I waited a long time for this CD to come out & although I got it as soon as it dropped I haven't listened to it that much for one reason or the other...However tonight im bored so I shall review it track by track as I listen...
01. Northern California
This beat is decent...I personaly don't like it but its listenable...This song is a history lesson about the bay rap scene...Its pretty coo & if your familiar with the scene you'll catch some of Quinn's add-ins...those are a bonus... 7/10
02. Going All Out
This song sucks, the beat sounds giagantic, quinn's lyrics are boreing (unless your entertained by wu-tang style spits about who the fuck knows what)...this songs filler for sure...the chorus is coo or annoying (depends what mood your in)... 2/10
03.Hardway feat. E-40
Well from the first sound of the beat I can tell Waterboy will be on this track...its his trademark style (well atleast the style he's been using lately)...Quinn's verses are okay...they fit the beat, but I know Quinn can do much better...40 delivers a 40 verse...nothin spectacular...The hook is gay (makes me feel like I should be at work in a cole mine or something) This song isn't bad, its not good either...7/10
04.Butterfly (By My Side)
I heard this song before the CD dropped & its what made my expectations so high...Its perfect...the beats sick, quinny is more then on point with the lyrics & presentation...The hook is catchy...the entire track has a clean feel to it...The ladies love it, the fellaz know its too sick to skip...Im diggin this one...10/10
05.Pop Off feat. Keak Da Sneak & Juvenile
Oh boy! I feel like im working in a fucking gear factory when I listen to this...Im not sure what the hell Quinn was on when he spit over this beat but I think he was wearing some orange suspenders & a hardhat...Oh Keak is on here...he squeaks or whatever you call it a coo verse...I mean if your a keak fan you might like it...I don't know...it sounds like he's just mentioning people & movies to me...then theres this realy gay point where everything just stops...that wasn't needed...WOW hold on...Okay nevermind (I had to rewind it back to quinn's verse, for a second there I ACTUALY thought Juvenile might have had the best verse on the song...Don't worry his verse isn't)...Oh I haft to rate this song...1.3333/10 (1&1/3 of 10)
06.Mask Cracked
Judgeing from this hook I couldn't ever guess this song was called Mask Cracked...But I like this shit...yah the beat sucks ass but Quinn has more then enough energy to make up for that & then some...Then theres the lil kid/girl (I dunno wich it is) voice on the hook...thats nice...this song needs some more thump in it...then itda be better...(well realy it needs an entire new fucking beat)...8/10 Editorial note its quinn's son on the hook
07.Lavishness
Okay I like this beat...It sounds like choice music to make a drug deal to...Quinn doesn't even need to spit on this song...I feel like luxory (wich I can't even spell) just listening to the beat...The hook sucks...I don't know who helps quinn out on it but they don't need to be there...The 3rd verse is the best...just sounds best...8/10
08.Deep End feat. Big Rich
Dammit...Im getting a flashback of having to suffer through a fully loaded CD...If you like Fully Loaded you'll love this song...if your me you'll think its rather lame...Quinn has that loud ass voice thing going on here (think yelling without the aggression)...the hook is seriously sorry...Quinn's 2nd verse is kinda clever...Big Rich's verse is just that a Big Rich verse...5/10
09.Flow Down feat. Bailey
Already im feeling this song from the beat alone...Quinn's lyrics on this song are off the hook...an awsome vocabulary too...Theres nothing wrong with this...well the hook could have been a little more imaginitive...theres so much thats right with this song its easy to look past...10/10
10.High Light
I just wanna stroll through downtown Las Vegas with a breezy & the top down while bumpin this...it must have been designed to that alone...that or maybe they recruited quinn to make a track for the SDTK of a Bogart movie that got cancled at the last minute...Im feeling this shit...10/10
11.Real Playaz feat. Willie Hen
Yah know what I just said above about High Light...the beat sounds like we stopped cruzin & started fucking...Willie Quinn & San Henn do this track above justice...they trade vocals back & forth...this ones a favorite knock...10/10
12.Sav Boys feat. C-Bo & Killa Tay
