*SKEPTICAL
Ok ya'll......2 releases that I have heard have actually impressed me lately...over the countless others I have heard that were a waste a a few dat tapes and studio time.....we all know the game is flooded with amatuers and overnight hypes....so i try and seperate the real from fake....and give my $6.50 on what I hear...
The last one that really impressed me with quality was Ice Cold Heat by GameWardens camp....it was definitely above average and a lot better than some releases on the streets, although the cover art and packaging wasnt all that impressive IMO, its whats inside that counts, and they had a quality release with solid track that hasnt left my CD changer since I put it in ( They Gone...my favorite track)
This latest one I recieved was from our folks Charles Jay (AKA cIPHER mINDS) who browses the forum now, we've all seen the album back cover with the picture of him as a child with Pac.....peaked some interest just with the pic...He also posted a track or two on here and got great reviews...but ya'll need to stop sleepin and cop this album when it hits....These aint ya ordinary rap cats, they got a little more of a hip-hop feel to it, but a Westcoast hip hop feel....from what I can tell these cat are from the Point...the album has 13 verry solid tracks and you rarelky need to hit the skip button on ya CD player...there was I'd say 11 out of 13 top rate songs on the CD.....The first track hit hard and the beat is just fuckin off the chain, since they are more hip-hop, they dont lack on the lyrics and have some complexity to the songs.....the whole album has a postive feel to it, but not soft, it definitely still has an angry and rough edge.....Excellent use of sample from speeches and movies...(except for one well overused king of new york sample "the nickel bag gets sold in the park" thing)
The mixing and mastering I though was done by God himself, or King Midas...this album is extremely clear and crisp, whoever was on the boards knows their shit....The bass is solid, the treble is crisp, high are high, low are low but not muddled and muffled...
VERY IMPRESSIVE RELEASE WITH A POSITIVE TONE AND OUTLOOK...I DONT LISTEN TO MUCH NY HIP HOP OR ANY HIP HOP REALLY, BUT THIS ALBUM IS HOTT...HASNT LEFT MY PLAYER IN 2 DAYS....AINT LEAVIN ANYTIME SOON.
IM A TOUGH CRITIC AND THIS ALBUM EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS..
TRACKS I RECOMMEND
1. THE JOURNEY BEGINS
3. LEAVE ME ALONE (SOLID RADIO HIT FOR S.F.)
6. SAME PLANET, DIFFERENT WORLD
7. I LOVE MYSELF (FEAT DESSIE)
BE ON THE LOOKOUT YA'LL
CHARLES JAY
"DREAM RETURNED"
RATING;
THERES 5 VEGAS IN A PACK.....SO 5'S THE BEST RATING
THIS ALBUM GET 4 BLUNTS AND A CHUNKY DOOBIE LEFT OVER IN THE ASHTRAY...SOLID RELEASE AND DEBUT.
Ok ya'll......2 releases that I have heard have actually impressed me lately...over the countless others I have heard that were a waste a a few dat tapes and studio time.....we all know the game is flooded with amatuers and overnight hypes....so i try and seperate the real from fake....and give my $6.50 on what I hear...
The last one that really impressed me with quality was Ice Cold Heat by GameWardens camp....it was definitely above average and a lot better than some releases on the streets, although the cover art and packaging wasnt all that impressive IMO, its whats inside that counts, and they had a quality release with solid track that hasnt left my CD changer since I put it in ( They Gone...my favorite track)
This latest one I recieved was from our folks Charles Jay (AKA cIPHER mINDS) who browses the forum now, we've all seen the album back cover with the picture of him as a child with Pac.....peaked some interest just with the pic...He also posted a track or two on here and got great reviews...but ya'll need to stop sleepin and cop this album when it hits....These aint ya ordinary rap cats, they got a little more of a hip-hop feel to it, but a Westcoast hip hop feel....from what I can tell these cat are from the Point...the album has 13 verry solid tracks and you rarelky need to hit the skip button on ya CD player...there was I'd say 11 out of 13 top rate songs on the CD.....The first track hit hard and the beat is just fuckin off the chain, since they are more hip-hop, they dont lack on the lyrics and have some complexity to the songs.....the whole album has a postive feel to it, but not soft, it definitely still has an angry and rough edge.....Excellent use of sample from speeches and movies...(except for one well overused king of new york sample "the nickel bag gets sold in the park" thing)
The mixing and mastering I though was done by God himself, or King Midas...this album is extremely clear and crisp, whoever was on the boards knows their shit....The bass is solid, the treble is crisp, high are high, low are low but not muddled and muffled...
VERY IMPRESSIVE RELEASE WITH A POSITIVE TONE AND OUTLOOK...I DONT LISTEN TO MUCH NY HIP HOP OR ANY HIP HOP REALLY, BUT THIS ALBUM IS HOTT...HASNT LEFT MY PLAYER IN 2 DAYS....AINT LEAVIN ANYTIME SOON.
IM A TOUGH CRITIC AND THIS ALBUM EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS..
TRACKS I RECOMMEND
1. THE JOURNEY BEGINS
3. LEAVE ME ALONE (SOLID RADIO HIT FOR S.F.)
6. SAME PLANET, DIFFERENT WORLD
7. I LOVE MYSELF (FEAT DESSIE)
BE ON THE LOOKOUT YA'LL
CHARLES JAY
"DREAM RETURNED"
RATING;
THERES 5 VEGAS IN A PACK.....SO 5'S THE BEST RATING
THIS ALBUM GET 4 BLUNTS AND A CHUNKY DOOBIE LEFT OVER IN THE ASHTRAY...SOLID RELEASE AND DEBUT.
