This takes you on a ride! While all isn't brilliant, the best stuff is awesome and the worst songs are still pretty good. Inventive hip-electro beats, and although the vocals are sparse, they add to the spacey feeling.
Best Tracks: Computer Age (Push the Button), Destination Earth.
There's some great soul/R&B here. For this album you've gotta listen to the whole song because a lot of songs build up and erupt toward the end. The only negatives are that the songs do seem to blend in too much together at times, but nevertheless, it does feel like an album. A great album if you are into Lemar's previous stuff or this genre of music.
Prior to this being released, fans were able to vote on what songs they wanted to make the compilation. I took up the challenge and 4 of my 5 songs made it. I think 'Dangerous' might have been the unlucky track from my selections. A great marketing tool. As far as the compilation goes, you can't really complain. You get the tracks voted for by the public, that are mostly amazing, and then most of the second disc which is filled with some demos, unreleased stuff like 'Someone Put Your Hand Out', 'In the Back' and a Thriller megamix."
Just like when T-Rock has guests on his albums, when Twista comes on these tracks he blows the other rappers away. Regarding the track ratings, I may be thinking 3.5/5 or so but then a Twista verse can increase it by a star or so. 'Crook Country' is one such example where Twista finishes the song off. Liffy Stokes and Mayz aren't bad rappers by any means, but Twista is Twista. Just like most Twista albums though, the production isn't good enough throughout the whole album and there are one too many soft/poppy beats.
Best Tracks: Crook Country, Mob Up, Mobstability.
For me, this is one of the better albums I have in my collection. It features a great fusion of genres such as R&B, Gospel, Soul, Rap, Jazz and Funk to name some, there are probably more here I'm missing also, and everything fits well together. With the lyrical and vocal content, Ellington Jordan has an emotive voice that conveys what he is trying to say and gets the meaning across well. In terms of the subject matter, a lot of it is spiritual and gospel type stuff. Apart from Ellington, the hip hop portion of the album comes apparently from a rapper named 'A-One' who I've never heard of and is on three to four songs. While no Rakim, he does the job nicely and helps change it up. Overall, its an album fairly different to most of what I have and normally listen to and one that I enjoy every time I play it.
Best Tracks: Revelations, Dirty Water, From the First Day, Jesus, He Don't Like Em, Much Rather Be