#little brother mr hyde is one of the greatest songs ever written

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I've almost finished the strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde but I can't focus because I keep thinking about Alvin and the chipmunks meet the wolfman and how much of a great movie it is.

#alvin and the chipmunks meet frankenstein is also a banger #but wolfman is superior #little brother mr hyde is one of the greatest songs ever written #personal

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Ganksta C - “Just Another Day” The Best Rap Album of All Time Song released in 1995. Compilation released in 1999. G-Funk / Gangsta Rap / Hip Hop

Ganksta C sprang up as part of Dallas’ struggling hip hop scene in the early 90s, and like so many rappers from that time period, dropped some absolute fire and then subsequently dropped off of everyone’s radar. Born and raised in the Bay Area, he and his brother, the much more successful Ron C, moved to the Big D in the late 80s. Ron C became a member of a group called Nemesis, which didn’t receive much press, but was signed to Profile Records, a label that had put on a lot of popular east coast rap acts like Run-D.M.C., Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde, Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock, Poor Righteous Teachers, Special Ed, and Smoothe da Hustler. Not long after signing Nemesis, Profile signed Ron C to a solo deal.

1992 was the year that Ganksta C started to make a little noise. He collaborated with Ron C on Ron’s sophomore album, Back On the Street, by providing additional vocals on one song and helping conceive of a song concept for another. He also would spit his first verse on wax, appearing with Ron on a seven and a half minute posse cut called “Texas”. Featured exclusively on the b-side for UGK’s single, Use Me Up, the track is considered to be a piece of rare early 90s Lone Star State rap gold.

In 1993, Ganksta C followed up his first verse with his debut EP, Stra8 Husla, self-released on Mack Time Records. Profile would then sign him soon after, and in 1995, he released his first and only album, Stepchild.

Not much has ever been written about Stepchild, but its opener, “Just Another Day,” is a total mid-90s third coast bop. It’s one of those songs meant to be cranked at max volume as you slow-cruise your vintage, candy-color-painted convertible down the block on a sun-drenched afternoon. It’s something you pass the blunt around to in your living room on a hot day with the lights off and the windows open. Wrapped up in a thick, nebulous haze of smooth, whining g-funk that was inspired by Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, as well as a sample of Zapp & Roger;s 80s west coast electro-funk classic, “More Bounce to the Ounce,” the completely unknown producer Tyronne Samples delivers one of the greatest g-funk productions you’ve likely never heard. Ganksta C, lyrically living up to his moniker with monosyllabic rhyming swagger, provides us with visuals of his daily life, in which he uses indo, firearms, and gold-diggers, all from the comfy confines of his 1966 Ford Galaxie (although he’d much rather be in a Lexus).

A totally overlooked mid-90s Dallas g-funk banger. Ganksta C’s career was severely hindered when he was ordered to serve some time after the release of Stepchild, and upon getting out, was never able to regain the momentum he had once had.

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