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DUBCC - Tha Connection => Outbound Connection => Topic started by: teecee on September 17, 2003, 12:43:19 PM
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Damn, i hated his first album, especially the singles. But, to my surprise and shock, Bubba has delivered a very solid album, and his flow and lyrics and topics have improved immensely. Big props to BUbba, and Timbaland drops some of his best beats in a long time on this disc.
Standout songs:
Deliverance
Comin Round
Nowhere
She said
all four tracks are great in different ways, and much different from the rest of mainstream rap. It took me awile, but i think i can appreciate what bubba brings to the game now.
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Damn, i hated his first album, especially the singles. But, to my surprise and shock, Bubba has delivered a very solid album, and his flow and lyrics and topics have improved immensely. Big props to BUbba, and Timbaland drops some of his best beats in a long time on this disc.
Standout songs:
Deliverance
Comin Round
Nowhere
She said
all four tracks are great in different ways, and much different from the rest of mainstream rap. It took me awile, but i think i can appreciate what bubba brings to the game now.
Yeah I feel ya on that Teecee... Iv'e heard "Deliverance" and "She Said" and I was impressed with both... Bubba has steped it up for sure...
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Ahh, shuttup.. ;D
This albums brings something different to rap.. pretty dope album.
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THE ALBUM IS SHIT BUBBA SPARXX SUCKS DICK THAT FAT COUNTRY HICK
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Yo Goatman, thats what i thought about Bubba when i first heard UGLY, but once i got my head out of my ass and my ears were free to listen and appreciate Bubba, i realized he is actually pretty dope...
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Yo Goatman, thats what i thought about Bubba when i first heard UGLY, but once i got my head out of my ass and my ears were free to listen and appreciate Bubba, i realized he is actually pretty dope...
word
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Yo Goatman, thats what i thought about Bubba when i first heard UGLY, but once i got my head out of my ass and my ears were free to listen and appreciate Bubba, i realized he is actually pretty dope...
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THE ALBUM IS SHIT BUBBA SPARXX SUCKS DICK THAT FAT COUNTRY HICK
The Universal Hater
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I think it's a pretty dope album, I never even checked out his first album, which I probably should do.
"Comin' Round" is my shit right now.
You gotta respect Bubba, he's original and comes with something different.
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album of the year?!?! fuck naw!!!! y'all can love this and hate on everythin snoop does, amazing..........
man he sounds like he cant even flow over beats, his strugglin, n i aint hatin cuz the fools white n shit, its jus his weak! nuff said!!.............
the mauzip face thing tells the whole story.....................but then i havent heard his new album, and apparently his stepped up his game on this.............is it true? is the album actually dope?? i dont want no groupie or biased foo to tell me either, jus sum1 who got love for real hiphop.......cuz i'll seriously giv it a listen if u really think its a top notch hiphop joint.............but as of what ive heard from bubba so far, i aint sure...........but like i said, ppl say his stepped up..........so whats the album like?
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Noone said this was the album of the year, but merely the "Surprise album of the year"......
Lyrical G, check out Comin ROund, Nowhere, DELIVERANCE, she said, and lemme know what u think. I dont think ANYONE on this forum is a bubba groupie or biased towards him at all, so i am saying with no bias i think the album is dope in its own way. ITs different, thats for sure. Sure, bubba seems like a gimmick but you listen to his lyrics they are actually kinda dope right now and his flow is way better. Still, if you only like REAL HIP HOP this may not be for you, cuz it sure aint ras kass or masta ace or anything like that.
Tha album isnt all good, thats for sure. There are some rock tinged beats tat arent my thing, i was just surprised to find four really good songs and some others that were pretty good too. Just dload the four songs i mentioned and then decide what u think of bubba
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^^ Word, it's just a pretty coo album, not amazing..
LOL @ Lyrical_G playahating when he haven't heard the album..
Just like you did with defending Fabolous albums when you haven't heard them..
I suggest you check out the albums, and THEN talk about them.. not the other way around. ;)
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The album sucks Bubba Sparxx is wack they even cut him off Jimmy Kimmel show lol
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^^ Word, it's just a pretty coo album, not amazing..
