Demonz In My Sleep
11/19/2001 7:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Dan Leroy
At first glance, Woodie's second outing appears assembled in full accordance with the internationally approved guidelines for gangsta rap albums. You get the semi-automatic weaponry on the cover, as well as the Pearly Gates, and inside you'll find titles like "Talez Of A Killa" and "Northside Gangbang." Meanwhile, Woodie's sometimes clumsy attempts to doubletime on disc-opener "-N-The Bay" don't inspire much confidence in the product. But give him a chance, and the combination of surprisingly musical backing tracks--heavy on the atmospheric synths--and overriding hometown pride becomes strangely endearing.
With not one but two songs ("Northern California" and "This Is Northern Cali") to shout out where he's representing from, Woodie's turf defense doesn't leave him much time for the usual gangsta misogyny. And while his rhymes aren't exactly cutting edge, they do contain the occasional strong couplet, like "I ain't evil but it's evident I ain't heaven sent/How could I be when I done committed each of the deadly seven sins?". In all, it's not enough to give anyone but hardcore trunk-funkers a woody--but it's better than everyone else might imagine.
[Link to tha review: http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12047526 ]
11/19/2001 7:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
Dan Leroy
At first glance, Woodie's second outing appears assembled in full accordance with the internationally approved guidelines for gangsta rap albums. You get the semi-automatic weaponry on the cover, as well as the Pearly Gates, and inside you'll find titles like "Talez Of A Killa" and "Northside Gangbang." Meanwhile, Woodie's sometimes clumsy attempts to doubletime on disc-opener "-N-The Bay" don't inspire much confidence in the product. But give him a chance, and the combination of surprisingly musical backing tracks--heavy on the atmospheric synths--and overriding hometown pride becomes strangely endearing.
With not one but two songs ("Northern California" and "This Is Northern Cali") to shout out where he's representing from, Woodie's turf defense doesn't leave him much time for the usual gangsta misogyny. And while his rhymes aren't exactly cutting edge, they do contain the occasional strong couplet, like "I ain't evil but it's evident I ain't heaven sent/How could I be when I done committed each of the deadly seven sins?". In all, it's not enough to give anyone but hardcore trunk-funkers a woody--but it's better than everyone else might imagine.
[Link to tha review: http://music.yahoo.com/read/review/12047526 ]
