In Brief

Scarface, “The Diary,”(***) Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe/Virgin. “The Diary” is just that, an aural journey through the mind of an ex-Houston street con--a hard mind flooded with thoughts of funerals, tears, drugs and confusion. The 23-year-old Geto Boys member, whose lyrical tautness on songs such as “I Seen a Man Die” is frighteningly powerful, stays unapologetically true to the real origins of gangsta rap, never once straying from his hellbent mission to toss off a pop song.

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