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| When an artist goes 'go, go, go', he does
not always speak of the music genre with the curious name 'Go
Go'. That music is very popular in Washington DC, besides pretty
much nowhere else. Storm is also mingling in the area, but does
nothing that's only 'Go Go'. What didn't prevent him from making
a name for himself in the District, and actually outside of
it too. Be it with winning awards, prizes, or be it just because
of the songs that he won these accolades and props with. That
there are "Get
Your Weight Up (Big Girl Anthem)", "Stop
Lyin'" and "Darker
The Berry". |
| The first one is exactly that, a track where
the big women are honed. So no starving ladies, nothing where
some bump and grind will have you come away with cuts from bones.
Naw man, Storm wants them serious thick women (170 pounds!)
and not Skeletor, as he calls them see through gals. This is
a track where everything comes together, the lyrics are funny,
they get a couple of truths out too, the beat by Kokayi is bouncy,
a little retrospective and good. Making this a dope track with
classic written all over it. Also previously available was "Darker
The Berry". This was on the "Aberfoyle Springs"
compilation (reviewed here).
The track is about the deep relation of skin darkness and treatment,
the "complexity of skin complexity". What's however
a little let down, is that the version on this album is a remix
by Sub-Z, that does not live up to the version by DJ Symphoni
that was on the compilation. And finally, the third track mentioned
"Stop
Lyin'" turns to the humor again, with Priest Da
Nomad and Storm bouncing ridiculous boasts off each other, while
also ridiculing each other. |
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| tracklisting |
| 1. Intro |
| 2. So Unpredictable feat. Priest
Da Nomad |
| 3. Get
Your Weight Up (Big Girl Anthem) |
| 4. Suplex feat. Priest Da Nomad,
Danja Mowf, Lonnie B |
| 5. Weight On The Stompin' feat.
Priest Da Nomad |
| 6. I
Hate When |
| 7. Darker
The Berry |
| 8. Vigilante Thoughts |
| 9. I'm
Gone |
| 10. Work It Out |
| 11. Stop
Lyin' feat. Priest Da Nomad |
| 12. We Ain't Like That |
| 13. The One That You Love |
| 14. Low Down And Dirty |
| 15. Up In You 2002 |
| 16. Snippets From Priest Da Nomad |
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| And that might be the biggest strength
of the record, how Storm can balance the braggadocios
of a "Me wack? That's like a paraplegic standing
up for himself" as said on "So
Unpredictable", with the enormous
seriousness of a "Vigilante
Thoughts". Therefore we get more
lyrical flexing on "Suplex"
featuring Priest Da Nomad, Danja Mowf and Lonnie
B, while "I
Hate When" is again speaking on what
makes Storm cringe. Similarly real is "I'm
Gone",
where Storm is addressing his lady with some serious
accusations. Therefore the moment of love turns
into the moment to call it quits. But then there's
also "Work It Out",
with a little go going twist, that then complete
breaks through on "The
One That You Love". Plus there's
also the strong flow effort "Low
Down And Dirty". |
| So with the balance being what's
best about the record, then the DJ D'Salaam beats
must be the worst. Because a "We
Ain't Like That"'s beat is just
bad: DJ D'Salaam comes with something horribly synthetic,
bare and empty. And while "Low
Down And Dirty" is better, the thick
keyboard instrumentation is just harsh on our ears,
while "So Unpredictable"
is a little too westcoast for the District area.
But thankfully there's are dope beats like "Up
In You 2002", where the sirens and
staggering drum give the beat a very mid 90s harshness,
and that make up a lot of ground again. So with
strong lyrics throughout, a whole lot to say, and
entertaining ways to even address the hardest issue,
Storm manages to put a firm foot on the ground,
proving that he's more than just a three hit wonder. |
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