Batman Begins

Plot (B): Real cool plot I liked the way that didn't go traditional with it. Like showing his training and what not as well as changing up some normal shit. The way they portrayed Gotham was great. Portrayed so much better than all the other Batman movies before it. Unfortunately I didn't like the way they changed who killed his parents and other small details. All just minor things though compared to a rather good plot. Having Scarecrow as one of the super villains was real cool. New Bat Mobile gets a thumbs down though.

Acting (B): The acting was good of course as I expected. Katie Holmes is a cute girl and not half bad of an actress. Bale was of course great as he is in every movie he's in. I'm a big fan of his. Good acting.

GRADE: B

-C.S.

I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind II by Killer Mike

Lyricism C+:
The lyricsim on this album was average hence the grade. Nothing on here is lyrically special but a few aren't lyrically good. I actually was surprised by Mikes lyrical presence on here tho. He did have quite a few surprisingly good tracks. I didn't expect much from this album lyrically so I got surpised in a pleasant way.



Production C-:
Nothing on here as far as beats was very good. The production was blah and sloppy. A few cool sounds though. Track 6 had a nice Chopped and Screwed beat. A few real loud and in your face beats but most of it sounded the same. Just average, sloppy, rushed beats.




STREET ANTHEMS B+:
Of course Killer Mike had dope anthems all over the place. Dude has a cult following and he spoke for the people on every track. All up in your face you digg?




GRADE: C-

-C.S.

Friday After Next

Plot (C-): The plot was well kind of wierd. A santa claus thief robs Craig and Day-Day. They get jobs as Top Flight Security and they search for this thief who robbed them on Christmas Eve. I mean I don't expect much plot from a movie like this really so I let a lot slide. Hell it could've gotten a better grade for plot but still I see some areas where it can improve.



Acting (B-): lol I don't expect great acting from Cube or any of the other actors/actresses so that's why it gets a B-. The acting wasn't really that bad at all. Nothing great but it was fair. Plus it had some hella fine bitches in it. Damn whoever the prostitute was.........mmmmm shawty is a 10!!!


Comedy (B): Maybe not as funny as the other movies in the series but still mad funny. When Day-Day goes mad with power as a security guard it's so damn funny. The pimp is real funny to. But when Damon starts being all homo I couldn't stop laughing. The movie gets right into the laughs and that's what you expect. So many funny parts.



LAST WORDS: Great comedy? No. Good light hearted comedy like the others? Yes. Don't come into this looking for much more than fun.



GRADE: B-

-C.S.

Untitled by Nas

1. Queens Get The Money
-Decent introduction u could say nothing great kind of boring but it's just blah.



2. You Can't Stop Us Now
-Big fan of this sampling here good shit as far as beat and all that. The track is average.


3. Breathe
-Okay song just talking about the everyday struggles from racism to cops. Mad complaining though.


4. Make The World Go Round
- Pretty nice lyricism here but the track is boring and sounds just like the rest of the tracks before it. A cool idea though with this song I like the message and the chorus.


5. Hero Feat. Keri Hilson
-Very commercial song not traditional Nas but I don't care bout that. Just a decent track but to tell the truth at first I hated it a lot but it grew on me after the first couple of listens. Still nothing special but can be catchy. Keri Hilson <333>GRADE: D+

-C.S.

ATTENTION: SOMEHOW AN ERROR IN BLOGGER ERASED THIS REVIEW! :( THIS PISSES ME OFF A LOT BUT THERES NOTHING I CAN DO! I RECOVERED 5 SONGS BUT THE GRADE OF THIS ALBUM IS A D+!

