Pap requested a Team review so here it is, I aint got the cd case with me at work so ill sort production credits and features out next week when i next come in. The first thing that hits you when you open the cd though is how proffesional the package is. The booklet is ten pages with nice proffesion pics and theres also a hypie juice ad and Clyde Carson ad in the back of the cd. Presentation is 1st class, a few other bay rappers should take note cos this cd looks like a mainstream cd and my friends were intreseted just because of the presentation. NE WAY Lets go team!
1. Lets Go Team! - Feat Big Von
Dope beat, really gets you hyped for the cd! No Maine Mannish on this track but its still dope. Kaz & Clyde basicly prepare you for the cd and the Team movement, tracks only 2.30 mins though but its an intro and still sounds dope. 10/10
2. Bottles Up
I didnt like this track before but after a while it grew on me, the chours is nice but if you aint hyped youll skip this track. Nice track nice lyrics but its an average club track and not the best one on the album. 8/10
3. On One
Produced By Sho'Nuff
This tracks On Negro league but still fits this albums theme. Beat up tempo and will get your head nodding in a sec. The chours is what i like about it cos thats when the beat gets more hype. Maine is on this track and drops a cool verse along with Kaz & Clyde who do the chours aswell. Dope track. 9/10
4. Top Of the World
Beat is so dope its silly. They talking bout being on top of their game and feeling on top of the world. Track is hyped and laid back at the same time, Kaz & Clyde kill it with their flows but again Maine aint spitting. This track made me buy the album so its one of my personal faves so far. 10/10
5. Touch the Sky
This is a smoking track with a chilled out sound. The sample is well known and has been used by to much rappers to name (Shit my pops still plays the original!). But it still sounds fresh the way its been arranged. This is a nice track with Team providing some chilling music, no maine though. 8/10
6. Just Go
This is another one of my best tracks, the best gets you vibing and the flows just make this track sick. This is a club track but much better then bottles up, and will get you on a hype in a second. This track could get serious spins on the radio and blow some clubs aswell with the right premotion. 10/10
7. Hypie Juice
This beat is dope as well, the sirens sound annoying if you got really good speakers though. The scream sample in it completes the greatness of this beat. Clyde Carson dopes some hot verses on this and also provides the chours. This is a hyphy track for the clubs and radio but imo not better then the previous track as it could have done with Kaz or Maine on it for variety.
9/10
8. Good Girl - Feat Angelina
This has a rnbish feel to it as its a girl track. Its smooth but repeatative, a girl sings the hook and harmonises the verses which sounds nice. Kaz & Clyde turn out a nice track about good girls and fake good girls. Nice track but i think girls will like it more. I think Maine would have been dope on this track. 8/10
9. Its Gettin Hot
Produced By Sho'Nuff
This also was on Negro league and i think it could have got left of this cd since the remix is on it. Its a hyphy club track bout girls and shit like that. The beat is dope and so are the lyrics but i always skip it and listen to the remix instead, still a dope track but overshadowed by its superstar remix. 8/10
10. Stuntin On
I dont like this track at all. The beat is weak and all over the place so the vocals cant even save it. I dont know why they put this track on the album as its the weakest track.