Well I used to like C-Bo when Talez from... came out & Killa Tay has always been annoying...If you miss the AWOL days this won't help you out any...it sounds like an average "i'll kill everyone" nor-cal track...C-Bo raps about his hard on for pete wilson & quinn spits a coo verse wit some good vocab...Killa Tay says something about being cool with Ese's & being on HOGG status...I think he's lieing...6/10
13.What You Made Me Do
If you liked that song by young gunz (the one that sounds like the beat was made with spoons)...or have alot of fun playing james bond or turok the dinosuar hunter you'll prolly like this song...Quinn's talking about something...what I don't know...it has some cool sounds that make me wanna creep around & throw bleach filled waterballoons at people...7/10
14.Daddy Song
This is my favorite song off the entire CD...Its knockin, meaningful, & has an new sound...10/10
15.Thugs
If you didn't know...this song was made espeshily for the Tony Hawks Underground fanbase (T.H.U.G.=TONY HAWKS UNDER GROUND)...I think its about the part of the game when you get off your skateboard pop some E & rape someone's grandma & get on a bus straight to fillmore or somethng like that...well it might be coo...It has some burping thing chanting THUGS - THUGS...THUGS - THUGS...4/10
16.Gangsta Touch feat. Phats Bossalini
Theres a tweaker playing the piano in this song...It has a coo ass beat...Phats spits a tight verse...quinn comes correct...the hook is boreing but hey...this songs good...8/10
17.Smiling Faces
You ever seen dead presidents...This is the outcome of Quinn watching that movie...& a damn good outcome it was...this is the slump...If your under 19 you might not like this song...if thats the case it sucks for you cause I fancy this track quite a bit...10/10
18.Greatness (Gangsta Prayer)
Quinn expresses his views...I agree with alot of them so maybe I feel this track more then most...its a good song & most people should be able to respect it...quinn fan or not...the hook is nothing special & the beat has a wierd bubbley pop in it...9/10
Overall...This CD is far from what I expekted...Most of its fualts fall in not needed features, poor beat selection or undercreative hooks...Like most CDs nowadayz it has some you like some you don't...worth a purchase if you find it on sale for 11.99 or in the used section...7/10
01. Northern California
This beat is decent...I personaly don't like it but its listenable...This song is a history lesson about the bay rap scene...Its pretty coo & if your familiar with the scene you'll catch some of Quinn's add-ins...those are a bonus... 7/10
02. Going All Out
This song sucks, the beat sounds giagantic, quinn's lyrics are boreing (unless your entertained by wu-tang style spits about who the fuck knows what)...this songs filler for sure...the chorus is coo or annoying (depends what mood your in)... 2/10
03.Hardway feat. E-40
Well from the first sound of the beat I can tell Waterboy will be on this track...its his trademark style (well atleast the style he's been using lately)...Quinn's verses are okay...they fit the beat, but I know Quinn can do much better...40 delivers a 40 verse...nothin spectacular...The hook is gay (makes me feel like I should be at work in a cole mine or something) This song isn't bad, its not good either...7/10
04.Butterfly (By My Side)
I heard this song before the CD dropped & its what made my expectations so high...Its perfect...the beats sick, quinny is more then on point with the lyrics & presentation...The hook is catchy...the entire track has a clean feel to it...The ladies love it, the fellaz know its too sick to skip...Im diggin this one...10/10
05.Pop Off feat. Keak Da Sneak & Juvenile
Oh boy! I feel like im working in a fucking gear factory when I listen to this...Im not sure what the hell Quinn was on when he spit over this beat but I think he was wearing some orange suspenders & a hardhat...Oh Keak is on here...he squeaks or whatever you call it a coo verse...I mean if your a keak fan you might like it...I don't know...it sounds like he's just mentioning people & movies to me...then theres this realy gay point where everything just stops...that wasn't needed...WOW hold on...Okay nevermind (I had to rewind it back to quinn's verse, for a second there I ACTUALY thought Juvenile might have had the best verse on the song...Don't worry his verse isn't)...Oh I haft to rate this song...1.3333/10 (1&1/3 of 10)
06.Mask Cracked
