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This disc is pretty good, fun to take you back to when hip-hop wasn't so um...well, hip-hop is sort of a mess right now (with a few exceptions) and this goes back to when people concentrated a bit more on simple, yet effective beats with some lyrics you could actually decipher. Given, Biz was never really known for being a supreme lyricist, but he always had you entertained if nothing else. There are a lot of good tracks on this disc, but it loses a few stars on the ranking scale because of the samples in the middle of the cd. I'm not sure why you would lace those samples on tracks and then put the tracks one after another on the disc, makes for a good portion to skip. Anyway, still… Read more
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Threw this in on in the car and was impressed by the first track. Then it all went downhill from there...no, it plummeted from there. Was there a single distinct beat on this album? Even parts where Ish told us to listen to his beat, there was nothing solid to listen to. I had to listen to the rest of it at home so I didn't fall asleep while driving. Every track was as listless as the last, with amateurish beats and rhymes that sometimes didn't even sound like they were with the right track. The great thing about Digable was that every track was crisp and enticing. I don't like to compare people when they go solo to their former group, because you have to give guys credit when they… Read more
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It was interesting to see what would come from Paul Cargnello outside of the Vendettas, especially since the Vendettas were such a successful band. Imagine an artist with a Joe Strummer influence and an Elvis Costello delivery. Cargnello's musical skills shine on tracks like "I Still Choose You" (infectious guitar work) and his lyrical abilities and social consciousness are at the forefront on "Butcher of Beirut". The Vendettas classic "Skeleton Day" also appears in a scaled down version that may have more impact than in its original form. Nice work, especially for a solo debut.
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