11. Addictions
This is another rnbish track about girls. This one is much better as the beat is smooth but bouncy and the chours is dope. They talk about girls being addicted to men and what they do. This also has serious radio potential as every girl ive played it too has wanted to borrow the cd. No Maine but still another one of my best tracks. 10/10
12. Summertime in the town
This a funky smooth type easy listening type beat. They got a male singer on the hook that gives this track a grown up kinda feel to it. They talking about enjoying summer and putting down yours gun and chillin with your kids or folks. This track is ideal for cruising in the summer and bbqs. 9/10
13. Ambassadors Night - Feat Big Von
This is a track about going club and getting sum rippers. The beat is dope and sounds sick on dope speakers turned up loud. Clyde drops a nice verse but the break with bitches twice sounds cool and you can tell this is kazs song and IMO he comes the dopest on this track cos his voice and flow. E40s got sum fucked up answering machine message at the begining of the track, if anyone knows what he says get back at me. 9/10
14. Playa - Feat Wayne Wiggins
This is another laid back smooth track wit nice samples at the end. The male singer on the hook is my best part of the track, the team drop dope verses too. They talking about being players and how they get down. Kaz describes a few fronting ass people i know aswell so that makes the track doper. Nice track with a female vocalists helping out with her nice voice once in a while. 9/10
15. The Definition
This aint a song its just an interlude poem that leads on to the next track. Its dope though and is a nice intro over a nice beat. 7/10
16. Sunshine - Feat Goapele
This beat is a smooth soulful type track and is really nice. This track is the team showning love to the people they care about. Maine makes another appearence. The lyrics are dope and dont sound forced, this along with Goapele lending her beautiful vocals makes a perfect track. 10/10
17. Getting Hot Town Biz Remix (Too Short, Richie Rich, Keak, Humpty Hump)
Produced By Sho'Nuff
With a line up like this you cant have anything less then a dope track. The beat is nice and they changed the chours abit and is mad catchy. All the rappers bring heat to this track but the best verses are by Too Short, Keak & MC Hammer. YES Hammer drops a nice hyped verse which out shines some of the other features. These threes verses are hyped while the rest are more laid back, but Keaks vers is the best IMO. 10/10
17. Patron
You have to listen to gettin hot remix to get to this as it aint on its own seperate track. The beats okay and is generaly a nice track but to me it sound alot like an song some nigz from ATL or them Young Gunz would make. Nice but not a stand out track. But it does have Maine on it who drops a nice verse so it gets an extra point. 8/10
Overall i think this album is dope and can be played from start to finish. Its not gangsta and its not hyphy music either(apart from a few track). This is a nice all round album which i can see other places not just the Bay enjoying.
The only problems were that it was more of a Kaz & Clyde collab album and didnt seem to Teamish to me. Maine provides comedy and a more distint voice compared to Kaz & Clyde sound the same to the unknowing ear. So next time i wan hear more Maine! Biut Kaz & Clyde killed it, so im waiting on the solos even though im feeling Kaz more.
But on a whole this is a solid release and they are also giving away the Hypie Juice mixtape away free via Big Vons website & WestCoastriderz.com which has dope tracks Like Maines 'Rocket Man' & 'Drugz' aswell as 'My Song'.
So i hope the Team blow up cos the providing dope music and bringing some creativity to the scene aswell.
9 1/2 out of 10
1. Lets Go Team! - Feat Big Von
Dope beat, really gets you hyped for the cd! No Maine Mannish on this track but its still dope. Kaz & Clyde basicly prepare you for the cd and the Team movement, tracks only 2.30 mins though but its an intro and still sounds dope. 10/10
2. Bottles Up
I didnt like this track before but after a while it grew on me, the chours is nice but if you aint hyped youll skip this track. Nice track nice lyrics but its an average club track and not the best one on the album. 8/10
3. On One
Produced By Sho'Nuff
This tracks On Negro league but still fits this albums theme. Beat up tempo and will get your head nodding in a sec. The chours is what i like about it cos thats when the beat gets more hype. Maine is on this track and drops a cool verse along with Kaz & Clyde who do the chours aswell. Dope track. 9/10
4. Top Of the World
Beat is so dope its silly. They talking bout being on top of their game and feeling on top of the world. Track is hyped and laid back at the same time, Kaz & Clyde kill it with their flows but again Maine aint spitting. This track made me buy the album so its one of my personal faves so far. 10/10
5. Touch the Sky
This is a smoking track with a chilled out sound. The sample is well known and has been used by to much rappers to name (Shit my pops still plays the original!). But it still sounds fresh the way its been arranged. This is a nice track with Team providing some chilling music, no maine though. 8/10
6. Just Go
This is another one of my best tracks, the best gets you vibing and the flows just make this track sick. This is a club track but much better then bottles up, and will get you on a hype in a second. This track could get serious spins on the radio and blow some clubs aswell with the right premotion. 10/10
7. Hypie Juice
This beat is dope as well, the sirens sound annoying if you got really good speakers though. The scream sample in it completes the greatness of this beat. Clyde Carson dopes some hot verses on this and also provides the chours. This is a hyphy track for the clubs and radio but imo not better then the previous track as it could have done with Kaz or Maine on it for variety.
