Monday, September 15, 2003
Looking forward to buying these CD's tomorrow. Reviews to follow if I can get myself together and there's enough worth saying about them:
- Erykah Badu -- Worldwide Underground (not a fan of the first single "Danger" but her last album Mama's Gun was an underrated jazz-soul masterpiece in my opinion so she gets a pass plus her label was smart enough to price the album $7.99 first week of release.)
- Bubba Sparxxx -- Deliverance (Wasn't blown away by the first single from this album either but the amazing artwork in the ad campaign plus some critics calling it the hip hop album of the year, which is hard for me to believe based on the advance buzz for the Outkast album, had me intrigued enough to consider adding this to my "To Buy" list. The $6.99 price courtesy of Interscope was the final clincher though. I actually did like his last album Dark Days, Bright Nights and think this kid's got more talent than he's been given credit for. He doesn't deserve to be dismissed as a one hit wonder based on just the "Ugly" single plus Timbaland is producing the album so at least it'll sound interesting)
- Sheek Louch -- Walk Witt Me (What happened? I loved the first single "OK" which should have been a bigger record than it was, at least in NYC. 50 Cent is messing up the game up for everyone else 'cos people don't even want to check for new stuff unless this cat is featured on it or it has the Shady/Aftermath logo on it (props to Paul R. & the rest of the crew over there though). At least "2 Guns Up" made some noise although I'm not sure heads are connecting it to this album since practically everyone from the Lox & their crew D-Block is on the record and Jada does the hook on the chorus. Go out and support this Lox alum if only for the simple fact that he gives you more hot rhymes on his throwaway freestyles for DJ Clue and the rest of the mixtape mafia than most MC's can muster up on their real albums. D-Block, baby!)
Was going to cop the DMX album Grand Champ but Def Jam was good enough to send me the promo wax today (thanks Sam) so I'll pass on that one and save myself a little paper. (Ironic NB: 50 Cent is featured on this album on the track "Show Down." Wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that they're both beefing with Ja Rule ? Listen and find out for yourself.)
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- Erykah Badu -- Worldwide Underground (not a fan of the first single "Danger" but her last album Mama's Gun was an underrated jazz-soul masterpiece in my opinion so she gets a pass plus her label was smart enough to price the album $7.99 first week of release.)
- Bubba Sparxxx -- Deliverance (Wasn't blown away by the first single from this album either but the amazing artwork in the ad campaign plus some critics calling it the hip hop album of the year, which is hard for me to believe based on the advance buzz for the Outkast album, had me intrigued enough to consider adding this to my "To Buy" list. The $6.99 price courtesy of Interscope was the final clincher though. I actually did like his last album Dark Days, Bright Nights and think this kid's got more talent than he's been given credit for. He doesn't deserve to be dismissed as a one hit wonder based on just the "Ugly" single plus Timbaland is producing the album so at least it'll sound interesting)
- Sheek Louch -- Walk Witt Me (What happened? I loved the first single "OK" which should have been a bigger record than it was, at least in NYC. 50 Cent is messing up the game up for everyone else 'cos people don't even want to check for new stuff unless this cat is featured on it or it has the Shady/Aftermath logo on it (props to Paul R. & the rest of the crew over there though). At least "2 Guns Up" made some noise although I'm not sure heads are connecting it to this album since practically everyone from the Lox & their crew D-Block is on the record and Jada does the hook on the chorus. Go out and support this Lox alum if only for the simple fact that he gives you more hot rhymes on his throwaway freestyles for DJ Clue and the rest of the mixtape mafia than most MC's can muster up on their real albums. D-Block, baby!)
Was going to cop the DMX album Grand Champ but Def Jam was good enough to send me the promo wax today (thanks Sam) so I'll pass on that one and save myself a little paper. (Ironic NB: 50 Cent is featured on this album on the track "Show Down." Wonder if this has anything to do with the fact that they're both beefing with Ja Rule ? Listen and find out for yourself.)
