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		<title>OJ Da Juiceman&#124;The Otha Side Of The Trap&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>King Jerm</dc:creator>
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When one of your partners in rhyme is Gucci Mane, it&#8217;s a good chance you are not respected for lyrics, just “Trap Music”. Enter OJ Da Juiceman, the latest “trapstar” from Atlanta. Not too much is known about Da Juiceman outside of him being featured on Gucci’s mixtapes and that he is from Atlanta. I [...]]]></description>
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<p>When one of your partners in rhyme is Gucci Mane, it&#8217;s a good chance you are not respected for lyrics, just “Trap Music”. Enter OJ Da Juiceman, the latest “trapstar” from Atlanta. Not too much is known about Da Juiceman outside of him being featured on Gucci’s mixtapes<span id="more-2811"></span> and that he is from Atlanta. I could sit here and ramble off fact after fact about him; you still would not know who the person was if you didn&#8217;t frequent the Atlanta club scene.</p>
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<p><strong>I Be Trappin&#8217;</strong><br />
No intro, no skits, just straight to the music. OJ spits some of the most elementary rhymes. If you really want to get a feel for him…think Gucci.</p>
<p><strong>Good Night</strong><br />
Featuring Gucci Mane<br />
I like the beat on this one, and it does not help that your boy Gucci is on this one. Again, no top lyrics just Gucci being Gucci, and OJ doing him.</p>
<p><strong>Hell Of A Life</strong><br />
OJ pulls out the auto tune for this track. I do not know why he did this, but he did. He did have one good line in the song. “I’m like a Frigidaire, cuz I&#8217;m loaded with ice.”  That is as good as it gets. The beat is nice on this one though.</p>
<p><strong>Nah Ming</strong><br />
This has to be one of the dumbest hooks of all time. &#8220;Nah Ming?&#8221; I am not going to waste too much time talking bad about this song. SKIP.<br />
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Batman</strong><br />
I guess this is one for the ladies? I am confused with the tempo of the song and the lyrics that OJ is spitting. This song is a mess.</p>
<p><strong>I’m Getting Money</strong><br />
This is one of those “trap songs” that OJ is famous for making. I do not really like the rhymes, but the beats that Zaytoven provides helps out the Juiceman A LOT.</p>
<p><strong>Washing Powder</strong><br />
By now, you will be tired of hearing OJ say “Aye” and “Okay”. This is another standout track for your boy Zaytoven, who by the way makes this album tolerable. Dumb hook, dumb topic, and dumb lyrics will equal DUMB SONG.</p>
<p><strong>Make The Trap Say Aye</strong><br />
Featuring Gucci Mane<br />
This is by far my favorite song off the album. When this song comes on, the place goes NUTS. Even with OJ spitting recycled rhymes from previous songs, Gucci steals the show with his verse. BANGER!</p>
<p><strong>50 Bricks</strong><br />
At this point OJ’s voice is getting annoying. The constant “Aye” and recycled rhymes are too much to bear. What is he even talking about on this song? SKIP.</p>
<p><strong>Yung Juice</strong><br />
This guy will not stop with the “Aye” and the “Okay”.  This has to be the most annoying adlib EVER! SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>Old School Cars</strong><br />
The beat is all right, but OJ is so annoying. SKIP.<br />
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Cop A Chicken</strong><br />
Another good beat provided by Zaytoven, but OJ does his best job to make the song GARBAGE.</p>
<p><strong>Banker</strong><br />
Featuring Kourtney Money<br />
By this time if you don’t know about 32 Entertainment or that his catch phrase is “Aye” you don’t know OJ. This is another annoying song from Da Juiceman.<br />
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Bouldercrest</strong><br />
This is the song where he pays homage to his home turf. At this point and time of listening to this album, my head is about to explode. I really do not care for this song either. SKIP.</p>
<p><strong>Trap Work</strong><br />
“Patty cake, patty cake whipping up the pies.” That is all I needed to hear to say this….SKIP.</p>
<p><strong>OJ Flyest</strong><br />
I can dig the beat on this one, but all of this is ruined once OJ opens his mouth to spit out a lyric.</p>
<p><strong>Yeah</strong><br />
Featuring Kourtney Money, Wooh da Kid, &amp; Keta<br />
Who let this dude near the auto tune again? His voice is annoying enough that he does not need to overdo it with the auto tune. Another terrible song.</p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Bottom Line:</strong></span><br />
When T.I. coined the term “Trap Music” I do not think he intended for it to be an excuse for GARBAGE. OJ Da Juiceman has to be the WORST rapper alive. He has the dumbest ad libs, which he runs in the ground. He has no respect for the listener, harassing them with his stupid lyrics and annoying ad libs. I did not think that this album was going to be this terrible, but I was surprised myself. After listening to this album for 3 days, I know why rappers like OJ have to make so many mixtapes. The music is disposable, after a couple of spins you realize that the dude is saying some of the dumbest stuff ever. LISTEN AT YOUR OWN RISK.</p>
<p><strong>nappyPicks:</strong> &#8220;Make the Trap Say Aye&#8221;</p>
<h2><span style="color: #ff0000;">Download:</span> <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/547928239ec27527/">OJ Da Juiceman feat. Gucci Mane &#8211; &#8220;Make the Trap Say Aye&#8221;</a></h2>
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		<title>Big Kuntry King&#124;My Turn To Eat</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>King Jerm</dc:creator>
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After spending years alongside T.I., Big Kuntry King never was one that clamored for the limelight. Now it is his turn to shine. Having to take the backseat to his boss and label mate Young Dro, Big Kuntry’s debut album My Turn to Eat is ready to hit the streets. Loyalty and patience doesn’t mean [...]]]></description>
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After spending years alongside T.I., Big Kuntry King never was one that clamored for the limelight. Now it is his turn to shine. Having to take the backseat to his boss and label mate Young Dro, Big Kuntry’s debut album <em>My Turn to Eat</em> is ready to hit the streets. Loyalty and patience doesn’t mean much in today’s Hip-Hop scene.<span id="more-1399"></span> While others would have left the camp to do their own thing, Big Kuntry stayed down and waited his turn. Despite dropping on the same day as the boss, Big Kuntry is ready to introduce the world to the man that everybody has seen before, but doesn’t know who he is.</p>
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<p><strong>Intro</strong><br />
Featuring Lil’ Duval; Produced by Nard &amp; B<br />
The intro that’s basically is the story of his life, no one knows who he is, but you always see him with Tip. He spits a couple of bars, but nothing that is noteworthy. This is an intro people!</p>
<p><strong>Tool In Da Pocket</strong><br />
Produced by Keith Mack<br />
This is one of the songs for the trappers, hence the title. The beat sounds like one that is on Jeezy’s album, but Kuntry does his thing over it. He has some simple lyrics, not elementary, but lyrics that are easy to digest.</p>
<p><strong>Da Baddest</strong><br />
Featuring Trey Songz; Produced by Shawty Redd<br />
This song was released a year ago but somehow it made its way on the album. The song is on the wack side. Trey has turned into the trappers hook man. I can’t get into this one at all. SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>We Iz</strong><br />
Produced by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League<br />
Kuntry went out and got some of the best producers in the game for this song, but his lyrics are on the boring side. It is as if he is saying the same thing repeatedly. He wasted a nice track with some redundant lyrics.</p>
<p><strong>Pots and Pans</strong><br />
Produced by Shawty Redd<br />
I guess this was supposed to answer the question whether or not Hip-Hop was dead. However, Kuntry King is not the one to save it, nor should he try. The song is terrible. SKIP!</p>
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<p><strong>Soul of a Man</strong><br />
Featuring Rico Barrino; Produced by Keith Mack, Nard &amp; B<br />
This is one of those songs that Kuntry steps out of his comfort zone and makes a song that isn’t a club song or a trap song. He is not that good of an artist where he can do that. He needs to stick what works for him, and this isn’t what works for him.</p>
<p><strong>Love You the Right Way</strong><br />
Featuring Lloyd; Produced by Kane Beatz<br />
Big Kuntry with a love song? The women might like this one, but I’m not feeling this one at all. A question to Big Kuntry; why all of the R&amp;B features on an album for a trapper?</p>
<p><strong>We Here</strong><br />
Produced by Shawty Redd<br />
