Personnel: Frayser Boy
(rap vocals); Chrome, Lil Wyte, Mike Jones , Paul Wall ,
Boogie Mane (rap vocals). The
second album by Memphis rapper Frayser Boy, ME BEING ME
continues the lyrical and stylistic threads he started
on his own debut and the records of his mentors the
Three 6 Mafia. But this album is sharper than GONE ON
THAT BAY, which at times played like Dirty
South-by-numbers. Tracks like the slamming single "I Got
Dat Drank," with its guest shots from Southern rap
phenoms Mike Jones and Paul Wall, and "Summe Tyme" are
pretense-free party raps in the hardcore tradition,
practically screaming for the inevitable
chopped-and-screwed remix. Meanwhile, the darker "I Am a
Problem" and "Stay Focused" keep Frayser Boy's street
cred intact, while "Seen Thangs" has the edgy
introspection of some of Ice Cube's best early work. |