curtis donald davis also known as "big mello" was a rapper from hiram clarke texas who dropped 4 albums before his untimely demise in 2002 due to the fact that he lost control of the vehicule he was driving (also desceased was another passanger who was in the car with him), 2 months after his death a 5th album dropped (the gift), although revered by his peers in his native texas big mello never became a household name outside of texas.
bone hard zaggin was mello's first album and was dropped on the south's at the time premiere label rap-a-lot, owned by lil j famous for dropping the world reknown 'geto boys' and for having a roster that showed much promess (scarface,big,mike,willie d, o.g style,choice,the terrorists,the south park coalition, ganxta nip,3-2, seagram (the only rapper on rap-a-lot from the west coast at the time and hailed from oakland and who was tragically murdered in the streets of his own city in 1996), too much trouble, geto twinz and so many more that they slip my mind at the moment, big mello came in with a laid back 'slo flo'and while he dropped albums after this one I personally must say that this I think is his best album, here is why:this is the album that put his name 'out there', now.....I'am not sayin this album bumps from begining to end but under the titulage of the rap-a-lot crew mello had a chance to work around some of the best rap-a-lot producers of the time (cliff blodget, jon bido, n.o and so many others that it is easy to forget due to the fact that they had such a huge camp).
this album is straight 'gangsta shit' from begining to end, just like any other rap-a-lot album of the time (except for og style's album whose album was the most east coast influenced of'em all), tracks like gank move, primetime live and love don't love nobody are just some of the standout cuts of the album (with gank move the one track that got the most bump out of my stereo),classic funk samples can be found on every single track throughout this whole album which means a really enjoyable sound if you are a funk lover like myself and if you like gangsta rap you must cop this.
01 - intro
02 - bone hard niggaz
03 - don't let the name fool you
04 - creepin in a 'lac
05 - mac's drive 'lac's
06 - love don't love nobody
07 - creepin in a 'lac II
08 - gank move
09 - symptoms of a crook
10 - fuck a bitch
11 - prime time live
12 - Living For The Weekend
13 - Live In 3-D
14 - playin' the game
15 - I Don't Trust 'Em
16 - after dark in the clarke
17 - Conversation Rules The Nation
18 - Straight From The Clarke
19 - Bone Hard Thanks
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