Reks - Grey Hairs

1) Grey Hairs
Nice track, good production by Blaze P. The chorus was a little annoying, when he started repeating “its all grey hairs,” but the verses are on point, with Reks making it clear what his ideas and views are, with lines like: “Cause we don’t let the radios make us different/Getting grey hairs from all of that anger building/I’d be lying if I say I ain’t aging, sensing/A bit of change in my ageless wisdom/What are we to do now, for our ageless victims/Who just wish music would return for its senses.” The delivery and lyrics make it clear that Reks really cares for the music, and knows its got problems

2) The One
Nice beat by Statik Selektah (dude’s the future of production, for real). Reks spits dope on this one, goes in and disses people and mentions random problems with everyday life and the world. “What have we learned from the rappers who got killed?/All of this commotion in rap, most of its not real” is good. I didn’t like how after each “verse” or section of the song (there’s no chorus) he sorta repeated the end line, but I did like the repetition on the “I am not…”s; example: “I am not a rapist, still I believe you can get touched” and “I am not a racist, but I do not believe any quality nigga spit, honky follow me.” Dope spitting on this one, for real.

3) Say Goodnight
Some people dislike this Premo beat, some people do like it; I’m in the latter category (though I wasn’t a fan of the song clips on the chorus). Either way, Reks goes IN on this track. Dope flow, and dope lyricism. This is the first single, and I hope it gets some sort of shine (though it probably won’t). Not gonna go in big detail on this one, but its quite dope.

4) How Can It Be
Statik Selektah with a nice track, the pitch of the sample’s a little bit annoying, but it’s still a dope instrumental. Lyrically, once again, he’s spitting real well: “Revelation: enemy, associate/Whoever get the premonition to fuck with me is over with.” Nice flow as well. The scratching on the chorus is good as well, as one sample declares Reks “An MC’s MC.”

5) Stages
Interesting beat from Large Professor. Nas sample on the chorus and another sample saying “it’s the stages, the phases, that we go through.” Another pretty dope track, I didn’t like the instrumental as much as most of the other ones, and the chorus isn’t that special, but lyrically its good. His flow’s really good on this one. It’s a good track lyrically, though not as good as some other oens.

6) All In One (5 Mics) feat. Lil’ Fame
Reks (and Lil’ Fame) imitate and pay homage to Biggie, Pac, Big L and Big Pun. The track is well done, and the imitations are pretty good, they get the flow and delivery down. I liked Fame on this one a lot, held his own with Reks. The production’s hard hitting as well. Overall, a really dope track.

7) Next 2 Me
Nice beat by DC the Midi Alien. The song is once again quite good lyrically: “Spitting so effortless/Every breath is as if/I’m the game of tetris/Hold every block down/Name any block round/I connect with it…” His flow is really good. Didn’t like the chorus though, Reks tries singing or something, , and it doesn’t really sound that good when he stretches some shit to make it rhyme, like the line “all these rappers ain’t shit next to me.” Still, the verses are fucking sick.

8) Money On The Ave feat. Skyzoo
Simple beat by Soul Theory, but I like it. The song title is misleading, as this is actually not glorifying money or coke dealing; it really has the point of view of a kid rapping, watching neighbors and local thugs sell drugs, filled with the frustration. The chorus includes lines like “The money makers on the ave/And they be getting dough/While I was tryin’ to rap/Nigga they were selling blow.” The verses have a really clever point of view of a struggling rapper being drawn to the more successful drug dealers, showing (much better than any coke rappers can, mind you) why people can be drawn to that culture: you can’t make money easily rapping. As Reks spits (from someone else’s point of view), “Diddy ain’t gon’ pop into your hood/And change your life, make the shit all good/Like shit ain’t fucked up on the streets/So to eat we keep/ them goods in the projects/Its all economics/You disagree, God bless, wish you the best/But you from Lawtown, Mass, who gon’ listen to Reks?” Still, they make it clear that they enjoy the choice that they made, to stay involved with rap.

9) Black Cream (The Negro Epidemic) feat. Big Shug
Don’t really like the best, and Shug’s singing on the chorus wasn’t anything special, and the message has been not a lot, particularly recently (Nas, Untitled, in stores now). Still, the verses are nice, with lyrics that are quite true, such as: “Everybody ain’t Kanye West, Lord/I try to tell the kids get a dream you can afford/But kids wanna stunt, smoke blunts and impress broads/Sip on syrup cause they idol got his cup/What this does/Is make it harder to give a fuck, the impulse/To ball got Cosby pissed off/That buck that bought the bottle could’ve struck the lotto/To invest in scratch tickets is a fucked up motto.” More dope spitting by Reks.

