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Brotha Lynch Hung - Season of da Siccness
September 1995 issue
2 1/2 mics

After a suprisingly successful underground debut (that stemmed from the Bay Area) Brotha Lynch Hung is back to spread his evil-laced lyrics across America. After appearing on his debut in a coffin, many of his fans actually believed he had died. In reality, the cover just fit in with the horrific, devilish theme that surrounds his music. We're talking about a guy who rhymes about everything from having sex with corpses to busting caps. The odd twist is that he's a damn good rapper.

His latest opens with his dopest cut "Siccmade," which deals with the previously mentioned topics. With a nice rhyme flow, backed by gloomy guitars and doomsday piano chords, you're somewhat taken away from the sick topics being discussed, and anticipation for a decent album rises. The mediocre production of cuts like "Return of da Baby," a track about eating babies (which is depressing because you realize what level hip-hop has sunk to), just isn't enough to overcome the disgusting lyrics.

There are other decent cuts like "Locc 2 Da Brain," a posse cut which features Brotha Lynch's fellow loccs. The flyest MC is a nameless female whoes flow reminds you of Marvelous (another underground star from Cali). "Datz Real Gangsta Shit" and "Real Loccs" (a shout-out track with the tightest beats on the album) are also worth mentioning. The remaining joints struggle as Brotha Lynch tries to shock listeners on a whole other level.

At times he too closely resembles Spice 1, but compared to most lightweight gangsta MCs, he's still a super-middleweight. Hopefully the next time Brotha Lynch emerges from the grave he'll be reporting on real day-to-day tales from the street instead of his wacky tales from the crypt.

review by Raymond "Da Ill Mantis" Cunningham

_That_Cracka_J:
By Source standards, this shoulda been at least a 4 1/2 mic album.

Siberian Wolf:
Damn what a mess... Season Of Da Siccness used 2 get 2 and a half... What the world was commin to

shlomid1:
disgracefull. season of da siccness is so great on both sides lyrics and production. this one should be in everybody opinion at least 4.5 .

Vigilante:

--- Quote from: _That_Cracka_J on May 19, 2003, 12:04:10 PM ---By Source standards, this shoulda been at least a 4 1/2 mic album.

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