I have concluded that Big Kuntry does not have much subject matter. He is saying the same thing over and over to different beats. He could have come a little bit harder on this song, but he didn’t. This song isn’t that bad, but it isn’t that good either. NEXT!</p>
<p><strong>Focus</strong><br />
Featuring Young Dro; Produced by Tony Galvin<br />
Finally, something that you can ride out to! Dro drops through to assist Kuntry King on this song. Dro put up his usual sixteen, but it was a hell of a lot better than what Big Kuntry was accomplishing on this offering.</p>
<p><strong>Posse</strong><br />
Featuring Mac Boney &amp; Yung LA; Produced by Marvelous J<br />
Okay, I’m going to say this in the nicest way…the hook sucks, the features suck, and the whole song is a BIG MESS. Why did this song make the album? Tip did you sign off on this? Why?</p>
<p><strong>Yeah (I’m On it)</strong><br />
Produced by Marvelous J<br />
This is my favorite song off the whole album! When this comes on in the club, the place goes BANANAS! This song came out in 2006, but it’s still a BANGER to this day. Marvelous J laid down a banger, and Kuntry just rode the beat. Funny how he said, “like my boy LO, I’m the Man, got no wife but the white be my girlfriend!” Yeah, those were the good ol’ days.</p>
<p><strong>That’s Right</strong><br />
Featuring T.I.; Produced by Nard &amp; B<br />
Yet another dated song that made the album, I wonder how that happened? However, this one features the King; well not really, he just does the hook for him. How did Kuntry let Tip by without lending a verse? It is another one of the club bangers, but it could have been better had Tip dropped a sixteen.</p>
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<p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Bottom Line</font></strong><br />
For this to be his debut album, Big Kuntry left A LOT of room for improvement. Kuntry’s lyrics are a little on the redundant side, and he sounds bored at times in the booth. Those things will improve with time. He made some bad decisions with his album: the abundance of R&amp;B acts on the album, having old material on the album, and no T.I. on the album! The planning of the album also comes in question. Why did Big Kuntry and T.I. drop on the same day is beyond me. I hope that on the next go round Big Kuntry will have things in order and create some better product.</p>
<p><strong>nappyPicks: </strong>&#8220;Yeah (I&#8217;m On It)&#8221;</p>
<h2><font color="#ff0000">Download:</font> <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/19848071a3e1ad26/">Big Kuntry King &#8211; &#8220;Yeah (I&#8217;m On It)&#8221;</a></h2>
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		<title>Yung Berg&#124;Look What You Made Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H20</dc:creator>
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When I personally asked King Jerm for this album to review, he thought I was crazy: there has been a lot of talk about Yung Berg; his comments about &#8220;dark butts&#8221;&#8230;don&#8217;t get me started on that one. I chose this album to review because, despite my own mixed feelings about Berg, I feel that I&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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<p>When I personally asked King Jerm for this album to review, he thought I was crazy: there has been a lot of talk about Yung Berg; his comments about &#8220;dark butts&#8221;&#8230;don&#8217;t get me started on that one. I chose this album to review because, despite my own mixed feelings about Berg, I feel that I&#8217;d be fairest opinion on staff, being the youngest and the one who doesn&#8217;t completely hate Berg.<span id="more-1265"></span> You&#8217;d think he would be a rapper like 50 Cent: igniting fire and beefs everywhere he looks, but still making good music. You&#8217;d be wrong there: Berg&#8217;s EP was mediocre; it was driven by &#8220;Sexy Lady&#8221;, which was alright, but definitely nothing to write home about. Well, one year after his debut EP, Berg has dropped his album, <em>Look What You Made Me</em>. Can Berg rise above all the hatred aimed at him and avoid being listed as a lame in the Hip-Hop business forever? Let&#8217;s just say I&#8217;m not setting my standards too high, but let&#8217;s see what we&#8217;ve got here.</p>
<p><strong>Intro</strong><br />
Wow. I wasn&#8217;t expecting this kind of track from Berg. To be honest, the beat actually sounds like &#8220;The Ruler&#8217;s Back&#8221; from <em>The Blueprint</em>, one of my favorite Hip-Hop albums. Berg starts out talking about how frustrated he is with people on blogs and YouTube talking shit, but how he&#8217;s not going to let it stop him. That said, Berg doesn&#8217;t really do the track justice in terms of lyrics and flows, which is a damn shame, because I bet that if someone else his age, like Bow Wow jumped on this track, they would go straight for the throat. An excellent beat is almost wasted here; he should&#8217;ve made it longer and actually thought out his shit and it would&#8217;ve been a lot more epic, but the way it is now, it&#8217;s just so-so.</p>
<p><strong>Look What You Made Me</strong><br />
Produced by Rob Holiday<br />
I don&#8217;t know who&#8217;s doing the vocoder shit in the beginning, it&#8217;s really annoying. Then the beat comes in, and it&#8217;s fire again. Hold up! I know Berg is not talking about whether Hip-Hop is dead or alive. This is the nigga&#8217;s first album! Damn! But I digress, it&#8217;s all about how Yung Berg used the music he listened to raise him, like Snoop Dogg is the reason he rides in coupes&#8230;Biggie&#8217;s the reason he tries to move units&#8230;yeah I&#8217;m not really feeling the lines on this one, mostly because I know none of it is true. One line that made me laugh was when he said: &#8220;Blame Jay-Z for me doing it how I do it&#8221;. Make an album better than <em>Vol. 1: In My Lifetime</em>&#8230;, and then we&#8217;ll talk. Once again, I&#8217;m liking the beat on this, Berg just isn&#8217;t doing it justice. It&#8217;s like I&#8217;d rather listen to just the beat instead of the vocals, which is really sad. And what the f*&amp;k is with the singing at the end?!?? I give Berg credit for clever wordplay, but this beat should have gone to someone who can actually use it. Average track.</p>
<p><strong>Sexy Can I</strong><br />
Featuring Ray J; Produced by Noel &#8220;Detail&#8221; Fisher<br />
I can&#8217;t believe Yung Berg had the nerve to put this on his album. This Ray J&#8217;s song! I hate to be hard on Berg like this, but damn; people are listening to this song because of the addictive hook. Berg spits less than 16 bars on this track! At least when Snoop Dogg did the same thing, he spit two sizable verses when he put &#8220;I Wanna Fuck You&#8221; on his <em>Blue Carpet Treatment</em>. Maybe I&#8217;m just mad because I like this song; when this song came out for Ray J&#8217;s album, I was banging this song for real. I still keep this song on repeat sometimes. By the way, when Berg says &#8220;Fresh out the pool, no towel let it air dry&#8221;, does anyone see the infamous &#8220;Pool Test&#8221; reference there? Great song, probably the best on the album.</p>
<p><strong>Do That There</strong><br />
Featuring Dude &#8216;n&#8217; Nem; Produced by Xcel<br />
I first thought this was a sample from Nelly on his verse from &#8220;Get Loose&#8221;, but I wrong, it was Dude &#8216;n&#8217; Nem (Who ever that is). At first, I had to say this song is kind of hot, I was surprised it didn&#8217;t make a bigger splash on the Hot 100. This is the infamous track where he gets at Bow Wow with:<em> &#8220;Wanna be like me, this is what you better do/Eat all ya Scooby snacks and clear a whole plate of vegetables&#8221;</em>. Lame! I&#8217;m glad he squashed his beat with Bow Wow, cause he would probably eat him alive. Only problem with this song is the hook gets on you&#8217;re nerves big time after awhile. Like the last two tracks, the beat is killer, but Berg isn&#8217;t saying anything and the hook is awful! I don&#8217;t think I need to say it; you&#8217;ll listen to this track once, then skip it the rest of the time.</p>
<p><strong>The Business</strong><br />
Featuring Casha; Produced by Rob Holiday<br />
Berg calls this timeless music&#8230;no comment. Anyway, this song is all about the auto-tune effect, which to honest, I&#8217;m getting kind of tired of: EVERYONE is using it, and only T-Pain sounds good with it, but Kanye, Lil Wayne, and Jay-Z weirdly enough all sounded alright with it. Casha sounds good on it, and Berg is trying a faster flow on this one. It&#8217;s one of those candy-glossed up &#8220;Pop Raps&#8221; that become hot singles nowadays. As a track its good, a nice relaxing vibe kind of thing going on. On a side note, I like how cohesive Berg&#8217;s album is; one track flows nicely into the other.</p>
<p><strong>Interlude</strong><br />
The beat here is the exact same one from the &#8220;Intro&#8221;. Why waste time with an interlude when you could&#8217;ve just pasted this on the back of the intro and had a hot intro?? This is about 1 minute long, and Berg isn&#8217;t saying anything&#8230;again. Oh wait, there was this one line that made me laugh again: <em>&#8220;Once again I&#8217;m a product what you made me/Solid as a rock, I coulda signed with Jay-Z&#8221;</em>. I doubt Hov would even think about signing Berg. This track isn&#8217;t even really needed&#8230;SKIP!!</p>