Judgeing from this hook I couldn't ever guess this song was called Mask Cracked...But I like this shit...yah the beat sucks ass but Quinn has more then enough energy to make up for that & then some...Then theres the lil kid/girl (I dunno wich it is) voice on the hook...thats nice...this song needs some more thump in it...then itda be better...(well realy it needs an entire new fucking beat)...8/10 Editorial note its quinn's son on the hook
07.Lavishness
Okay I like this beat...It sounds like choice music to make a drug deal to...Quinn doesn't even need to spit on this song...I feel like luxory (wich I can't even spell) just listening to the beat...The hook sucks...I don't know who helps quinn out on it but they don't need to be there...The 3rd verse is the best...just sounds best...8/10
08.Deep End feat. Big Rich
Dammit...Im getting a flashback of having to suffer through a fully loaded CD...If you like Fully Loaded you'll love this song...if your me you'll think its rather lame...Quinn has that loud ass voice thing going on here (think yelling without the aggression)...the hook is seriously sorry...Quinn's 2nd verse is kinda clever...Big Rich's verse is just that a Big Rich verse...5/10
09.Flow Down feat. Bailey
Already im feeling this song from the beat alone...Quinn's lyrics on this song are off the hook...an awsome vocabulary too...Theres nothing wrong with this...well the hook could have been a little more imaginitive...theres so much thats right with this song its easy to look past...10/10
10.High Light
I just wanna stroll through downtown Las Vegas with a breezy & the top down while bumpin this...it must have been designed to that alone...that or maybe they recruited quinn to make a track for the SDTK of a Bogart movie that got cancled at the last minute...Im feeling this shit...10/10
11.Real Playaz feat. Willie Hen
Yah know what I just said above about High Light...the beat sounds like we stopped cruzin & started fucking...Willie Quinn & San Henn do this track above justice...they trade vocals back & forth...this ones a favorite knock...10/10
12.Sav Boys feat. C-Bo & Killa Tay
Well I used to like C-Bo when Talez from... came out & Killa Tay has always been annoying...If you miss the AWOL days this won't help you out any...it sounds like an average "i'll kill everyone" nor-cal track...C-Bo raps about his hard on for pete wilson & quinn spits a coo verse wit some good vocab...Killa Tay says something about being cool with Ese's & being on HOGG status...I think he's lieing...6/10
13.What You Made Me Do
If you liked that song by young gunz (the one that sounds like the beat was made with spoons)...or have alot of fun playing james bond or turok the dinosuar hunter you'll prolly like this song...Quinn's talking about something...what I don't know...it has some cool sounds that make me wanna creep around & throw bleach filled waterballoons at people...7/10
14.Daddy Song
This is my favorite song off the entire CD...Its knockin, meaningful, & has an new sound...10/10
15.Thugs
If you didn't know...this song was made espeshily for the Tony Hawks Underground fanbase (T.H.U.G.=TONY HAWKS UNDER GROUND)...I think its about the part of the game when you get off your skateboard pop some E & rape someone's grandma & get on a bus straight to fillmore or somethng like that...well it might be coo...It has some burping thing chanting THUGS - THUGS...THUGS - THUGS...4/10
16.Gangsta Touch feat. Phats Bossalini
Theres a tweaker playing the piano in this song...It has a coo ass beat...Phats spits a tight verse...quinn comes correct...the hook is boreing but hey...this songs good...8/10
17.Smiling Faces
You ever seen dead presidents...This is the outcome of Quinn watching that movie...& a damn good outcome it was...this is the slump...If your under 19 you might not like this song...if thats the case it sucks for you cause I fancy this track quite a bit...10/10
18.Greatness (Gangsta Prayer)
Quinn expresses his views...I agree with alot of them so maybe I feel this track more then most...its a good song & most people should be able to respect it...quinn fan or not...the hook is nothing special & the beat has a wierd bubbley pop in it...9/10
Overall...This CD is far from what I expekted...Most of its fualts fall in not needed features, poor beat selection or undercreative hooks...Like most CDs nowadayz it has some you like some you don't...worth a purchase if you find it on sale for 11.99 or in the used section...7/10
