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Street Savior Pt. 5
Review by: Big Chew
It's been a minute since I got a J-Love mixtape. Congrats to him
for his Justo win...Best Underground mixtape DJ. The funny thing
about "underground" is that's where the good music is and I
wouldn't call it underground I would call it "non-commercial
bullshit". On a J-Love mixtape it's not so much if the music is
new, old or dropped first; it's how it fits in relation to what
else is on the CD. I guarantee you every track on this mixtape
is something J-Love would personally listen to on his own and
that's what truly separates the mixtape men from the mixtape
boys.
You def know who's in your CD player when that intro comes
on...salute J-Love people. One of the most consistient MCs in
the game right now is Ghostface. He stays with new music and
with a new album coming out. "Chunky" got that knock to it that
has Ghost flipping words like only he can...rewind that shit
cause he said some shit. For those that don't know J-Love hits
the MIC too. "Come Back" got a nice sound to it. I think J-Love
could work on his word play a little but other than that he's
got some shit to say; I can dig the message in the music.
Production wise the J-Love produced "Chisel 07" is that shit.
Those drums are classic...perfect fit for a Nas track. The M.O.P
support on mixtapes is lacking right now. That's one of the
reasons you fuck with J-Love mixtapes cause he plays hot shit
regardless. "Off With His Head" is a classic M.O.P anthem...cats
don't drop anthems anymore so enjoy what it is. Lyrically
Cappadonna with "Take A Look Around" and Rae with "My Corner"
are killing MCs with the pictures their painting. Rae said and I
quote: "when I was broke I was the face of rap / rhyming in a
baseball cap / cooling with my aces back then / fuck rhyming we
was fresh off the dime then."; very few MCs in the world today
can put so very few words together and make you picture the
whole shit in you head like that. My favorite track off this CD,
which was rocking in the Rapmullet Ipod not too long ago, is
Kool G Rap on "The Life". This is the epitome of what rap music
should be right now; the lyrics, the story telling is crazy. Can
we get a new Beanie Sigel album please!! Damn, you peep the
hunger on "Return of the Bad Guy"? Can you guess who said this?
And I quote: "I'm not a thug I'm a father / and I think the
blood of a father rides twice as harder." Ooooo, come on now
that's Redman getting at all you studio gangstas, fake ass, no
talent, bitch ass MCs with "Doc". Only track I'm not really
fucking with is that "Flash Dancing" bullshit by the most
dangerous hypeman in the world. The sleeper track is Psycho Les
with K Solo and Black Attack on "Feel It Baby"; this beat is
that straight head nod.
Not only is the music good as hell on this CD you have to dig
J-Love talking a gang of shit. In these days of DJs playing it
safe, politics and all that bullshit, its cats like J-Love that
seperate themselves from the pack just for the simple fact they
are gonna do what they want, play what they want and say what
ever the fuck they want. (3/18/07)
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