<p><strong>Where Do We Go</strong><br />
Featuring Twista; Produced by JFK<br />
As soon as I saw Twista on the track, I knew what was coming; everytime a rapper is on the same track with Twista, they always have to try to rhyme as fast as him or at a much faster pace than they usually can. Kanye, I think, was the only smart one who didn&#8217;t and flowed at his own pace letting Twista do his thing. Actually, Berg does well on a track like this, and actually finally sounds good on a beat like this, finally using it! The hook is just Berg talking about where he plans to go from where he is. Of course, Twista absolutely bodies Berg on this; the way he raps that quick continues to amaze me. Overall, Berg flows well, not as good as Twista, but well. This a decent track; maybe the &#8220;Interlude&#8221; was supposed actually separate the bad songs from the decent songs?</p>
<p><strong>Sexy Lady</strong><br />
Featuring Junior; Produced by Rob Holiday<br />
Oh no! This again? Really? That said, this song is the song that had Berg at his most lyrical when it came out, with lines like: <em>&#8220;Damn right, you know baby girl is the shit/She like it when I throw her deep like Micheal Vick&#8221;</em>, and <em>&#8220;Damn right baby girl&#8217;s a diva/But when she with me she be blowin&#8217; reefa/In the coupe lookin&#8217; better than the Mona Lisa&#8221;</em>. Clever lines like that make Berg an average rapper at best. But this song is so played out I can&#8217;t bring myself to listen to it any more, but that&#8217;s just my opinion.</p>
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<p><strong>One Night</strong><br />
Featuring Trey Songz; Produced by JFK<br />
I wonder what this one&#8217;s about. This song is terrible, SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>Manager</strong><br />
Featuring Lloyd; Produced by Mr. Collipark<br />
The production by Mr. Collipark here is simply horrible; the parts where Yung Berg rap are annoying as sin, but when Lloyd sings the chorus, it&#8217;s actually a decent song. But then Yung Berg&#8217;s part came back on and I couldn&#8217;t take any more. And by the way, I really hate Mr. Collipark&#8217;s productions; he thinks he knows what 16 year-olds like, but this shit sucks! SKIP&#8230;</p>
<p><strong>Interlude</strong><br />
Another interlude?? Damn! You know there&#8217;s something horribly wrong with this album when Yung Berg starts off by saying: &#8220;Congradulations, I see you&#8217;re still rockin&#8217; wit me&#8221;, like surviving this album will win me a gold medal or some shit. You know the deal, same beat as &#8220;Intro&#8221;, only 2 minutes long. He really should have just made a killer intro, because the more I hear this track, the more I hate it. SKIP!!</p>
<p><strong>If You Only Knew</strong><br />
Featuring Casha; Produced by JFK<br />
FINALLY!! A good track! This probably should have been the first single for real. I mean, out of all the songs I&#8217;ve heard (and &#8220;Sexy Can I&#8221; doesn&#8217;t count), this is without a doubt the best. Berg is even actually spittin&#8217; some good shit: &#8220;I lost one like Jay-Z so I gotta make the song cry&#8221;, and &#8220;I gotta put her on the ice like Gretsky&#8221;. Casha finally sings a little without the auto-tune device and it works well. I&#8217;d actually keep this song on repeat. There are only 3 more tracks left, let&#8217;s see if Berg can salvage what&#8217;s left of the album. Once again, on a little side note, this album really does flow well; each track slides slowly into the next one, I like that.</p>
<p><strong>Outerspace</strong><br />
Produced by Rob Holiday<br />
What the fuck!! Berg, what happened&#8230;? This entire song is him getting his T-Pain on, for real. No guest singers at all, no rapping, just T-Pain like singing&#8230;no comment. Why the hell did I ask for this again? SKIP SKIP SKIP!!!</p>
<p><strong>Get Your Number</strong><br />
Featuring Amerie; Produced by Boogz<br />
Berg does what he&#8217;s&#8230;average at, and keeps to rapping, thank god. Amerie takes the singing, as it should be. Berg goes back to the speedy flow that he did in that song with Twista, which actually isn&#8217;t too bad. It&#8217;s a so-so song, maybe I&#8217;m still just pissed off after that &#8220;Outerspace&#8221; bullshit.</p>
<p><strong>Victory Lap</strong><br />
Featuring Eve &amp; Collie Buddz; Produced by Rob Holiday<br />
What the hell? This is song is over 10 minutes long! Only reason I hung in there for the nappyafro crew is I heard there was a bonus song, and there is. But first, for the &#8220;Victory Lap&#8221; track: Eve blows Berg away in lyrics, naturally, but I like Collie Buddz on the track; he gives it a reggae kind of feel that I like. After the song ends, wait like 30 seconds and another track pops up, really street orientated, the banger of the album since Berg hasn&#8217;t been trying to make any this entire album. As soon as I heard the bonus track, I felt cheated. This song is horrible, I don&#8217;t blame the beat either, the beat is a banger, but Berg is really bad over it, so is the other fool on the track, whoever it is. I&#8217;m just glad it&#8217;s finally over.</p>
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B-Easy warned me about this, but I stubbornly decided to listen to the album anyway thinking I&#8217;d give the fairest opinion. Well, now I can fairly say that Yung Berg is probably one of the worst rappers that I have heard in a long time. He&#8217;s got 2 songs here that he contributed to (I&#8217;m not counting &#8220;Sexy Can I&#8221; because if you haven&#8217;t heard it by now, you never will), and both of them are decent at best; there is nothing on this album that is great. Only two songs on this album are even good! YB&#8217;s problem is he spends too much time trying to come up with clever puns and wordplays and trying to reference great rappers and works that they did instead of actually BEING a great rapper, or at least one I don&#8217;t need headache medicine to listen to. Berg is not the worst rapper I&#8217;ve heard EVER, but he is pretty damn close. When you&#8217;re in the rap game, you need to make music; actual music. Only a few people in the game can get away with making meaningless songs and become famous and even have a shot at being called Best Rapper Alive (*cough* Weezy *cough*), but that doesn&#8217;t mean that everyone should do it. Berg  frequently repeats lines over and over again (me, me, me: we get that me rhymes me already!), ruins perfectly good beats, and is overall an incredibly mediocre rapper. When B-Easy reviewed his EP, he said he hoped someone else would have to review the full-length album. Well, one-year later, Berg&#8217;s made an album that is worse than that. I pray for the next person who has to review a Yung Berg that there isn&#8217;t a another one. And King Jerm, if I ever volunteer for an album like this again, shoot me.</p>
<p><strong>nappyPicks:</strong> &#8220;If You Only Knew&#8221;, but ONLY if you really want to listen to YB.</p>
<h2><font color="#ff0000">Download:</font> <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/170075925001ee75/">Yung Berg feat. Eve &amp; Collie Buddz &#8211; &#8220;Victory Lap&#8221;</a></h2>
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		<title>Dame Grease&#124;Goon Musik</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B-Easy</dc:creator>
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Even though Dame Grease may not have a big name like producers Timbaland or Pharrell, he definitely has a big track record. He has worked with the artists such as Nas, The Lox, Freeway, T.I., Jay-Z, N.O.R.E, Beanie Sigel, Fat Joe, Mary J. Blige, Kelis, and many more. Dame Grease also is responsible for basically [...]]]></description>
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<p>Even though Dame Grease may not have a big name like producers Timbaland or Pharrell, he definitely has a big track record. He has worked with the artists such as Nas, The Lox, Freeway, T.I., Jay-Z, N.O.R.E, Beanie Sigel, Fat Joe, Mary J. Blige, Kelis, and many more.<span id="more-1000"></span> Dame Grease also is responsible for basically producing DMX’s whole first album, <em>It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot</em> (Which might be one of the hardest albums ever!) as well as providing the score for movies <em>Exit Wounds</em> and <em>Cradle 2 The Grave</em>. It’s been 8 years since Dame Grease dropped his 2000 compilation <em>Live on Lenox Ave.</em>, and a lot has changed with his new album <em>Goon Musik</em>. Where Dame produced every track and only rapped one track for his first compilation <em>Live On Lenox Ave.</em>, he now raps on almost all off tracks while still holding all producing credits for the new album. Where the first album had more star power like Nas, Cam’ron, &amp; Scarface; the new album is full of cameos from unknowns and underground rappers. Should you care? Let’s find out…</p>
