RAM-Z - RAM-Z Sampler album review
The Prestige
Remix of Let Me Be The One is a prestigious remix. The Prestige Remix of
Let Me Be The One and the original blew up in the Dirty South by
becoming a smash hit in 2000 and 2003! The hit smashed out in the Dirty
South during the summer of 2000. Radio stations such as WJLB, WKKV,
WJMI, and WUSL, called Let Me Be The One their favorite record. In a
form of general consensus, these radio stations considered Let Me Be The
One a favorite.
Open Your Love is a love ballad
obviously. A hot ballad at that. Open Your Love is perfect for a ride
during a late night cruise with your lover be at night or day. Open Your
Love was produced by Angelo ‘Lo’ Ray. Lay U Down is another hot steamy
love ballad by the one and only RAM-Z! Lay U Down was included on the
RAM-Z Sampler.
4/5****
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Original B - World of Fools album review
World
of Fools was released in 1996 on cassette only. All the cover artwork
including the inlay was done by Erica & Jim Schafer. Brick City
Productions was responsible for putting out his cassette. World of Fools
was a demo Original B had used to ship around to major record companies
in hope for a recording contract. Original B is a rapper from
Cleveland, Ohio. Nothing much has been heard about him since 1996.
The
bass is real deep, dark, and brooding on the World of Fools track.
Listen to the very beginning of the track. The mood is very brooding on
the World of Fools track so you know shit’s about to get real deep!
Really deep! Brooding moods with deep dark heavy bass gives out Esham’s
acid rap vibe.
Original B tells his story of his life.
Original B grew up in church with a religious background like every
black child. Then he started acting wild. He had girl after girl laying
naked next to him. Now he hung with fools puffing on ecstasy. Now he is
in the drug game. The drug game first started on the block. Now Original
B is big time in a position of power. Currently he’s a rapper and
storyteller.
Hell is where Original B dwells. Original
B is trying to find his place in this world of fools hence the title of
the track. Repentance is the biggest concern on his mind. Living life
in this game he’s forced to follow the rules and find himself a spot in
this world of fools.
The chorus describes how mother is crying
because her son got shot (homicide was the case) and how mother is
crying because of that crack rock (cocaine). The chorus repeats itself
for 15 seconds.
Original B is in the quasnetic state
between heaven or hell. He is caught up between heaven or hell. It’s
hard to maintain living life. Will he make it in an ever so cold world?
He is standing bold sporting gold and driving Benzo’s. Pimping fine
hoes.
Hoochie Mama’s is dealing with the
social problems and social concerns of women degrading themselves. All
dem project hoes. These women that live in public housing projects such
as HUD for instance. Women who are on public assistance and welfare
living in lower income areas. The ghetto of course.
The
beginning of Hoochie Mama’s starts with a funky saturated bass line
over a funky funk guitar with heavy pounding bass guaranteed to almost
ruin your speakers if you have set your speakers at a high volume. A
looped guitar sample is played on the overdub in the background. If
saturated bass is what you’re looking for, then this is the right joint
for you.
Quasnetic is dedicated to the
brothers and sisters living in a quasnetic state. Quasnetic means
getting caught up between the good and the bad by being mentally in the
middle. It means being in the middle of the crossroads for particular
events, situations, or drama. When in a quasnetic state, you are
automatically in the middle unable to decide the good or bad about a
particular situation or event. In Original B’s case, the quasnetic state
means living the street life.
At the beginning of
Quasnetic, Original B explains how at the age of 13 he was living on the
streets to make ends meet. He used to sell drugs. Now he is trying so
hard to stay clean and clear of drugs. There were drug fiends among
other fiends at the time. He used to sell crack cocaine. The blocks are
where he would cruise everyday. Original B would slang on Beachwood.
Brick
City Intro is the intro. Brick City is a reference to Cleveland, Ohio.
The Brick City Intro samples James Brown - The Big Payback. Also dig the
James Brown bass guitar sample in the background. Original B lets us
know we have entered the zone the beginning of the Brick City Intro.
World of Fools is a world of pure evil, chaos, and monotony.
XTC
is about the dangers of the drug ecstasy. Ecstasy is a very dangerous
drug that makes people very horny and perverted. Fools aren’t acting
right when they’re on ecstasy. XTC is very similar to Lil Sin - Whatever
It Takes. Mostly XTC is about reaching the height of ecstasy in sexual
intercourse.
Bounce To This starts with heavy bass
over a sample of Fila Fresh Crew - Hate To Go To Work. Original B tells
sucker MCs they compete with that weak sound as Original B is quick to
get on that ass. Original B is about to loose control like Silk. In his
rap, Original B is like a lyrical Mozart. Bounce To This is a lyrical
rap freestyle with a hip hop touch.
This
cassette was like no other album or EP that was coming straight out of
the Ohio rap scene particularly the city of Cleveland. Brooding moods
with deep dark heavy bass gives out Esham’s acid rap vibe. Original B is
a great storyteller in his own right and way. Too bad Original B never
got his break with this demo of his.
5/5*****!
