8ightball Premro mixtape

The fat mack has come out of hiding and left MJG behind and drop his first mixtape in a long time. 8Ball did a good job of putting his self back out there in the game. Sadly after that Bad Boy failure 8Ball & MJG went from being top 5 rap games to lost in the wind (thanks for that Diddy & Bad Boy). Listening to this you can feel Ball is trying to reach and find his lane in this new age of rap. Tracks like Jumpin’ Up that is about nothing but PUSSY is WACK as hell don’t know what Ball was trying for but he didn’t reach it at all. Washing Machine feat Slim of 112 is just as bad as Jumpin’ Up. It hurt me to hear that Ball did a sucka for love track What’s the Rush it’s too sad to even talk about it. Soap Box & Bytch Like need to be avoided also. There are some bright spots on this mixtape up first is Em Down feat 2Chainz & Yung Joc the beat from Drumma Boy stellar and Ball lyrics was and Yung Joc sighting has you wondering when we go get another Joc cd and 2Chainz keeps dropping decent bars on guest appearances on people tracks. Immaculate Perception feat Waka Flocka & Yelawolf  now I’m not a Waka fan but he drop some nice lyrics on this track but both Ball & Waka got outshined by Yelawolf he didn’t kill it but he kilt it. No Pain is another good one to listen too. The stand outs on this mixtape is Allergic feat Bun B & Killer Mike I gotta give Bun props he keeps dropping gems time after time after time. Killer Mike verse makes you say when are you dropping a cd Mike when? Ball didn’t get left behind and showed why he one of the best out of Orange Mound. Showed Up feat MJG listening to this you just get your ears wet for another Ball & G cd somebody give them a deal since nothing came about with Grand Hustle.

This was a decent cd for Ball to drop but it is starting to sound like the rap game has gone passed Ball. All in all I gotta give this cd a 3 out of 5 SOLID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Big K.R.I.T. 4Eva N A Day mixtape

Big Krit is back with yet again another mixtape and no major label release yet.  I have got to admit that Krit has stay on the same page with all his mixtapes that have dropped. He hasn’t step out of his lane and I thank him for it.  He has a lot of good song on this mixtape and of course got the ones to avoid.  There are two good interludes 804 AM & 504 AM that reminds you of Outkast back before they went Hey Ya on everybody. Krit Is picking up where Outkast left off and Goodie Mobb or Dungeon Family could. Getting into the cd avoid 1986 the hook will get on your nerves and not really much to the song at all. Down & Out, Insomnia & Sky Club are songs to avoid too I don’t feel that he really tried and felt he need to add songs to the mixtape.  The title track 4Evanaday is a good song you need to check out from the beat to the verse that is drop from Krit on this one. Country Rap Tunes, Yesterday & Package Stone are some nice tracks you shouldn’t miss your ears will thank you for it later. Red Eye is something different from Krit to where he shows his storytelling skills. Breaking down the harm the rap game can have on a relationship. Standout tracks on this mixtape are Me & My Old School & Boobie Miles really give you an introduction to who Big K.R.I.T. and what he go bring to the rap game. Krit shows again he is what the game is missing right now.

This was yet again another good mixtape from Krit but I am worried about when will the well run dry on material with all these mixtapes. We all saw how weak J.Cole was compared to his mixtapes. All in all I gotta give Big K.R.I.T. a 4 out of 5 FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wiz Khalifa Taylor Allerdice mixtape

