Straight Outta Ca$hville [PA]

Performer: Young Buck
Artist: 50 Cent; Lloyd Banks; Ludacris
Producer: Andre Harris; Red Spyda; Diverse; Lil Jon...
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Young Buck (rap vocals); D-Tay, David Banner, 50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Ludacris, Game, Tony Yayo, Mister Porter, Stat Quo, Lil' Flip (rap vocals). The timing of Young Buck's last-minute addition to G-Unit (in the wake of original member Tony Yayo's incarceration), mere months before the group released the massively successful BEG FOR MERCY, may seem fortuitous to say the least. However, the hard-as-death rapper from Tennessee had been on the edge of the rap scene for almost a decade, earning his stripes behind the scenes with the Cash Money crew. On Young Buck's solo debut, STRAIGHT OUTTA CASHVILLE, he explodes with more energy than a neutron bomb. STRAIGHT OUTTA CASHVILLE lives up to the N.W.A. reference in its title. Like N.W.A., Buck delivers lyrical blows--sudden, blunt, and ruthless--without forgetting the importance of a powerful hook to seduce the listener into his murky world, particularly on the hit single "Let Me In." As with fellow G-Unit member 50 Cent, Young Buck lived the life he relates. His life pours out gloriously and without apology on "Look at Me Now" and "Prices on My Head." Young Buck has hustled hard to get his chance, but on STRAIGHT OUTTA CASHVILLE, he offers a powerful panorama of street life.

Rolling Stone (p.146) - 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "[C]rime rap par excellence - unrepentantly grimy lyrics backed by soulful production." Spin (p.117) - "[O]ne of the most uncompromising mainstream rap discs in recent memory..." - Grade: B+

Nashville-based rapper Young Buck is perhaps best known for his status as Dirty South ambassador to New York City's G-Unit. Although Buck broke big with the assistance of 50 Cent and his crew, he cut his teeth with the boys of the famed "dirty dirty" label Cash Money. Following some all-too-common street scuffles, a brief association with Juvenile's UTP label, and an appearance on Fiddy's GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN', Young Buck released his G-Unit debut, STRAIGHT OUTTA CASHVILLE. Despite all the moving around and cross-scene allegiances, Young Buck is an avowed soldier in the Dirty South's rap army.

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