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Handsome JET - ￢(゜~゜)Г album review
Jet
Boogie is a Handsome Jet melody of all the songs on the ￢(゜~゜)Г album
all onto one track. Think of this song as a mega melody. A loud heavy
hard rock mega melody is what it sounds like. Hard rock meets heavy
metal mega in this mega melody song. The volume is set quite loud!
Handsome JET does his usual chanting, singing, and yelling through the
enchanted power of music. Handsome JET himself takes the lead in this
song as a vocalist.
Dusk [アヒル] is a perfect song to
play at night during the peaceful nighttime. Dusk has that peaceful
nighttime vibe to it. Handsome JET himself takes the lead in this song
as a vocalist. Handsome JET does his usual singing and yelling through
the enchanted power of music. Toshio Sakurai sang on Dusk.
[Handsome
Jet is the name of the lead singer of the coincidental band Handsome
JET. Handsome JET is Handsome Jet, YUEI (Yuei Uematsu), and Toshio
Sakurai. Electronic rock musician YUEI had nothing to do with this
album.]
Only around 10,000 copies of ￢ (゜ ~ ゜) Г were
pressed on CD and sold via Amazon, by Handsome JET directly himself,
sold at GITADORA LIVE concerts, or were sold at those Handsome JET Live
concerts hosted by Bemani with help of Konami. Most copies of ￢ (゜ ~ ゜) Г
were pressed sold on Amazon.com.
Due to budgetary concerns,
Handsome JET played with a single acoustic guitar. Songs from Bemani
games such as GuitarFreaks and Drummania were not included due to
copyright reasons. Toshio Sakurai sang on most of the dark songs such as
Dusk and self-haunting.
[￢ (゜ ~ ゜) Г is a notation used to represent an emoticon.]
Sadly
however, ￢(゜~゜)Г and Honto was the only album from Handsome JET that
was ever released. Lead singer Handsome JET died in May 2008 in a
traffic accident while riding a motorcycle in Japan. Handsome JET would
have taken off to become a national success if the lead singer hadn't
died. Handsome JET sang a multitude of songs from Konami originals and
licensed covers alike. His real name has never been revealed and is not
known. He is credited as Handsome JET or Jetto-san (ジェットさん).
4/5****!
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Lil Peanutt - Lil Peanutt Album Sampler album review
Chattanooga
rapper Lil Peanutt was the flagship artist for the World Affiliated
label back in 2002. The album became a lukewarm hot commodity in the
underground music scene from Tennessee to Texas thanks to help from
Select-O-Hits and SOH Networks. The reason why Lil Peanutt had a mild
buzz in the Southern United States is because Lil Peanutt’s 2002 album
sampler made so much noise that it caught the attention of Bun-B from
UGK. Bun-B was all over Lil Peanutt’s 2003 album.
The
reminiscent tune Long Time Ago samples Groove With You by The Isley
Brothers. Long Time Ago takes us on a nostalgia trip down memory.
Switch
Da Game samples DeBarge - A Dream. Lil Peanutt switches up his lyrical
delivery and flow on Switch Da Game. He is trying to change the game for
the new millennium. Peanutt takes us on a nostalgia trip down memory
and into the present.
3/5***
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Pre Kay - Livin’ Just 2 Ball - album review
Pre
Kay (DJ Pre K) hits us with a new futuristic brehsive sounding rap
track called On Dubs on the new Livin' Just 2 Ball. Electronic meets rap
on this track called On Dubs. Notice how at the very beginning that Pre
Kay uses auto-wah sound effects. Pre Kay masters the technique of using
auto-wah sound effects on this track. These auto-wah sound effects are
abruptly stopped by hard heavy hitting trunk rattlin' bass. A minute
later into the track, you can hear programmed beats laid down. The
production is as smooth as Kayne West or Play-N-Skillz to name a few.
Texas rap at its finest.
Pre Kay tells us it's a new
year for him. So it's time for a change. Now he's chasing new dreams.
Pre Kay's dub shine bright like the sun here. So when you see Pre Kay
roll down the block, he is rolling on dub hence the title for this
track. His Cadillac is on dubs. When Pre Kay rolls up to the club in his
Cadillac on dubs people don't know what to think of him. Haters
despise.
Climb Aboard has a new funk sound
that us listeners will truly enjoy. A piano is used to accompany the
beginning of Climb Aboard. Hard heavy hitting trunk rattlin' bass
dominates the track. Roll up a swisher sweet and climb aboard with Pre
Kay.
The electronic keyboard used on Still Ballin’
2016 uses the interpolation of Still Dre by Dr. Dre. In fact, the
electronic piano keyboard copies the musical notes from the keyboard
keys riff from Still Dre. Hard heavy hitting trunk rattlin' bass
dominates the track. Pre Kay masters the techniques of using sound
effects from electronic music on this track as well on others.
Pre
Kay (DJ Pre K) hits us with a new futuristic brehsive album for April
2017. Pre Kay has truly improved his skills in music over the years.
Electronic music meets rap on Livin’ Just 2 Ball thus creating a fusion
of electronic rap. Think electronic rap when you listen to this album.
