 review

Nodima

Nov

2009

Very good; minor flaws.

Digital

[Rating25957645]

Don't Mess Wit Texas (Produced by Double D & Solo unless noted) [Jam Down Records 1997]

1|Still Pimpin Pens (Screwed)|3:58 (Produced by DJ Screw, Double D & Solo) 4.25 - 5
2|Don't You Know|4:14 3 - 3.5
3|It's Going Down|4:07 4
4|Something About the Southside (feat. Mr. 3-2)|4:40 3.5 - 4
5|Money in the Making (feat. Herschelwood Hardheadz)|3:57 3.25 - 4
6|Serious Smoke (feat. Duke & Mike-D)|6:17 4 - 4.25
7|Don't Mess Wit Texas (feat. Head & Knocky)|3:59 3.75 - 4
8|South Side|4:50 3 - 3.75
9|Bounce and Turn|4:21 3.5 - 4
10|If You Wanna|5:37 3 - 3.5
I just know there's better versions of this same thing out there, I don't know.
11|Niggas Be Hating Me (feat. Double D)|3:46 3 - 3.5
12|Baller in the Mix (feat. Herschelwood Hardheadz)|4:11 3.5 - 4
13|Can You Feel Me (feat. Al D & Fat Pat)|3:54 3.25 - 4
Real laid back, a lot of 2Pac type feel to the hook.
14|All in the Game|4:25 5
15|Still Pimpin Pens|3:08 3 - 3.25

Overall: 55.75 - 57 3.76/5 74 - 76%: Solid; few major reservations; TRY IT

Don't Mess With Texas is about as southern as it sounds. I can understand why this is the first review for this album, because in the end there's really not a whole lot to say about it. Keke comes from DJ Screw's Screwed Up Click and this album comes out of their most productive period, so it's predictably solid in all phases and has no notable weak points. They also do a really smart job of opening with a classic, easing the album into a small section of filler and then dropping another classic before closing the disc out with a non-chopped version of the beginning song. Actually, I think that's the one weak point of the disc. It's not often that a screwed mix truly trumps the original version, but the actual "Still Pimpin' Pens" sounds like it was performed specifically to be slowed down later. It's just really rough and can't compare to Screw's remix. "All in the Game" is an amazing song, though, and stuff like the title track, "Serious Smoke" and "It's Going Down" should give fans of Houston plenty of reasons to come back to this album again and again.

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