Taylor Allerdice is the latest mixtape from Wiz & Taylor Gang & there newest member Juicy J. Now hearing Juicy J at first sounded out to me but it worked really because he wasn’t featured big time on any songs and we all know he got fire beats. So it was a win – win for all involved in the deal or as Wiz says he with us because we spend 30 stacks in the club (rap game stop saying stacks & racks please). Let’s get to the songs to avoid out the gate The Cruise is wack he trying to sing on it the beat the hook it is all a train wreck at its finest.  T.A.P. feat Juicy J is sad that it didn’t work because the beat was nice to the song.  Juicy J verse was to be forgotten I don’t know what he was thinking on this one. Another training wreck was Number 16 just don’t even listen is all I need to say on this one. Now let’s get into what is good on this mixtape. Outside of a couple bumps you can really let this mixtape ride for the most part. California is a nice track makes me wish I had something to let the top down. Nice set of bars and fire beat can’t beat it. Going to back to Juicy J being in the crew now he is featured on The Code with Chevy Woods & Lola Monroe, My Favorite Song, Blindfolds feat Juicy J and all three of these songs are nice and Juicy shows he is a good addition to them with more than just beats.  There are some real good stand out songs even though Amber Ice is short it’s still a damn good song and flow to it. You gotta give Guilty Conscience & Mary 3x a must listen also Wiz at his best and the beat is a killer also. The standout track you need to listen to first with the best beat, hook & lyrics by far is Never Been Part Ii feat Amber Rose & Rick Ross now what is crazy about this song is that Amber on the hook outshines Rozay and Wiz cause it’s so unexpected and to the left. Rozay and Wiz do hold the own and neither outshines each other which is a good thing.

All in all Wiz is keeping the good music going since he dropped Mac & Devin with Snoop. What I will say though it Wiz does need to start working on new subject talking about having money and smoking only go take you so far. I gotta rate this cd 4 out of 5 FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Throwback Review

Monica -  After the Storm

Monica has a new cd dropping son I felt the need to do a throwback review on what I feel was her best cd to date.   Every young talent at some point tries to create a cd to let people know I am grown now.  After the Storm put everybody on notice that Monica was grown in every way shape and form of the word “grown”. First thing about this cd that stands out is that Missy was at the helm and put into the right direction. This wasn’t you typical Monica love ballads cd she had that but also stepped out her lane and had some party tracks to let you know she from the “A” and can get it in. First let me say there are no bad tracks on this cd you can let it ride and enjoy some good music.  Go To Bed feat Tyrese is song everybody in a relationship can feel. We all done had fights with our other half about whatever. This is a great tale of one wanting to go to bed and the other doesn’t want to go bed until the fight is fixed. Tyrese did a good job of not overshadowing Monica on this track.  Lead single So Gone let you know Monica was grown and has same everyday issue as any other female in the world. Typical relationship song of losing yourself in a man and the beat was sick Missy out did herself on this one. Knock Knock straight party record right here this that I am tired of my man playing games record  and you move on. This should have been a female anthem in some regards I think. This is a repeat track right here & the remix was pretty good to and the beat was a monster! Don’t Gotta Go Home feat DMX this song right here had a fire set of bars for X ( side note X come back to the game we need you ) great song about a man with a mistress and a wife and the grass is greener on the other side. Sadly people have been in this situation before. U Should’ve Known Better & I Wrote This Song & Hurts The Most are vintage Monica records displaying those pipes and the ballads we used to that everybody at some point and time could related too. Get it Off is another party record that is on the same level as Knock Knock had a nice feat that sounded like Juvey who set the tone on this track. The stand out track I think on this cd is That’s My Man the beat and the track as a whole is nice. Not something you would have expected from Monica you put this on repeat twice. Ladies this is how you express yourself to your man! This cd showed Monica’s growth and her coming of age when this dropped.

Monica needs to make about cd like this one she has a great collection of music and has been one of the best in the game at what she does. I would have to give this cd 5 out of 5 CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

