Emeritus [PA]

Performer: Scarface
Artist: J-Prince; Papa Rue; Lil Wayne; Bun B; Bilal; Shateish; K-Rino; Slim Thug; The Product; Z-Ro; Wacko
Engineer: Mike Mo; Gina Victoria; Mike Dean; Mike Mo; Gina Victoria; Marc Smilow; Christian Gugielmo; Mike Dean; Nottz; Cory Mo
Producer: Mike Dean; N.O. Joe; Tone Capone; J-Prince; Scarface
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Audio Mixers: John Bido; Mike Dean . Recording information: M.A.D. Studios, Houston, TX; Mike Dean's House Of Hits, Cypress, TX; The Durt Factory Studio, Norfolk, VA; The Ranch Studio, New York, NY; The Record Room, N. Miami, FL. A year after his stellar eighth LP, M.A.D.E., the Houston O.G. is back for his purported swan song, appropriately titled EMERITUS. Controversy often makes for compelling hip-hop so Scarface does well to let Rap-A-Lot chief J Prince set things off by detailing his legal troubles, the snitches involved, and an alleged conspiracy against the H-Town businessman on the album's intro. From there, `Face sends sniper shots at rival Lil Troy ("High Powered"), examines the Iraq War and recession from a ghetto point of view ("Can't Get Right"), and recounts wrong-road-taken ghetto tales ("Still Here"). Production from Nottz, Illmind, N.O. Joe, Jake One, and Scram Jones mixes soul and blues samples with frenzied key arrangements to a menacing effect. If there are any doubts left as to Scarface's lyrical prowess, the closing title track should put them to rest. Let's hope that `Face's idea of retirement is something like Jigga's.

XXL (Magazine) (p.100) - "Brad Jordan's strongest quality is his ability to preach the ghetto gospel in a manner that's uniquely poetic. He exemplifies that ability on 'Can't Get Right'..."

A member of famed Houston gangsta rap group the Geto Boys, Scarface is one of the most respected southern MCs of all time. As a solo artist, he is by far the most successful member of the Geto Boys and is often credited with bringing southern hip-hop, and the Houston scene in particular, out of the underground and into the mainstream. In the early 2000s, Scarface claimed that he was retiring from the solo MC game, but stated that he would continue to work with the Geto Boys and record and produce for other artists.

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