<p>1. <strong>Goon Musik Intro</strong><br />
“The music you feel when you feel like busting a motherfucker’s head open.” It seems Dame is definitely taking back to the streets on this one as he describes what “Goon Musik” is on the intro while screwed voices and gun cocking sounds are in the background.</p>
<p>2. <strong>Lotzilla</strong><br />
Featuring Bigga Threat &amp; Loose Cannons<br />
The first song of the album reminds me of something you would hear by DipSet  (Maybe because both acts are from Harlem). Dame raps first, and while I was surprised that he voice wasn’t half bad, he rhymes leave a lot to be desired. The hook is a little tired too; <em>“You said you rowdy, rowdy/Well look we rowdy, rowdy/Somebody’s wrecking parties/Everybody shake ya bodies”</em>. The Godzilla noises in the background was a creative touch though.</p>
<p>3. <strong>9’s Out</strong><br />
Featuring Meeno &amp; Tony Wink<br />
Hey, it’s Meeno. Remember the guy from Mase&#8217;s side group Harlem World? The one who went at Jay-Z on Dame Grease’s first compilation on a song called “I’m That Nigga”? Yea, me neither. The actual beat on this song is good though; the hard bass and pianos do the job. It’s your basic song about having to pull you guns out and not playing games in the street. Nothing really stands out in the form of lyrics though; more thug talking and drug dealing stories.</p>
<p>4. <strong>Connecticut Kush</strong><br />
Featuring Max B &amp; Messiah<br />
Speaking of DipSet earlier, ex- DipSet member Max B drops by on this track. Of course he provides his trademark hook singing. While the beat, lyrics, hook and is not the worst, I wish they would venture out more with the lyrics; if you gonna kill 20 niggas by the forth track, at least be creative with it. This is especially true when a song is supposed to be about smoking weed. I also will note that Dame Grese had the best verse here.</p>
<p>5. <strong>Gangsta’s Fairytale</strong><br />
Featuring Bigga Threat &amp; Tony Wink<br />
The hook on this one is garbage! <em>“It’s just my gangsta’s fairytale/Ladi, ladi, ladi, ladi, ladi, ladi, lock block/Badi, badi, badi, badi, badi, badi, badi, pop pop!…”</em> SKIP!</p>
<p>6. <strong>Bout To Ride</strong><br />
Featuring E. Snaps<br />
At first, when I heard E. Snaps talking, I thought it was Drag-On; he actually raps a little different though. This song is another victim of a weak hook. Of course the song is about being down when the beef hits. Even though so far I not liking this album, I will say Dame does a good job of placing sound effects on a lot of these tracks (For example, he has crowd riot noises on this one in the background).</p>
<p>7. <strong>The Tombs</strong><br />
Weird interlude about tombs. The beats sounds like something DMX would wrecked in his early days though.</p>
<p>8. <strong>Hustla Dog</strong><br />
Featuring Mysterious &amp; Bigga Threat<br />
The song starts out with a clip from the movie <em>Ghost Rider</em>. It also kept my attention cause I had Mysterious on the track, you know, the big girl who almost made it into the end on Puffy’s first season of <em>Making The Band</em>? Yea, that girl. I’m happy to hear she’s still doing her thing. Besides that the song actually kept my attention with a nice beat and a good hook. It‘s basically talking about working hard in the streets; it’s what I call a New York “crunk” song. Not saying that it tries to be Southern, just that I see New York getting hype over this one in the club.</p>
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<p>9. <strong>Goon Luv</strong><br />
Featuring Fosho, Tony Wink, &amp; Tanya T6<br />
For somebody who made a beat for a songs like “Feds Takin’ Pictures” &amp; “Niggaz Done Started Something”, Dame Grease came with his “Z” game on this one. It tries to be the ladies/radio song of the album, but it’s just sad. SKIP!</p>
<p>10. <strong>Coke Talk</strong><br />
Featuring E. Nast<br />
Guess what this song is about? One clue: It’s not about a soft drink. Grease changes his cadence on this one (Kinda like DMX did on “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem&#8221;). The beat gets redundant and even though the song is called “Coke Talk”, it’s really no different than a lot of song already heard on this album.</p>
<p>11. <strong>Lenox Ave Boys</strong><br />
Featuring Meeno, Messiah, &amp; E. Snaps<br />
Even though Grease is talented on the boards, its here that I realize that after hearing most of this album, the beats sound a lot alike. This particular song does nothing to stand out; nobody spits anything with style or creativity to make you take notice.</p>
<p>12. <strong>Picture Me</strong><br />
Featuring Meeno &amp; Sixx Tray<br />
Why did Tupac ever utter the words; “Picture Me Rolling”. Now almost every thug rapper tries get their Pac on and repeats those words. It still surprises me how some of the album&#8217;s beats are third rate though…like this one for instance.</p>
<p>13. <strong>Get Yo Hand Out My Pocket</strong><br />
Featuring Tony Wink &amp; Messiah<br />
When the first guy started rapping (Don’t ask me who; I can’t tell anymore), I didn’t know if he was rapping or talking. The beat is not bad, I just don’t know if it’s the best beat to rap over. I kinda liked the hook though.</p>
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While I respect what Dame Grease has done in his career as a producer and I understand that this album was to strengthen his label Vacant Lot, I’d be lying if I said he didn’t drop a disappointment with <em>Goon Musik</em>. Even though the album could be looked at as homage to early 90’s New York street-inflected Hip-Hop acts like Mobb Deep and Wu-Tang Clan, it doesn’t do that kind of music well. It’s doesn’t do “street-ready” anthems creatively or even different from what you might have already a thousand times before. But why would a talented producer such as Dame Grease drop a compilation that has beats that are lacking? Maybe he was too busy worrying about his rhymes and delivery instead his producing. All in all, <em>Goon Musik</em> is not my kind of music.</p>
<h2><strong><font color="#ff0000">Download:</font> <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/13024242a58983cc/">Dame Grease feat. Mysterious &amp; Bigga Threat &#8211; “Hustla Dog”</a></strong></h2>
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		<title>Killah Priest&#124;Behind The Stained Glass</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 17:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>King Jerm</dc:creator>
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After he became a Wu-Tang affiliate, Killah Priest has had his own cult following. Since his debut Heavy Mental back in 1998, Killah Priest has been making music for his fans without compromising his style. That might be the reason why he isn’t as well known as fellow Wu affiliates. However, Killah Priest has another [...]]]></description>
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<p>After he became a Wu-Tang affiliate, Killah Priest has had his own cult following. Since his debut <em>Heavy Mental</em> back in 1998, Killah Priest has been making music for his fans without compromising his style. That might be the reason why he isn’t as well known as fellow Wu affiliates.<span id="more-960"></span> However, Killah Priest has another studio album titled <em>Behind the Stained Glass</em>; a follow up to last year’s <em>The Offering</em>.</p>
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<p><strong>I Believe</strong><br />
Killah comes out pretty hard on the first track, the production is nice, and the hook is on the sick side. GOOD START!</p>
<p><strong>4 Tomorrow</strong><br />
Killah gets spiritual on this one, so deep that some won’t know what he’s talking about. The beat is nice, he’s coming with the flow, but what is he talking about? He explains at the end, but why couldn’t he say that in the song.</p>
<p><strong>A Crying Heart</strong><br />
The production continues to be good on the album, and once again Killah is spitting, but what is he talking about? He is saying so much, that he isn’t saying anything!</p>
<p><strong>Hood Nursery</strong><br />
He sounds like Cam’ron on this one. It seems like he dumbed it down on this one, and finally this song made sense to me. I can’t front, I like this one. He letting cats know that you getting to old to play in these streets.</p>
<p><strong>Redemption</strong><br />
Featuring Jeni Fujita<br />
He has a very spiritual vibe on this joint. The beat isn’t as good as the others, but that dog will hunt! The song is okay, I just can’t get into his style that well.</p>
<p><strong>Profits of Man</strong><br />
Featuring 60 Second Assassin<br />
The production on this song was boring and so were the rhymes. Nothing good to report here. SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>The World</strong><br />
He bounces back with a good beat on this one, and once again he dumbs it down and the song is understandable. He has a lot of biblical references on the song. The song is nice. HOT!</p>
<p><strong>Vintage (Things We Share)</strong><br />
Killah is all over the map on this one, it’s kind of confusing. He had a decent beat; he just didn’t deliver on the track. SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>Looking Glass</strong><br />
