Tapsearch Com EditorNew piece up at antiMusic
December 13th 2006 15:13
antiMusic has my hat-trick review of Jay-Z, The Game and Snoop Dogg's CDs.
Main points:
"Kingdom Come is nowhere near as good as The Black Album, to say nothing of Reasonable Doubt. It proves for the umpteenth time Jay-Z can rhyme without effort, but rhyme and compelling narrative are two very different things."
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"Originality isn't The Game's strong suit, so his claims to be "the number one since B.I.G. and Pac departed" are kind of amusing. But Doctor's Advocate is a fun listen - a throwback to the days of George Clinton samples, gangster bravado and endless talk of chronic and Compton."
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"While Tha Blue Carpet Treatment beats Kingdom Come and Doctor's Advocate, it can't go beyond the overdone message "I'm a Crip and I have sex a lot."
"But thanks to the production talent Snoop hired, much of the record is pretty impressive. Gone are the often-annoying beats from R&G (see "The Bidness" and "Can I Get a Flicc Witchu" in particular), replaced by sleek, catchy, hip-shaking rhythms courtesy The Neptunes, Soopafly, Dr. Dre and others."
Main points:
"Kingdom Come is nowhere near as good as The Black Album, to say nothing of Reasonable Doubt. It proves for the umpteenth time Jay-Z can rhyme without effort, but rhyme and compelling narrative are two very different things."
...
"Originality isn't The Game's strong suit, so his claims to be "the number one since B.I.G. and Pac departed" are kind of amusing. But Doctor's Advocate is a fun listen - a throwback to the days of George Clinton samples, gangster bravado and endless talk of chronic and Compton."
...
"While Tha Blue Carpet Treatment beats Kingdom Come and Doctor's Advocate, it can't go beyond the overdone message "I'm a Crip and I have sex a lot."
"But thanks to the production talent Snoop hired, much of the record is pretty impressive. Gone are the often-annoying beats from R&G (see "The Bidness" and "Can I Get a Flicc Witchu" in particular), replaced by sleek, catchy, hip-shaking rhythms courtesy The Neptunes, Soopafly, Dr. Dre and others."
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