Tec-9 - Straight From the Ramp
1. Cash Money T. V.
2. Where Ya From
3. Riding High
4. Bounty Hunter
5. Flexin
6. Loose Lips, Sank Ships
7. Who's That Nigga
8. Straight From Tha Ramp
9. Uptown, Uptown
10. They All Die
11. Local 580 Burn Em Like A Bitch
Tec-9 1/3 of the legendary group UNLV. (Tec-9, Lil' Ya' Yella Boy R.I.P.)
For the most part Straight From The Ramp is a pretty solid release. A New Orleans gansta' classic. However, like some of Cash Money's pre-Universal releases some of the production on this albums blantantly uses Dr. Dre/Death Row's earlier style. For example the title cut is a clear rip-off of one of Snoop's earlier songs. The production on this album symbolizes New Orleans early hip-hop stage when the NO's non-bounce album's idenity was beginning and not yet set in stone. The Death Row sound which was extremely popular at the time is seen throughout this album. One of the more New Orlean-ish songs is 'Uptown, Uptown' which uses the Second Line/Mardi Gras like chant. However, even with all the aforementioned said, this album is not to be "shrugged off." This is definatly a New Orleans classic. Flip through the three tracks I uploaded -> Unquestionalbe, classic material...... Upbeat, bouncy, gangsta tunes.