eight years after his first appereance on the classic "All Ove da Place" on the Instrumania Level A album, First Degree the D.E. finally dedicates a whole album on his most darkest of selfs, Shlumpilicious the Jester.
Forming an opinion on this was not easy, and it took some effort to really get into it. For those who think of D.E.'s albums as "weird", this is going to be D.E's weirdest album so far. For his fans this is a worthy addition to the wide variety of First Degree's catalogue and shows his unique approach on sac rap.
Favorite tracks for me are:
"Shlumpilucious"
"Whatever You Like"
"So Southside"
"Morning Suck"
"Wine and Cheese"
"As Family"
Production on this album is flawless as usual with a D.E. release. Slow dark beats with Beta's piano skills on it - doesn't get much better! The difficulty with this album were the raps, though. Shlumpilucious being D.E.'s most dark, energetic, psychotic persona heavily affects his raps and flow. While if you manage to really get into the lyrics and flow patterns you get rewarded with classics like "Shlumpilucious", "Whatever You Like" and "So Southside", it's not easy and for some tracks it doesn't work for me (yet). Best example is "Damn that Duo", that features G-Macc and some nice references for long-time fans, but lacks rhythm and flow for me.
So it might not be my favorite D.E. album, but easily one of the best releases of the year! Gotta mention the ridiculous tight video to "Whatever They Like", the classic album cover and entertaining skits.
"As Family" is the outstanding song imo, that proves again D.E.'s habit of ending his releases with something special.
Forming an opinion on this was not easy, and it took some effort to really get into it. For those who think of D.E.'s albums as "weird", this is going to be D.E's weirdest album so far. For his fans this is a worthy addition to the wide variety of First Degree's catalogue and shows his unique approach on sac rap.
Favorite tracks for me are:
"Shlumpilucious"
"Whatever You Like"
"So Southside"
"Morning Suck"
"Wine and Cheese"
"As Family"
Production on this album is flawless as usual with a D.E. release. Slow dark beats with Beta's piano skills on it - doesn't get much better! The difficulty with this album were the raps, though. Shlumpilucious being D.E.'s most dark, energetic, psychotic persona heavily affects his raps and flow. While if you manage to really get into the lyrics and flow patterns you get rewarded with classics like "Shlumpilucious", "Whatever You Like" and "So Southside", it's not easy and for some tracks it doesn't work for me (yet). Best example is "Damn that Duo", that features G-Macc and some nice references for long-time fans, but lacks rhythm and flow for me.
So it might not be my favorite D.E. album, but easily one of the best releases of the year! Gotta mention the ridiculous tight video to "Whatever They Like", the classic album cover and entertaining skits.
"As Family" is the outstanding song imo, that proves again D.E.'s habit of ending his releases with something special.
