C-Murder - The Truest $#!@ I Ever Said

It's the "album the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center didn't want you to hear!" from an incarcerated rapper who gets more dissings than he does praise, but C-murder's Truest $#!@ I Ever Said is compelling for the most part and a major display of the rapper's growth as -- hold on to something -- an artist. Being captured by a hand-held recorder straight from his Gretna, LA, lockup gives the album a sound like no other. C-murder's bleak and surprisingly poignant/surprisingly assured lyrics are delivered close to the mike and in a subdued manner that's quiet enough to not attract a security guard. Read More