Baby Bash Tha Smokin' Nephew CD

Principally recorded at The Clinic, Digital Services, Dope House Recording, Houston, Texas; R&D Studios, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Baby Bash hails from Houston, Texas, but he'll never be confused with the horror-movie violence of the local Geto Boys or the syrup-swiggers of the Screwed Up Click; Baby Bash is into his own thing. Signed to a major on the strength of the ultra-catchy, smooth-R&B-infused hit "Suga Suga," THA SMOKIN' NEPHEW, the spry rapper displays a variety of skills beyond the scope of the single.

While success has blown in overnight, Baby Bash has plied his trade for nearly a decade, and he was a member of the supergroup Latino Velvet in the late 1990s with Kid Frost and Jay Tee of N2DEEP. Bash's strongest point is his versatility-he's as comfortable with a heartfelt R. Kelly-style ballad like "Feeling Me" as with a piece of crunked-out hardcore thuggery like "Yes Suh" or the hippie-like alterna-rap of "Early in the Morning." He'll even switch off mid-song, as on "Image of a Pimp," which starts off out of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony school before suddenly taking an MC Solaar turn in the third verse. Bash's language doesn't slack either, as he operates with a certain reflective subtlety, while showing the ability to blithely knock off a line like "so kamikaze, shrinin' like Liberace."

While success has blown in overnight, Baby Bash has plied his trade for nearly a decade, and he was a member of the supergroup Latino Velvet in the late 1990s with Kid Frost and Jay Tee of N2DEEP. Bash's strongest point is his versatility-he's as comfortable with a heartfelt R. Kelly-style ballad like "Feeling Me" as with a piece of crunked-out hardcore thuggery like "Yes Suh" or the hippie-like alterna-rap of "Early in the Morning." He'll even switch off mid-song, as on "Image of a Pimp," which starts off out of the Bone Thugs-N-Harmony school before suddenly taking an MC Solaar turn in the third verse. Bash's language doesn't slack either, as he operates with a certain reflective subtlety, while showing the ab

This is an example of the Southern Rap "screwed" mix style.

Personnel includes: Baby Bash, Frankie J., Max Minelli, Grimm, Lucky Luciano, Russell Lee, Perla Cruz, Oral Bee, Merciless, Happy Perez, Angel Dust, Chingo Bling, Doom, Rasheed, J. & Powda, Awax, JayTee, Low G, Major Riley.

Personnel includes: Baby Bash, Frankie J., Max Minelli, Grimm, Lucky Luciano, Russell Lee, Perla Cruz, Oral Bee, Merciless, Happy Perez, Angel Dust, Chingo Bling, Doom, david Wade, Rasheed, J. & Powda, Awax, JayTee, Low G, Major Riley.

Personnel: David Wade (background vocals).

Audio Mixers: Mike Cee; Big Ice; Happy Perez; Oral Bee; James Hoover; Mario Ayala.

Recording information: Digital Services, Houston, TX; Dope House Records, Houston, TX; Lydkjoekkenet; R&D Studios, Albuquerque, NM; The Clinic, Houston, TX.

Photographer: Dave Ledford.

Personnel includes: Baby Bash, Frankie J., Max Minelli, Grimm, Lucky Luciano, Russell Lee, Lucky Luciano, David Wade, Perla Cruz, Oral Bee, Merciless, Happy Perez, Angel Dust, Chingo Bling, Doom, Rasheed, J. & Powda, Awax, JayTee, Low G, Major Riley.

Producers include: Happy Perez, Shadow, Mike Cee, Big Ice, Mario Ayala.