Psycho Active

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Psycho Active
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 16, 1992
RecordedJune 1990–March 1992
Length42:24
Label Blackmarket
Producer
X-Raided chronology
Psycho Active
(1992)
Xorcist
(1995)

Psycho Active is the debut solo album by American rapper X-Raided, released April 16, 1992 through Blackmarket Records. Before the album's release, X-Raided and four other individuals, all Crips, were arrested by the Sacramento Police Department for the killing of Patricia Harris, the mother of two Meadowview Bloods' members during a home invasion. Police maintained that the boys intended reprisal against Harris' sons for the killing of two Crips. [1] The weapon that was used to kill Harris was never found, and X-Raided maintains that he is innocent. [2] During the trial, the prosecution cited lyrics from Psycho Active as evidence, and X-Raided was sentenced to 31 years in prison. [3] He was released on parole on September 14, 2018, after serving 26 years in prison. [4]

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
RapReviews7.5 [5]

Steve "Flash" Juon gave the album an overall score of 7.5 in a retrospective review for RapReviews, giving the album's music a score of 8 and X-Raided's lyrics 7. Juon wrote, "What X-Raided has going for him here is a sick selection of samples ranging from Marvin Gaye to Funkadelic to Grover Washington Jr. The sheer volume of clearances required would probably make it impossible to reissue today but makes for a highly enjoyable listen from start to finish. [Psycho Active is] an example of an early 1990s underground rap album with great production, decent yet unremarkable boasting, and a general lack of marketability except to hardcore Cali rap fans of the time." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by X-Raided, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Tha Murder" (Intro) Brotha Lynch Hung 0:20
2."Still Shooting" 4:14
3."Call tha Guardz" 3:19
4."Who's tha Hoe?" 2:40
5."Crazy Than a Mutha Fuck" 3:30
6."Every Single Bitch" 4:36
7."Fuckin' Wit a Psycho" 6:00
8."Bitch Killa" 3:52
9."Everybody Killa" 1:01
10."Shootcha in a Minute" 4:56
11."That's How My Trigga Went" (feat. Brotha Lynch Hung & Sicx) Brotha Lynch Hung, Sicx2:11
12."That Sickness" (feat. Brotha Lynch Hung, Big-O, Kaos, CYCO) 5:54
Total length:42:24

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