The South Park Psycho
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The South Park Psycho is the debut album by rapper Ganksta N-I-P
Ganksta N-I-P
Rowdy Williams, better known as Ganksta N-I-P or Ganxsta Nip, is rapper from South Park, Houston, Texas and a member of the South Park Coalition, which he joined in 1987. In 1992 he released his debut album South Park Psycho. This record also help put the South Park Coalition name on the map due...

. It was released on February 26, 1992 through Rap-a-Lot Records
Rap-A-Lot Records
Rap-a-Lot Records is a Houston hip hop record label. Rap-a-Lot was created in 1986. Sublabels include Smoke-a-Lot Records. The label was founded by James Prince in the mid-1980s and, with its most famous act the Geto Boys, put the South on the hip hop map. Since then, it has maintained its success...

. The album features production from Ganksta N-I-P, The Terrorists, John Bido and Doug King.

Guests include long-time collabarator of N-I-P; Dope-E, K-Rino, Seagram, and well-known artists from the Geto Boys
Geto Boys
Geto Boys is a rap group from Houston, Texas, consisting of Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill. The Geto Boys earned notoriety for its lyrics which included misogyny, gore, psychotic experiences, and necrophilia...

 Willie D
Willie D
Willie D is an American rapper who gained fame as the lead member of the pioneering rap group from Houston, Geto Boys. Despite his reputation for being a hardcore artist who pens often provocative lyrics, Willie D is known for his diligent work in the community and many of his songs contain...

 and Scarface
Scarface (rapper)
Brad Terrence Jordan , better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper, and recording artist from Houston, Texas and a member of the Geto Boys. He is originally from South Park, Houston.-Life and career:...

 all appear on one track "Actions Speak Louder Than Words". It is one of the earliest examples of the horrorcore
Horrorcore
Horrorcore is a subgenre of hip hop music based in horror-themed lyrical content and imagery. While the style is rarely popular, some performers have sold well in the mainstream scene.-Origins:...

 genre, and considered by many as a Southern Hip Hop classic.

Reception

The album peaked at #63 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

. The album has long been out-of-print, and copies can only be found in online sites like Amazon
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...

 and eBay
EBay
eBay Inc. is an American internet consumer-to-consumer corporation that manages eBay.com, an online auction and shopping website in which people and businesses buy and sell a broad variety of goods and services worldwide...

 for extreme prices, making it hard to get a hold of. It gained four stars out of five from Allmusic. The album sold around 100,000 units around the South Park area and helped N-I-P get a contract with Priority Records
Priority Records
Priority Records is an American record label, owned and operated by EMI, which has made a name for itself dealing primarily in hip hop, pop and world...

.

Track listing

  1. "Intro"- 1:58
    • Producer-Dope-E
  2. "Horror Movie Rap"- 3:35
    • Producer-Egypt E
  3. "Get Out Of The Game"- 5:14 (feat. Dope-E)
  4. "Rough Brothers From South Park"- 5:24 (feat. Point Blank, Dope-E, K-Rino
    K-Rino
    K-Rino, the stage name of Eric Kaiser, is an American rapper from Houston, Texas. He is affiliated with Horrorcore rapper Ganksta N-I-P...

    )
  5. "Black Godfather"- 5:03
  6. "Psycho"- 4:20
  7. "Action Speaks Louder Than Words"- 5:53 (feat. Scarface
    Scarface (rapper)
    Brad Terrence Jordan , better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper, and recording artist from Houston, Texas and a member of the Geto Boys. He is originally from South Park, Houston.-Life and career:...

    , Willie D
    Willie D
    Willie D is an American rapper who gained fame as the lead member of the pioneering rap group from Houston, Geto Boys. Despite his reputation for being a hardcore artist who pens often provocative lyrics, Willie D is known for his diligent work in the community and many of his songs contain...

    , Seagram
    Seagram Miller
    Seagram Miller was an American rapper from Oakland, California.Miller released three albums in his lifetime: The hard-edged and violent The Dark Roads and the more typically laid-back west coast style Reality Check. 1997's Souls on Ice was released posthumously after Miller's death. Miller was...

    )
  8. "Ganksta Mac"- 4:43
  9. "Smokin Amp"- 3:55
  10. "Disgusting"- 4:39
  11. "H Town"- 4:44
    • Producer-Dope-E
  12. "Slaughter"- 4:19
  13. "Paranoid"- 4:36
  14. "Damned Shame"- 4:20

Samples

  • Horror Movie Rap
    • Soundtrack from Halloween
      Halloween (1978 film)
      Halloween is a 1978 American independent horror film directed, produced, and scored by John Carpenter, co-written with Debra Hill, and starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut and the first installment in the Halloween franchise. The film is set in the fictional midwestern...

