Another presidential election, another Paris album. 'Sleeping with the Enemy' and 'Guerrilla Funk' are two of my favourite hip hop albums of all time, so I always look forward to new content from Paris. It isn't surprising that, again, the subject matter is Paris preaching about equality for blacks-by any means necessary. The production is also, again, hard with funk themes, but it's rawer than most of his music has been. As with some of Cube's bars on 'Arrest the President', and other rappers over the past few years, it staggers me that the best hook Paris could come up with on 'Baby Man Hands' is "baby man hands" on repeat. For all of Trump's supposed flaws and policy for four years the best these song-writers can do is attack god-given features... There are other moments of hypocrisy and I don't agree with everything he says. For example, one song has the line, "Oink, oink. Bang, bang." Nevertheless, it's a worthwhile addition to his great discography. The beats aren't close to the best he has created, but enough bang and he is still an attention-grabbing, entertaining rapper. It would be great to hear more from him and his Guerilla Funk label mates. 3.5-3 / 5.
Best Tracks: Bang Bang, Nobody Move, Turned the Key, Walk Like a Panther, Somethin’ ‘Bout the West Coast
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