Featuring Allah Sun<br />
This is what they call “kicking knowledge”, but I call it RAMBLING! I like the hook, but his lyrics are too much. The song has little to no cohesion.</p>
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<p><strong>I Am</strong><br />
The hook on the song is nice, the beat is straight, but KP’s lyrics are all over the place. WHAT IS HE TALKING ABOUT?</p>
<p><strong>The Beloved (The Messenger)</strong><br />
The production on the song is simple, but good. It’s getting hard to decipher what he saying, so I’m relying on the production.</p>
<p><strong>Jeshurun</strong><br />
Featuring Victorious<br />
The piano keys in the back are a gift and a curse. Sounds like a bad loop job. KP and Victorious put together some decent bars on the song.</p>
<p><strong>God’s Time</strong><br />
The track sounds like something on video game, and once again KP makes it hard for the common man to understand him. SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>Born 2 Die</strong><br />
Featuring Victorious<br />
The beat sounds good in this one, but the piano is back! Victorious shines on KP on the track. I swear to you, it sounds like he is rapping another language on the song!</p>
<p><strong>O Emmanuel</strong><br />
Featuring Jeni Fujita<br />
This song is HORRIBLE!</p>
<p><strong>The End is Coming</strong> (Bonus Track)<br />
SKIP! SKIP! SKIP!</p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>Bottom Line:</strong></font><br />
This album is going to make it hard for Killah Priest to win over new fans. His music is hard to understand to the average fan and he is not interesting at all. He uses the same monotone voice every time and it gets tiring. I don’t see this album getting good responses from the masses, which I don’t think this album was aimed. His hardcore fans might love it, but the regular Joe might want to avoid this. The production on the album was simple, but good at times. The album’s feel was very spiritual, but the lyrics are difficult to decipher.</p>
<p><strong>nappyPicks:</strong> “Hood Nursery” &amp; “The World”</p>
<h2><font color="#ff0000">Download:</font> <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/1231166737154db4/">Killah Priest &#8211; &#8220;Hood Nursery&#8221;</a></h2>
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		<title>J-Bo&#124;ATL&#8217;s Finest</title>
		<link>http://www.nappyafro.com/2008/04/21/j-boatls-finest-by-b-easy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B-Easy</dc:creator>
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Even though an album by the group YoungBloodZ is scheduled for later this year, both members (Sean P &#38; J-Bo) have ventured of as solo artists. While Sean P (formally known as Sean Paul), has had numerous guest appearances and air time with the likes of Cherish, Sammie, &#38; Lil’ Jon; J-Bo has been rather [...]]]></description>
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<p>Even though an album by the group YoungBloodZ is scheduled for later this year, both members (Sean P &amp; J-Bo) have ventured of as solo artists. While Sean P (formally known as Sean Paul), has had numerous guest appearances and air time with the likes of Cherish, Sammie, &amp; Lil’ Jon; J-Bo has been rather quiet. Well, I guess he tries to changed this with the release of his first solo album <em>ATL’s Finest.</em><span id="more-868"></span>Is there any anticipation for this release? I really don’t think so. J-Bo is like the John Oates of the YoungBloodz (What? You never listened to Hall &amp; Oates?). Okay, let’s go…</p>
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<p>1. <strong>ATL’s Finest</strong><br />
Over an generic bouncy track, J-Bo explains to us all that he’s Atlanta’s finest and an A-Town legend. Why is this? Who knows, it’s just an intro.</p>
<p>2. <strong>Look At Me Now</strong><br />
The album’s first song  has “Mr. Herringbone Jones”  enlighten us on how it’s time for a new king and how he’s got a little change. The beat is not bad and I always thought J-Bo’s voice was his best attribute. It’s nothing breakthrough, but it’s not terrible either.</p>
<p>3. <strong>A-Town</strong><br />
This track sounds like a poor man Lil’ Jon. I know “The King of Crunk” is responsible for giving YoungBloodz basically all their hits, you gotta move on. The hook on this one is lazy too; <em>“Work by the zone/Bottle of Petrone /Trying not to blow my high/baby girl all alone/Texting on the phone/Peeping out the corner of her eye.”</em> Next!</p>
<p>4. <strong>I’m A Problem</strong><br />
It’s here that I remember why Sean Paul was the stand out in the group; J-Bo has almost no charisma. I mean, he’s not terrible when it come to lyrics; but a time he’s boring as hell; <em>“I’m a YoungBlood/I never been a scrub/I never chase a hoe/And I don’t even show ‘em love.”</em> I once again have problems with commonness of the beats.</p>
<p>5. <strong>Another Level</strong><br />
Oh shit! This interlude samples…<a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendID=102737627">Pimpin’ Snooky!</a> Wanna know from where the samples come from? <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7q8zcdjvshQ">Click here</a>.</p>
<p>6. <strong>Make Me Rich</strong><br />
I guess this is the pimpin’ song off the album. The beat does it’s best Eightball &amp; MJG impression though, but it’s not too shabby. The hook though…well, I‘ll let you be the judge; <em>“Bitch, bitch, make me rich/Bitch, bitch, bitch, make me rich.”</em> Why is it when Pimpin’ Snooky says the word bitch, I let it go, but when J-Bo says it, I shake my head? I don’t know. One seems real, one seems contrived. Pick which one.</p>
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<p>7. <strong>Pull It Off The Lot</strong><br />
Here, J-Bo is in full stunting mode. From making it rain, to “pulling it off the lot while most niggas window shop”, J-Bo covers all the bases. See, this is where I reiterate that J-Bo’s need to carve out his own personality. Just because every bodies doing it, doesn’t make doing the same a good thing. The chopped &amp; screwed hook and snap like beat add to this.</p>
<p>8. <strong>Back To You</strong><br />
Time for the ladies to get a song. J-Bo does you standard love rap thing and I hate to say it, I  just about able to stand this song with is boring laid back beat and all. Then the chorus hit; <em>“G5/Flying through the sky/Girl I can’t lie/I’m on my way back to you/Touch down/In the Maybach/Tank full of gas/I’m on my way back to you.”</em> Really J-Bo? Really?</p>
<p>9. <strong>My Life</strong><br />
J-Bo drops some of the fake posturing to tell some of his life story. So far this might be the best song off the album, I mean, I still really didn’t care for it but still. His cadence, at this point, has became monotonous; <em>“See let me tell you about a nigga who don’t give a fuck/It all started way back as a young buck/19 was the year I cut my first deal/My first ride, big check/Something had to give.”</em> Once again the hook is also weak.</p>
<p>10. <strong>After The Show</strong><br />
Here J-Bo talks about the cities he’s toured and the women that come along with it. This is the first song that I didn’t hate off the album. It’s by far the best produced track. Even though J-Bo’s lyrics are simple, he’s still able to bring you into the song a little bit.</p>
<p>11. <strong>What I Do</strong><br />
This interlude is a audio clip of Joe Pesci from <em>Casino</em>. Even though I love the movie <em>Casino</em>, the clip doesn’t make much sense being on this album.</p>
<p>12. <strong>I’m Still A Problem</strong> (feat. Lil’ Scrappy)<br />
This is basically track 4 with a Scrappy verse inserted. I guess I can commend J-Bo on having the guts to only have 1 guest feature on his album. It probably would have helped though; Scrappy verse is better than J-Bo’s.</p>
<p>13. <strong>Herringbone Jones</strong><br />
An short outro to the album…finally</p>
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<p><font color="#ff0000"><strong>Bottom Line:</strong></font><br />
One word for this album: Generic. The problem here is this; How can you stand out in a over populated field, if you don’t bring anything different to the table? J-Bo does what is popular and doesn’t do it particularly good. Not only does this album lower J-Bo already low rankings, it doesn’t have me looking forward to the upcoming YoungBloodZ album.</p>
<h2><font color="#ff0000">Download:</font> <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/10906463a02f700a/">J-Bo feat. Lil&#8217; Scrappy &#8211; &#8220;I&#8217;m Still A Problem&#8221;</a></h2>
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		<title>Rocko&#124;Self-Made</title>
		<link>http://www.nappyafro.com/2008/03/20/rockoself-made-by-thic-flair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:46:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Saule Wright</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1 Star]]></category>
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I don&#8217;t know about you, but other than hearing it was coming out, I hadn&#8217;t heard much about this CD.