Nicki Minaj Pink Friday Roman Reloaded

Nicki Minaj drops her sophomore cd to platinum plus Pink Friday. This isn’t your typical Hip Hop by any means at all. I will give Nicki credit for TRYING because that is all she did was try! You can tell she had influence from being on the Brittney Spears tour because we had several pop/techno tracks on the cd.  So we got tracks like Automatic, Beautiful Sinner, Starships, Whip it & Pound the Alarm all are wack and sorry attempts at being techno music. I give an A for effort but an F for finished product.  There are numerous songs to avoid on this cd and I think a lot of fans are going to be like WTF Nicki really after they hear it. Roman Holiday good beat wasted on weak rhymes and her still showing she is a gimmick and not a rapper like everybody wants her to be.  Fire Burns don’t know if they were playing in the studio or something but this song makes no sense at all. Come on a Cone Nicki trying to come hard comes off weak/wack whatever you want to say another tight beat wasted on this cd.  Sex in the Lounge feat Lil Wayne & Bobby V I hoped would be something and it wasn’t Wayne gave a half ass’d set of bars and his female protégé followed suit. Shockingly Bobby V stole the show on this one his hooked outshined everybody on this song. There are several other trash tracks on here to many to keep mentioning so I will stop after this one Gun Shot feat Beenie Man I guess this is her attempt at her reggae side of music. It was a reggae mess Beenie Man on hard times and needed a check I think because there is no other reason to disrespect your music genre like this. Bob Marley go come from the dead and ask him why man why!  Out of the 19 tracks I listened to there was 6 songs that I felt were good. The sad part about that is due to the guest appearance is the reason you will like the song. Nothing worst then having features and they outshine you ask Jeezy about that on TM103! First up is Champion feat Nas, Drake & Young Jeezy you already know Nas and Jeezy showed out and reminded everybody that Drake is average at best even Nicki outshined Drake on this one.  Nicki did step her verbal game up on this track glad to see their maybe a glimmer of hope. I Am Your Leader feat Cam ‘Ron & Rick Ross the hook to this was wack and not need at all more of the gimmick shouting/loud talking and sounds cartoon like. No shock Rozay reminded you why he is the boss of Miami and Cam ‘Ron actually put some heat on wax and it’s been a while since he has done that.  You forget Nicki is even on this song gets lost in the shuffle so sad. Beez in the Trap feat 2Chainz on this one Nicki finally outshines her guest on a track and if 2Chainz spits another wack set of bars like he did on this one I am going back to calling him Titty Boi. This had a nice beat and good overall set of bars from Nicki on this one.  I am back and forth on Stupid Hoe it’s a 50/50 like or ok track to me.  Clearing she is calling out Lil Kim and another female rappers on this one.  Roman Reloaded feat Lil Wayne finally Weezy gave a nice set of bars on this track but the protégé did get him on this one.  The beat on this track I think the best beat on the cd overall almost made me lose my lunch it’s so sick!

After listening to this cd Nicki still has a ways to go in the rap game with her skills and stop being a gimmick. Right now by her being the it girl, it really won’t matter in people’s eyes cause she has no competition at all.  In my opinion she is average at best and could never touch Eve, Kim or Foxy when they was big and she really couldn’t spit with Shawna that wouldn’t even be a fair battle right there.  She is better than Trina and Rah Digga and female rappers like that but they never were a big deal anyway. After listening to this cd a few times I gotta give it 2 out of 5 NICE TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Throwback Review

The Click Game Related

Most people when they think of rap groups on the West Coast they think of NWA, Dogg Pound and The Click. This week throwback review is The Click Game Related. The Click was underground legends that you couldn’t be slept on. Like always every cd has good and bad moments on them so lets it into it. We Don’t Fuck Wit Dat is a solo on the cd that is strictly B-Legit displaying verbal to show why he is 40’s right hand man in the group. It’s a nice tale about a day in the life of Mr. Hemp Museum.  Another nice track and it was a risk but 40 pulled it off is sampling the Computer Love beat for Scandalous.  Everybody showed skills on this to show that even a classic like Computer Love can be a rap song.  World Went Crazy is borderline standout song on the cd. E 40 gives a good tale about his birth into the world and when base rock hit the streets of the bay area. Hot Ones Echo Thru the Ghetto is bay area funk letting you know we ain't no joke and we go get dat ass! Something you and your click will ride to when you gotta let somebody know.  Some of the weak songs to skip over are Out of My Body, Get Chopped and Boss Baller all I will say is they all are horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nuff said! The standouts on the cd that you need to hear if nothing else Wolf Tickets we all know somebody that always talking but never back the talk at all. Hurricane is another fire cut about that drink that get you so tore back you don’t remember nothing at all! I remember my freshman days at GSU (Grambling State University) and I had my moments with Hurricane too!  The cream of the crop of standout songs is the hustler’s anthem before Rick Ross had his song Hustling you had The Click Be About Yo Paper. This song right here is the blueprint til this day what money making rather legal or illegal needs to be about.  

