On Blaq Butta-Phly’s debut, the eastside Detroit native melds Tupac’s flow and pathos with Lil’ Kim’s frank sex talk. She emerges as a competent MC with standard-issue contradictory content and a commanding, albeit derivative, flow. On “The Hell With My Life” Ms. Butta-Phly suggests that her life is worthless if it’s not right with God. […]
