by Jason BirchmeierUnderground gangsta rappers such as Brotha Lynch Hung seem to struggle with their attempts to gain recognition in an increasingly crowded rap game. On past albums -- particularly the infamous Season of da Siccness album -- the Sacramento rapper used shock tactics to get attention, taking the generic gangsta motifs of violence, drugs, and misogyny to their furthest limits. With Ebk4, Brotha Lynch Hung stays true to his style, again turning to these same motifs: romanticized urban tales of grotesque murder ("Blood on da Rug"), blazing up insane amounts of chronic with Snoop Dogg ("Dogg Market"), and speaking of women as though they are mere commodities waited to be exploited ("Every Single B*%#$"). Of course, by the year 2000 these topics have become very tired. Sure, NWA and the Geto Boys rose to fame using this same formula, but by the end of the '90s, any seasoned rap listener had heard these same stories countless times. ...