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I Feel Violated. A Review by |
| The second Volume
in the Violator series seemed primed to follow in the footsteps of the original album with
the first single "What It Is" by Bustah Rhymes being such a classic.
Unfortunately, after hearing this entire album..vigilante can feel nothing bu Violated.
Take a look below to see why. Fortune (Intro) – This song is an interulde where a deep voice speaks over several different beats showing upcoming releases from Violator records. THis is fine and all, but would've been much better located at the end of this album..or on a bonus disc. Instead, this just acts as a horrible opener to this album.$.10 What It Is (Bustah Rhymes) – HOT SHIT!!! This track has filtered through many sound sytems in this summer, and its yet another notch in the Neptunes belt. This track is great to bump in the jeep, get the club scene hot, and has a catchy hook that everyone is drawn to sing too.$4.50 Grimey (Noreaga)
– Another Neptunes track here, not really
expecting anything different since this is a NORE track. Anyway, the beat is pretty hot.
But like usual...Noreaga raps about nothing more than to here his own voice. If you
like Nore...you'll probably love this. If you like Nore on occasion like me..then there's
nothing really breakthrough here. $1.00 Put Your Hands Up (LL Cool J) – Ok, if its not a rock track or jazz type track..I have a problem when a song uses the first minute to just let the beat ride out. ESPECIALLY when the song is only 3 minutes in the first place. No matter, the beat is pretty hot and like always LL drops some pretty decent lyrics. Of course, the lyrics (unless he has a point) sound pretty lazy overall.$1.50 Livin In The City (Butch Cassidy & Da Franchise) – This is one of those tracks you expect Nate Dogg just jump out and sing the gangsta-esque hook. Unfortunately, with the pimped out beat..the lyrics on this track are laughable at the least. "You sicker than me? You sound sick."...wtf is that.$.50 I Come Thru (Styles & Noreaga) – I heard this track somewhere before, and loved the hell out of it then. This duo uses the kid singing in the background technique that Jigga and now Trick Daddy use. Unlike those two though, this kids thing is only used in the chorus...when the verses come in the beat just kicks hte hell off into some futuristic ish. Its pretty wild. Styles and Nore come with some pretty hot lines too. $3.50 "Here's why they call me the ghost. I'm half live, half dead. And when its beef I bring all of the toast. And I got more guns then most of new york, and I ain't gotta say shit, cause the toasters will talk." - Styles
We Are (Funkmaster Flex, Memphis Bleek, Geda K) – Um...look at the people on this track..and you already know what to expect. That is EXACTLY what you get with this rather uninspired track. $.75Fiend (Jo Jo Pellegrino) – Wow, a track that doesn't use a futuristic ass beat. This track is hip hop in its purest form. He just spits on a classic-esque hip hop beat, and its hot. $3.00Sexual Chocolate (Cee Lo) - The man from Goodie Mob that just about everyone knows. From that, you can decipher if you like his scratchy rapping singing style that he is known for. I do, and this song is pretty decent. He's come a lot better than this, but its not something I would crash my car trying to cut off. $1.50 Ex (Missy Elliott, Tweet, and Ja Rule) – This song is a little different from the previous track on this album. Here Ja Rule changes his style to that of Missy's. This track is typical Missy song, singy songy with rap in between. If you like that (I do), then you might like this. Even though I like her style, this song is not something I will spend many listens on. $.75 U Feel Me (Fat Joe, Remy Martin, Capone, Noyd) – This Remy Martin simply rips this track to shit. In fact, she is the best part of this song. Everyone else does cool, but she's just hot..and long overdue for an album herself. Also..this track goes on for WAAAAAAAY too long. Someone needed to tell them that if they were going to have a cypher this huge, they should have increased the hotness of the track. $1.25 Livin The Life (Jadakiss & Prodigy) – This track takes two of the hottest mc's from New York, and just gives them both a chance to shine. This track is tight all around the way. $3.00 $.25 Grind Season (Kurupt & Jo Pellegrino) - On this track, Kurupt and Jo rap about how its grind season (sex time) and how people should stop playing hating cause they going to get theres. $2.50 Hoppin In My Car (Hollywood & Ludacris) – A sweet little beat here, that created another generic r&b track where Hollywood talks about she is hoppin in her car to go find her cheatin man. Ludacris's name is attached to this song..but he's nowhere on it. $1.00 Next Generation (G Dep,Tah Murder, Fabolous, Fortune, Jo Jo, and Red Cafe) – A nice little cypher hit that showcases some of the hottest young talent in the streets right now. They all lay down some hot vocal, and let us know that hip hop may being going to hell (Nelly sold 6 times platinum), but there are still some bright spots in the enxt generation. $1.75 Can't Get Enough (Rah Digga, Spliff Starr, Meka) – A Flipmode track that talks about how they can't get enough of sex with thier partner. Its cool, but its too much r&b and not enough rapin...Rah Digga specifically. $1.00
This album fails miserably to compare to the original Violator album, but even with that being the case. This album still has a little standing power of its own. The album isn't solid all the way through, and has about 4 tracks out of 17 that are actually worth listening to. Those tracks are definately off the meter, but not nearly enough to make you buy this. Get the singles from this album, and leave the rest for the studio to deal with. Album worth: $27.85 Album price: $14.99 |
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