Ace Hood: Starvation mixtape

Ace Hood knocks on the door with another mixtape for us to listen too. I won’t spend much time on this mixtape due to the subject matter.  Now I will say check out Promise & Slow Down feat Kevin Cossom to nice tracks that kinda catches you by surprise. Do It is another track to check his flow and that beat is bananas. It’s time for Ace Hood to grow as an artist give us better subject matter because you can only be hard\hood for so long.

All in all this was a typical Ace Hood cd not to bad. I gotta give the cd a 2 out of 5 NICE TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Murphy Lee & Mr Winter Time: I'm Cold mixtape

Somebody please stop the St Lunatics from making music there time is up! Its safe to say that for Murphy Lee his best work and song will be "What the Hook Gon Be" because this mixtape is wack! I'm putting out a warrant for his rap career to be stop!

All in all there is nothing else that needs to be said but this cd is horrible! 0 out of 5 TIME WASTED OUT OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stalley: Savage Journey to the American Dream mixtape

Newest member of MMG Stalley is a good change of pace to the label. Stalley is on the same lines of Wale but reminds you more of Lupe/Common type rapper but it does work. I give MMG props for not putting together a well rounded label. You may remember Stalley from Party Heart feat Rozay & 2 Chainz on Rozay Rich Forever mixtape. Now let’s get into the mixtape hands down this is go be a slept on mixtape that people need to hear because it is good music.  The very first track is like a freestyle no hook 3:40 seconds worth of heat on Savage Journey.  There is lot of good songs on this mixtape very few mistakes on here like you would expect. The one song I will say not to listen to is Everything New beat and rhymes are wack I think this was his step out of my lane song and it was an epic fail!  Once you get passed that then you have some pretty solid and good music for your ears. It’s a must you listen to Route 21 Stalley flow and style is killing this beat. A shocker was Hell’s Angel (American Heathen) feat Rick Ross I was blown away to see that Rozay got outshined but Stalley on this track. Now he doesn’t out shine everybody on drops by Have To You feat Wale & Anthony Flammia on this one Wale reminds Stalley to fall back for a minute. Hammers & Vogues feat Curren$y neither outshine each other but complement each other nicely under a nice beat. Seen It All & Live At Blossom are some more tracks that are packed with heat that you won’t be disappointed by.

All in all Stalley first intro the music world under MMG was a damn good one. Dare I say Rozay unnoticed has a strong label that is ready for the world to hear? I have to give this cd 4 out of 5 FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Memphis Bleek: The Movement

It pains me to say this since I been a fan since day one. This mixtape is horrible and I see why Bleek didn’t go to RocNation. I thought him and Jigga had beef but I see it was his time is up. Bleek saddens me to still be rapping about the same thing since the 90’s.  Please somebody anybody ghost write for him please!

So I gotta give this mixtape a 0 out of 5 TIME WASTED OUT OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SWV I Missed US

Sister With Voices better known as SWV has came out of hiding in the witness relocation program to drop their first cd in over 15 years. Sadly none of the groups they started around anymore either. I gotta give props it’s the original three members of the group no add on or anything like that. I will say this cd was more than I expected considering the time off. Let’s first start with the missteps there was really only two Do Ya feat Brianna Perry & Show Off feat A.X. both these songs suck cause they are party tracks that they get left behind on. It’s like their making an attempt to connect with the 106 crowd and I say SWV leave the kids in the yard and come in doors with grown folk’s music. Co-Sign is the lead single and it was vintage SWV that we grew to love in the 90’s. Great pick to let the world know they were back to claim their throne at the top. Here is where things are kinda of a downer with this cd. To me they more OK songs than anything. Better Than I is a good song but Taj rapping on it EPIC fail and whoever had that idea needs to be fired! All About You, I Missed US, The Best Years are just ok nothing you will listen to all the time.  Songs you need to hear are Use Me a beautiful love song for your ears to hear. Love Unconditionally this that ride or die I’m here until the end love song. The best song on the cd you gotta listen to and put on repeat is Everything I Love like I said back when I reviewed Anthony Hamilton cd this song right here if you don’t feel this way about you other half do you really love them nuff said. Just go to this song hit play and set for repeat.  