LOL @ Lyrical_G playahating when he haven't heard the album..
Just like you did with defending Fabolous albums when you haven't heard them..
I suggest you check out the albums, and THEN talk about them.. not the other way around. ;)
lol ay yo cuzz there aint no playahatin gwarnin here dawg, i heard bubbas 1st album and he was weak, he was talkin over his lyrics......he couldnt flow! no i aint heard his 2nd album but thats jus cuz his first was wack
and about fabolous........i wasnt defendin his album, i said havent heard them.........i was defending HIM...........as from what i heard of him, the kid can flow......big difference............but u know, if i can get my hands on some bubbaz new shit, i'll check it out but it aint sumthin imma go outta direction fo
peace
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yea bubba improved big tyme
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check out Comin ROund, Nowhere, DELIVERANCE, she said, and lemme know what u think. I dont think ANYONE on this forum is a bubba groupie or biased towards him at all, so i am saying with no bias i think the album is dope in its own way. ITs different, thats for sure.
Agreed. Heard snippets for the first time last night and loved maybe as much as 80% of it... that's honestly a high threshold for me on an album these days. Timbaland's beats are quality as ever, but the real surprise, as teecee says, is how much Bubba has improved on the mic. It's there in terms of lyrics and delivery - shows what you can do if you work hard enough kids! ;)
Think the album drops in the UK next week - definately picking it up.
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first album lackluster.
second album surprised the shit outta me and its a great album. very refreshing!!!!!!!! from all the same old crap that has been released this year
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well i gues muhfuckers gave up on him after hearin his wack 1st album as this only sold 64,000 first week compared to how much his 1st album sold in the same week..........he jus better be thankful he got timbo beats n is white or that would be cut by another 50% if he didnt have them 2 tings..................
can sumone post up a honest review of this album in the album reiew sections as u all say his come on abit since then.........so u may aswell
peace
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Here is the rapreviews.com review for this album:
Bubba Sparxxx :: Deliverance :: Beat Club Records/Interscope
as reviewed by Steve 'Flash' Juon
Fiddles. Washboards. Empty moonshine jugs. Not exactly your typical idea of musical instruments? Well Bubba Sparxxx is not your typical rap artist. After "Dark Days, Bright Nights" hit the airwaves in 2001, "white trash" rural Georgia became part of the national landscape. For Bubba and his partner-in-crime Timbaland, the items above aren't just unusual musical instruments but badges of country pride. Bubba is country through and through, and he shares that Dirty South with his listeners in every song.
Given the Nappy Roots already proved in 2003 that "the whole damn world is country" with their smash hit "Roun' the Globe," one would think that Bubba is primed for the big time with this latest release. For whatever reason though, many of the same people who liked Timbaland's work on the last album attribute Bubba's successes solely to him. The naysayers are as crass as they are numerous, with assertions that Bubba is to Tim what Eminem is to Dr. Dre, but without even giving Bubba the credit as a lyricist Eminem so routinely gets. Obviously it's stung the proud Georgian, because on "Nowhere" featuring Kiley Dean, he adresses the matter directly:
"It all comes down to this, one last chance to advance
Beyond the second round of the big dance, all my plans
of bein viewed as somethin special, more than just the other one
will vanish in the vapors of the plague the South has suffered from
The world's weight, PLUS a ton, restin on my shoulders
But what detractors deem my curse, is blessed to the beholder
Cause Eminem's incredible, but did I really have to say this
For y'all to leave my soul at rest and add me to yo' play list?
But this time I may just, leap and clear that hurdle man
Cause it's gone be a million more, who knows if they'll be worth a damn
Bubba K I surely am, with that silky kind of sound
Carson tell yo' folks that I'll be early for this time around
Cause I've come too far, for my own mistakes to dwell me
Cause lookin back at self-inflicted wounds that ache and ail me
There's nothin they can tell me, get me somewhere in a hurry
If I'm nowhere let that nowhere be nowhere near a worry
Okey dokey.."
