This feels a bit like a horrorcore version of The D.O.C.'s 'No One Can Do It Better'. It's chocked full of what are now overused samples in hip hop and while no The D.O.C., X-Raided is enjoyable to hear rap and spits some crazy bars. In a time when hip hop beats were getting better, they do perhaps sound a touch dated for '92, but as mentioned, with the amount of dope samples, it's hard not to enjoy them. Some of the samples include: Rick James, Ice Cube, Parliament, Barry White, Marvin Gaye and Isaac Hayes to name a few. If you're not disgusted by some graphic bars this is well worth listening to.
Beats: ★★★★
Bars: ★★★★
Hooks: ★★★★
Best Tracks: Every Single Bitch, Fuckin Wit a Psycho, Bitch Killa, That's How My Trigga Went
T-Rock over some well known beats.
1 Deep Covers [Dr. Dre - Deep Cover]
2 Revival [Kelson Most Wanted - Férias]
3 Southside Da Crunkest [Tear Da Club Up Thugs - Who Da Crunkest]
4 Bars [Desiigner - Panda]
5 Break Me Off [Currensy - Break Em Off]
6 Everythang Big [Wiz Khalifa - On My Level]
7 Game Fucked Up [Ludacris – Ho]
8 Let Me Ride (feat. Odd-1) [Dr. Dre - Let Me Ride]
9 No Smoke [Keith Sweat - Make It Last Forever]
10 Temptation [Dennis Edwards - Don't Look Any Further/Tupac - Hit 'Em Up]
11 Pay It Off [DJ Boss Man - Ruthless]
12 Prayers of a Born Sinner [Tupac - Ballad of a Dead Soulja]
If you've heard any of TQ's material before you may agree that he has his own sound to him production wise. This keeps that up and he delivers a good and consistent R&B album.
Best Tracks: Paradise, Soulja, In My Lap, Sexy, I Don’t Know
The biggest problem with this is the repetition. For some reason, they game makes you repeat the same tracks over and over again. Aside from that, it plays fairly well and I would say, based off memory, is easier than the previous games in the series. I like the risk vs reward in this as well related to taking the chance to go through the gates or not.