I will say again this was a good comeback cd by SWV some missteps but it’s been 15 years that’s go happen. What will say stick with you formula that you are known for Coko up front and everybody else in the background where they belong side note please sign my petition to stop Taj from rapping support it “No MO Taj Rap 2012”! All in all due to majority just being ok I gotta give SWV 2 out of 5 NICE TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Monica New Life

Monica’s back after about 2 -3 years off from dropping the FIRE cd Still Standing.  This cd was another good typical Monica cd from start to finish. Monica like Mary has a lane where you know what you go get when you listen to the cd. In some eyes this maybe considered bad and some this maybe considered good.  After listening to this cd several times I gotta admit there is only one song I don’t like and that’s Cry its damn depressing skip it all cost. Man Who Has Everything is a good song and beat I don’t care for the hook at all. Monica does show that she got old school skills like in Still Standing with the track Time To Move On this song is so throwback I thought Etta James was sitting next to me and she pulled it off. Big Mistake & Without You some more good tracks on this cd you need to hear.  The whole cd again is nice outside of Cry standout tracks are Take A Chance feat Wale everything about this track is right and Wale bars pick up from Lotus Flower this one is a repeat please. It All Belongs To Me feat Brandy another classic like the Boy Is Mine I almost wanna say ladies do a cd together and see what happens everybody else doing it. Until Its Gone & Amazing need to be heard once you put this cd in also.

Now I will say again Monica put out a good hear felt cd but we been hearing it for a while now. It’s time for another After the Storm cd something up beat and we can ride or party to. Show us you happy now Monica. All in all I give this cd a 3 out of 5 SOLID due to its time for a change. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

E-40 The Block Brochure - Welcome to the Soil

The king of the bay area E-40 drops cd number 100 feels like to the rap game. To show that he has a lot of songs left in him E-40 dropped 3 cd’s at once. This has never been done before 54 tracks to be heard 18 on each cd.  So I will break this down one cd at a time but give an overall review for the cds as a whole.

Pt 1 by far has to be the worst out of the 18 I barely found 8 songs out of it to listen too.  I will just list that songs to listen to on Pt1. They Point not to be bad you got 40 bragging about what 40 is exactly. Cutlass speaks for itself nothing needs to be said and Slummin that beat makes me miss my beat and it goes hard and 40’s word match made in heaven. On this disc Fast Lane & Help Me need to be heard you can’t go wrong with these two tracks. I give this cd 2 out 5 Nice Try to many wack tracks on here.

Pt2 is the best out of the three I will just touch on what to avoid because I was feeling 13 out of 18 tracks on this one. Hittn a Lick is wack as hell don’t know what the hell 40 was thinking on this one. Lead single Function sounded like a gimmick and was on the cutting room floor and then added at the last minute.  This Shit Hard beat was cold Blooded (yeah I said that) but everything else was weak.  On this cd the standout tracks first up are I’m Laced verbal is amazing on this one 40 reminding you how he shut the game down at one time. Zombie feat Tech N9ne & Brotha Lynch Hung is heat you get vintage Loaded Lynch & Tech keeps killing it alone with 40. I was out done that 40 went to the rap burial ground and found Celly Cell for the track The Other Day Ago and it was classic Celly Cell and 40 had to put this on repeat been a while since we heard both them on a track together. A song that shocked me we Tryna Get It feat T-Pain & Twista at first glance I just knew T-Pain would be out of place but he fit in there nice and it was good hearing Twista & 40 trade verses.  This I say again was the best out of the 3 cds and I give it a 4 out of 5 FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pt3 wasn’t too bad out of the trilogy but not as good as the 2^nd disc.  Let’s get into it miss ignore block track Gargoyle Serenade & Wasted I have no idea what the thought process was on this song at all. Sidewalk Memorial, Pussy Loud & Its Curtains avoid at all cost. I did find about 10 out of the 18 that was decent on this cd that you should give a listen too. Jealous, Get Loose are more reason the game still needs 40 and his skills. I Aint Doing Nothin feat B-Legit made me wanna put in Hempin Aint East of B-Legit good song made me say when the next Click cd is.  The gems on this cd are What You Smokin On feat Snoop & Tha Dogg Pound everybody road the beat nicely and just kilt it for the west coast. Salute feat Raheem DeVaughn isn’t to be slept on either a must listen too. The stand out on this cd is 40 & Hiero feat Hierographics just put this song on repeat is all I need to say! What Happened to Them Days is another good one and makes you wonder what happen to the world during your childhood.  This is a another good cd on 40 part I gotta give this one 3 out of 5 SOLID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!