10) Love Sweet Misery
Wasn’t liking the sample at all, it was sorta ignoring to me, and the beat is sorta soporific to me. Still, once again, Reks spits real dope on this one. But the production’s lacking IMO, a rare miss from Statik, just didn’t like the beat. Nice flow and lyricism though.

11) Rise
The beat is nothing special, and the chorus is a bit dumb (“we all rise from the bottom to the top…” oh, really?). Not as good as some other songs. Not bad, by any means, but it wasn’t anything special.

12) Telescopes feat. Jon Hope & Lucky Dice
Liked the placid, serene feel on this beat, and also liked the chorus a lot. Both Jon Hope and Reks are dope rappers from MA, and both spit real well on this one. Lucky Dice’s verse isn’t as good (random lines like, “hey, hey, hey, you’re a super-superstar” sorta take away from it), but the song is still overall good. Nice cultural references to talking about life events and change/hope. Nice blend, nice production, nice lyrics, nice track.

13) Day 2
Production is ok, but the breathing/sighing in the background is annoying. Still, nice chorus/verses as he talks about mistakes in his life and how he wants to start over, all in regards to his love life. I didn’t like how he let the sample go on for a bit before the third verse, but the storytelling is there, and the lyrics are nice, as he talks about how he was “a dog from day one” in his relationship.

14) Premonition feat. Consequence & Termanology
This feels a bit more like a Consequence tracks, with him talking at the beginning and on the first chorus. Still, it’s a nice track about their lives. Both guest rappers did well, Termanology particularly, and I like how they mentioned their names in the verses. Reks also has a dope verse, I like how he doesn’t hide the fact that he’s flawed in his verses, helps the listener connect a bit more. Nice job by Statik on the beat.

15) My Life feat. Paula Campbell
Like the production and I like how the singing and rapping blend well. He talks about a few different events, has a real nice flow on this one as well. Some dope lyrics in here: “I feel the spirit in my lyrics of the ghosts’ path/Try to awake ‘em when I scribble on my notepad.” Nice, laid back beat, and Reks does it justice with some introspective lyrics.

16) Cry Baby
Nice storytelling on this song about a teenage pregnancy, which is then revealed to be about Reks’ life and mother. The first verse is about his mom, second is about him as a young kid, third about him as a teen. Got a lot of emotion in this, with him regretting showing disrespect to his now dead mom. Nice lyrics, and a nice chorus with Reks asking: “It made dear mama weak, what will it do to me?” Introspective, personal, and good lyricism? Dope.

17) Long While
Once again, thinking about the past. These about the homies who he hasn’t seen in a long while. Nice lyricism and a good beat. Good mix of reminiscing and missing, and the lyricism is still on point. Nice flow and delivery, it compliments the instrumental well. Not much else to say, just another good song

18) Big Dreamers (Lawtown Remix) feat. Termanology & Krumbsnatcha
Nice track, remixing a cut from Statik Selektah’s album. The chorus is pretty good, but the verses are much better. Again, not much to say on this one, just some real nice lyrics over a good beat.

19) Isiah
A little religious, but a nice beat, chorus, and lyrics. Some nice lines on this one, “I am forgiven, so I must forgive/Driven to do more than just scribble sentences with relentlessness/Paying rent, making sense, till my day is spent/If its meant to be rap, Lord, finally say its meant” is a nice way to finish it. Dope track.

20) Hidden Track (Pray For Me (Suicide Note))
DOPE track, first track I really heard from Reks that made me a huge fan. Nice Jay-Z sample, dope production, and dope outlook over the state of hip-hop. I could drop quotes, but to be honest, the whole song is just consistently fire lyrically. So just listen yourself.

Grade: A

Eraserhead (1977)

Where to start, Eraserhead is an example of a movie that will always be classic, time cannot take that away from it like it does for some movies. Lynch is truly a master at what he does, and it's perfect.

