Styles P - Phantom Gangster Chronicles - Vol. 1 (Audio CD - 2008)

Whether you look at it as an aboveground mixtape or a disjointed compilation of loose tracks, Phantom Gangsta Chronicles, Vol. 1 is a minor entry in the Styles P discography. The liner notes are minimal, the running time is short, and the highlight of the set isn't a Styles P cut at all. It's Straw & Trav's gangsta party number "I'm Your Pusher" that steals the show with its infectious "You don't want it with me" chorus plus a tight loop that combines funk with Duane Eddy-style guitar. Throw it in a Tarantino film and it'll blow up. Styles' big moment is the "no regrets" number "Nuttin Come EZ," which features a piano line straight out of the Bruce Hornsby playbook, but this stark look into the past has its impact blunted by all the other lesser and like tracks included. Mega-fans of the rapper and his D-Block crew already have most of these cuts on underground mixtapes, but they may find the bonus DVD filled with videos and live performances of some interest.

Condition:NEW. Brand New Factory Sealed
TRACK LISTINGS
Disc 1
1 Don't Want It / Bucky 3:04
2 I'm Your Pusher / $traw 2:49
3 Told You 3:54
4 Cook Up / Next Generation 2:59
5 Two Clap 2:43
6 Nuttin Come EZ / A-P 2:51
7 Where I'm From / Tre Williams 3:41
8 Real N**** 4:01
9 The Hardest / Az Heat Records 3:41

Disc 2
1 Stop Skeemin Bonus Track / DVD
2 We're Back / D-Block Bonus Track / DVD
3 Super Gangster Bonus Track / DVD
4 Buck Buck / Red Cafe Bonus Track / DVD
5 Next Generation Bonus Track / DVD
6 Heroin Bars Bonus Track / DVD