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I finally got a chance to listen to the album during this past few days. Despite loving it at the first listen, it quickly became clear that the album has low replay value. Here's a short review.01. Intro 4,5/5Luda's intro's are always top notch. This one doesn't dissapoint, flow is insane and some very nice punchlines. Cool beat from Runners too.02. Undisputed 4,5/5Some crazy shit right here. Song is filled with one dope punchline after another. Some people might say it lacks substance but imo Luda is one of the rare rappers that can actually get away with it because he's that much entertaining. Soulful production from Don Cannon and Flloyd Mayweather is nice addition and fits the concept of the song.03. Wish You Would 2/5Really average. From Toomp beat to T.I.'s and Luda's raps. I expected something much better from the 2 than just bragging about their wealth, they could've adressed their beef situation. The collabo track on Paper Trail is 10x better.04. One More Drink 4/5I didn't like at first but now I love it. Luda show his storytelling abilitys, T-Pain kills the hook (yep) and Trackmasters dropped a really smooth backdrop. The song and video kinda jack Obie's "Got Some Teeth" but whatever. Funny track too.05. Call Up The Homies 4/5Nothing special here subject wise but it works. Track is a banger, Clinton Sparks dropped a Dre-ish beat and it has a great bassline but it's too silent, Dre should've mixed it.06. Southern Gangsters 2/5Very boring. Luda killed his verse as always but everything else is meh. Rick Ross and Playaz Circle features are completley unnecesary. 07. Everybody Hates Chris 3/5I still don't know what I think of this song. There's something annoying about it but I can't put my finger on it. So, I'm just gonna give it an average rating.08. What Them Girls Like 1/5Garbage. Annoying. Bassline is horrible. Concept already done like 1000 times. Luda and his first singles 09. Nasty Girl 1/5 Even worse than the previous one. What the fuck is Luda thinking putting tracks like this on the album10. Contagious 3,5/5This one has a really nice jazzy vibe, with the smooth production and great chours from Jamie Foxx. The only problem is that it's one of those songs where you really have to be in that mood to listen to it.11. Last Of A Dying Breed 4,5/5Epic production and Luda killed it with punchlines in the first verse and emotions in the 3rd verse. Chours is also really fresh with Rakim sample. This doesn't get a 5/5 because Luda fucked it up by putting Wayne on it. He's not bad at all on this track but he is completley outshined by Luda who really went off on this track, so I really don't understand why he had to put Wayne on it.12. MVP 5/5Definetly my favourite record on the album. Classic Premo beat and scratches. Luda sounds like an Eastcoast Mc on this joint, crazy shit.13. I Do It For Hip Hop 4/5This track could've been so much bigger. The producer and Luda did their job but Nas and Jay dissapointed. Especially Jay with that garbage flow.14. Do The Right Thing 4,5/5Great way to end the album. I really like how the beat switches from horns to the christmasy flute. Luda and Common both do the track justice.Overall 3/5: Another album from Ludacris that doesn't add up to his potential. Ludacris kept saying how he made this album because people don't put him in his top 5 or whatever. Well Luda, as long as you're gonna keep making forced tracks like 8 and 9 you don't deserve to be put in the list. I always thought the whole movie concept of the album he kept talking about was kinda corny. And I was right. It gave him an excuse to put so many features on it, which is definetly a big problem in todays rap album. Nobody wants to do an album on their own anymore. As far as substance and subjet matter: I don't really mind at all that Luda went completley crazy with punchlines on this one, like I've said before, he's definetly entertaining enough. And he never gets outshined, unlike Game who also has tons of features on his albums. So, the biggest problem remains low replay value, with the exception of 3,4 tracks.
you havent heard bone thugs e 1999 and you are posting your opinions on a hip hop board?
Overall 3/5: Another album from Ludacris that doesn't add up to his potential. Ludacris kept saying how he made this album because people don't put him in his top 5 or whatever. Well Luda, as long as you're gonna keep making forced tracks like 8 and 9 you don't deserve to be put in the list. I always thought the whole movie concept of the album he kept talking about was kinda corny. And I was right. It gave him an excuse to put so many features on it, which is definetly a big problem in todays rap album. Nobody wants to do an album on their own anymore. As far as substance and subjet matter: I don't really mind at all that Luda went completley crazy with punchlines on this one, like I've said before, he's definetly entertaining enough. And he never gets outshined, unlike Game who also has tons of features on his albums. So, the biggest problem remains low replay value, with the exception of 3,4 tracks.
Quote from: D1G1T4L on November 27, 2008, 03:05:21 PMyou havent heard bone thugs e 1999 and you are posting your opinions on a hip hop board? lol
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