Bushwick Bill, the infamous Little Big Man of the
Geto Boys, was relatively quiet during the decade leading up to the release of
Gutta Mix in 2005. Over the course of those ten years he released a pair of albums -- No Surrender...No Retreat (1998) and Universal Small Souljah (2001) -- both of which were released independently and neither of which was relatively successful. So the release of
Gutta Mix came as a surprise, and for fans of the shock rapper, no doubt a pleasant one. Granted,
Gutta Mix isn't an especially labored effort on a par with his better albums like
Little Big Man and
Phantom of the Rapra, but it's a satisfactory effort, in particular boasting some eclectic production contributions. [Adex Records released a chopped and screwed edition of
Gutta Mix in conjunction with the standard one.] ~ Jason Birchmeier