Master P Album: “Ghetto D”

i have had this cd for about 2 years now and its so tight. I had to come back to amazon so i could be somewhat apart of this album's history bu writing an online review. Thanks Master P for be the tightest rapper out there today.

Well I baught this CD the first day it was released in Sept of 97. I loved it then and still to this day love it. I personally think it's the best album from not only Master P but No Limit period. You can bump it strait through without missing a trak. There is a lot of features but unlike most features on CD's they are good and don't ruin the song. This version comes with a cool bonus cd with a few rare traks. A nice lil touch to an already classic album. This CD brings bak a lot of memeories from high school and just the time period. It's when Master P & No Limit were at they're peak. You can definetly feel it on this album. So if you've never heard this CD or just lost it because the original version is out of print I highly suggest you get you a copy. . .

As in my other reviews of MP CD's, I think that this CD is overrated. I am a P fan, but he only raps good on other people's albums. He's not very good by himself. As a CEO, marketing genius, and producer he is great, but he is mediocre as a rapper, at least on this CD (Da Last Don was a great work of art, however). I miss my Homies* , despite public opinion, but Captain Kirk was one of the best songs ever. Mystikal's verse is just unstoppable. Stop Hatin', Make 'Em Say Ugh, and Song #2 (I forgot the name) are all great songs and are worth a listen, but the rest of the songs are mediocre to wack.

okay so most who may not know, this is master p's 6th album and was releaseD during the pinnacle of his success. everything after this only seemed to get worse and worse.

now, Ghetto Dope is not his greatest album but is the curve of illusion in the music when he began to get rich and lazy. though its not as gangsta hardcore as 99WAYS TO DIE or ICE CREAM MAN, this is still a great gangster effort. it just becomes a little more hip hoppish and even more so filled with so many no limit guests that it takes away from the main focus of the album : MASTER P. i wanted to hear master p through out, but its really the beginning of a "no limit family" album that became standard musical release after this album was dropped.

it is a great album like i said, but was also the final appearance of anything that was ever as hardcore as master p was in his younger days.

on a final note: there is a shout out on the final track, "burbons and lacs" to the late dj screw from houston tx. if you have ever heard master p at his best, it was b/c dj screw chopped and screwed him up texas style. and i would have to say, "pass da green" is just UNREAL, SCREW STYLE!

Following impressive sales of albums from Mia X and TRU, Master P knew the time was right to drop Ghetto D. Packed with appearances from Mystikal, UGK, C-Murder, Silkk, Mia X , Fiend and Mac, its one of P's most cohesive works to date. In fact, its the only classic P put out. Which is not to say that No Limit did not release classics, because C-Murder's Life or Death and Mac's World War 3 were both classics.

As a hip-hop artist, P does not say anything new, but the interesting beats dropped by Beats by the Pound compliment his stlye perfectly. Take for example the humorous 'Captain Kirk' or 'Going through some thangs' with Big Ed and Mr.Serv-on.

As far as rhymes are concerned, P is at his best. Whether it is an ode to his deceased brother on 'I miss my homies' or his display of testosterone on 'Make em say ughhhhhh", P lyrics surpass almost all of his releases.

Unfortunately for NO limit, things started to disintegrate soon after this release, thanks to internal dissension. As Mac said 'When you have a foundation and the roots are not solid, it can easily be pulled away by outside forces' that is precisely what happened. Rappers Mystikal, Fiend, Big Ed, and Mr.Serv-on all left the tank in 1999. And with C-Murder and Mac on lockdown, about 3/4 of No limit's strentgh has been removed.

Yet Ghetto D is proof that NO Limit once had it. It is also proof that if you want quality NO material, you must look to the past, not the future.