HipHopSite.com Review On Space Boogie

[AlerG]

Kurupt "Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey" - Antra / Artemis
West Coast; Gangsta  
On the real, are heads even looking forward to the new album from Kurupt? First and foremost, the single, "It's Over", couldn't be worse, and with an album title as corny as Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey - one would think the label would have stepped in and at least have spelled the word "odyssey" correctly. Given Young Gotti's track record of his awful debut and equally blasé sophomore release, a third album from Kurupt in just over three years is hardly anything to break the doors down for.
On his debut, Kurupt tried to separate the music into "East Coast" and "West Coast" discs, little did he realize that this segregation of the music went over about as well as black and white drinking fountains. With his thrown out sophomore release, the girls all paused for the single, but Kurupt still struggled to get the amount of attention he did in his Dogg Pound days on Death Row.

But things are different this time around. With Fredwreck handling the majority of the album's production, as well as holding an executive producer credit, "Space Boogie" is easily Kurupt's strongest solo project to date, even though he does stray off course at times.

As a student of the good doctor, and also a silent co-producer of "2001", Fredwreck's production compliments Kurupt and his DPG brethren well throughout the album. The reinvented west coast sound is present here, with several tracks that built off of the "2001" blueprint. Each "Space Boogie", "Bring Back That G Shit" (feat. Snoop Dogg), and "The Hardest Motherfuckas" (feat. Xzibit, MC Ren, & Nate Dogg) are potentially classic wessyde joints, with Fredwreck's beats capturing the fresh new sound doctored by Dre. These and other tracks prove that Kurupt is at his best when teamed up with Fred, and with the added help of Nate Dogg, the trio creates material worthy of historical placement in the reincarnation of the west coast. Other moments of coastal triumph include the DJ Quik laced "Can't Go Wrong", as well as Soopafly's egomaniacal "Hate On Me".

But while Fred's production helps define Kurupt, when teamed with outside producers, Young Gotti still has a hard time finding himself, as he delves into awful commercial tracks, and forced collaborations. While "Sunshine" (w/ Jon B) is a somewhat excusable track, the lead single "It's Over", featuring his boo of the moment, Natina Reed, and other roads-to-nowhere like "At It Again" and "On Da Grind" drip with disgusting, corporate influenced evil. Even stranger are tracks like "Kuruption", where the dogg all of a sudden decides to get political with folk-rap singer, Everlast, and a questionable collabo with Fred Durst, which is only saved once again by the combined efforts of Kurupt, Fredwreck, and Nate Dogg.

But unfortunately, Kurupt still rhymes "bitch" with "bitch" and "gangsta talk" with "gangsta walk", and it's entirely evident when he gets lost in a sloppy freestyle session, when he really should be rehearsing more. In fact, this is the exact reason that he is forced to do these aforementioned questionable tracks, because the overall public notices these inconsistencies, and decides not to check for him because of them. Until Kurupt decides to tighten his own flows up, and pick a definitive musical style, he may be forever arguing with the masses to buy his albums by making these kinds of awful, uncharacteristic songs, resulting in a never ending, vicious cycle. Nevertheless, when he is on point, and keeping it in the family, he sounds natural as ever. If he could simply stay a little more focused with his full-length releases, he might achieve the platinum success he strives for. - D.T. Swinga

overall they gave it a 3.5/5

what do y'all think, peace.

[Don Jacob]

even though i agree with the rating 3.5outta 5....the reviewer lost my attention after he said the streetz iz a mutha was disposable... and that on tha grind is a comercial track...and when he said the fred durst track was good....



the only thing he said that was true was kurupts rapping and the dumb collabos with natania reed and fred durst....

[oassisgnr]

Yo..Hate if you want to..but the Kurupt song with Fred Durst is hot.  I dont like Fred..but when Fred and Kurupt exchange lines its hot..and Nate just rips the fuck out of that joint.  In fact--its one of the hotter joints on a overall hot album.

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

4/5...

[HBKid_Jr]

I dont know how they can say tha streetz is as bad as kuruption,  I would choose tha streez any day over space boogie,  tha streetz is one of my favorite cd's

[Don Seer]

"As a student of the good doctor, and also a silent co-producer of "2001", Fredwreck's production compliments Kurupt and his DPG brethren well throughout the album"

YOU WHAT?

[So Much Style]

that fred durst track is some great shit, i luv it......but anyway htis album is a 3.9/5  

its wierd how the reviewer dissed the hell out of kurupt in teh first 2 paragraphs then all the sudden started talking good about the tracks

[DreSnoop00]

damn i didnt like it when they said that streetz iz a mutha is not that good..... when that cd is TIGHT i think it deserves 4/5 proably i dunno or somethin in between 3.5 and 4 ... but its tight....
but they make it sound like kurupt isnt that good when hes on of tha best MC's

[Mr G-Thang]

Its weird how he overall dissed the shit out of the album and Kurupt and then suddenly gave it a 3.5 , damn they got a low rating system.

If I was him I wouldv'e given it a 2-2.5 if I thought that it was so bad

[AlerG]

interesting, i didn't think many of you kurupt fans were gonna agree with it and i knew that the streetz thing was gonna strike a nerve, peace.

[Joachim]

Until Kurupt decides to tighten his own flows up, and pick a definitive musical style,

Kurupts flow is aight its his lyrics that aint all that, and i think his ability to flow with either an East or West coast style is one of his best attributes...

[Flurry]

yahuh its cos his lyrics r becoming like
"bitch fuck hoe bitch muthafucker shot bitch ass nigga fucker wit bitch ass fuck" blah blah lol evry 2nd word is bitch

[Smooth]

4/5... no more no less

[Now_Im_Not_Banned]

His first word are...



"Fuck a Bitch"