South Park Mexican / Spm - Never Change CD

Never Change CD music South Park Mexican's first major album and a document of life in Houston's ghettos, Hustle Town is the Mexican-American's most rugged album, full of hunger and ambition, even if it is a bit lacking in terms of both production and polished rapping. Subsequent SPM albums improve upon these areas yet, unfortunately, also lose a bit of this album's enthusiasm. A cult favorite. ~ Jason Birchmeier Personnel: South Park Mexican (rap vocals); Robin, Sonja Otero (vocals); Grinch, Low-G, ...

Never Change buy CD music Rapper SPM acknowledges a past as a drug dealer, and that former occupation continues to inform his approach to his current career, from the name of his record label, Dope House, to the subject matter of his raps. His is a world of crime and retribution, expressed in language laced with the usual epithets and expletives. The raps are slower and more deliberate, the music more melodic than most other rap, and there are occasional surprises. "Land of the Lost" is a melodramatic narrative that looks back with regret, while "Miss Perfect" is a love rap, an unabashed tribute to SPM's wife. Like other rap label heads, the artist uses his own albums to introduce other rappers on his label. In fact, the album is basically a label sampler, featuring 23 rappers and groups in addition to SPM himself and containing tracks from upcoming Dope House releases. Four of the 16 tracks don't even feature the artist. Nevertheless, he remains the most distinctive presence on the album, and his perspective, while including much of the standard-issue opinions and expressions of the genre, is individual enough to be distinctive. ~ William Ruhlmann Live Recording Recording information: Dope House Records. Personnel: Marilyn Rylander (vocals); Damon Sonnier (saxophone). Audio Mixers: Shadow Ramirez; South Park Mexican.

Never Change songs Carlos Coy's follow-up to 2001's NEVER CHANGE is harder and meaner than its predecessor, almost as if the South Park Mexican had decided to circle the wagons and forget all about trying to court popularity outside his immediate Houston circle. He's still at his best when he's trying to combine R&B with Hispanic and Caribbean influences, such as on the infernally catchy "Suckaz and Hataz," and "Lord Loco's Melody." This combination has a charm all its own, but on this outing Coy is mostly more than happy to stick to his chosen turf--drugs, guns and hoes, all set to the barest of backbeats and the sparsest of instrumentation. NEVER CHANGE showed that lurking somewhere inside SPM's cool macho interior is a wellspring of creativity, and if REVEILLE PARK finds him resting on his laurels somewhat, he's still a block or two ahead of many of his contemporaries. K0lbum. Most of the lyrics on this album were not written. SPM shouts out lyrics right off the top of his head. A form of artistic rapping that first became popular by artist like Yungstar, Lil Flip and other members of the Screwed Up Click (S.U.C.). Fans seemed to like this form of rapping because it gives them a chance to hear exactly what is on the artist mind at that very second. Many of the instrumentals on this album were produced by SPM. Hot tracks include Screwed Up Tape, Red Beans And Rice, and I Need A Sweet featuring SPM, Powda,and Baby Beesh. "Cool Enough" featuring SPM and JC is probably the most radio friendly track. The album is very real. Giving a true insight to what SPM is about, where he is from and how he views life in general. This is an example of the Southern Rap "screwed" mix style. Producers include: SPM, Uchei, Lord Loco, Shadow Ramirez. Personnel: Filero (scratches). Audio Mixer: James Hoover. Recording information: Dallas Concert.

Never Change album for sale For his first album under his distribution deal with Universal Records, South Park Mexican seems quite comfortable with his increasing popularity, rapping like a veteran here. It's nice to hear him handling most of the album's rapping duties after his previous release, The Purity Album, seemed more like a compilation issued under his name. The production is a bit more polished here than on previous SPM albums, and the rhymes flow much more fluidly than ever before, making it arguably the most well-crafted SPM album to date. If there is one major problem, though, it involves SPM's level of comfort -- he almost seems too comfy here, knowing that he's finally crossed over into major label territory. One somewhat misses the inspired efforts of older, rawer albums such as Hustle Town. ~ Jason Birchmeier Explicit Lyrics;Aka Spm Engineers: Shadow Ramirez, James Hoover, "Big Bert" Trevino. Personnel includes: SPM, Ayana M, Baby Beesh, DJ Kane, Grimm, 2 Tone, Gary L. Moon, Shadow Ramirez. Producers include: Freestyle, Happy Perez, 2 Tone, Shadow, Mikey.

Never Change CD music Houston's Carlos Coy, the mastermind behind both South Park Mexican and Dope House records, is an example of the classic American rags-to-riches story. After hitting bottom as a denizen of the drug underworld, Coy turned his life around, rededicating himself to music. He started Dope House, which began as an underground hip-hop label but soon rose to national prominence. South Park Mexican is Coy's vehicle for self-expression. On THE PURITY ALBUM, all of Coy's street experiences manifest themselves as cautionary tales. They're couched in funky frameworks so seductive that one might almost miss the harshness of some of the lyrics' scenarios, but there's no mistaking Carlos Coy's ultimate intention. By the album's end, he's taken you on a virtual tour of the underworld, and you emerge on the other side wiser for the journey, and ready to take on the world with a new sense of perspective. Baby Beesh,Monster & Scrilla, Grimm,Low-G,24/7 Hustlers, Personnel includes: South Park Mexican (rap vocals); Courtney Jones, Russell Lee (vocals); Miss Asiah, Sevan (background vocals); Baby Beesh, Dum Dum, Happy P, Low G, Diamond, Grimm, Lil' Bing, Shadow Ramirez, Monster, Juan Gotti, Scrilla, Ikeman, Lil' Villan, E, Lil' D, Guero, Smoke Dogg, Hillwood Hustlaz, Rasheed, Major Riley, Christian. Producers: Happy P, Shadow Ramirez, Seven Tony C, Mario Ayala, South Park Mexican.

Never Change buy CD music The album that broke South Park Mexican out of the South, Power Moves features a number of his best-known songs: "Holla at Cha Later," "Illegal Amigos," and "West Coast, Gulf Coast, East Coast." It's definitely a more polished and crafted work that his preceding Hustle Town and proves that rap artists can thrive without major-label support. In sum, this is arguably the best place to start when investigating SPM. His later albums are often on par with Power Moves in terms of both rhymes and beats, but none capture the essence of what makes this particular artist so alluring to his cult audience as this breakthrough album. Later albums such as 3rd Wish to Rock the World often go out of their way to feature lackluster guest rappers as well. As a bonus, Power Moves also comes with a second disc that features screwed and chopped versions of many of the album's best songs, as well as his first big hit, "Mary-Go-Round," originally featured on Hustle Town. ~ Jason Birchmeier Guest Include Dope E,Kid Frost Most Hated,Icey Hott This is an example of the Southern Rap "screwed" mix style. Personnel includes: Frost, DJ Screw, Street Military, Fat Pat Family, Most Hated, Dope House Family.