His lead single is solidly top of my worst songs in the past 20 years list, but everyone has a bad song…at least a song that I don&#8217;t like. The song peaked at 15 on Billboard [...]]]></description>
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<p>I don&#8217;t know about you, but other than hearing it was coming out, I hadn&#8217;t heard much about this CD.<span id="more-171"></span></p>
<p>His lead single is solidly top of my worst songs in the past 20 years list, but everyone has a bad song…at least a song that I don&#8217;t like. The song peaked at 15 on Billboard so you draw your own conclusion from that.</p>
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<p>1. <strong>In The  Morning</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by DJ Quik &amp; Marvelous J </span><br />
Rocko raps (?) about his love for and quest for money in this song. I put a question mark after rap because he is basically singing…and it&#8217;s the most annoying thing I&#8217;ve listened to lately outside of his lead single. The beat seems kinda armature and repetitive.</p>
<p>2. <strong>Umma Do Me</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by Drumma Boy </span><br />
What can I say? From concept, to lyrics, to beat, this is one of the worst songs I have ever heard. I hate it. Unimaginative, disinteresting, non creative, just…I&#8217;m out of adjectives. I am amazed that it reached so high on the charts, but at last check it was down to 66 so that&#8217;s not a good omen.</p>
<p>3. <strong>Hustle  Fo</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring  Lloyd; Produced by Marvelous J </span><br />
<em>The real  want me rich / the haters want me po&#8217; / What you tell them haters / no No NO </em>.  *sigh* I&#8217;m trying, I really am. The beat has promise, but sadly, it sounds like Marvelous J only has one keyboard and one machine because this one has the same short comings as the first song. With the right equipment, this beat could be something better.</p>
<p>4. <strong>Busy</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by Drumma Boy </span><br />
Rocko asserts that he is busy making and spending his money, so busy that he can&#8217;t do mundane tasks like walk and eat. That&#8217;s a strong hustle, in theory, but I am sure some little kid is penning that same line for a grade school cipher at lunch time. Beat sounds like a new producer, maybe even a MySpace producer, very run of the mill.</p>
<p>5. <strong>Tomorrow</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced by Drumma Boy</span><br />
Live everyday like there is no tomorrow, this is the party song. The beat is ok, again, seems hampered by equipment shortcomings. The concept of the song isn&#8217;t bad and the execution isn&#8217;t disgusting. It&#8217;s kinda fun…not necessarily good, but fun.</p>
<p>6. <strong>Old  Skool </strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by Drumma Boy</span><br />
My old skool cost more than yo&#8217; new skool. ..is about Rocko&#8217;s old school, sorry skool, collection of cars that is extensive enough to cost more than your new whips…I guess. The beat is better but it&#8217;s still predictable and basic.</p>
<p>7.  <strong>Priceless</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by Fatboi</span><br />
They gave Rocko some bounce on this track to which he sped up his flow. The result is one of the few tolerable tracks on the album. The track is a cheap rip off from the old MasterCard commercial essentially as he quips <em>200 hundred thou on the car (precisely) / quarter mill round my neck (I&#8217;m icy) / a couple mill for da grill (that thing respect) / but this swag here (money can&#8217;t buy you that, cause its priceless)</em>. Ok, on  second thought, the instrumental would be tolerable.</p>
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<p>8. <strong>Like This Here</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced by Drumma Boy</span><br />
<em>I&#8217;m so fly, I should be a pilot</em>. Ok, one of the more comical lines on the whole album, one of the few times I smiled positively thus far on the album. &#8220;Like This Here&#8221; is a song fashioned after typical speech patterns of the South where &#8220;like this here&#8221; is used.  Another MySpace worthy beat, nothing new here folks. He even does the city shout out thing…sadly, he mentioned my hometown.</p>
<p>9. <strong>That&#8217;s  My Money</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by The Runners </span><br />
We are peppered with the word Swag throughout this song and album, which apparently, Rocko has for sale. Oddly, &#8220;Swag For Sale&#8221; would be a nice song title even though I hate the word. We get some singing on the chorus along with some strong sounding chords on what is one of the few bright spots thus far on the album.</p>
<p>10. <strong>She Can Get It</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring  Dre; Produced by Cool &amp; Dre </span><br />
Rocko called in the heavy hitters Cool &amp; Dre who seem to have the Midas touch lately. With hopes of producing a hit by adding singing to the beat package similarly to what they did on &#8220;100 Million Dollas&#8221; for Birdman, the best sounding song of the album is born. Following formula, this should be the second single off the album. The track is nice with the strong guitar and chord combinations and vocals, it rolls pretty nice.</p>
<p>11. <strong>Snakes</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by Drumma Boy </span><br />
Oh my, we get some storytelling from Rocko? Not only that, but another up-tempo flow and beat, I&#8217;m impressed…initially. The stories themselves, typical, the beat, pretty good. Overall, not a horrible song. I think Rocko&#8217;s flow may actually be more grating as this song wears on.</p>
<p>12. <strong>Meal</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by Drumma Boy </span><br />
The track is very good. Organs, piano, chords, little synth, some bounce, very good track indeed. The flow is annoying as hell. It&#8217;s a shame what he did to this track.</p>
<p>13. <strong>Thugs Need Love Too</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring Monica; Produced by  Drumma Boy</span><br />
I guess this is some kind of anthem for the thugs, slow song, maybe even sentimental. Rocko waxes lovingly about the women that hold down thugs across the nation: Grandma, moms and girlfriend. Overall, it&#8217;s not bad, it&#8217;s just not impressive. It&#8217;s average I guess. Monica sings the hook and does a good job.</p>
<p>14. <strong>Karma</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Produced  by J.U.S.T.I.C.E  League </span><br />
We get some more storytelling from  the <em>Self-Made</em> man. The J.U.S.T.I.C.E League production definitely benefits our artist here. The track and production is dope as hell and adds some sorely missed drama to the album, too bad it had to be the last track.</p>
<p><font color="#ff0000"><strong><span class="style32">Bottom Line:</span></strong></font><br />
The review I did for Webbie was an  example of the difference between being objective and something just being  bad. <a href="http://nappyafro.com/SavageLife2-review.html">Webbie&#8217;s album </a>was well done and fun, it was a good album.  Personally, it was not my type of music or something that I would bump, but I couldn&#8217;t say it was a bad album, that would be a lie. This album is just bad. Other than the 2 or 3 good songs, the rest of the album was a waste of time. Overall, the beats are basic at best and Rocko, who claims to be self made, seems to be a very bad Jeezy knock off. His slow flow is hampered even more by elementary lyrics and poor delivery. It&#8217;s just not a good album. The disparity between is 2 or 3 good songs and the rest of the album is monumental at least. Why didn&#8217;t I say SKIP on a single track on the album if it’s so bad? I reserved it for here. SKIP.</p>
<p><strong><span class="style35">Download:</span> <span class="style25"><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/92003363fb1b6f/">Rocko &#8211; &#8220;Karma&#8221;</a></span></strong></p>
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		<title>Shawty LO&#124;Units In The City</title>
		<link>http://www.nappyafro.com/2008/02/26/shawty-lounits-in-the-city-by-king-jerm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>King Jerm</dc:creator>
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You would think being on the Mt. Rushmore of Snap music was enough. NOPE, not for Shawty LO! He has branched out on his own and released a solo LP. The Bankhead, Atlanta native received a big buzz off of his first single, &#8220;Dey Know&#8221; but only because of the appearance of Young Jeezy. But [...]]]></description>
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<p>You would think being on the Mt. Rushmore of Snap music was enough. NOPE, not for Shawty LO! He has branched out on his own and released a solo LP<span id="more-183"></span>. The Bankhead, Atlanta native received a big buzz off of his first single, &#8220;Dey Know&#8221; but only because of the appearance of Young Jeezy. But enough about this let’s get to the music.</p>
<p><strong>100,000</strong><br />
He starts it off with a simple beat and some simple rhymes about selling drugs. Why does he sound like a bootleg Jeezy? NEXT!</p>
<p><strong>Dey Know</strong><br />
This is the first single, fitting that he would have it at the beginning. But this is the best song on the album. Just wished that he would have included the remix on the album, but I don’t think he wanted another &#8220;So Icy&#8221; situation on his hands!</p>
<p><strong>Dunn Dunn  </strong><br />
First saw the title and wondered how he would pull it off.  But he has dunn dunn it all! This is the infamous song where he allegedly calls out T.I.  &#8220;Say they from the Westside must be two sides!&#8221; It’s kind of funny that he has the nerve to call out Tip on a record. The song is decent.</p>
