Da Fat Rat Wit Da Cheeze

by Lil O

Overview

With a forceful but unhurried style of rapping, Lil' O get his message across in a big way on DA FAT RAT WIT DA CHEEZE. While his mindset and lyrical focus are set squarely on thug life and gangsta scenarios, the hardcore topics and ghetto-reality raps are offset by some clever touches in both the words and the music. For instance, the sophisticated vocal harmonies on the chorus of "Beg, Steal and Borrow" sweeten the bitter pill of a song about doing whatever one must in order to make it on the mean streets. In addition to the grim slice-of-life depictions, Lil' O also manages to add dashes of color to his raps by the use of relatively expansive imagery and a pop-cultural lexicon that finds him name-checking everyone from Spike Lee to Oprah. DA FAT RAT hits hard, but through skillful use of production, it goes down with a surprising degree of smoothness.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/17/2001
Label:	Atlantic
UPC:	0075678346620
Rank:	118811

Tracks

1. Dat Fat Wit da Cheeze
2. The Throwdest
3. Thug Nigg*z, Pt. 2
4. Ay Yo
5. Beg, Steal, and Borrow
6. I'm Ready
7. Ooh Wee
8. Slow Down
9. Back Back
10. We Ain't Broke No Mo
11. After the Club (Skit)
12. Choo Choo
13. Bend Ya Knees, Touch Ya Toes (Do Ya Thang)
14. Can't Tell Em Nothing (Skit)
15. I Wonder Why
16. Hold It Down
17. Playas Get Chose
18. Revenge
19. My Loves Ones
20. [Untitled Track]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lil O   Primary Artist,Vocals
Papa Reu   Primary Artist
Carmen Santiago   Primary Artist
Slikk   Primary Artist
BFK   Primary Artist
Chad   Primary Artist
Poppy   Primary Artist
Mike D   Primary Artist
Blow N' Doe   Primary Artist
Chris Ward   Primary Artist
Godfather   Primary Artist
HAWK   Primary Artist
Zero   Primary Artist
Billy Cook   Primary Artist
Mr. 3-2   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
E.S.G.   Primary Artist
Big T   Primary Artist
Big Pokey   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Big Moe   Primary Artist,Guest Artist
Slim Thug   Primary Artist
Drama   Guest Artist
DJ Drama   Guest Artist
Cory Stoot   Guitar

Technical Credits

Willy "Willow" Malone   Composer,Engineer,Producer,Mixing
Thomas Bricker   Art Direction
Papa Reu   Composer
Lil O   Production Coordination
Mike Calderon   Mixing Engineer
O. Magnus-Lawson   Composer
John "Swift" Catalon   Mixing,Producer
A."Double D" Sargent   Composer
Todd E. Berry   Assistant Engineer
Oreluwa Magnus Lawson   Composer
Billy Cook   Composer
Mike D   Composer
Mr. 3-2   Composer
Brian Gardner   Mastering
Gary Moon   Mastering
Gary L. Moon   Mastering
Double D   Producer
James Hoover   Mixing Engineer
Carmen Santiago   Composer
Chicken Hawk   Producer
Big Pokey   Composer
Blue   Producer
Swift   Producer
Slim Thug   Composer
Willow   Producer
Sampson   Composer
Drez   Producer
Robert "Kenny Lou" Louis   Executive Producer