GANGSTA LEAN 5/22/2001 A3 When A Man

A3                   When A Man

Sly & Robbie vs

A2                    Disillusioned

This outing continues in the heavier mode that began with 2002's SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE

~ Paul Collins Genre: Rock and Pop

GANGSTA LEAN 5/22/2001 A3 When A ManD. R. S.: Jail Bait, Deuce Deuce, Endo, The Blunted, Pic (rap vocals). In the 1990s, countless R&B acts incorporated hip hop, but not many of them incorporated outright gangsta rap. Hip hop minded R&B artists who ranged from Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, and Lauryn Hill to Erykah Badu, Janet Jackson, and Aaron Hall steered clear of gangsta rap's violent, bloody imagery. But on two rare occasions, West Coast groups brought gangsta rap to R&B: first was D.