<p><strong>Foolish</strong><br />
The beat on this one is pretty straight but the lyrics on this one are GARBAGE! Whenever you use &#8220;nah nah&#8221; and &#8220;ha ha&#8221; in a song, I think you have earned the right to say that. SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>Let’s Get It</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring DG Yola</span><br />
He uses a phrase from &#8220;Dey Know&#8221; on this one. The production is simple and LO keeps it up with the simple rhymes. Yola resurfaces and lays down a cliché filled 16.</p>
<p><strong>Feels Good to Be  Here</strong><br />
On this one LO is looking back on his life, can’t knock his story, but I can knock the song. This beat sounds too simple and he is still keeping the ABC rhymes. SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>Ain’t Tellin’ You</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring Phace Baity</span><br />
This album is getting redundant. This song sucks! He talks about the same thing over and over again. Same thing on a different beat.</p>
<p><strong>Cut the Check</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring Lil&#8217; Mark &amp; Braski</span><br />
The dopeboy/rapper/exec is back on this one with some help from Lil&#8217; Mark and Braski. If you rap with LO you have to use the same style as him. You know dizzo, lizzo, and hello. This one isn’t that bad until LO starts rapping. That&#8217;s terrible because this is his album!</p>
<p><strong>GA Lotto</strong><br />
This sounds like &#8220;Rubberband Man&#8221; a little bit, matter of fact a lot! But don’t worry, he doesn’t deliver like Tip. He says he has dope money like he won the Georgia Lotto! WOW!</p>
<p><strong>That’s Shawty LO</strong><br />
He’s exploiting the children on this one! He should have gotten them to write his lyrics while they were at it! Don’t bother listening to this song! SKIP!</p>
<p><strong>Easily I Approach</strong><br />
The beat starts out okay, but then it goes back to being simple. Nothing new from LO on this song, he uses the same story on the eleventh song. He even borrowed a line from Eazy-E on the song.</p>
<p><strong>Live My Life</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring Kool Ace</span><br />
The beat sounds like one from a <em>Tampax</em> commercial. The hook is horrendous and I know I’m sounding  redundant but LO is still kicking those Pre-K rhymes. NEXT!</p>
<p><strong>Got &#8216;Em 4 The Lo</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring Gucci Mane &amp; Stuntman</span><br />
This is my dream collabo; Shawty LO and Gucci Mane…what! While most of you were waiting for Jay and Nas, I was waiting for LO and Gucci. The song lived up to the hype…its TERRIBLE! Stuntman&#8217;s verse was the worse. Unless you’re a fan of both rappers, don’t listen to this.</p>
<p><strong>Count On Me</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring Miss T</span><br />
Guess this is what he calls a love song. I call it what it is…TRASH! I&#8217;ll let you be the judge! The chick singing the hook is okay, but she isn&#8217;t hitting any high notes except for a &#8220;Damn Thang!&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>We Gon Ride</strong><br />
<span class="style37">Featuring Mook B, G-Child, Stuntman, Lil&#8217; Mark, &amp; 40</span><br />
The last song on the album is a posse song featuring the crew. The hook has some guy singing &#8220;we gon ride, we gon ride!&#8221; I hate it. The song is not that hot either. Glad this is the last song!</p>
<p><font color="#ff0000"><strong><span class="style32">Bottom Line:</span></strong></font><br />
This is the guy from D4L you know, so hope you didn’t expect any Hip-Hop quotables from the guy. He uses the same lines throughout the album, Bankhead, dopeboy, and the Lizzo. He even raps in that same whispery voice the whole album! This is one of the worst albums I have reviewed.  This has to be the only solo album that he ever releases! When you put simple lyrics with simple beats you get <em>Units in the</em> <em>City</em>!</p>
<p><strong>nappy Picks:</strong> &#8220;They Know&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><span class="style35">Download:</span> <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/81162669195ea2/"><span class="style25">Shawty LO &#8211; &#8220;Foolish&#8221;</span></a></strong></p>
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		<title>Gucci Mane&#124;Back To The Traphouse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>P-Body</dc:creator>
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Okay folks, I’m back at ya once again with another album  review for the &#8216;07, I decided to review Gucci Mane, even  though I’m not a fan of his music (I did like that &#8220;Trap House&#8221; song  though; that’s my shit). However, Gucci Mane drops  another album Back To The Traphouse. [...]]]></description>
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<p>Okay folks, I’m back at ya once again with another album  review for the &#8216;07, I decided to review <span id="lw_1197550174_0">Gucci Mane</span>, even  though I’m not a fan of his music (I did like that &#8220;Trap House&#8221; song  though; that’s my shit).<span id="more-78"></span> However, <span id="lw_1197550174_1">Gucci Mane</span> drops  another album <em>Back To The Traphouse</em>. Here&#8217;s another rapper who beat a murder charge! I tell ya, people with money can do just about anything. So therefore I went ahead, and listened to the album since I’m a music man, and I don&#8217;t discriminate especially with me being a Southerner. Does this album make you want to go to the Traphouse and start up your own organization? Well we&#8217;ll see about that one, huh.</p>
<p>1. <strong>Freaky Gurl (remix)</strong><br />
<span class="style37">(featuring Ludacris &amp; Lil’  Kim)</span><br />
Okay folks, this is the first single off the album and has guest  appearances from <span id="lw_1197550174_2">Ludacris</span> and <span id="lw_1197550174_3">Lil&#8217; Kim</span>. I can&#8217;t  believe <span id="lw_1197550174_4">Lil&#8217;  Kim</span> is on this song; she talks about her deepthroating abilities  and sexual stuff that she is known for. <span id="lw_1197550174_5">Ludacris</span> raps okay, I heard him do better, but this song is a banger for this album. I kinda like it and I like the beat. I can tolerate it, but <span id="lw_1197550174_6">Gucci Mane</span> fucked the  song up with them adlibs &#8220;Yaaaaaahhhhhh&#8221;.</p>
<p>2. <strong>16 Fever</strong><br />
The chorus on here is terrible, and I’m just not feeling this joint. The beat is okay but it’s your typical material. I don&#8217;t know what to really say about this joint, I listened to the whole thing and I’m not digging this at all.</p>
<p>3. <strong>15 Minutes Past  Diamond</strong><br />
&#8220;I shoot Bullets/ while you shoot dice&#8221;&#8230; Hmmmm&#8230; It’s your typical shit; you can&#8217;t really get too complex or creative with this joint. Skip this one quick!</p>
<p>4. <strong>I Know Why</strong><br />
<span class="style37">(featuring Pimp C, Rich Boy,  &amp; Blaze-1)</span><br />
I like the beat to this one, its something about this beat I like. I didn&#8217;t say I like the song but the beat is good though and I don&#8217;t know why. The late great Pimp C makes an appearance on here, also Rich Boy, and Blaze-1. Hmmmm, not really feeling this joint as a whole. If you like lyrics, then this song isn&#8217;t for you. Also this song is typical, not nothing too creative at all. Next</p>
<p>5. <strong>I Might Be</strong><br />
<span class="style37">(featuring Shawnna &amp; The Game)</span><br />
This song has been out for a while. Shawna and The Game make an appearance. The Game delivers an okay verse on this one; he had the best part on the song if you ask me. I’m not feeling the &#8220;Yaaaahhhhhh!&#8221; part at the beginning, he says it with no feeling, and it’s annoying. I’m not feeling this song at all either.</p>
<p>6. <strong>What I&#8217;m Talking  Bout</strong><br />
This track is hot; I like the beat a lot. Once again he kills it with the &#8220;Yaaaaaaahhhhhh&#8221;. He spits about flossing, getting a woman drunk to take advantage of her, and etc. It’s your typical shit once again; I’m not feeling it but that beat is dope though. I can&#8217;t front.</p>
<p>7. <strong><span id="lw_1197550174_7">Bird Flu</span></strong><br />
This beat is obscure in a way; basically ya&#8217;ll know what he  is talking about when he says <span id="lw_1197550174_8">bird flu</span>. It’s not too complex to understand. &#8220;100,000 dollars murder charge, I made bond&#8221;, so he is making sure people know that he live by his rep. &#8220;I got <span id="lw_1197550174_9">bird  flu</span>, in the summer its Christmas&#8221;.. Uggghh! I know what he means but I’m just not feeling it, and its so cliché. The way he delivers the verses are horrible. Skip</p>
<p>8. <strong>Drink It Straight</strong><br />
<span class="style37">(featuring Trey Songz)</span><br />
This one is featuring Trey Songz. This song is terrible, I’m  not feeling this shit either.</p>
<p>9. <strong>Jump The Line</strong><br />
Too many lines about 28 inch rims and icy jewelry. I’m not really feeling this joint at all. Its okay, but it will not get play in my ride.</p>
<p>10. <strong>G-Love (U Don&#8217;t  Love Me)</strong><br />
<span class="style37">(featuring LeToya Luckett)</span><br />
Wow, that’s all I have to say about this song. Latoya  Luckett is singing on the chrous. <span id="lw_1197550174_10">Gucci</span> messed up the song by saying &#8220;Yaaaaaaahhhhh!!&#8221; again and he definitely didn&#8217;t have no feeling when he said it. I had popped in this song and it sounded alright at first until he said &#8220;Yaaaaaaahhhh!!&#8221; Skip, I don&#8217;t like this song and I’m being honest as Abe.</p>
<p>11. <strong>Stash House</strong><br />
