Ter’ell - Ter’ell’s Groove House was an album released by none other than Austin, Texas based soul artist Ter’ell Shahid. All of the songs on this album were written, performed, and produced by Ter’ell himself without any other in-house producers or outside help. The album has everything from club anthems to romantic bedroom songs. His sound is sultry and soulful in nature as well as mood.
Ter’ell’s Groove House was released on CD in 2002 by Dark Skin Records outta Atlanta, Georgia. There was no cassette pressing for this album.
Ter’ell digs the way this sexy chick moves on the opening song Sexy. He has been checking out her style as she moves. The premise of the song is Ter’ell keeping his eyes on a sexy chick while checking her out. The song is driven by a jazzy saxophone. Funk and jazz meet soul on this song.
Her style can be described as sexy. The way she comes out of her brand new Cadillac while looking all good makes a brother want to bone. She wears a tight ass skirt. Ter’ell says she looks all good in her tight ass skirt. All his friends know what he means.
Every time he sees her eyes it makes him fantasize about the things they could be doing. He turns into a fool. Clearly he wants to be down with her. Even with his style. Ter’ell loves her body like honey. He has been checking out her style as she dances. He also likes the way she grooves.
4 the ladies in the club is the club anthem dedicated specifically for the ladies which is what Ter’ell intended for with this song of his. You know. The ones that show guys love at the front of the stage. He wants to see the ladies dance. Nothing but good times here.
Ladies. Terell loves to see them at the front of the stage. He wants to her them yell and scream. It makes want to break it down and get freaky. Sometimes he finds it hard to believe that ladies are yelling for him. The ladies show him love at the front of the stage while he performs center stage.
This is 4 the ladies in the club. They came to get it on tonight. So go on and dance. Let the music put your body in a trance. It’s your time now, ladies. So stop standing around looking retarded.
Terell is a fellow with clout. He wants to see the ladies dance.
Throw ur hands in the air! is another club banger and club oriented song with high powered heavy bass and funky guitar notes. Those in the ATX get rowdy.
Terell shows love for his city in this song. People talk about Terell almost everyday whether in the 6th Street District downtown or Riverside. In the club sexy ladies be swinging that ass. Bouncing like hydraulics. Those in the ATX get rowdy. Sometimes Terell likes to party hard in the 6th Street District or at a private club.
There’s a war out here deals with the daily struggles of the working class lifestyle. The song delves into the perspective of Terell and how he struggles in life as a working class member of society. The song deals with the issues he faces such as poverty, income inequality, marital problems, and high expenses. He is tired of all this madness coming from his life. He just wants a better change.
Terell is already ready to start slanging dope. He is tired of all this madness coming from his life. Enough is enough. It’s hard to cope dealing with this shit. His wife is getting impatient. Terell just wants to feed his baby girl. He fights for his daughter so she can live a better life.
Terell sees greed and envy in his house. He wishes Satan would move his ass out. Terell is inclined to take what’s his. Still trying to make his money. He will deal drugs if he has to.
He fakes as if everything’s alright when in reality it’s not. She goes to bed mad almost every night. This world is about money.
Rewards are not for the righteous. Fuck the misery. Terell has been in this life for so long it’s the only life he knows. Sometimes he feels the need to kill so people know that he’s real and not playing around. He feels like a bomb that is ready to explode.
Bangin’ is trippy and funky like LSD or acid due to the bass lines and synths that are used. The beats are bangin’! Can’t you feel these bangin’ beats? So take a hit of his rhymes and expand your mind.
Baby boo coming through. Making brothers drool. Terell can’t complain about the way she shakes her ass. He knows she feels this groove. This groove takes her down low to the ground. Can’t you feel this beat bangin’? Don’t leave a player hangin’. Terell is about to turn that body out.
South Ballin’ is about making money.
Sometimes you have to ball and hustle to make money. Don’t sit there waiting on favors from “the man” or Uncle Sam. Terell is coming up ya’ll. He won’t trip and fall. People in Austin ball.
Terell is one of those people in Austin who ball. Below is an example of how he balls and hustles. He dabbles into illegal activity which is drug selling.
Terell is tired of working 2 jobs working for rich people. Tired of eating steak and corn on the cob. So he feeds rich men powder cocaine in the late night hours. Powder gets them high as a tower. His boss’s daughter wears nice clothes but she powders her nose with cocaine. She’s hanging with hoes. His daughter is jocking him to get what’s in his pockets.
Do you see? His boss’s daughter is hooked on crack cocaine. This is not just a phase. His boss’s daughter is now addicted.
Slow Interlude is the slow jam which slows the albums mood down completely with the infectious synths and Afrocentric beats.
2 Fools in love was a letter to his wife Melanie Blake Hunter. That is who the song is dedicated to and that is why the song is titled in such a manner. This song is a soulful love ballad too. He wants be with his wife to death do them part. They are just two fools in love. Plain and simple.
Jiggle is a perfect song for the dance floor due to the club oriented beats and loud synths. However the synths are as infectious as they are on Slow Interlude.
Real Playa has a reggae vibe. That’s what type of song this is. The song Real Playa educates us on how to love and treat a lady right. Terell speaks on this love game.
Love your lady. Hold her tight by your side to let her know that you are there for love and emotional support. Treat your lady right. Treat her the way you would want to be treated. Like a real playa would and should. Don’t listen to what haters say.
I rate this album 3/5***.
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