It's May 23, 2024, 08:35:55 AM
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Yeah, it's the combination of beats & lyrics that makes a hiphop-album, imo..Liks - X.O. Experience.. great beats, ok lyrics..Ras Kass - Soul on Ice.. great lyrics, wack beats..And that's why I can't give top score to both..But still, it's all about taste. Somebody doesn't need beats as long as there's lyrics, and others will be satisfied with a Will Smith as long as the beats are dope.
I'd have to say that Crooked I's mix tape has got my attention and I cant stop bumping it. Alot of the homies comment on the production, saying that the beats were wack... I for one think they hit harder then a truck and combined with Crooked I's lyrics..?? Well, you could say that truck just made a U-Turn, came back for more and hit even harder! To me, producer D V came with it. He didn't try to get all complicated and shit... he kept it simple, just straight up G-Style beats... Crooked came with G-Style rhymes. This mixtape came together lovely if you ask me. Period.
The fact that Portrait of a Masterpiece came out just 10 years after Rappers Delight i think proves what a genius The D.O.C was. The speed and the content of his rhymes was just mind blowing at the time (and if you compare it to todays weak shit, it still is). I mean look at Break Ya Neck, loads of people say wow, Busta's so amazing for spitting that fast, but if you compare it to Portrait of a Masterpiece, it ain't as fast and his rhymes are nowhere near as complex or as dope. And Twista fans shut up, because The D.O.C could also rap slow. And he did it first.
Got to agree, thats why i was so pissed that he signed to Death Row as i figured he would go unnoticed by 99.8% of the rap buying audience and he would have some shit ass production (Darren Vegas and the death row producers or whatever they're called are wack IMO).