Time to Execute

Third Sight - The Execution Starts

From the LP "Golden Shower Hour" 1998, Darc Brothas Records

This one, with its ironically appropriate title, seemed a natural way to set things off. These are local (Bay Area) cats, I've known them since they first hit wax and they were doing the college-show rounds, I'm a big fan, and their music is criminally slept on. Oh, and on top of all that, they've got a new project on the horizon.

First of all, how can you be mad at any crew that includes the immortal D-Styles as one of its core members? Second, the beat's a nasty, sneering head-bobber. And Third (no pun intended), the lyrics are downright ridiculous... A fantastical tale about a death-row inmate who's odd last request is clear from the jump, and serves to tie the whole twisted story together nicely. A story, by the way, so full of references and allusions that you might want to keep the encyclopedia handy during the first few listens.