MAYNHOLUP!’s Ro Of The Week #15


Z-Ro – “Ghetto Crisis

from Look What You Did To Me (Fisherboy, 1997)

Wuss good CBRAP mayn, ya boi MAYNHOLUP back wit de Ro Uv De Week an dis time im keepin it comin wit sum heat yall hataz prolly been sleepin on.

At dis point yall shud alreddy kno wut it is wit dis track. “Ghetto Crisis” is de reggae style joint off Ro’s indisputable classic debut “Look What You Did To Me” mayn. I might could be wrong mayn, but i heard a couple times dat de boi Ro got sum Jamaican blood in him which wud explain how he kill dis rythm righ here like he a 10 year reggae vet stedda a young gunna on his firss rap album. I admit mayn i aint no expert on dis reggae shit but i kno Ro pulls dis song off in a way dass consistent wit de ress uv de record an a nice change uv pace to de double time fire he spits throughout mayn. Plus iss juss a thowed song mayn no need ta beak it down further den dat.

An iss not like he don’t rap on dis eitha. Like mos Ro songs, de third verse is juss a work uv art mayn. Afta de boi T.A.Z. spit wun uv his many verses on de album, Ro goes in mayn rappin in de Jamaican accent in a verse dass az impressive as any on de album. Yall try an act like Z-Ro always rhymin bout de same thang but yall got dem blinders on mayn. De boi too versatile. Rap, R & B, Reggae mayn, he kills em all. Production too mayn. He too technically skilled an honest bout his rhymes fo anywun ta really come close mayn. I only wish he dun a couple mo uv deze Reggae songs, not dat der aren’t a few othas in de same vein as dis here track floatin around mayn (check Z-Ro Vs. The World if u on’t alreddy kno).

Ah mayn, dat juss bout does it dis week yall, i’m boutta go fiend on sum Juicy Lucy’s an if yall ont kno wut it is, yall missin de fuck out mayn come ta de midwess an see how iss goin down mayn. Also mayn, a big fuck you goes out to de bois comin at me wit deze viruses makin me re-boot mah comp losin a month uv music. You lucky i deaded doze real quick mayn or else it wuz gone be plex believe dat. An shoutouts to de boi WALKMASTERFLEX aka Prezbo mayn down in Louisiana teachin kids an bumpin dat Boosie Bad Azz mayn!

1 luv yall!

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11 Responses to “MAYNHOLUP!’s Ro Of The Week #15”

  1. Davey Boy Smith Says:

    One of my top Ro tracks, good work Mista Mayn

  2. neomerge Says:

    mayneholup killin it.

  3. JF Says:

    Great song, great album
    I bought this album about a month ago (reissue) and a whole gang of the tracks cut off before theyre over, is that on the original too or did I just fuck up with the whole buying it 12 years late thing?

  4. walkmasterflex Says:

    what up mayn! thanks for the shout out! good to meet you before i peaced back to the south, stayin off in shreveport these days. i gotta record one of the drive at 5 mixes or saturday night jumpoff mixes they play on the radio here and send it to you, shit is wild. literally there’s bounce, trill ent. shit, shreveport rappers, random texas shit, and gucci/juiceman tracks and that’s it.

    nice z-ro track too mayn, hope your twolves make a good decision come draft time (probably won’t)

  5. TSF Says:

    “Juicy Lucy’s” fuck yeah MAYN!

    Oh yeah, T-Wolves gotta build around Al Jefferson and Kevin Love, everyone else (except Randy Foye) is expendable.

  6. big christian from austin and the philaflava board Says:

    this is where he got the idea for the song.
    dj screw’s version of the steel pulse song “wild goose chase”
    enjoy, you carpet bagging culture vultures

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKLpSZsKhcY

  7. ScrewHeads.Com Says:

    Outside of Pac, I don’t think anyone’s got a discography as deep as Ro in the same amount of time … and that’s with a few bids.

    http://screwheadsonly.blogspot.com

  8. walkmasterflex Says:

    “enjoy, you carpet bagging culture vultures”

    we’re not all from minnesota or europe, dude

  9. Chellan Says:

    I’ve listened to Z-Ro before. I’ve listened to many of his songs but I don’t own a CD. What’s his best CD so I can cop that? Does he have any solid CD’s?

  10. thehoustongirl Says:

    good shit! I jam this album on the daily

  11. BENJY Says:

    @walkmasterflex, is mayn white?

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