The story centers around Henry Spencer (Jack Nance). Henry's life is turned around when he finds out his girlfriend Mary X (Charlotte Stewart) reveals that she had his "baby" (it's hard to call it this, you'll know why when you see it). Mary moves in with Henry in his small apartment with the baby, but the baby cries constantly. Nothing will calm it and it finally upsets Mary so much that she goes back to her parents house leaving Henry with the baby. Henry meets and has a short affair with Beautiful Girl Across the Hall (Judith Roberts) and encounters the Lady in the Radiator (Laurel Near).

The setting is perfect. It shows a bleak, dark and deserted industrialized city where there is no plants, except a dead one in Henry's room. Everything looks so depressing and devoid of life and it fits perfectly.

Acting is amazing. Jack Nance is genius as the quiet, odd Henry. Mary X's parents are both equally odd and ecentric which are good contrasts to Henry. All the characters are well played and there are no weak points.

On the surface the plot appears paper thin, Henry has a baby, becomes a single parent, and ultimately can't take it. The movie however is much deeper than this. There are many interpretations of what this movie is about and that's what makes it great, there are many different ideas of what it is and isn't. Some people think it's a religious movie about sins, others think it's just a pregnancy warning. Henry is haunted by terrifying dreams and visions as he spirals down into depression, and his inability to cope with this new world.

See this movie. It will stick with you for a long time not matter what you think it's about at the end. It's a true masterpiece of a movie and should not be missed.

9/10


*****SPOILERS*****

It's about Henry's desire to end his own life. At the start the Man in the Planet (God) tries to show Henry that life is worth living by removing his "sin" (the worm thing). Lady in the Radiator represents Death, deformed but something appealing to it. At the end Henry finally embraces Death and it's finally over. The Eraser scene is representing his need to erase the memories from his head. There are lots of other little clues like this, but you need to be watching.

*****END OF SPOILERS *****

-Kartoon

P2 (2007)

Angela (Rachel Nichols) is at work late on Christmas Eve, and when she's finally ready to leave it's just her and the doorman, Karl (Philip Akin). Angela proceeds to the parking lot to find that her car won't start. She finds Thomas (Wes Bentley), a security guard, who tries to help with the car. It doesn't work, so she heads back up stairs after an odd conversation with Thomas. She finds the door is locked, and Karl is nowhere to be found. And so starts her terror.

First impression is "wow, I bet this movie cost a ton of money to make with all the no name actors and the grand two locations".

The acting is actually alright. Karl plays the typical old, nice doorman and Thomas is a good creepy obsessed stalker. Angela on the other hand is horrible. She does the typical trapped woman, she has many idiotic ideas and could have ended it all within 10 minutes of being captured.

The plot...is thin. Thomas has been stalking Angela for months so he captures her, she escapes, he hunts her, etc. Been done a million times before and there was NOTHING standout here.

Overall it's an overused, average movie. There's really no reason to watch it, unless there's nothing else to see. It's not exactly bad, it's just so extremely average it's like you have already seen the movie. It's incredibly predictable too, you know who's going to die, you know who's going to get out, you know what's going to happen, you know not to waste your time on this.

4/10

-Kartoon

DKE's Top Ten Favorite Joe Budden Tracks

What with Joe Budden releasing a series of VERY dope songs recently (entitled “Who,” about the state of hip-hop), and since our blog was in dire need of a new post, I figured I’d give a quick countdown of my personal favorite tracks by the man they call Mouse. He’s one of my favorite rapper, and this is not necessarily his BEST songs, but they’re my favorites…you can definitely make a case for a few other tracks, of course. And I haven’t even heard all of his songs (obviously), so yeah, there’s way more, lol.

