| October 30th is
one of the biggest release dates of 2001 thanks to one person: Jacko. But aside from
Jermaine Dupri, it's a pretty weak day for rap. The only other CD that might even get
noticed is Three 6 Mafia & Hypnotize Minds group effort "Choices." I've
owned a couple Mafia CDs in my day, but have given up on them in the past few years. Will
"Choices" re-ignite love, or will it remind me of why I gave up on them in the
first place? We'll soon see.... 1.
2 WAY FREAK (feat. Three 6 Mafia) This
song is comedy in it's idiocy. It's obviously about a chick who's stalking you via a 2 way
pager. Well my name isn't Carson Daly and I'm not down with the bi-way action. I'll pass
on that, and this track. It's cornier than Pioneer Hybrid.
Track Rating: $0.20
2. RESTAURANT SCENE (Skit) Short as hell and I see no
real point in it. A guy talks about how he's been locked up forever, but there is one
moment of comedy...
"Nigga ya' can't spell 'domesticated!'"
$0.05
3. MAFIA (feat. Hypnotize Camp) The way the beat starts out
to this song makes me instantly wet, but the overly shitty female rapping ruined my
excitement. The rest of Hypnotize Camp shows up and somewhat saves the track, but it's
still nothing that is going to get airplay outside of the South.
"I got my dick sucked while I was on the
couch"
$0.50
4. BABY (feat. Three 6 Mafia) A song about 'my baby's momma', I'm sorry but I'm far from down.
This is garbage rap.
$0.05
5. GANGSTA NIGGAZ (feat. Three 6 Mafia)
This song addresses those
that are and aren't true gangstas, I fall in the category of 'far from gangsta' and I'm
pretty sure this track does too, especially with the constant weak chants of "we hip,
we hip." I do like the No Limit line that follows though:
"Just because he a Limit, he act
like he us."
$0.40
6. WONNA GET SOME I GOT
SOME (feat. Tear Da Club Up Thugs) Starts
off nice, but just ends up being nothing more than boring, typical rap. A predictable
hook, the typical No Limit/Hypnotize/Suave House sounding delivery. No energy, despite the
title name.
$0.20
7. 1ST CRIME SCENE (Skit) - On this two shady cops examine a dead body and well...not much else.
Pointless.
$0.00
8. O.V. (feat. Lord Infamous) Is it just me or is the name Lord Infamous the lamest name
imaginable. And then the first words we get out of him are "Kaizer Soze" but of
course they're pronounced completely f-ed up. Then he starts rapping and he sucks all the
flava out of your room via your speakers. Thanks!
$0.10
9. U GOT DA GAME WRONG (feat. Three 6
Mafia) On this Three 6 responds to those women who think that a man is going to
pay all their bills. And in a shocking move, Three 6 says they aren't having it. God GAWD!
I never saw that coming. (If you didn't notice the sarcasm, shoot yourself!)
$0.20
10. WE SHOOTIN' FIRST (feat. Gangsta Boo,
Crunchy Black, Lord Infamous) - Gangsta Boo
can't rap, why am I the only one who's figured this out? She has some decent lyrics for a
female rapper, but if she worked at Pizza Hut her delivery would consist of driving the
car right through your damn house. Whenever she steps to the mic, it's like a damn car
accident...it's that ugly. And when you pair her with two other weak rappers, then you
hope that the "shootin'" they're talking about is being done to each other.
$0.10
11. DIS BITCH (feat. Project Pat,
Ludacris, Crunchy Black) Project Pat is
only good stuff when he's saying the words "sizzurp" and not when he opens a
track, like on this one. Him and Crunchy Black bookend this track with pure skat, but
Ludacris' middle verse is quality and comedy. He changes his flow with pure flava, and we
finally get the first decent track on this cd. About damn time.
"Bigger lips on ya pussy, let me see ya
blow a kiss"
"It's obscenities, pussy, like it, buy
it!"
$1.20
12. PASS ME (feat. Crunchy Black, La
Chat) Every rap song needs a slower track
which highlights the "flava" of weed and is intended for you to get lit up to.
Well, this one + me + weed = would send me into a depression of epic proportions. Pure
weakness, pass this ditch weed to someone else.
$0.15
13. BIG PAT'S WAREHOUSE (Skit) On this skit Big Pat breaks down how foolios are obsessed with "short
cheese." Is there a point to these skits?
$0.00
14. THEY DON'T FUCK WIT US (feat. Three 6
Mafia) This one will probably be loved by
all Three 6 Mafia fans, and it's definitely a decent rap track and if it had some more
polish, I might be down. I'll admit it's decent though.
"Ya got no friends and no ends, now it's
time to get the strap and do their ass in."
$0.50
15. SLANG & SERVE (feat. T-Rock)
Just some un-inventive talk of
"slanging" and smoking some goodies. Boring as hell, I've listened to it
twice...never again.
$0.10
16. WAR WIT US (feat. Three 6 Mafia)
More boasting about beating ass and
shooting rivals. I'll admit that that's what rap is the majority of the time, but that
means to stand out you need to do it different in some way. This is just more of the same.
It's ok, but nothing you'll ever remember.
$0.25
17. MEAN MUG (feat. Three 6 Mafia, La
Chat) Garbage, boring, weak, what other
adjective should I use???? Skip this track.
$0.05
18. HOW IT WENT DOWN (Skit) Another pointless skit, I see a trend here.
$0.00
19. I AIN'T GOIN - A HUSTLER'S THEME
(feat. N.L.) I think this is
Hypnotize Mind's attempt at a rap/R&B hybrid. Believe it or not it sounds like one of
the most polished songs on the entire CD. I could see this one getting some decent airplay
as everyone loves this sort of hybrid these days. Not my taste, but very solid.
$0.75
20. RIDING ON CHROME (feat. Project Pat)
I have some love for Project Pat, but not
enough to ever buy one of his CDs. I'll listen to his singles and give 'em a chance, but
this isn't single quality by any means. It's a decent Project Pat song, which means it's
below average for a decent rapper.
$0.30
21. TALKIN (Skit) On this one Juicy J just spouts pointless Hypnotize Mind propaganda. Which
I guess makes some sense, but at least don't make it sound like it's just coming off the
top of your head. Polish your shit for god's sake. Hypnotize Minds can't keep their
cars clean, but not their CDs...WTF?
$0.00
I know that anyone that likes Three 6
Mafia or the Hypnotize Camp is going to be unhappy with this score, but I've just had my
fill of this South crap. Petey Pablo, Eightball & MJG, Ludacris, and others have
proved that the South can be interesting and exciting, but everything Hypnotize puts out
sounds exactly like their enemies at No Limit. Do yourself a favor and don't choose
"Choices."
Album worth: $5.10
Album price: $14.99
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