After a few shoddy efforts that were notable mostly because they came out of the South at a time when rap was primarily a West and East Coast phenomenon,
Gangsta Pat released
The Story of My Life, the inaugural release on the Redrum label. It's fairly ambitious relative to his preceding albums, often drifting into contemporary R&B with a gangsta rap edge -- best exemplified on "G's Ain't Suppose to Cry" and "Sittin on tha Porch" -- while still keeping its focus on a hardcore gangsta sound. ~ Jason Birchmeier