From: fedde@Minsk.docs.uu.se (Fedde Engler)
Newsgroups: alt.rap
Subject: Review : Bushwick Bill - Little Big Man
Date: 5 Oct 92 13:19:07 GMT
Organization: Uppsala University
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Summary: Bushwick Bill
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As I promised, here is a review on Bushwick Bill's "Little Big Man". 

For those who liked Scarface on "Mr. Scarface is back", you are probably 
going to like this one too, as producers like John Bido, Crazy C and 
Roland also appear on Bushwicks album. For those who don't like hardcore
hiphop, you might aswell hit the key 'n' to go to the next article :)
The beats of this album are mayorly hardcore and the geto-boy-skitso
feeling is there too. Maybe not as strong as when Scarface is around, but
stil totally acceptable. In a scale of 5, I would give this album a 4
as there are some things in it that make it weak in some places. So
here we go...

_Intro_

This intro is just mainly a conversation between Bushwick and another guy
who acuses him for beeing what he is; violent, brutal and for having lyrics
that corrupt people. All this is done over a slow, spooky beat and Bill 
goes on answering to the acusations until he finally convinces the other
sucker about what he really is : The Little Big Man!

	Sucker : "Your neighbourhood ain't nothing but a terrorist place.
		  A place where men kill eachother. A place where everyone
		  is trying to survive. Where I'm from, it ain't like that!"

	Bill   : "Man! HA! Where I'm from it's a modern day motherfuckin'
		  Vietnam and my backyard is a concentration camp! It's not
		  only about beeing millitant! It's all about surviving!"

_Little Big Man_

This one is about Bushwick himself. He shortly explains how he grew up and
how he is dealing with both ho:s and other niggas today. The lyrics ain't
all that, but the beat has a wierd live feeling over it. It is composed with
both electric guitars and electric organs from the 70's, which mixed with
a taste of ragga-muffin style at the end makes it kinda dope. In a scale of
5 this gets a 3.

	"It's Bushwick Bill! I'll be that motherfuckin' nigga!
	 4 foot 2, a couple of inches and I'm steady getting bigger.
	 Straight from the motherfuckin' G, to the E, to the T, to the O
	 You know the spelling, ho!"

_Stop Lying_

A slow, simple beat for those liking that! Bill is getting wellknown and
gets to go home with more and more ladies, just to find out the real storries
about what his friends have done, or rather have NOT done with them. This
os one for those who make up storries about what they do with girls. Be
real on this one :) Again this is a 3 of 5.

	"You're a faggot if you stick your dickhead in shit,
	 but you are a pussy if you sit and tell a lie on your dick!"

_Call Me Crazy"

Bushwick Bill and Scarface could both be put into the cathegory of
skitso-rappers. It's kinda natural that he makes a rhyme about himself
beeing nuts (like Scarface's "Diary of a Madman"). This is a warning to
all suckers that talk shit about him behind his back. He is crazy and will
smoke'em if he gets'em. The beat is DOPE! This gets a 5/5!

	Sucker : "You know the short motherfuckin' Bushwick?...
		  [More bullshit about Bushwick]
		  I was gonna give him a ride in my God damn car but
		  I forgot'im in the carseat! *laugther*
		  He's some ol' bitch!
		  Uh!...oh,oh (Bushwick enters...)
		  Yo! Wosup Bushwick?"
	Bill   : "HA! (Sound of a weapon klickin') THIS!
	          *Boom* *Boom* *Boom*"

_Chuckwick_

This is like the previous one where Bill keeps telling us how crazy he is.
Here he tries to add some horror to it, but fails totally. Wack lyrics and
a plastic, wack beat. This gets a 1/5.

	"Niggas think I'm a ho,
	 but I'm lettin' them know.
	 Every head I cut off,
 	 half of that goes to Cujo!"

_Don't Come To Big_

As well have seen, Bushwick is kinda short :) Seems also like he has been
kicked a lot lot for it, specially by girls. Here he goes on telling a storry
about how good he is in all kinds of things, making people remember that
good things don't come to big. The beat on this is slow and has very little
that makes it funky, making the whole thing weak. The lyrics don't back
it up, so it gets a weak 3/5.

	"Yeah! That's right, step the fuck back!
	 And don't be calling me no motherfuckin' Bushwack.
	 It's Bushwick, you dick-sucking trick.
	 Ought to kick your ass 'cause your brain don't klick"

_Ever So Clear_

All those who have seen Bushwick in a video might have noticed that one of
his eyes looks wierd. Well...it's because he was shot there and now has an
artificial one. He lost it while he was forcing a girl to shoot him. This
one is about that moment. A slow beat with balanced samplings allows you to
just get out the lyrics which are DOPE! This is another 5/5. And interesting
storry that I think you should check out.

	"When we fell on the bed,
	 check this shit...
	 All kinds of crazy shit was going through my head!
	 So I ran and got the gun and came back to her,
 	 loaded it up and handed the gap to her!
	 I grabbed the hand and placed the gun to my eyemuscle.	
	 She screamed 'Stop!' and then we broke into another tussle!
	 Yo! During the fight the gun went of quick.
	 *BANG* Damn! Ah, shit! I'm hit!"

_Copper To Cash_

This is another storry about how hard Bushwick has had to work to get where
he is right now. He didn't get some jobs because he was short, but now he is
getting back at them as he is a star. The beat is kinda dope, but as they
sampled the melody of "Step Off" from The Furious Five, something gets wierd
and I can't get this more than a 3 of 5. The Lyrics ain't much either.

	"I used to only rap on the schoolyard,
	 now I'm in a studio dropping lyrics to hard!"

_Dollars And Sense_

This one is a dope one! It can be viewed in two ways, but I prefer to look
at it as criticism against all those people out there killing eachother over
stupid things and money. It seems like people have the mentality to only
make things if they get money out of it and nothing is done by the heart.
Both lyrics and beats are dope, so this gets a strong 4/5.

	"Did a killing just to prove you was down, nigga,
	 but any nigga can pull the motherfuckin' trigger!"

_Letter From KKK_

OhOh, Bushwick! He who seemed so intelligent on the other cuts comes out
like a sucker here! Here he turns to the blacks trying to make them realise
that they are helping the KKK by shooting eachother. That's Ok this far, but
his solution to take a gap and hunt down the whites is bullshit. You can't
get rid of violence with more violence. Wake up, Bill! The beat is a sample
from some actionmovie of the 70's and is dope as hell, but as parts of the
lyrics just make me shake my head, I dunno where to put this in a scale.
Just a sample of the lyrics here :

	"...and we can't go out like that,
	 so we gotta reload that gap
	 and hunt down the white goof
	 and get to buss their motherfuckin' ass from coast to coast"

_Take'em Off_

Well...from the title you can guess this is just a load of bragging over
how Bushwick treats the ladies. Low, low lyrics, but the beat is dope as
hell with a slow, hidden samba-shit over it. This gets a 4/5 due to the
lyrics :) I wouldn't treat a lady like that :)

	"Now you can be fat, fine, ugly or skinny,
	 just take your motherfuckin' draws off..."

_Skitso_

More lyrics about how crazy Bushwick is. But here he fails totally in both
lyrics and beats. Wack, wack, wack!


Well...I guess that was about it. Again I want to remind you that this is
something that probably only hardcore lovers might like. The 4/5 for it all
sticks there because the 5/5's for some rhymes are really strong. He could
have removed some shit from it, but then again, it's acceptable. Enjoy!

Give me a day and I drop something about CMW too.

Peace to the D.I.P!

Fedde (fedde@bern.docs.uu.se)
Newsgroups: alt.rap