I know alot of people don't care for this cat, which is a shame since he's made classic southern rap music for more than a decade.
The entire catalog is all quality, but i don't need to tell you that. You need to listen
for yourself. Music for the soul & not just some shock art; real world shit.
The New South is a mix of unreleased material & tracks remixed from previous albums. Highly enjoyable all the way through & he flexes his different styles throughout.
Assertiveness (tough guy, never forget my name, hush, big ass whiteboy), reflective (aint no love, good man, whiteboy, remember me), & some assorted bangers throughout that all have the same southern fried flavor that gets the listener hyped.
Overall, i give the tape a 8/10. The collection of tracks on here could've maybe have gone in a different order, but that is my only complaint. A small one, considering some of the best songs on here have been previously released.
(If you don't have alot going on with your day, this DVD is terrific. Tells Staks entire life story)
I mean, what makes this blog different from any other music blog?
We'll for one, i will review no shitty music or do reviews that others have done.
I review albums that i feel, have a reason to be heard by many besides me.
Genres & locations do not matter, if it's dope music then i want to talk about it.
I usually cover g-funk, rare rap, mobb music and southern rap.
I don't do much East Coast rap since it's not really my thing i only like a handful of albums from my own state of New York.
So kick back, get one lit, & enjoy the tunes you may here on BringTheBomb
For REQUESTS, I will look into and listen to any requests that may be given to me. I will review them and pick one that i would like to go over. I would like to do more reviews but i am only 1 man with more than 1 thing going on in my life. It pays to be busy, so please excuse me if i'm not always constantly putting up new reviews.
Dre Dog was Andre Nickatina before he changed his name; he also had a slightly different style altogether before the name change. Dre Dog's style was much more aggressive & in your face; while still being mysterious as fuck. Having a knack for rapping, Dre dropped out of of the Galileo Academy of Science and Technology & pursued his goals.
According to Andre he has a D average. Maybe he attended college because he felt he had no other option and just wanted to make the best of his time, which is not a good reason to go to any college.
He released his debut on In-A-Minute Records, and he was one of the most successful artists on the label.
Just a brief explanation behind the title; Jim Jones was a pastor best known for the deaths of almost 1000 people due to poison gases, an airstrip shooting and cyanide-laced flavor Aid.
I guess the nature of all Gangster Rappers is to be a mass murderer to sell records. Hey it works right? I know when he changed his name, violence and aggression became less apparent in his music, if at all.
The New Jim Jones leans less on savage aggression, and instead becomes a soundtrack for any stoner like myself looking for some tight beats. Tracks like "The Ave", "Smoke Dope & Rap" and "Jim Jones Posse" portay the kick-back dank smoking lifestyle of a Young Andre. "Dirty Ass rats" and "Alcatraz" have a more straightforward pimpish feel to them, tying the album together nicely.
Overall, it's a well-put together project that albeit dated, still sticks out today
8/10
The second album is called I Hate You With A Passion.
This is where Andres aggressive and quick-witted style really shows on rugged songs like "Situation Critical", "Killa Whale" and "Dirty Worm". The album is very good, Dre's guest appearances all do their thing and Dre provides a very fun & engaging listen.
The only downside to this joint IMO is the original song and remix on the same album. Also, while i understand "Situtation Critical" and "The Stress factor" are supposed to have a similar beat, it sort of takes the playability for granted. I mean I can play this joint front to back no problem, the fun just kind of slows down listening to The Stress Factor after i heard the 1st half of the album.
Overall though, this album provides an entertaining feel without sounding corny for a second.
Ryan "Woodie" Wood was in the top 5 bay area producers when he was alive. He owned the record label East CoCo Records and produced the majority of the 8 albums that were released. Two of those where his solos, 5 were part of the very dope Northern Expozure series and then you had a solo by one of East CoCos best; Lou-E-Lou.
Yoc Influenced is his debut.
A very solid release, probably due to the fact that it has less than 10 songs (not counting the limited addition with bonus tracks), so the filler here is nonexistent. All the songs on here exibit tremendous effort, and his flow grabs ahold of your attention without letting go until the song is over.
The lyrics have alot of deep meaning & always hit home. He is someone who constantly feels like an outsider based on his skin color (he was a pale-skinned Norteno), and he always felt like he had something to prove. before he turned to the rap gave he lived a life of constant drama & gang-related violence and crimes.
