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MR SHORT KHOP -
Da Khop Shop |
Review By: Incognito
1. Intro - The albums introduction is
set in an insane asylum, some spooky shit.
2. Braveheart - The record jump starts here, finally, a Short Khop album. This
song is all bout Khop, his rhymes are on point, and the beat is definitely
some ill shit. It's a quick song, but powerful enough for Khop to introduce
himself right if you're a first time listener. The song has no real hook, but
instead someone speaking between Khop's verses. I love this verse,
"Untouchable/Unforgetable/Un-fuck-able/Un-fuck-wit-able/One who got sowed up
in padlock/Blaze one, cause lil braveheart put it down from day one." A hot
track and a good way fro Khop to introduce himself as a solo artist. 4/5
3. Short Khop & The Brain (featuring Ice Cube) - Supreeeeme gangsta shiiit!
Short Khop rolls wit his mentor, Cube, who is featured on the hook. I don't
know if this a track from the first recording sessions back when Khop began
work on his album, but it's the 1 of 4 songs Cube appears on. This track ain't
nothin special, the hook could of been better, as well as the beat. 3.5/5
dubs.
4. Baby Mama (Message #1) - A funny lil skit wit one of Khop's ex-bitches.
5. Kingpin and Da Knockhound (featuring Kurupt) - "Bitch, bitch, bitch, bitch
make me rich/Shut the fuck up and just gobble a dick". This is one of them
pimpfull-ass tracks wit Kurupt cussin every other fuckin word, lol. It's a
traditional West Coast beat, with the unknown Twin providing the beat. The
chorus ain't bad, "See you can drink a fifth wit me/Might even hit the strip
wit me/But if you didn't know I gots ta tell you so ho/Bitches ain't shit to
me." Khop's lyrics are aight, but Kurupt kinda fucks it up wit all the
non-stop cussin. 3.5/5
6. One Way To Win (featuring Ice Cube) - ARRRRRR A UHHHHH, bitch radiostation
K-H-O-P in yo asshole like this fool! Ya better believe that's Battlecat
talkin, cause it is! Khop assisted by Cube comes wit a dope track, tight
rhymes, and beat. The song moves nicely, it's a quick paced beat and Khop's
rhymes move along with it quite well. 3.5/5
7. Dey Trippin' (featuring WC & Problem Chyld) - This is a bass-fartin,
Battlecat track that features the rambunctious WC & Heavyweight homies Problem
Chyld. The duo of Problem Chyld make a pretty descent debut, but for me, WC
steals the shows wit his aggressive rapping style. In all that, Khop's verse
is overlooked, the guests steal the show. 4/5
8. Baby Mama (Message #2) - A continuation of the first Baby Mama skit.
9. Ya Baby Daddy - This is a remake of Cube's "I Ain't The One" with a Short
Khop twist. The scheme of the beat remains intact, but Khop blows renewed life
into the song with his clever lyrics. "Now you wanna smell a nigga nuts/If I
pull my balls out you got ta blow me/Dam good thing the other bitch washed
them for me", ha there is funny shit all over this song. I could easily give
this song a classic grade because it was originally done by Cube, but looking
at it for just what it is I'll give this 3.5/5
10. Dollarz, Drank & Dank (featuring Kokane) - Typical West Coast funk, which
is signature Battlecat. The hook is very catchy, sung by non other than the
infamous Kokane. Short Khop's rhymes are nice, basically rapping about
himself. In my opinion the best song on the album, just short of a classic.
4.5/5
11. 2 Of 'Em And The Door Locked (skit) - Another fucked up skit. Don't really
get the point of this.
12. Flashbacks (featuring Ice Cube) - Okay, now we're on some gangsta, gangsta
shiiit. Khop and Cube both serve ill performances that are on a dark gangsta
tip. Cube comes the hardest with his part, which to me is his best verse out
of the 4 songs he's on. Battlecat's drum kicks are crazy over the track, they
go great wit his beat. "Everybody face down/Who the first to get laced now/I
hit ya from the waste down." Man, just imagine N.W.A tearin shit up over this
track, puts chills down my back. 4.5/5
13. Da Ready Rock - This song has no real point, just Khop rippin shit up by
himself. Not a bad song, but my least favorite off the album. The chorus
doesn't get me, and Khop's raps don't really stand out like on "Flashbacks" or
"Braveheart". 3/5
14. M.V.P.'s (featuring Shaquille O'Neal) - Oohh, big Shaq ridin with Short
Khop, LOL. For real, Shaq ain't that bad, after showin us what a gangsta he is
in the beginning of the song, the hook by him is pretty descent. Blaqthoven
lays down the beat, which I think is tight. Shaq just raps about him being the
greatest Laker, and how he was the first "big nigga to put dubs on a Bentley",
hahahaha. 3.5/5
15. Es Mi Casa (featuring Kokane) - A very dope song. It's a Spanish flavored
song with Kokane giving it up once again. He sings the hook in Spanish, yeah
hella tight, and even starts to rap a verse. I'm feelin the beat, with a lil
but of the Spanish guitar, nobody big produced it, but it's real nice. One of
my favorites off the album. 4/5
16. My Loved One Remix (featuring Ice Cube) - Khop wraps up the album up wit
Cube, who takes part in the hook and throws down some dope rhymes. His hook
just gets stuck in yo head, "All I wanna do is have fun wit my loved loves/Spen
a hun on my loved ones/Make a run wit my loved ones/My relatives and my
cousins." Not to mention the beat hooked up by Khop and Cube is off the heezy
also. 4/5
Mr. Short Khop serves up his long awaited debut off Heavyweight Records after
stunning many with his witty style on "The War Disc". Outta Ingelwood, the
former Cube protégé delivers his album after a few years of waiting, and I
can't be disappointed. Khop delivers a true, West Coast record not giving a
fuck bout what any other fool says. If I had to pick out a weakness then I
would say it would be in the production, Khop did recruit Battlecat, who put
in 3 of his beats. All 3 Battlecat tracks were good songs, but some of the
production wasn't up to par with the beats we are use to hearing today from
the West. Still, on some songs regardless of the beat, Khop's lyrics do make
up for quality of the beats. Cube saved Khop is some instances, were he
appeared on 4 songs. Cube did the hook for 2 of the songs, while contributing
hot verses to "Flashbacks" & "My Loved One Remix". I'm sure many would go
along with me by saying the album reaches it's peak with tracks like, "Braveheart",
"Dollarz, Drank & Dank", "Flashbacks" & "Es Mi Casa". After that, the album
sort of runs out of gas, something is just missing. Compared to other West
Coast records, "Da Khop Shop" is an average album. If you aren't sure on
coping this album yet, then I suggest you go gets this shit if you like raw,
rugged rap music that Khop can bring to the table
3.25/5 Dubs!
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