9/10
8. Good Girl - Feat Angelina
This has a rnbish feel to it as its a girl track. Its smooth but repeatative, a girl sings the hook and harmonises the verses which sounds nice. Kaz & Clyde turn out a nice track about good girls and fake good girls. Nice track but i think girls will like it more. I think Maine would have been dope on this track. 8/10
9. Its Gettin Hot
Produced By Sho'Nuff
This also was on Negro league and i think it could have got left of this cd since the remix is on it. Its a hyphy club track bout girls and shit like that. The beat is dope and so are the lyrics but i always skip it and listen to the remix instead, still a dope track but overshadowed by its superstar remix. 8/10
10. Stuntin On
I dont like this track at all. The beat is weak and all over the place so the vocals cant even save it. I dont know why they put this track on the album as its the weakest track.
11. Addictions
This is another rnbish track about girls. This one is much better as the beat is smooth but bouncy and the chours is dope. They talk about girls being addicted to men and what they do. This also has serious radio potential as every girl ive played it too has wanted to borrow the cd. No Maine but still another one of my best tracks. 10/10
12. Summertime in the town
This a funky smooth type easy listening type beat. They got a male singer on the hook that gives this track a grown up kinda feel to it. They talking about enjoying summer and putting down yours gun and chillin with your kids or folks. This track is ideal for cruising in the summer and bbqs. 9/10
13. Ambassadors Night - Feat Big Von
This is a track about going club and getting sum rippers. The beat is dope and sounds sick on dope speakers turned up loud. Clyde drops a nice verse but the break with bitches twice sounds cool and you can tell this is kazs song and IMO he comes the dopest on this track cos his voice and flow. E40s got sum fucked up answering machine message at the begining of the track, if anyone knows what he says get back at me. 9/10
14. Playa - Feat Wayne Wiggins
This is another laid back smooth track wit nice samples at the end. The male singer on the hook is my best part of the track, the team drop dope verses too. They talking about being players and how they get down. Kaz describes a few fronting ass people i know aswell so that makes the track doper. Nice track with a female vocalists helping out with her nice voice once in a while. 9/10
15. The Definition
This aint a song its just an interlude poem that leads on to the next track. Its dope though and is a nice intro over a nice beat. 7/10
16. Sunshine - Feat Goapele
This beat is a smooth soulful type track and is really nice. This track is the team showning love to the people they care about. Maine makes another appearence. The lyrics are dope and dont sound forced, this along with Goapele lending her beautiful vocals makes a perfect track. 10/10
17. Getting Hot Town Biz Remix (Too Short, Richie Rich, Keak, Humpty Hump)
Produced By Sho'Nuff
With a line up like this you cant have anything less then a dope track. The beat is nice and they changed the chours abit and is mad catchy. All the rappers bring heat to this track but the best verses are by Too Short, Keak & MC Hammer. YES Hammer drops a nice hyped verse which out shines some of the other features. These threes verses are hyped while the rest are more laid back, but Keaks vers is the best IMO. 10/10
17. Patron
You have to listen to gettin hot remix to get to this as it aint on its own seperate track. The beats okay and is generaly a nice track but to me it sound alot like an song some nigz from ATL or them Young Gunz would make. Nice but not a stand out track. But it does have Maine on it who drops a nice verse so it gets an extra point. 8/10
Overall i think this album is dope and can be played from start to finish. Its not gangsta and its not hyphy music either(apart from a few track). This is a nice all round album which i can see other places not just the Bay enjoying.
The only problems were that it was more of a Kaz & Clyde collab album and didnt seem to Teamish to me. Maine provides comedy and a more distint voice compared to Kaz & Clyde sound the same to the unknowing ear. So next time i wan hear more Maine! Biut Kaz & Clyde killed it, so im waiting on the solos even though im feeling Kaz more.
But on a whole this is a solid release and they are also giving away the Hypie Juice mixtape away free via Big Vons website & WestCoastriderz.com which has dope tracks Like Maines 'Rocket Man' & 'Drugz' aswell as 'My Song'.
So i hope the Team blow up cos the providing dope music and bringing some creativity to the scene aswell.
9 1/2 out of 10
