2.” Keke does have a gangsterish side, but the violence is definitely playing second fiddle to enjoying the lavish life, as songs like “Feel Good Don’t It” prove. There’s no denying the influence of the road on tracks like the bass-laden “When We Ride” and the smoothed-out “Do You Wanna Ride Pt. Even if you don’t have a convertible and your ride is either a hooptie or a bus pass, you’ll still nod your head to these songs. On the “Hiway Disc” things are very laid back and mellow, music to put the top down and cruise around to. Thus since “Changin’ Lanes” comes with no production credits (and not much for liner notes at all with the exception of printing the address of Commission Muzic’s offices in Houston) one is left to assume Keke handled thangs all on his own. ![]() While Keke has no doubt benefitted from his association with the Screwed Up Click over the years, he’s more than proved he’s capable of making his own beats since the untimely passage of DJ Screw in 2000. Now on the double-disc “Changin’ Lanes” it’s the newly formed Commission Muzic, undoubtedly a reference to his 1998 Jam Down release “Commission.” Thanks to distribution by Navarre Corporation, you can find this album nationwide. Early in his career, it was his own imprint Jam Down Records that handled many of his albums. When you’re as wildly successful as Lil’ Keke though, you don’t need to wait for Universal or Priority Records to reach down and pluck you out to go national. The artists and fans alike have dubbed this scene the “Third Coast” due to the fact it gets largely overlooked by people who only see the East and West coasts when they look at the national rap map. He remains a regional phenomenon, one of a growing array of artists immensely popular both in their home state and throughout the South. With a catalogue in his arsenal that’s already larger than some 20 year veterans of hip-hop, it’s amazing that Lil’ Keke has kept a relatively low profile. Hip-hop artists have released two albums in a year before, sometimes three in two, but over the last seven years he has no less than FOURTEEN albums to his name, not counting the remix “screwed and chopped” editions of his underground classics like “Platinum in Da Ghetto” and “Birds Fly South.” In truth, even “prolific” is not a strong enough term for Lil’ Keke, who proves the formula No Limit Records found in the 1990’s still works – if they like it, keep it coming non-stop ’til you drop. ![]() Pick up your unabridged regional rap reference pocket PC and look up the term “prolific.” Okay? Cross-reference that word with “Houston.” If you don’t get “Lil’ Keke” back as a result, toss that piece of shit in the trash and go get a new one.
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