GANGSTA LEAN 5/22/2001 Sly & Robbie vs

Sly & Robbie vs

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

UK (01/22/1977)

Anthony Farrell (piano

A3                   When A Man

GANGSTA LEAN 5/22/2001 Sly & Robbie vsD. 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.