Shaggy 2 Dope – F.T.F.O. (2006)

September 7, 2022

I was well into ICP when I was in my teens but I don’t actually recall buying this. I think it was from Play.com or some such archaic method of acquiring physical media. For the most part, these songs are ICP cutting room floor grade of hip hop / horrorcore cheese. I use horrorcore in the lightest sense also, despite this being one half of one of the genre’s most defining acts, the link here to the style is tenuous at best.

I have this problem with a lot of the Psychopathic artist’s releases. Not saying folk on that label don’t have any talent or whatever, but sometimes I feel like a full length album is a stretch when it really isn’t needed. A lot of the songs here (and on other releases) just seem weak or forced. There definitely isn’t a need for 17 of the fuckers. That being said, “Owl Face Hoe” is one of the funniest songs I’ve ever heard, just because of the fact someone took the time to write this track and record it in a high-end studio.