I Grind, I Hustle 2011 Album

T-Rock

T-Rock has been one of, if not my #1 find of the last 3-4 years in rap. In my eyes, his previous album was close to the perfect bangin' disc, with it earning 4.5/5, and not leaving the airways of my house for ages. However, to pull off a double-disc release such as this is difficult for anyone. You could almost count the number of excellent double-disc rap albums on one hand, with the rarity they are attempted proving how difficult it is to release a large collection of good songs. So out of 30 tracks, stretching almost 120 minutes, how many work? Well, after many spins of this, I can't say I get the urge to hit skip too often. Only 'Throw It Back', 'Hit Da Pole', and 'Ridin Fly' don't match the rest of the songs in quality. So how many are dope? Well, probably a good 8-10 could be placed in that category, with a number not being too far behind. While many are not 5/5 tracks, they aren't too far off. I say this with every long/double album and I'll say it again, I think you should ignore the few bits of filler when an artist gives you so many songs! I say this with pretty much any T-Rock music as well, if you like his previous output, you should find at least a handful of tracks to go back to on this. His topics include some brag rap ('F*ck Da World Sh*t'), making cash ('I Grind I Hustle'), weed ('Burn 1'/'I Blaze Up'), some gangster rap ('AK-47]'), coming up ('Now Dey love Me'), conscious rap ('Make It Happen'/It's a Trap'), and songs like 'Gift from God' show the more personal Rock, being about his son. So, there is a fair amount of variety here. For two hours the success rate here is great. The production T-Rock works with continues to get more crisp and varies just enough, and while it may be too much for others, if you enjoy hard southern beats with an extremely under-appreciated excellent flowin' rapper, cop this album. Beats: ★★★★☆ Bars: ★★★★★ Best Tracks: Wit da Top Back, I Grind I Hustle, I Blaze Up, Make It Happen, I Don't Love You, Hurtin Em, 100 Goons, Burn 1, I Get at You, It's a Trap, Numbers [Written in 2K11]