Too Much Trouble aka The Baby Geto Boys, back when every group on Rap-a-Lot had some sort of sideshowish gimmick. Willie's was the record store me and my boy Brown used to go to like fiends every Tuesday afternoon for the new singles, and it was one of those types of record stores that had the walls lined with autographed promo photos framed from in-store visits, and they had one of TMT at the Southside Willie's. Now, Too Much Trouble was a weaker version of the Geto Boys, kinda like a AA farm team, but the absolute greatest weirdest thing was they had a white midget rapper named Bar Nunn who was the BGBs Bushwick equal, and all he ever did was rap about stealing purses. I'd love to know where that dude is now. Eventually, Too Much Trouble was pared down to the two guys who weren't freak show rappers, and I think they put out a few more albums. Lyrically, this tape ain't great, but I tell you what, Rap-a-Lot production back in the days was some good shit, steeped in the old R&B label style of having an in-house team of musicians as opposed to hiring beatmakers from elsewhere. If I was to become filthy rich, John Bido is the guy I'd hire to make soundtracks to play in my house all the time, at least for Friday nights, but I'm sure he's all locked up to some exclusive contract with Rap-a-Lot or some shit.
Playing this tape again in 2006 did, however, inject "high-cappin'" back into the slew or obscure dumb shit I'll say for no reason to people who could give a fuck less.
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