The Ridah 2004 Album

Spice 1

"Economy is falling, deficit in the red/people worried about the president gettin' some head" - 'Still Here' Spice started with a number of worthwhile projects with songs to go back to, but the quality slipped a couple of albums prior to this one and it continues to here. It begins oddly with some middle eastern influence on 'Work It Tonite', that sounds fine during the verses, but doesn't all come together. You could say that it sounds overproduced. It improves from there, to the conscious 'Still Here', where Spice basically just lists everything wrong with the planet, and there are other moments of consciousness on songs like 'Nature to Ride' that is one of the other stronger cuts. Most of this okay, I can play it through without hating life, but nothing matches what's on his better projects. It doesn't go beyond the stock standard g-rap from the mid '00s with much of the production leaving something to be desired as do the hooks. It sounds like he stopped getting the better producers he used to work with. Beats: ★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★☆ Hooks: ★★☆ Best tracks: Still Here, Nature to Ride, Kizz My Azz 1. Work It Tonite 44 2. Cutthroat Game 58 3. Still Here 70 4. Behind Closed Doors 54 5. Gangbang Music 60 6. Reckless Eyeballin' 56 7. Nature to Ride 66 8. Kizz My Azz 69 9. Pimp Pizzle 63 10. Cutthroat Game, Part 2 64 11. Boomin' Pistols 60 12. Thug World 60 13. 1 in a Million 62 14. I'm a Boss 63 15. Behind Closed Doors Pt. 2 47 16. Pimp Pizzle (Radio Mix) 60