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Fresh from his small role in the 1993 film Menace II Society, MC Eiht followed "Streiht Up Menace," his breakthrough hit single from the film's soundtrack, with We Come Strapped. The album may be his full-length solo debut, but Eiht was no rookie here. He had come of age as a member of Compton's Most Wanted, a semi-successful gangsta rap group, and brought along the defunct group's producer, DJ Slip, to join him. And that's pretty much all there is to this album, Eiht and Slip. Make no mistake: We Come Strapped is a sparse and straightforward album, just Eiht's ghetto rhymes and Slip's showering keyboards. And that's it: no extensive guest appearances, no P-Funk interpolations, no lavish extravagances, just Eiht's rhymes and Slip's keyboards. "All for Money" is the album highlight. Here Eiht rhymes gently about doing whatever it takes to get paid while Slip's keyboards hover alongside some smooth, jazzy guitar and "la-la"s in the distance. It's simple and laid-back, for sure, and it's distinct and evocative as well. Moreover, the same can be said about We Come Strapped as a whole. This is a bare-bones album stripped down to the G-funk essentials: gangsta and funk. Unfortunately, there's a lack of standout songs, and fresh ideas are few and far between. But it sure sounds good while it's playing.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
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MC Eiht, Keyboards - MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Keyboards - MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - Carla Evans, Vocal - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Composer - MC Eiht, Lyricist - MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - Darryl Ellis, Composer - Darryl Ellis, Lyricist - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Producer - Paul Richmond, Composer - Paul Richmond, Lyricist - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - Ruben Locke, Composer - Ruben Locke, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Keyboards - DJ Slip, Producer - DJ Mike T, Scratches - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Producer - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Willie Z, Keyboards - MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Producer - W. Zimmerman, Composer - W. Zimmerman, Lyricist - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - R. Noble, Composer - R. Noble, Lyricist - R. Green, Jr., Composer - R. Green, Jr., Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Engineer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - Ric Roc, Producer - Ric Roc, Composer - Ric Roc, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, Guitar - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
MC Eiht, Producer - MC Eiht, Arranger - MC Eiht, Executive Producer - Alan Yoshisda, Mastering Engineer - DJ Slip, Engineer - DJ Slip, Arranger - DJ Slip, Producer - MC EIHT FEATURING CMW, Performer - Willie Z, Keyboards - A. Tyler, Composer - A. Tyler, Lyricist - T. K. Allen, Composer - T. K. Allen, Lyricist - William (Willie Z) Zimmerman, Arranger - Josh Achzinger, 2nd Engineer
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Album review
Fresh from his small role in the 1993 film Menace II Society, MC Eiht followed "Streiht Up Menace," his breakthrough hit single from the film's soundtrack, with We Come Strapped. The album may be his full-length solo debut, but Eiht was no rookie here. He had come of age as a member of Compton's Most Wanted, a semi-successful gangsta rap group, and brought along the defunct group's producer, DJ Slip, to join him. And that's pretty much all there is to this album, Eiht and Slip. Make no mistake: We Come Strapped is a sparse and straightforward album, just Eiht's ghetto rhymes and Slip's showering keyboards. And that's it: no extensive guest appearances, no P-Funk interpolations, no lavish extravagances, just Eiht's rhymes and Slip's keyboards. "All for Money" is the album highlight. Here Eiht rhymes gently about doing whatever it takes to get paid while Slip's keyboards hover alongside some smooth, jazzy guitar and "la-la"s in the distance. It's simple and laid-back, for sure, and it's distinct and evocative as well. Moreover, the same can be said about We Come Strapped as a whole. This is a bare-bones album stripped down to the G-funk essentials: gangsta and funk. Unfortunately, there's a lack of standout songs, and fresh ideas are few and far between. But it sure sounds good while it's playing.
© Jason Birchmeier /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:36
- Main artists: MC Eiht
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Epic Street
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
(P) 1994 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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