First a few honorable mentions that just miss the cut:
My Life (MM3 Bonus Track) – I’m normally against songs with such an absolute name – how can you put your entire life in a song? – but this one is good. A bonus track from Mood Muzik 3, this song has a nice sample, nice beat, good chorus, and some real good lyrics.
Unforgiven – This track, from The Growth has a well done Metallica sample, allowing Budden to get introspective on the beat, saying shit like “Lets talk about the struggle, lets talk about the pain/Some people say they love you, but that don’t mean a thang…That’s my depression talking…maybe it’s really real/Maybe them doctors was right, and maybe I’m really ill.” Flow's a bit off, but lyrically its great
Calm Down – A real introspective track from his self-titled solo debut, “Calm Down” has Budden talking about not only his former drug addiction, but his relationship with his mom and how it survived in regard to the drug habit.
She Wanna Know featuring Lil’ Mo – Yeah, yeah, I know I’m probably one of the few people who likes this. But I like the chorus, its really catchy, and the lyrics aren’t half bad:
”C'mon don't tell me that we already endin’/And fuck I need to cheat on you for? I'm already winnin’.” Of course the main thing that makes this song so great is the horns on the beat, real nice sounding. Haha, I’m gonna catch shit for this, but whatever.

10) Crazy
Though just a verse…well, what does Joe Budden on the Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” beat imply to you (if you’re a Budden fan)? Nice flow on the song, and nice lyrics and punchlines in regard to his life in general. I particularly liked the line, “I’m like Josh Howard, I need time out, but it’ll cost the game” (in regard to a playoff game from a few years ago where Josh Howard called timeout when the Mavericks didn’t want to call one…they ended up losing). Real nice track.

9) Sing For The Moment
Eminem’s “Sing For The Moment” track gets a visit from Mouse, and he once again has some nice thought-provoking lyrics. He talks about problems in the Hood, but unlike most people glorifying it, he spits: They say you soft when you move out the Hood/And so my goal is to make all of my loved ones punks/ My pop my mother, my son, his mother, my girl, my brother/My entire squad will be soft from far.” Also directly talks to his fans, showing both appreciation and inspiration.

8) Three Sides To A Story
DOPE Budden storytelling. This is many people’s favorite song by him, and though its not mine, I realize how dope it is. Nice beat, albeit a little sad, giving a three-way story from the perspective of an ex-convict who goes back to jail due to society’s reluctance to give him another chance. Then it shifts to the kid’s sister, who is molested and pregnant by his step-father. The step-father and brother have a shoot-out, and the girl gets hit by a stray and dies. It’s a sad story, but the narration is downright amazing, and he does an astounding job lyrically.


7) So Long Goodbye
A lot of people wouldn’t mention this in Budden’s best tracks, but I really like this one. A nice sample, and a really sweet sounding song. Budden spits about the problems that are in the game, and about how sometimes he thinks about quitting, before explaining why he doesn’t. Nice lines in here, like “Some people sell out, fuck everything they jot/
From their heart for that number one spot on the charts.”

6) Ten Minutes
This may be a little low on my list, and I may catch shit because of some of the tracks that I put ahead of it. Yes, the beat is nice sounding and Budden’s lyrics on it are real nice, but at ten minutes long, it gets a little boring and repetitive, in my humble opinion, at the end (lol). Still, the lyrics are nice in many spots. You can feel the honesty in the song, in lines such as: Some days I'm not invincible and I feel the pressure/Like if everyone's depending on me, and I just stop...Then what the fuck happens?” Not necessarily worse than the other ones, I just like them a bit more.

5) Walk With Me
Joe literally takes the listeners through a tour of his life. The lyrics are on point, and you can tell that he’s really not feeling his life, and that it’s honest. The beat is nice, and the chorus, though a bit long, is also dope. Nice lines like, “I’ll take you to meet my girl I got to see if you notice/If she love me or if the bitch got an ulterior motive.” He also isn’t afraid to get personal: “Where was the hate back when I wasn't on my feet/An alcoholic, school dropout, just a bum on the street/Where was the hate during my adolescence/Back when that psychiatrist was trying hard to get me on ammonic depressives.” Budden’s never afraid to get personal, and this track becomes dope because of this reason. For the record, this one is pretty much a tie (in my opinion) with the one I put it four, either one could be higher than the other.

