This Is Gangsta Rap - VARIOUS ARTISTS
Don’t be fooled by the title and presentation of this album. A double-LP entitled This Is Gangsta Rap — featuring the likes of Tupac, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Daz Dillinger and others — seems like a dream come true for anybody longing for that real 1994 gangsta shit. Sadly, this is merely a collection of forgettable B-sides that features some of the era’s biggest names, but also includes some of the biggest nobodies. Take for example the anonymous Drawz Pationo and Baby Girl, “stars” of the track “Killin’ It!,” or Krazy Khrome and Gate Mouth, who drop “I See Ghosts.” This two-disc set is far from the definitive collection it claims to be. Andre Mishin