All in all I will say this cd is a good one that you need in your bay area/west coast rap collection. The only knock is the bad songs are so bad they kinda outshine the fire on this cd. So that being said I will give this cd a 3 out of 5 SOLID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Above the Rim Soundtrack

When the Above the Rim soundtrack came out West Coast was on top and taking over the rap game. Nobody in their right mind wanted to mess with Death Row and this started the ball on record labels doing soundtracks for movies. Now the majority of the people on this cd are now null and void since this was over 20 years ago.  This was a 90’s who’s who of music at that time from Dogg Pound all the way to H-Town. Let’s do things different this time and get the trash out the way cause all the other songs are heat and must listen to songs.  CPO-Boss Hog song Jus So Ya No this song was ok but not a must listen the female on the hook wouldn’t stop screaming and that really took from the song. AL B. Sure I’m Still in Love With You how the hell did Al B get on here is my question? He was washed by now and this song is WASK AS HELL and way out of place for this soundtrack. This was a sad ass remake T-Pain could auto tune a better remake!  O.F.T.B. Crack’EM this song was a sad attempt to be NWA felt like this another group on Death Row that should have never gotten a deal but a lot of labels got garbage acts. Jewell It’s Not Deep Enough this song I kinda go back and forth on it was ok but at the same time weak to me and its sad cause Jewell duet with Aaron Hall called Gonna Give it to You is outright fire side note where the hell is Aaron Hall? Now that we got the trash out the way let’s get to the heat on this Soundtrack first up is SWV Anything  this song is good from start to finish and whatever guy what’s to hear from his lady. Sweet Sable Old Time’s Sake is a nice ride to track sipping on something maybe. H-Town Part Time Lover this song right here had everybody on lock from male to female. This was a theme song for people who didn’t want a relationship but just kick it. This is nothing but a MONSTER of a song just listen to it I don’t need to give it anymore props! Dogg Pound Big Pimpin’ & Dogg Pound 4 Life both songs showed why DPG was hands down the best group on the west coast at the time. Big Pimpin’ beat was hard nice from the G-Funk era and Snoop on the track and Nate on the hook you can’t go wrong with this one.  Dogg Pound 4 Life is a hard track that you listen to going to find somebody.  Dj Rogers Doggie style the name of the song says enough so I will move to the next track! 2Pac & Thug Life Pour Out A Little Liquor this song should have been a single but all my hardcore fans could relate and feel this song and gave it hella play.  2Pac at his finest spitting fire for his dead homies and ready niggas to not forget their dead homies!  This soundtrack also introduced everybody to Lady of Rage Afro Puffs this song was raw and showed that west coast had a female voice that had been void since Boss disappeared from the rap game.  The stand out track on this soundtrack that was lead single and still to this day get people to rapping or singing the hook to it myself include is Warren G feat Nate Dogg Regulate.  Now I have never been to the west coast but this song is a breakdown of what a typical night can be for fellas in LA I think. This song put Nate Dogg on the map for being a MONSTER on the hook to this day nobody is touching Nate Dogg on hooks. You put this song on repeat at least twice first time do Warren’s part second time do Nate Doggs part.

Above The Rim Soundtrack set the bar for how a soundtrack is suppose to be with a movie. I wish they go back to that mindset because 95.6% of the soundtracks now are beyond wack. You already know I am going to say this cd is 5 out of 5 CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!