Mystikal : Tarantula

Mystikal : Tarantula

This record has one thing on its mind. Well, they don't call it the Dirty South for nothing. Apart from sing-song rhyming, regional pride and the love of a good party, what unites many of contemporary hip hop's superstars from the former...

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Single Of The Week - MYSTIKAL : Shake Ya Ass

Single Of The Week - MYSTIKAL : Shake Ya Ass

December 2000, New York City. NME is dispatched to the Big Apple to interview the phenomenon that is Mystikal, the 28-year-old gravel-voiced New Orleans rapper and former US Army soldier. We're there for four days. He never shows up....

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Mystikal : Danger (Been So Long)

Mystikal : Danger (Been So Long)

'Shake Ya Ass' should have been a bigger hit over here than it was, and made 'Danger' easier to market. If 'Shake Ya Ass' was the best track from Mystikal's 'Let's Get Ready' album, 'Danger' was a close second. Another Neptunes production, the...

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Mystikal : Shake Ya Ass

Mystikal : Shake Ya Ass

"Shake ya ass!" growls New Orleans' Mystikal - but just in case you get a wee bit too enthusiastic in your booty bouncing (you know, you could be doing it on a podium, or in a tree, you're asking for trouble basically) he adds - "Watch...

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Let's Get Ready

Let's Get Ready

Not so long back, Michael Buffer, the dude who does the calls to arms at all the big fights, threatened to sue System Of A Down for appropriating his lingo. Which would probably explain why Mystikal backed off on the full '...TO RUMBLE!' when he...

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