ARTIST: Mack 10
TITLE: The Paper Route
LABEL: Hoo Bangin'/Priority
GENRE: Gangsta Rap
GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode)
ENCODER: Lame 3.98b5 / -V2 --vbr-new
QUALITY: 197 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo
PLAYTIME: 0h 46min 24sec total
SIZE: 65.48MB
RELEASE DATE: 2000-09-05
RIP DATE: 2007-11-30
Track List
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01. Intro 0:20
02. From Tha Streets 3:23
03. Nobody (Feat. Westside Connection & 5:11
Timbaland)
04. I'm Special (Skit) 0:24
05. I'm Dope 4:08
06. Pimp Or Die (Feat. Techniec & Too 4:11
$hort)
07. Tight To Def (Feat. T-Boz) 3:50
08. Pop X (Feat. Techniec, Caviar, Xzibit, 4:59
Skoop, Delania & Pinky)
09. Keep It Gangsta 4:03
10. Hustle Game 3:51
11. Spousal Abuse (Feat. Techniec & 4:06
Kokane)
12. For Sale (Feat. YoungBloodZ, Big Gipp 3:57
& Techniec)
13. Tha Weekend (Feat. Ice Cube & 4:01
Techniec)
Release Notes:
Mack 10 scales back his collaborative impulse on The Paper Route, the follow-up
to The Recipe (1998), an album on which every song but one was a collaboration.
The Paper Route is still laden with guest features, but at least there are a
handful of solo performances (four out of 11 songs), so that Mack 10 doesn't
seem like a guest on his own album. One of those solo performances, the
album-opening "From tha Streetz," is a highlight, with an interpolation of
Whodini's "Funky Beat" for its hook. Another, "Hustle Game," is also a
highlight, driven by a laid-back Easy Mo Bee production. As usual, Ice Cube
shows up on a couple songs, "Nobody" and "Tha Weekend"; both are standouts, but
the former is especially noteworthy, for it also features Timbaland, who
produced it. Other noteworthy guest features include "Tight to Def" (which
features T-Boz of TLC) and "Pimp or Die" (Too Short), while on the other hand,
the overabundance of features for Techniec (five in total) is a detriment to the
overall album, which -- like The Recipe, though not to such an extent -- is
hobbled by too many collaborations and not enough Mack 10. Nonetheless, if you
don't mind skipping over a track here and there, or if you don't mind sitting
through some dull guest features, The Paper Route is a worthwhile listen for
fans of West Coast gangsta rap, for the album has impressive moments.
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