  • Psycho
    • "CEBU" By Commodores
      Commodores
      The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...

  • Disgusting
    • Nautilus
      Nautilus (song)
      Nautilus is the sixth and final track, lasting 5 minutes and 8 seconds, on the 1974 album One by jazz musician Bob James.Nautilus is famous as being one of the most sampled songs in hip hop history...

       By Bob James
      Bob James (musician)
      Robert McElhiney James is a jazz keyboardist, arranger and producer.-Biography:During the 1970s, Bob James played a major role in establishing the smooth jazz genre. "Angela", the instrumental theme from the sitcom Taxi, is probably Bob James' most well-known work to date...

  • Slaughter
    • "Straight Outta Compton
      Straight Outta Compton
      The lyrics on the album were mainly written by Ice Cube and MC Ren. Critics of the album expressed their view that the record glamorized Black-on-Black crime, but the emcees stated that the group was simply showing the reality of living in the areas of Compton, California, and South Central Los...

      " By N.W.A
  • Paranoid
    • "Stranglehold" By Ted Nugent
      Ted Nugent
      Theodore Anthony "Ted" Nugent is an American guitarist, musician, singer, author, reserve police officer, and activist. From Detroit, Michigan, he originally gained fame as the lead guitarist of The Amboy Dukes, before embarking on a lengthy solo career...


Later samples

  • Psycho
    • "That's How It Is: Psychic, Pt. 2" By Ganksta N-I-P From the album Psychic Thoughts
      Psychic Thoughts
      Psychic Thoughts is the second album released by rapper, Ganksta N-I-P. It was released on June 24, 1993 through Rap-a-Lot Records and was produced by famed southern hip hop producer, Mike Dean, along with Crazy C and John Bido...

    • "Fuck You" By Ganksta N-I-P From the album Psychic Thoughts
      Psychic Thoughts
      Psychic Thoughts is the second album released by rapper, Ganksta N-I-P. It was released on June 24, 1993 through Rap-a-Lot Records and was produced by famed southern hip hop producer, Mike Dean, along with Crazy C and John Bido...

    • "Still Psycho" By Ganksta N-I-P From the album Still Psycho
      Still Psycho
      Still Psycho is the seventh album released by rapper, Ganksta N-I-P. It was released in 2008 through his own label, Psycho Ward Entertainment. The album was released after 5 years from his last album "The Return of the Psychopath". The only guest on the album is K-Rino...

    • "The Violence of the Lambs" By Paris
      Paris (rapper)
      Oscar Jackson, Jr. , better known by his stage name Paris is an American rapper from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics...

       From the album Acid Reflex
      Acid Reflex
      Acid Reflex is the sixth studio album by rapper Paris. Recorded and mixed at Data Stream Studio in San Francisco, Ca. It included the single "Don't Stop the Movement" which also had a video to further promote the album.The song "The Violence of the Lambs" samples Ganksta N-I-P's song "Psycho" from...


  • Paranoid
    • "Skitso" By Bushwick Bill
      Bushwick Bill
      Richard Shaw , better known by the stage name Bushwick Bill, is a member of the American hip hop group Geto Boys. He was born in Jamaica, but moved to Brooklyn, NY as a young child.- History :...

       From the album Little Big Man
      Little Big Man (album)
      Little Big Man is the solo debut album from rapper Bushwick Bill, who had previously released albums as part of the group The Geto Boys.- Track listing :#Intro#Little Big Man#Stop Lying#Call Me Crazy#Chuckwick Little Big Man is the solo debut album from rapper Bushwick Bill, who had previously...


Credits

  • Engineer - Peter Reardon
  • Mixed By - Bido
  • Other [Production Coordinator] - Tony Randle
  • Producer - Crazy C
    Crazy C
    Crazy C is an American songwriter and a record producer. He is a co-owner of Paid in Full Entertainment, the label that launched the careers of Chamillionaire and Paul Wall. He is best known as a producer for the platinum-selling rapper Scarface...

    , Doug King , Ganksta N-I-P* , John Bido, The Terrorists
  • Written-By - Dope E, Ganksta N-I-P, Scarface, Seagram, Willie D

Album chart positions

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...

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