There he goes with &#8220;Yaaaaaaahhhh&#8221; again. This is like a remix to &#8220;Trap House&#8221;, I liked the original though, that song was dope and that beat was dope as hell. This song is okay, not too bad but it’s your typical stuff. I heard a lot of tracks like this over the year, so nothing spectacular here folks.</p>
<p>12. <strong>I&#8217;m Cool</strong><br />
I’m digging this beat to this one. For some reason I kinda like this song, but it’s not all that. Lyrical content isn&#8217;t the best but he does the best he could do &#8220;I rock so much ice, I should have brought a cooler&#8221;. Like I said, he does the best of his ability. Once again he is annoying me with &#8220;Yaaaaaahhhhhh&#8221;. He doesn&#8217;t say it with feeling</p>
<p>13. <strong>I Move Chickens</strong><br />
Hmmmmmm, skip. I’m not digging this song, I’m sure almost  everybody know the concept to this song.</p>
<p>14. <strong>Ballers</strong><br />
<span class="style37">(featuring Shawnna)</span><br />
Another song with Shawnna. I could hear them playing this at the club or something. Teenagers would probably love this shit, but it’s okay. This song isn&#8217;t terrible but it’s not creative nor a chart topper either. Also <span id="lw_1197550174_11">Gucci Mane</span> tries to sing or whatever you call it. I’m not digging that either, and once  again that &#8220;Yaaaaahhhhhh!&#8221; is annoying.</p>
<p><font color="#ff0000"><strong><span class="style32">Bottom Line:</span></strong></font><br />
Okay folks this album is very clichéd; I’m being honest. Would you rather for me to be lying and say this album is a classic? Well I’m giving it to you raw and being very honest about it. This album got to go back to the drawing board. I mean its club material but longevity is the key. Club artists don&#8217;t stay in the game long, look at a lot of artist over the years that try that, and where are they at? You got to have some kind of skill and appeal to stand out in the game. Why you still have <span id="lw_1197550174_12">Outkast</span>, UGK, <span id="lw_1197550174_13">Jay-Z</span>,  Common, <span id="lw_1197550174_14">Scarface</span>, and must I need to name more  folks? They balanced and actually have skills. I mean <span id="lw_1197550174_15">Gucci</span> isn&#8217;t the most terrible artist I ever heard, but he is close though. He and Jeezy styles are similar, but I dig Jeezy way better. He got to work on that &#8220;Yaaaaaaahhhh&#8221; better, because it has no feeling at all and it’s repetitive. I’m not down talking Mr. <span id="lw_1197550174_16">Gucci  Mane</span>, but in order for me to show mad respect you have to drop a GEM or at least be kinda clever with some stuff and prove me wrong. I do give <span id="lw_1197550174_17">Gucci</span> props for beating that murder charge, and defending himself, that’s some G shit. I respect that but when it comes to music…. let’s say music isn&#8217;t for everybody. I&#8217;ll leave it like that.</p>
<p><strong>nappy Picks:</strong> &#8220;What I&#8217;m Talking Bout&#8221;, &#8220;Stash House&#8221;, &amp; &#8220;I&#8217;m Cool&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><span class="style35">Download:</span> <a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/55880133ed0f62/"><span class="style25">Gucci Mane </span></a><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/55880133ed0f62/"><span class="style25"><strong>feat. </strong>Lil&#8217; Kim &amp; Ludacris &#8211; </span></a><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/55880133ed0f62/"><span class="style25">&#8220;<strong>Freaky Gurl (remix)&#8221;</strong></span></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><span class="style35">Download:</span> </strong><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/55880646030bfa/"><span class="style25"><strong>Gucci Mane <strong>feat. </strong>Shawnna &#8211; &#8220;Ballers&#8221;</strong></span></a></p>
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		<title>Soulja Boy Tell &#8216;Em&#124;Souljaboytellem.com</title>
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		<dc:creator>B-Easy</dc:creator>
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I know what y’all thinking, &#8220;B-Easy is gonna trash the hell out of Soulja Boy&#8221;. Nah, I actually respect the young dude. While I’m not the biggest fan of the actual music, I can admire the way he came up. Before he reached age 18, he was already a producer, live entertainer, internet sensation, and [...]]]></description>
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<p>I know what y’all thinking, &#8220;B-Easy is gonna trash the hell out of Soulja Boy&#8221;. Nah, I actually respect the young dude. While I’m not the biggest fan of the actual music, I can admire the way he came up.<span id="more-191"></span> Before he reached age 18, he was already a producer, live entertainer, internet sensation, and possessed the ability to write catchy hooks (It’s this same hustle that got him a record deal with Collipark Music). And lets be honest, you might not like that dance, but isn’t it a throwback to when Kid N Play or Ed Lover and a lot of others made up dances? Hey, at least the young kids aren&#8217;t dropping down and getting their eagle on anymore. But we ain’t here to talk about achievements or dances are we? We here to talk about the music. So with that, let’s get into Soulja Boy’s debut <em>Souljaboytellem.com</em>.</p>
<p>The <strong>&#8220;Intro&#8221;</strong> is basically Soulja Boy (or Soulja Boy Tellem?) thanking the fans and saying he’s gonna takeover the world. It’s quick and it feels like an after thought than something that brings you into Soulja Boy’s world. Then they go right into <strong>&#8220;Crank That (Soulja Boy)&#8221;</strong>. What can I say about this song that hasn’t been said before: It reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, had a million homemade remixes as well as millions of hits on YouTube, and you probably saw you little cousins doing it last month at the family reunion. What do I think about it? It’s fun and terrible at the same time. Yea, I rather my niece and nephew listen to this, but after the 100th time you here it on the radio, you want to kill yourself. This album is half of material Souja Boy released independently on the internet and half Mr. Collipark himself trying to polish it. There still are a few blatant attempts to cash in on the &#8220;Crank That&#8221; craze; most even using lines for the song as their hooks. <strong>&#8220;Bapes&#8221;</strong>, featuring Arab, borrows the line &#8220;I  got me some Bathing Apes&#8221; and stretches it to a wholes song as does <strong>&#8220;Pass It To Arab&#8221;</strong> (which lets his  sidekick Arab have a solo track). <strong>&#8220;Snap  &amp; Roll&#8221;</strong> is another attempt to make a &#8220;Crank That&#8221; clone; just replace the &#8220;Crank That&#8221; chorus with &#8220;Snap &amp; Roll&#8221; and there you have it. When <strong>&#8220;Sidekick&#8221;</strong> comes on, you’ll hope that T-Mobile threw homie some cash for all the advertising; he even talks about having the D. Wade version 2-way and pulling girls with his Sidekick 3. The only song that I actually halfway like on the album is probably <strong>&#8220;Let Me Get ‘Em  (Shootout)&#8221;</strong>. I once heard it in a club and I didn’t even know it was Soulja Boy. It’s not that bad, it’s the warning in the beginning telling you that it’s just a dance that kinda lame (I mean damn, the album already doesn’t have a parental advisory sticker on it). <strong>&#8220;Donk&#8221;</strong> is of  course about a big booty girl shaking her …big booty. Nothing new here. Then I  hear <strong>&#8220;Booty Meat&#8221;</strong>, which is basically the same song, and I realize Souja Boy should have stop while he was ahead. Doesn’t &#8220;Booty Meat&#8221; sound nasty as hell; &#8220;No chicken breast or wing for me sir, give me the booty meat&#8221;. <strong>Yahhh!</strong> featuring Arab is  another stab at a catchy single (&#8221;Yahhh trick, yahhhh!&#8221;); but it sounds kinda  dumb. The love song <strong>&#8220;Soulja Girl&#8221;</strong> probably has the most production on the album complete with I-15 singing an R&amp;B hook (I said most production not well production). It’s an attempt to cash in on teen heartthrob money, but by the time the hook come around it’s almost an unintended joke. <strong>&#8220;Report Card&#8221;</strong> is kinda like was Kanye did with Rich Boy’s &#8220;Throw Some D’s&#8221;, but more junior high like (&#8221;I got all F’s on my report card, I told my teacher to throw some D’s on that bitch!&#8221;). <strong>&#8220;She Thirsty&#8221;</strong> at  least sounds like some older Ying Yang/David Banner whisper songs…it still sucks. <strong>&#8220;Don’t Get Mad</strong>&#8221; is a letter to the parents with lines like, &#8220;Don’t get mad because your kids like me, it’s a movement&#8221;. Sorry Soulja Boy it’s not movement, it’s a fad.</p>
<p><font color="#ff0000"><strong><span class="style32">Bottom Line:</span></strong></font><br />
Yea, this album was what I expected. If I didn’t have to review this album, I wouldn’t have ever gave it the time of the day. I know it’s supposed to be a fun album for the pre-teen/teen kids, but for me personally I need more substance. I just can&#8217;t co-sign this album or give it a pass because of Souja Boy&#8217;s youth. Pass on this if you over the age of 16 and give it to your little cousins. I just hope Soulja Boy is saving up his money, I don’t see a long future for him in music. He becomes last week news by next week.</p>
<p><strong>nappy Picks: </strong>&#8220;Let Me Get &#8216;Em  (Shootout)&#8221;</p>
<p><strong><span class="style35">Download:</span> <span class="style25"><a href="http://www.zshare.net/audio/3965394d1f29eb/">Soulja Boy Tell &#8216;Em &#8211; &#8220;<strong>Let Me Get &#8216;Em  (Shootout)</strong>&#8220;</a></span></strong></p>
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