His close friend Carlos "Blackbird" Ramirez was shot to death by local police, which was probably the straw that broke the camels back. Either that or his other friend Snoop being sent to jail for something he didn't do, or even Woodie himself almost being charged with murder.
He had to find a better way & thankfully he went on to create some of the dopest knocks ever heard.
Besides the outro, every song on here shows off Woodies lyrical capabilities. He could say alot in just 2 bars. From the title track letting people know his steez from the jump, to making a bonafied anthem for his hometown of Antioch (Norte Sidin), Wood puts on for his hometown. While the Antioch rap scene is pretty much dead, Wood really made a name for himself from an area now only known for it's methamphetamines.
Anyway, this is a very strong release that's dope all the way through
I don't really know much about Pizzo. I do know that he has the production credits for early AWOL releases & he did some work for the West Coast Bad Boyz comps.
He, along with a handful of others (Sam Bostic, Mike Mosley, Studio Ton as well as others before them) all created, crafted & mastered the mobbstyle production used by pretty much all bay rappers during the early/mid 90's.
Pizzo hasen't really released anything that has gotten to my attention. His last disc was O.G.C.J.M (Only God Can Judge Me, which is a more organzied & better looking title, IMO).
When he was really active, few could match his expertise. He came in the game when he was 16, signing with AWOL before dropping and then dropping his debut on Strong Island Records.
The songs on here have a basic hardcore attitude, with a strong kickback mindstate. The beats have a real rugged feel to them without overpowering the track or making the lyrics hard to hear. It's something to jam and there's alot of clever lines & verses that'll keep you coming back for another listen.
The beats have a classic feel to them. A song might not sound the good at first, but give it 30 seconds. Every song on here (including the skits) is well done; nothing feels half-assed or half baked.
While it is gangsta rap, and it does express the cutthroat ways & opinions of the artist and the (stellar) guest appearances, it is all done in a way that doesn't make the listener feel forced or uncomfortable. Unless you're a total square-bear. Unless you're John Mayer, you should be able to enjoy about 95 percent of this.
Nowadays Pizzo is around, it's just too bad is he isn't making a killing like he used to. Occording to here, he is currently trying to build an empire of his own in collaboration with West Coast Mafia records.
Standouts; On My Way, On the Latenight, O Why They Wanna Test Me, Steady Flowin
If you can find this joint, cop it! Very Rare material.
Fat Tone was probably the most talented artist of his time when he was alive, putting 210 percent effort into his profession(s).
A very rough CD, almost every song on here mentions murder to some extent. His flows are entertaining even on the crappy songs(speaking on his collection, no filler here), which are fairly rare. His sound is very mob influenced, i mean he was friends with C-Bo & Killa Tay. He has a way to sound his words clearly over bass-heavy production; he sounds like if Tay took away his high-pitched echos on tracks and instead voiced over each song aggressively 3 times over with a mild Midwest drawl.
Tracks like the "It's Real" remix and "Gangstafied" exibit his reckless approach; his main approach.
Standouts; Off Brands, Menace to Society, Money Rules
Honorable mentions; Hustlin, Don't want it
Isn't even his best record & it goes harder than most. Not bad for being a decade old.
Ampichino is one of the best rappers ever , and even saying that i can fuck with everything he's ever released doesn't do him justice. He is one of the first rappers from Akron to get his sound out, which is cutthroat mob music with a more modern sound. More mastered beats with less reliance of standard baselines.
The lyrics inform you of the pimpish goals & scenarios of the rappers, from lines like " ...you bitches rudipoo, scoot 'fore i cock & shoot. Gimme the Loot like Biggie or catch some slugs in ya kidney. Feel me family he smelled me, hard to kill like Makaveli......... " "
Under the rug homie, that's where i keep a slug for you phonies, gets no love from me just infared slug from me, no drugs from me, no hugs from me, bat you, killas'll sntach you, gat'n at you .50 caliber gats stiff as a statue"
Literally nothing new is being said but the deliveries of the main artist & his features make for a compelling listen. He carries tracks like "Aftermath", "Ghetto Prizoners", "Flippin oz's" and "Double FF shit" with crazy rabid flows.
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