Witness Tha Realest 2009 Album

Tha Realest

Tha Realest (Jevon Jones) is one of those rappers who has had to wait years and years to put out an album. He has spent time on various labels over the years including the famous Death Row Records among others. In that time, a couple of mixtapes have dropped and he has been featured on some compilations, but here he finally releases his debut album which has been over a decade in the making. Tha Realest is no doubt best known as the guy who sounds like 2pac. He doesn't have the ability to write like the great man but it seems he knows he sounds like him and tries to copy his swagger and style including when Pac used to have those intros of him speaking over the beat before he would rip into a verse. The question of whether he has tried to copy him or this is just his natural style would have to be asked to Jevon himself but nevertheless when your mind wanders for a second while listening to this for a split second you think you are listening to some new good Pac which is a good thing. Moving on to the songs and Witness Tha Realest kicks off with two good bangers in 'Kuz It Just Ain’t N U' and 'Witness Tha Realest' then has a weak chick pop-rap track in 'N Luv Wit Ah Ghetto Gurl,' which is probably the worst track on the disc. The album follows this pattern to a degree, two-three harder gangster tracks then a softer one. Production wise, it's far from brilliant but most of it has a west coast sound to it, of which some sounds a lil dated. 'Grown Ass Man' for example reminds me of something from the All Eyez on Me dayz. To sum up the album, track for track there is nothing too brilliant, lyrically a lot of it is your fairly generic gangster rap, but Tha Realest does fairly well with what is at times so-so production. The best tracks are fairly good without being classics, and there are only a couple of very weak tracks that you will have to skip. Worth checking out for fans of West Coast rap and for people who ain't going to hate on this so called 2pac biter. Overall it has kept me entertained. Best Tracks: Kuz It Just Ain’t N U, Witness Tha Realest, Memory Lane, Y I Keep My Burna On Me, Peep’n Game, Kuz It Just Ain’t N U, Mind Of Ah Madman, When Ya Time Iz Up