Bubba's words show his growth as a writer of rhymes, while his delivery continues to be a smooth mixture of rap and redneck. Timbaland's music on this track shows artistic growth too, as the slow and somber strings draw out over a powerful bass and drums that pound like a heartbeat. Even Dean shows promise on this remarkable song, as her crooning adds soul to the chorus without trying to upstage either the track or the rap. It's a vivid concoction, but Bubba has been brewing this one up for a while and has 14 more songs of pure grain to fuck up your head. The quasi-official first single "Jimmy Mathis" had heads wide open with the best harmonica heard in rap since "The Shipment" by The Coup (country by way of Oakland). It's a light-hearted romp musically, but Bubba is as determined as he is belligerent in his verbiage:
"Any blood shed for a cause it deserves it
It's blood well worth it, we fought to preserve it
You caught him in person, you know Bubba's psyched out
You hate it when they talk, but love it when I shout
Fuck with me I doubt, that you really can
When I get to doin, my hillbilly dance
A step to the left, then two back to the right
Take a shot of the trone and then get back to the mic
Yeah I'm rappin tonight, but soon as the light hit
I'm all about the green, man to hell with this white shit
Unless it's that white shit, that speed up your pulse rates
Some party saccarhin, so sweet with a dub taste
This what they must face, I'ma be right here
Spittin these flames out, and drinkin Bud Light beer
'til the cows home and the dogs quit barkin
Daddy tell 'em who I am and don't beg no pardons"
Bubba and Timbaland seem to have the same inseperable connection that the latter does with Missy Elliott. Each song has two disparate elements weaved together into one common thread, and nowhere is that more true than on his track for "She Tried." This song is a knockout punch of bluegrass fiddling that would stir the emotions of even the most street saavy urbanite, as a woeful Bubba recounts the mistakes the games he played and all of the bad mistakes he made. Print will really not do this one justice:
"I love her, but you never would know
that by the way I just let my girl go
With tears in her eyes, from years of the lies
She backed on up and dissapeared out the drive
Wait, hey, what can I say?
All we had means nothing today
I did my thing and she did hers
But my crimes are a wee bit worse
And now I'm sittin here all alone with my guilt
Just me and the dogs in the home that we built
It was Andy's and hers even though Bubba bought it
But Bubba wouldn't leave, just like her mother caught it
from the pink, only to the blue blame
God forgive me for causin you pain
All it was, ain't no more
Cause my baby's gone and when it rains it pours"
The lyrical topics cover a wide range of emotions, from the defiant "Overcome" to the hurried and harried "Warrant" featuring Attitude to the Organized Noise produced "New South" proclaiming the Bubba Sparxx rap as the forefront of rap's new generation. The title track "Deliverance" says it all though - a souful mixture of strummed licks, hand claps, hoot calls and a lush orchestration that boldly proclaims Timbaland second to none among hip-hop's beat elite. That he would entrust such a creation to Bubba Sparxxx shows his faith in the Athens rapper, and Sparxxx doesn't let him down with his rap:
"Can you recall a time people loved you unconditionally?
Toastin the new South, 'This one is for history!'
Then I slipped fell and caused the number's injury
Called the same people and it's, 'Yo you just missed him B!'
This the formula, dammit Bubba you had it
Why'd you have to keep it Polo and New Balance?
Then they start to question whether you a true talent
Or just a redneck substance of used addict
So then you hide away just to try to find your way
And now they back to callin you 200 times a day
I want all y'all to know, good or bad, I'll remember it
And 10 million sold in the name of my deliverance-AHH!"
Bubba is the truth. Whether it's somewhat off-kilter and silly like the funked out "Hootnanny," rock'n'roll like "Take a Load Off" or silky smooth like Organized Noise's "Like it or Not" with Sleepy Brown or hardcore and heavy like their closer "Back in the Mud," it's all good in Bubba's hood... or perhaps wood? He's the self-declared "hip-hop redneck" and happy with the label, and will undoubtedly continue to rep moonshine and dope rhymes as long as he's given a beat and mic to rock. It's high time white rappers stopped being compared to Eminem and started to be appreciated on their own merits, and Bubba's merits truly put him in a class of his own.
Music Vibes: 9 of 10
Lyric Vibes: 8 of 10
TOTAL Vibes: 8.5 of 10