Hustla's Handbook [Explicit Lyrics]

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All Music Guide - David Jeffries
Two of Mack 10's best efforts bookend Hustla's Handbook, a frustratingly overstuffed and spotty effort that dilutes its personality with filler that goes nowhere. With his homeboy Nate Dogg, Mack 10 kills with the opening "Like This," a track that's classic West Coast balling with a bit of David Banner crushing. Counting "Ride Out" with Chingy as a bonus track, the proper closer, "Livin Just to Ball," is far and away the highlight of the album, arguably a Top Five song in the G-funker's catalog. The rapper vividly reminisces about back in the day over Fredwreck Nassar's roller-skating jam on a track that sounds like it should be closing a much more purposeful album. The ...
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Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide - David Jeffries
Two of Mack 10's best efforts bookend Hustla's Handbook, a frustratingly overstuffed and spotty effort that dilutes its personality with filler that goes nowhere. With his homeboy Nate Dogg, Mack 10 kills with the opening "Like This," a track that's classic West Coast balling with a bit of David Banner crushing. Counting "Ride Out" with Chingy as a bonus track, the proper closer, "Livin Just to Ball," is far and away the highlight of the album, arguably a Top Five song in the G-funker's catalog. The rapper vividly reminisces about back in the day over Fredwreck Nassar's roller-skating jam on a track that sounds like it should be closing a much more purposeful album. The problem is that the rest of the B-list set of producers here offer either forgettable or derivative beats in a wide range of styles, some that just don't fit. You're four tracks in before "Done Shot" coats the lyrics with the kind of sticky G-funk Mack 10 is most comfortable with, and while the slick productions that sound like Jay-Z's discards are trying, it's the concessions the album makes to Dirty South crunk that are really misguided. "Don't Hate Me" is worthy, and the both the spiritual "The Testimony" and the sneaker-worshipping "My Chucks" are arguments Mack 10 isn't limited to gangsta material, but too much redundant thugging just supports this argument, bloating the album into something unnecessarily unwieldy. The West Coast faithful should check it for the towering highlights while casual fans can catch these bangers on the next hits collection.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/27/2005
  • Label: Capitol
  • UPC: 724347340628
  • Catalog Number: 73406

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. 1 Like This - Nate Dogg (3:50)
  2. 2 Da Bizness (4:10)
  3. 3 Pop - Wanted (4:12)
  4. 4 Dome Shot - Young Soprano (2:49)
  5. 5 Don't Hate Me - Wanted (4:06)
  6. 6 The Testimony - Pastor Steven Hamilton (3:59)
  7. 7 Step Yo Game Up - B Real (3:42)
  8. 8 So Gangsta (3:13)
  9. 9 I'm a Star - Bigga Brown (3:57)
  10. 10 My Chucks (3:20)
  11. 11 Keep It Hood - Bre Perry (4:24)
  12. 12 Cognac & Doja - Young Soprano (3:47)
  13. 13 By the Bar - Kanary Diamonds (3:56)
  14. 14 Mack Sinatra (Skit) (0:39)
  15. 15 Livin Just to Ball (4:23)
  16. 16 Ride Out - Chingy (3:40)
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Album Credits

Performance Credits
Mack 10 Primary Artist
Lashanna Dendy Vocals
Fredwreck Nassar Flute, Guitar, Keyboards
Isaac Reese Background Vocals
Traci Nelson Vocals
Skoop Delania Track Performer
Nikisha Grier Vocals
Red Cafe Track Performer
Erik "Baby Jesus" Coomes Bass, Guitar
Velvet Rkestra Strings
Wanted Track Performer
Pastor Steven Hamilton Track Performer
Ruka Puff Track Performer
Bigga Brown Track Performer
Bre Perry Track Performer
Technical Credits
T.J. Green Composer
Ken Koroshetz Engineer
Mack 10 Producer
Fredwreck Nassar Producer, Engineer
Andrew M. Shack Executive Producer
D. Rolison Composer
Lamar Edwards Producer
N. Hale Composer
J.D. Tucker Composer
Ron Feemster Producer
Bruce Waynne Producer
Dirty Swift Producer
Larrance Dopson Producer
J Classic Producer
DL Producer
Erndogg Medina Digital Editing
Lil Sin Producer
Young Tre (Notorious T.R.E.) Producer
Brian "Big Bass" Gardner Mastering
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