Me Being Me (CD) (2005)

The second album by Memphis rapper Frayser Boy, ME BEING ME continues the lyrical and stylistic threads he started on his own debut and the records of his mentors the Three 6 Mafia. But this album is sharper than GONE ON THAT BAY, which at times played like Dirty South-by-numbers. Tracks like the slamming single "I Got Dat Drank," with its guest shots from Southern rap phenoms Mike Jones and Paul Wall, and "Summe Tyme" are pretense-free party raps in the hardcore tradition, practically screaming for the inevitable chopped-and-screwed remix. Meanwhile, the darker "I Am a Problem" and "Stay Focused" keep Frayser Boy's street cred intact, while "Seen Thangs" has the edgy introspection of some of Ice Cube's best early work.