"R. Kelly turnt up, I'm still a fan." - Cancel Deeez Nutz
I first heard Glasses Malone on his underrated collab album with Mack 10, 'Money Music'. From there, he dropped some more than decent projects so I've continued to try to check out new music he drops. There are some "cheat code" samples like Glasses basically rapping over the 'Big Poppa' instrumental on 'The Loc', but the production is fairly good from top to bottom despite dropping off somewhat in the middle of the album. Lyrically, it won't be for everyone, as the quote at the top of this review indicates, that comes from the title track where Glasses is pissed off at the sensitivity of people these days. Elsewhere, 'U.S.' is racist and ' Sumn IV Bitchez ' is homophobic that will turn people off so he is pulling no punches in the booth.
Beats: ★★★☆
Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆
Hooks: ★★★
Best Tracks: Cancel Deeez Nutz, Palm Trees & Roses, Fed Up, Tale of Whitney’s Plug, Tha Loc
Cancelled (Intro)
Cancel Deeez Nutz feat. LA Giantz 80
Kanye Should Have Never Married (That Bitch) feat. Suga Free & LA Giantz 70
’21 Stimmy Flow 64
Fed Up 80
Sumn IV Bitchez feat. LA Giantz 60
Jim Dandy 54
My Nyk Cortez feat. Mr. White Dogg & LA Giantz 44
Ced’s Cermon (Interlude) feat. Cedric the Entertainer
Palm Trees & Roses 76
U.S. feat. Joey Westside, D Smoke, KAM & Martin Luther King Jr. 40
Mr. California feat. Nakina 70
Tale of Whitney’s Plug feat. Samuel L. Jackson 74
Tha Loc feat. The Notorious B.I.G. 84
Torah feat. LA Giantz 73
Walk Off (Outro) 57
Sundayz ‘N L.A. feat. LA Giantz 70
The first verse is atrocious. Open your damn mouth when you are rapping...FFS! Kanye was rapping worse verses on some of his acclaimed albums but now that the world is against him, everything he does is trash to some. The line everyone is so hilariously offended by is a way he has found some humour in amongst the shit storm. The last quarter of the song is the strongest. It's a shame more isn't done with the instrumentation change though.
This really isn't that bad. I'm not hearing the off beat complaint. Flip raps fine. As usual, Z-Ro contributes strongly. My main beef with this is some of the features who rap with that artificial/autotune wack voice, plus the mumbling of some as well. The second track, 'Do Yo Big One' is one of the worst moments. 'Up Up and Away' has I think the exact instrumental as another song that I can't think of at the moment. Flip doesn't make amazing albums, but this is another pretty consistent release, and it would be a lot better with more rappers I liked as features.
Beats: ★★★
Rapping/Bars: ★★★
Hooks: ★★
Best Tracks: Time Ain't Go Wait, Up Up and Away, The Originator, I Miss My Mama
This is a decent 7 track EP/album from the former Tupac collaborator. Nothing will knock your socks off, but the beats, almost entirely by Scottzilla, are all solid and Noble spits some lyrics that catch my attention, such as those about his association with Pac.
Beats: ★★★☆
Rapping/Bars: ★★★☆
Hooks: ★★☆
Best Tracks: Pac, Yak & Fatal, Back Pocket, Henny & Yoga, Talkin My Talk
I prefer this album to Timbaland's and Magoo's debut. This one has a harder sound with more rapping on it. Magoo goes missing more so though with lots of features and he sounds a tad different here, not sounding quite as much as Q-Tip as the debut. Petey Pablo, who dropped his debut two weeks prior to this album dropping, that Timbaland produced a handful of songs on, is on four songs in a row. Sin, a feature on a couple, sounds like Biggie. 'All Y'all' has some interesting lyrics - "To all my ladies in lingerie, never underage, who stay gettin paid" - This line reminds me of Frank in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia making sure no one thought he was diddling kids. And then in the same verse you have some odd attempt at an Asian accent as he says, "Japanese girls even love my beats/They say, "Timbaland we love you/We love the dope things that you do." The "Indian carpet" sample in 'Indian Carpet' is a tad annoying. I think the weakest song is 'Love Me' that is a Tweet solo song as Petey only adds his voice to the intro. It's very slow and doesn't do enough. After that song though, it finishes strongly with a number of the best cuts on the album being featured. As with their debut, there is nothing brilliant, but there are a number of songs that aren't too far off. As a whole, it's not far from a 4 out of 5.
Beats: ★★★★
Rapping/Bars: ★★★★
Hooks: ★★★☆
Best Tracks: It's Your Night, Party People, Serious, Baby Bubba, In Time, Considerate Brotha, Beat Club
Intro
Drop 60/100
All Y'all 70
It's Your Night 77
Indian Carpet 70
Party People 82
People Like Myself 76
Voice Mail
Serious 78
Roll Out 72
Love Me 60
Baby Bubba 80
In Time 83
Mr. Richards
Considerate Brotha 88
Beat Club 77
I Am Music 70