5/5*****!
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Jhiame - Jhiame album review
This
album has that neo-soul New Jack Swing sound with an R&B/Soul edge
to it. This album came out on vinyl and CD in 1992 on Jhiame Productions
out of Houston, Texas. The Jhiame albums production is very similar to
the early 90's production style of Teddy Riley. Jhiame was heavily
influenced by Guy at the time of producing his first album. Jhiame was
heavily influenced by Guy at the time of his production when he first
started out producing for various artists including Goldie and himself.
Rhythm
of Luv is a smooth R&B love song that is obviously a slow jam hence
the title itself. A mellow R&B slow jam. Jhiame was heavily
influenced by R&B slow jams when he produced and wrote this song of
his. Rhythm of Luv is a touch of R&B/Soul.
Why U
Wanna Change Me Now is about now that they're a couple, the woman wants
Jhiame to change his ways. Jhiame ain't up on it. Why U Wanna Change Me
Now was possibly influenced from the song Why U Treat Me So Bad by Club
Nouveau. Why U Wanna Change Me Now is soul song influenced with old
school R&B.
C'mon Babe is about Jhaime getting a
woman to love him. C'mon Babe is somewhat obviously similar to Why U
Wanna Change Me Now as both songs have obvious similarities in
comparison to each other comparatively speaking. C'mon Babe and Why U
Wanna Change Me Now were possibly influenced from the song Why U Treat
Me So Bad by Club Nouveau.
Doesn't This Love
(Feel Good 2 U) is a bedroom oriented R&B/Soul love ballad
perfectly suited for your lover. The music itself proves to be smooth
with Jhiame’s talented production skills. The song Doesn't This Love
(Feel Good 2 U) is for the sistas.
Much of Doesn't
This Love (Feel Good 2 U) has an early 90s R&B sound. Added with
some organic soul music is some R&B flava along with that Memphis
soul sound. To sum it all up, Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U) is an
R&B slow jam and is yet another sex song. Jhiame was very much
influenced with the New Jack Swing sound that was fairly prevalent in
R&B at the time. Added with some hip hop flava along with R&B
flava is a touch of Memphis soul. As a matter of fact, Jhiame wrote and
produced Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U) with Wordman along with the
help from others lending a hand in production.
The
song Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U) came from the Doesn't This Love
(Feel Good 2 U) / Ya! Liv'n Wrong vinyl single in 1990 on Jhiame
Productions. The single Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U) / Ya! Liv'n
Wrong had something for the brothas and something for the sistas, hence
the title.
Inner City Blues is a cover
version of the same song by Marvin Gaye. Jhiame raps on Inner City Blues
at the very beginning. Inner City Blues samples Marvin Gaye - Inner
City Blues and The DOC - The Formula which you can hear clearly if you
focus your attention on the samples used along with Jhiame’s production.
Jhiame was influenced by Marvin Gaye’s song Inner City Blues when he
first produced his own cover of Inner City Blues for his first album.
Jhiame
represents Jhiame Productions as he raps about his production company
in the very beginning of the song. Rap meets R&B/Soul on Inner City
Blues. Jhiame sure knows how to captivate his audience with flows in his
own raps. Other than that, Jhiame sure knows how to captivate his
audiences attention with his soulful sound.
If
you are looking for or longing for longevity, then you will be
disappointed as this Jhiame album has only has 8 songs. Most of this
album is short. However, if you are a fan of long obscure R&B/Soul,
then this Jhiame album is perfect for you. Most Jhiame albums are
overlooked and overshadowed by R&B/Soul fans in general altogether.
The Jhiame album is an iconic masterpiece in Houston soul and Houston
rap.
4/5****!!
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Jhiame - Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U) / Ya! Liv'n Wrong single review
Doesn't
This Love (Feel Good 2 U) / Ya! Liv'n Wrong came out as a single on
vinyl in 1990 from Jhiame Productions. Jhiame was very much influenced
with the New Jack Swing sound that was fairly prevalent in R&B at
the time. Added with some hip hop flava along with R&B flava is a
touch of Memphis soul. As a matter of fact, Jhiame wrote and produced
the whole single with Wordman along with the help from others lending a
hand in production. The single Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U) / Ya!
Liv'n Wrong has something for the brothas and something for the sistas,
hence the title.
Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U) is a
bedroom oriented R&B/Soul love ballad perfectly suited for your
lover. Much of Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U) has an early 90s
R&B sound. The music itself proves to be smooth with Jhiame’s
talented production skills. The song Doesn't This Love (Feel Good 2 U)
is for the sistas. Added with some organic soul music is some R&B
flava along with that Memphis soul sound. To sum it all up, Doesn't This
Love (Feel Good 2 U) is an R&B slow jam.
Ya!
Liv'n Wrong critiques how the brothas live their lifestyle. Many brothas
are just living wrong and living raw. Jhiame takes no shorts or no
losses as he calls people out throughout the track while criticizing
them at the same time. Ya! Liv'n Wrong is for the brothas.
5/5*****!!
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