| tracklisting |
| 1. Intro by Nate Da Gr8 |
| 2. All For A Purpose |
| 3. Warning feat. Propaganda, Dokument |
| 4. Over The Influence |
| 5. Da
Pointman |
| 6. Meds |
| 7. Disappear |
| 8. Speak
Life |
| 9. I Apologize feat. Listener |
| 10. Poor Penmanship |
| 11. Seasons
Of A Tear feat. Elsie, Zane |
| 12. Statik Interlude |
| 13. Right Now feat. Macho, Raphi |
| 14. Right Now |
| 15. End Up feat. Macho, Raphi |
| 16. Invisible Bars |
| 17. Close |
| 18. Global feat. LPG |
| 19. MIC |
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| That's also why we get two names
on here, that are maybe even a little bit more established
than Sev himself. They go by the names of DJ Cheapshot
who handles two beats on this record, plus Cuf's
Nate Da Gr8, who scratches on several songs. Including
the "Intro",
plus "Over The Influence",
a Cheapshot produced track, where Nate adds dope
turntable work to the mix. The style is quite obviously
bouncy, with the beat getting the head nodding plus
any crowd hype. Sev could have easily used this
option to do some serious battling. Instead he merely
slows down the saving the world for a second, giving
us a combination of lines on himself and on others.
Somewhat a minimal description for the whole of
the album, that often speaks about what Sev sees
and believes, at times challenges others, and often
offers comments and conclusions of Sev's own pondering.
The second Cheapshot track is "Close",
with the beat being a little less typical, but a
lot nicer. This cocky little beat then finally has
Sev step up to address someone who wants to mingle
in his shadow, but that is not even worthy of that
little light. |
| Apart from these two tracks, Dert
covers the most ground with his beats. And with
some of the tracks coming in typical Tunnel Rats
style ("All For A Purpose"
or "Warning"),
there's also a very smooth song like "Speak
Life" with Dax doing the chorus, and
Sev speaking on life. What else? Oftentimes however,
Sev speaks on hip hop and the state of it. So he
does on "Poor Penmanship".
Dert flips things during the hook making it better
than it otherwise is. The Tunnel Rats then can't
be absent of this album, hence Elsie and Zane step
up on "Seasons
Of A Tear", that features a dope Dert
beat. Macho and Raphi add their voices to "Right
Now" and "End
Up", both also produced by Dert,
with the latter being more melancholic, and better
suitable for the stating verses. LPG is featured
on "Global",
with the call for independence being strong and
combined with the raised fist. Further by Dert is
the jiggy "Rock Of
Ages", furthering the musically
always rather club friendly material of the Rats. |
| One of the tracks by someone else
is the dark Peace produced "Meds",
where Sev passes out boxes of meds to heal whatever
sickles in front of him. David Santos treats his
orchestra sample in dope ways on the short "Disappear".
David also takes care of the Latino instruments
using "I Apologize"
(Dert uses a Spanish guitar on "MIC"),
while Listener follows Sev to settle between two
of his hosts verses, with the latter giving us Sev
speaking on how it used to be back then, when even
'white kids were pro black'. But things change,
Sev says. And his remark makes the hook a little
sarcastic. Finally Santos does "Invisible
Bars", that builds around a single
violin, with Sev drawing the connection between
him being real, as opposed to some comic character. |
| It shouldn't be considered a slight
miracle for the Tunnel Raps making a name for themselves.
What they do is offering music with crossover appeal,
minus all the mistakes, illnesses and ignorance.
Plus, the consciousness and positivity is not force
fed, and it does not prevent some straight up spitting,
and some neck breaking rhythms. What gives this
record an enormous potential on paper, with about
four fifths of it being accomplished by Sev and
his fellow rats. |
| review:
tadah |
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