4) Ransom Disses (Heart of the City/Ransom Note)
The reason these two are together is because they’re two disses at another rapper, Ransom, so they’re strongly related. These may not be this high normally, but they really show Budden’s punchlines and differ from the usual depressing topics he covers, so they earn a spot in the top four. I don’t like the talking he does (goes on and on lol) at the start of the songs, especially “Ransom Note.” The lyrics are on point though, he hit him with some nice lines. From “Heart Of The City”: “It's no wonder he aint gettin no bookings for shows/Cause your fans is like mine dog, looking for growth” & “Fuck how your glock pop off, how your flock not soft/You gettin no where fast being a Lox knock off,” plus nice one-liners like “Your tapes bang like hardwoods – they not classics.” “Ransom Note” also has some nice lines: “The fans can easily solve my shit/Cop his tape, maybe he'll hop off my dick” and “And this is when I know I heard it all/His stupid ass proud to live on the third floor/He like "Im in the hood all day, I gets it poppin'/you wack motherfucker, you ain’t got another option,” plus another one-liner: “Your career felt about short as a good weekend.” And trust me, that’s just the start, this has waaayyy more dope lines…I can pretty much quote the entire two songs, lol.

3) Dear Diary/Dear Diary (Remix)
Before I get into this one, it was also interchangeable with number two, “Broken Wings.” This one, like “Broken Wings” is really nice lyrically and is just him going on and on about his problems and life. Both versions, the original and remix, are produced by WMS the Sultan, and both are very dope. Love the instrumentals for each version, and like the tone that they sent. Some great lines in here, man, he really gets personal and just raw. I really, really liked some lines in the middle: “They tried to warn me, fought with my girl every night about you/Shit only hurts 'cause she was right about you/She run around wanting to shoot you the fair one/I keep telling her "chill, I don't care none"/I got another side I never showed to you/The side where everybody is disposable/See, relationships are never a threat/'Cause I'll erase the history and act like we never met/Become done giving a fuck and done calling/I got your e-mail, I was done way before then.” Another line I liked was about his baby mama problems: “Is she wrong using him so I can come back/Or am I wrong for wishing I could have my cum back?” And, like I said, both versions are real dope…WMS killed this shit.

2) Broken Wings (Freestyle)
Nice sampling of the ‘80s single, with the same title, by the band Mr. Mister (also sampled on the Pac track, “Until The End Of Time”). The beat’s the same, and he uses the chorus as well. Every line, literally, on this track is quotable. For real, very, very well written. Crazy flow, and some real dopeness in this shit. “You don't feel what the pencil scripts?/Then eight times outta ten you ain't been through shit,” “Was once tight, grew apart for dollars/Was on the same panel, now we Star and Barbara/Two different “Views” two different lifestyles/I think 'long the way one of us got confused,” “It's so sweet/Thought I was fucked up with no shoes 'til I met me a nigga with no feet,” and “Some wanna threaten me, ruin my health/Let me teach you a little something 'bout depression/Ain't shit you could do to me I ain't already thought about doing to myself.” He also has a dope few lines where he compares himself to Alex Rodriguez in regards to his label situation, ending cleverly with “Should get traded, but he don't wanna move/'Cause this the only city he got somethin' to prove/And that's why I'm seen with heaters/'Cause you can't be the man when you on the same team as Jeter.” Just a track that is dope beyond belief.

1) Whatever It Takes
As dope as every other track on this list is, before I even started writing it, I knew beyond a doubt that this was number one. The lyrics are Joe Budden’s “Find A Way,” but on this beat, it gets much, much doper. Nice sample, and ohhhh man, the lyrics are DOPE! Once again, almost every line is quotable…which, considering its very lengthy time, is quite impressive (“Broken Wings” isn’t as long). Maybe its just because I can connect with the lyrics so much, but its also definitely the lyricism and flow that impresses me on this song. “See I'm depressed lately, but nobody understands/That I'm depressed lately, I'm sorta feelin' repressed lately./But y'all been hearin' an' seein' me less lately/Like, has anyone noticed the regress lately?/Look deep nigga, don't I seem stressed lately?/Seemed disturbed, lotta' regrets lately?” and “They say he whines too much, he's too bitter/They call it, complainin', I call it, explainin'/How normal niggas could get caught-up in the game and/Lose they mind, and y'all call it entertainment” and “Now, if it goes to the wire, got the soul of a fighter/Bruised-up and sloppy, or damaged like Ali/Up-late talkin' to the fans on the website/That's the only thing that send yo' man off to bed right?!” Then it enters the last stretch, so to speak, with some really, really dope lines: “Fuck the world, fuck my moms and my girl!/Well, maybe not mom, jus' lemme' remain calm./This too won't last, this too shall pass/At least that's what I say y'all, that's what I pray for,” finally leading to the great ending, where he speaks from his depression’s point of view: “Been with you since 10, but you startin' to confuse me/'Cause it's been so long, and you still try'na lose me/Like, how could you show me such cruelty?/When everybody turns their back on you, Joe it's you and me/Joe, you don't want me to see you right?/Then why you always come get me, how we re-unite?/Tell me! I know you feel for me deep in your heart;/Doctors, meetings, pills couldn't keep us apart./But, now you got a deal an' you wanna get rid of me/We're roommates, I'm in your head, Joe you live with me." Overall, a really, really amazing track, one of my favorites ever.

