DRAMA
Gangsta Grillz: The Album
5 /5
“Gangsta Grizzzillllllllllllls”
Before this DJ Khaled-esque album came out, DJ Drama had forever immortalized that Lil’ Jon sound bite. The CD is pretty "standard." (intro, outro, interludes, a bunch of rappers) The album starts off with The Setup, an interlude in which the FEDS prepare for the raid on DJ Drama’s studio. (As a result of the now infamous incident, DJ Drama and his partner DJ Cannon lost all their CD’s and faced jail-time for making money off their Gangsta Grillz mixtapes) Who better to start off the CD (for the second
time) than Lil’ Jon himself, on track #2, Gangsta Grillz? The next song is Takin’ Pictures, featuring Young Buck (where has he been for the last minute, anyway), Willie the Kid, a super-charged Jim Jones, Rick Ross, who does his same ol’, and Jeezy & T.I. Anyway, not to bore the fans, the album has dope beats (Producers include: Drumma Boy, a guy called Dame Grease on Takin Pictures, Don Cannon, on the Cannon (rmx) and Jazze Pha) The highlight of the album (for now) is definitely “The Art of Storytellin Part 4” by Outkast & Marsha Ambrosius. Check Andre 3000's flow:
“(she) walked to my bedroom
and thought to myself that's the shape of things to come
she said 'why in the club you don't make it precipitate?
you know make it rain when you can make thunderstorm'
I'm like why? the world needs sun, the hood needs funds
there's a war going on and half the battle is guns
how dare I throw it on the floor
when people are poor”
This verse oughta put current rappers to shame. But there are so many songs which have single potentials. My only beef with this CD is that some of the songs have been included in previous mixtapes. I am sure that Takin’ Pictures used to be “Feds Takin’ Pictures” on another mixtape. The Katt Williams interlude was very unnecessary and DJ Drama just stuck the dude in there ‘cause he wanted to show off. On the other hand, it was dope to include B.G. in 187 featuring Project Pat and Eightball & MJG.
CONCLUSION: ALL the songs are dope! Now go out and cop the album!
+ Paul Yuan
January 9, 2008
