Convicts

Critic Score
Based on 2 reviews
1991 Ratings: #515 / 555
User Score
Based on 8 ratings
May 21, 1991 / Release Date
LP / Format
Rap-A-Lot / Label
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AllAboutMusic
70

Some more quality hip hop from the Rap-A-Lot camp. You could pretty much always count on the label to come through with rugged, banging gangsta rap, and the duo of Big Mike and 3-2 aptly fills that description. Their deliveries may sound rather ineffective if you're expecting them to be on the level of Scarface or Bushwick Bill, but the grittiness of their lyrics often surpasses acts like The Geto Boys. I'd say it's half social commentary and half just being full-on ignant ... read more

BNKD
85

This album makes NWA and Eminem look like teletubbies.

OgPietroo
70

A pure gangsta rap album from Houston as there are many at Rap-A-Lot. Nothing very striking, but it’s still pretty good in this style and these are the beginnings of two quite important artists from Houston all the same

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