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Psycho Active

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X-Raided flows with a ferocity and, in this album especially, a psychotically cuddly overtone that is most deserving of the Siccmade logo. This, by and far, is one of his most socially provocative albums, with tracks dealing with prominent social issues like procreation and handguns, the true use of razors, and bottling your own baby food. With tracks like "B----- Killa" and "Everybody Killa," we find yet another representative of raw, aggressive thoughts that have yet to stifled. Check it out.

THIS IS THE MOST INSANE CD OUT THERE FOR BACK IN THE DAY...OG GARDENBLOCC SICCNESS...JUST ANOTHER DAY IN THA LIFE OF A PSYCHO-PEEP ALL HIS OTHER ALBUMZ 2-HE GOT MADD FLOW & DOPE BEATZ...

I can't explain enough about how tight this album is here, firstly it's haaard, the beats are heavy and its got some mad flows all throughout. This was in the heat of the gangsta rap era, dropping around the same time as about 15 billion(lol) other rappers from the westcoast were coming out. There were a few good rappers coming out at this time, all trying to be hard. But the blackmarket and siccmade had something a level up from what others were doing, X-raided, who was someone that didn't give a fucc and really meant and showed it. There was a lot of controversy about the label and this release, as it was given for evidence that got him locked up for killing 2 gang members. Anyway, X-raideds flows are sicc and couldn't be touched at this time by anyone in Sacc except for brotha lynch hung who was formerly in a group with x-raided. The tracks have good quality production and perfect use of samples(ohio players-funky worm) which a lot of people were using back then. Blended together with some haaard and heavy rapping from X which makes this a classic. I don't know what happened lately, but thats what always happens with people that come out tight. In my opinion, psychoactive, brotha lynchs 24 deep & season of da siccness, brotha lynch and sicxs Ni@@a deep and sicxs dead 4 life are the best of the blackmarket and siccmade selection, Mr doctors setrippin bloccstyle has some classic tracks on too and would come after. But anyways, if you are thinking about getting this, DO IT! it's some tight classic sh#t that you can't miss. Later!

Damn has anybody came any harder than X. In his freshman debut sacramento's hardest rapper came out with the siccist hits that have ever been spit on the mike. When I first heard him I was amazed. How hard can one man flow. Years passed and then I found myself looking for it, when listened to again its hard to believe its been over ten years since it came out. Way ahead of its time. After Brother Lynch's season of the siccness, the Garden bloc hasn't been the same. These are true classics, everybody should have them. X is still the hardest member of the Garden block and Psyco Active proves it.

This cd is really something else.Its so far ahead of its time and such quality it would shock most people if they havent heard of Raided.Every track on here is GREAT.As a first release,cd's dont really come much better than this one did.Even now when i hear it im still amazed.With X...the more you hear of him,the more u like him.At first listen i thought this was a good cd but nothing to really go crazy over.It only took about 2 more listens to totally get into it.A must buy for rap/gangsta fans alike

X-RAIDED, BROTHER LYNCH HUNG, MR.DOCTOR AND THE HOLE BLACK MARKET RECORDS ARE THE HARDEST RAP COMPANY I HAVE EVER HEARD. THEY ARE HELLA SIC. ONLY PEEPS FORM CALY KNOWS WHATZ UP WITH BLACK MARKET. PEACE OUT CURLY114

X-Raided's 1992 debut album "Psycho Active" introduced the world to the Sacramento MC who would later gain some notoriety as a rapper who really lived the life he rapped about. Today he is serving an extended sentence for mistakenly killing an old woman in a raid of a house that he claims thought belonged to someone else. Since incarceration, he has recorded rap albums entirely over the phone. I can't judge X-Raided as a person, but "Psycho Active" isn't as shocking an album as X-Raided seems to hope it would be. His verses take the listener into the mind of a killer, and most of his songs are simple murder narratives. All of his verses either concern crime or violent sex. However, the music doesn't have much of a disturbing quality because it doesn't usually match the lyrics. Unlike his friend and collaborator Brotha Lynch Hung, who found a wide audience based on his marriage of psychotic lyricism and dark, eerie music, the production on "Psycho Active" is very ordinary gangsta rap beats from '92, even a little upbeat, and the sound quality isn't always great. There are some better than others, but for the most part it's quite regular. X-Raided has a basic flow that at times sounds like Bushwick Bill, and he delivers some okay hooks over the course of the album. Although his narratives are vivid and sometimes entertaining, he is a completely unapologetic killer, and he lacks any conscience for his deeds. Some of his verses come across as generic and unoriginal, and he's never going to wow you with a verse or performance. "Psycho Active" is a decent album with a handful of worthwhile tracks on it, but for the casual gangsta rap fan, it can be passed upon.

Following a brief intro, the album opens with "Still Shooting," a song that sets the stage for the album with threatening verses over a solid early g-funk beat. "Call tha Guardz" is a pretty good storytelling track, where he recounts a crime spree, using upbeat production for a musical backdrop. Some may not like this song for its sexism, but I thought it was one of the better tracks on the LP. "Who's tha H...?" has a terrible hook and is a basic song about mistreating women, and "Crazy Than a Mutha" kind of sounds like an old Ice-T track, it's okay. "Every Single B..." continues what was started on "Who's tha H...?," ("The only women I respect / Are my sister and my mother, disrespect, I break ya neck...") and it's skippable. "F...in' Wit a Psycho" is a six-minute study of a killer, using a familiar sample from Grandmaster Flash's "The Message." Despite the content, this song is quite upbeat and not so menacing, it's actually one of the better songs. "B... Killa" brings more sexual and violent lyrics with an average beat, it's boring and forgettable. More gun-talk can be found on "Shoot Cha in a Minute," which is far too long, and "That's How My Trigga Went" is okay while brief. The album closes with a stronger six-minute posse cut, "Tha Siccness."

In 1992, X-Raided hoped to capitalize on the breakthrough albums by his West Coast peers such as Ice Cube and Ice-T, and "Psycho Active" is far inferior to any of the classics released during those years. It is a strictly underground, hardcore gangsta rap album that possesses all of the traits that made people want to stop rap at this point in history. No one ever wanted to stop the political raps of Ice-T or street philosophy of Ice Cube, but the grim, biased murder narratives of X-Raided might be too much for some. In any event, I'd recommend this album to devoted fans of West Coast gangsta rap, because it is fun in some parts, but for most listeners looking for something of this nature, I'd recommend Brotha Lynch Hung's Season of da Siccness, an album with a similar concept and much more effective execution, or maybe even some of X-Raided's later albums, which are a little more lyrically insightful.

X Raided was off the hook even back in 92. Can't wait until his next album comes out.

I remember bumpin this one back in the day,this one put X & LYNCH on tha map.This one can't be duplicated,it's a classic no doubt.Pick it up!!!

this cd is one of raideds hardest cds its not that strong on recording, cause it isn't main stream and not that much money was put into it. but this is when raided resembled lynch in a way by his sickness in his spits, dont get me wrong raided made lynch. but his newer stuff isn't as sick, it is spit way harder and way more verbal, its almost like east coast rhymes but he keeps it gangsta. I recommend buying this if you really feel raided is one of the best rappers out there then you'll see how he stays real and how he changed over a few years.