I know I missed some, and I also know I overwrote, but fuck it, I was bored, and we haven’t had a post in a while. That’s my list, what’s yours?

Same Eyez On Me by Petey Pablo

Tracklist:
01. We R Blown
02. Same Eyez On Me
03. Everywhere I Go
04. I'm Makin' Moves
05. I'll Beat Yo Azz (Feat. Kurupt)
06. It Aint Fair
07. So Crazy (Feat. 2Pac)
08. Push It Away
09. Too Much (Feat. Eastwood & Kurupt)
10. Somebody About To Get It
11. Set The Record Straight
12. Simple And Plain
13. Holla At Ya Folkz
14. Let's Do It
15. What Cha Gonna Do?
16. Thats Why
17. In Your Casket
18. In A Minute



Lyricism C:
Lyrically the album is just average. See considering I don't like Petey Pablo and didn't expect much from this it was a decent LP. Numerous tracks were nice and 3-4 were dope. Tracks like So Crazy, Same Eyez On Me and I'm Makin Moves are straight fire. They almost make the album. The lyrics in both I'm Makin Moves and Same Eyez On Me are great because of the story they tell and they create a connection with Petey. On So Crazy Tupac spits fiyah. Dope songs right thurr!




Production B:
The production on this LP was pretty good. Despite it being old unreleased tracks everything seemed so new and fresh other than Pac lol. The beat on Same Eyez On Me was real damn good. Good beats everywhere or a least solid to decent ones. Good production.


GRADE: B-


-C.S.

Fight With Tools by Flobots

1. There's A War Going On For Your Mind

-Real nice intro just saying a bunch of shit that's going on in the world and ending it with a "Theres A War Going On For Your Mind"




2. Mayday
- Nice track and flow on this. It's just a well made track all together. The sound is perfect and its a heavily political track.




3. Same Thing

-Pretty nice track. Johnny 5 sounds a lot like Tonedeff though. Nice sound on the beat and such. All together good.


4. Stand Up
-Real powerful track. Speaking the truth mostly. ANother heavily political track. Talking about the government and Americas beliefs. Dope track.


5. Fight With Tools
- Maybe the only weak track on here. It's a blah track thats all.


6. Handlebars
- lol at first listen I just thought this was some stupid ass song about nothing. Then I actually listened to the full thing and was amazed by the power of it. It's such a good political song. Just an all together dope track. Plus it's mad catchy. Spekaing the truth.


7. Never Had It
-The woman on the track sounded perfect on here. Like a lullaby. All together it's a good track with a great sound and flow.



8. Combat
- Cool beat boxing sound in th ebackground. Just an average track though. Good lyricism tho.


9. The Rhythm Method [Move!]
- Dope verses from everyone. Just a real bumpin song thats fast paced.


10. Anne Braden
-Dope storytelling and just a plain dope 1st verse from Johnny. Such a good track about the sixties and race wars. Awesome song.



11. We Are Winning
-It starts off with some old bitch saying the opposite of things in this world. Just an average track. Lyricism was okay. Just average song.


12. Rise
- Together We Rise!!! Just more revolution political stuff. Decent track nothing special. It's mad in your face though.



GRADE: B+



-C.S.