Mènage a Trois [Clean]

• Artist: Baby Bash
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• Release Date: June 29, 2004
• Genre: Rap

Review

Mènage a Trois doesn't explain itself in the liner notes, the little "includes the hits..." sticker on the front, or anywhere else. It's a collection of Baby Bash's earlier works, all on the Dopehouse label and mostly under his Baby Beesh moniker. The recordings are rougher, more street, and way less produced than Tha Smokin' Nephew was, but Bash is a fantastic, charismatic rapper and always has been. Problem is these recordings flowed better in their original context rather than in this overly long, poorly paced compilation. A bunch of tracks from the Ultimate Cartel album are stuck up front, a good bit of On tha Cool takes up the middle, and 2001's Savage Dreams fills the last third. Going backward chronologically works sometimes for career overviews, but hearing the production get skimpier and Bash/Beesh's raps getting less fully formed as you go on isn't much fun without a liner note history lesson. There's plenty of highlights like the tougher remix of "Mènage a Trois," the thugging ode to drugs "Esquina," and the lustful "Crazy Love," but Bash plays a small role in the last tune and only shows up for a minute or so on other tracks. With Kid Frost, Shadow, South Park Mexican, and Latino Velvet all appearing, this is a great way to see the family Bash grew up in, but once again the text inside is no help. Great music in a bad context. The skilled Bash deserves better than that. [Mènage a Trois was also released in a "clean" edition, containing no profanities or vulgarities and initially packed with a bonus DVD including interviews and the "Mènage a Trois" video.] ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Mènage a Trois	Don Cisco	Frankie J, Baby Bash, Don Cisco, Shadow	(3:43)
Hot Zone	Frankie J, Nino Brown	Frost, Frankie J, Baby Bash, Nino Brown	(4:32)
Esquina	Don Cisco	Frost, Lawless, Baby Bash, Don Cisco, Gee	(3:50)
My Side of Town Slowed and Throwed	Latin Embassy, Uchie	Lucky, Baby Bash, Latin Embassy, Eternal, Uchie	(5:47)
Cuidado	Raw B, Juan Gotti	Rasheed, Baby Bash, Raw B, Juan Gotti	(3:13)
Choppers & Copters	Mr. Lil One	Coast, Mr. Lil One, Baby Bash	(3:56)
Dime Piece	Russ Lee	Russ Lee, Baby Bash	(4:11)
Doe Doe Raps		True Breed, Baby Bash, Killa Nine	(2:39)
Short Skirts (Lyrics)		South Park Mexican, Baby Bash	(3:51)
On da Go	Ayana	Baby Bash, Ayana	(3:56)
Crazy Love	Don Cisco	Frost, Baby Bash, Don Cisco	(4:27)
Come on Now	Don Cisco	Rasheed, Baby Bash, Don Cisco	(3:09)
Head Hunta	Powda	Tony Montana, Baby Bash, Powda	(3:30)
N.R.G.		South Park Mexican, Rasheed, Baby Bash	(3:40)
Who Wanna Creep		Latino Velvet, Baby Bash	(3:41)
Nana Tonight	Ayana	Baby Bash, Ayana	(4:15)
If Your Na Na Get Wet		South Park Mexican, Grimm, Rasheed, Baby Bash	(5:14)
Quarterback (Lyrics)		Baby Bash, Mr. Kee	(2:09)
Space City	Tow Down, Lucky Luciano	Baby Bash, Tow Down, Lucky Luciano	(4:20)
On the Cool (Lyrics)	DJ Kane	DJ Kane, Baby Bash	(2:59)
Intro [*]		Baby Bash
On Breazyz' [*]		Baby Bash
On da Cool [*]		Baby Bash
Wiggy Wiggy [Live][*]		Baby Bash
El Jugador [*]		Baby Bash
Menage a Trois [*]	Don Cisco	Baby Bash
Droppin' Wisdom [*]		Baby Bash
On the Biz [*]		Baby Bash
Fur Ballin [*]		Baby Bash
Wiggy Wiggy [*]		Baby Bash
Weed Tripin' [*]		Baby Bash
Freestylin' [*]		Baby Bash
High So High [*]		Baby Bash
Recording Session [*]		Baby Bash
My Side of Town (Slowed and Throwed) [*]	Latin Embassy, Uchie	Baby Bash
Doing Time [*]		Baby Bash
Credits [*]		Baby Bash

Credits

Baby Bash (Producer), Paul Klein (Executive Producer), Rama Barwick (Associate Producer), Raw B (Producer), Sean Weeks (Design), Sean Weeks (Authoring), Frankie J (Producer), Arthur Coy Jr. (Executive Producer), Mario Ayala (Producer), Aldo Venturacci (Layout Design), Mike Frost (Design), Aldo Venturacci (Design), Mike Frost (Layout Design), James Childs (Web Service), Rama Barwick (A&R), Russ Lee (Producer), Joel Tobias (Project Coordinator), Happy P (Producer), Ben Matthews (Video Images), Uchie (Performer), Stefan Gienger (Mastering)