Artist: Gangsta Pat
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Discography:
Greatest Hits (His Deadliest Verses)
Year: 2007
Tracks: 15
Deadly Verses
Year: 2006
Tracks: 10
One of the number one Memphis rappers to make the major-label jump, Gangsta Pat never attained the hail or success of swain Memphis pioneers Three 6 Mafia and Eightball & MJG, heretofore he still remains notable for his trailblazing. Pat's career began promisingly when Atlantic gestural him at the dawn of the gangsta rap earned run average and released #1 Suspect (1991) as well as two incidental singles, "I'm tha Gangsta" and "Gangsta's Need Love 2." Like most of Atlantic's other rap releases from the time, Pat's debut made small impact, cursorily going out of print and going the rapper without a transcription contract before long after. Pat returned to the metro the adjacent twelvemonth with Wrap Records, a transitory indie label distributed by Ichiban. Wrap released deuce Pat albums, All About Comin' Up (1992) and Sex, Money & Murder (1994), as well as two several singles, "Gangsta Boogie" and "That Type of Gangsta." Once once again, Pat base small achiever beyond the Atlanta-Memphis axis and hence packed his bags, moving to Power Records for Virulent Verses (1995) and Murderous Lifestyle (1997). These 2 albums showcased a more introspective and mature dash, as Pat sped up his flow à la Bone and darkened his themes à la Three 6 Mafia. Regardless, disdain the cult following he began to earn with these two highly regarded albums, he couldn't render the financial support into national gross revenue, and he touched on to til now some other label, Red Rum. He remained thither for quite a while, cathartic a string of albums commencement with The Story of My Life (1997) that tended to emulate the trends of their various eras. Perhaps as a plea for much-needed promotional material, Pat targeted Three 6 Mafia on his 1999 record album, Tear Yo Club Down, with a pointed dis track.
