Fundisha - Lessons album review
Fundisha - Lessons is an R&B and pop album full of helpful and meaningful life lessons. Fundisha had a message in her with songs such as Daddy, Lessons, Gotta Be Me, and Pull A Left Eye. We need more messages like this today in our music.
Fundisha - Lessons is one of the lesser known So So Def Recordings releases which not many people knew about. Not many people know Fundisha had recorded a solo album. You might remember that Fundisha sung chorus lines to all of Bow Wow’s hits such as Thank You, Take You Home, and Basketball.
Fundisha - Lessons was originally scheduled to be released on the date of June 18, 2002. However the release date for her debut album was cancelled shortly after So So Def merged with Arista Records. This was after the So So Def merger with Arista Records. A lack of charting singles is another reason why her album was shelved. The single Life I Live was only a moderate hit and fell off the charts quickly.
The other reason why her was shelved is because she got pregnant and Jermaine Dupri could not promote her album properly. Her pregnancy led Jermaine Dupri to shelve her album and drop her from the So So Def label. Which is a shame because Fundisha - Lessons was one of the most eagerly awaited R&B albums of 2002.
Live The Life is one of those songs that a message about one of life’s lessons. Fundisha sung about various perspectives of her life from her angle. She explained what her experience was like growing up “in the hood”. The song was included on the soundtrack for the movie Hardball.
The song has a catchy poppish R&B chorus with lyrics that went:
[Chorus:]
Have you ever ever ever
In your whole whole life?
Seen the the things that I've seen
Or live the life?
People don't know what I go through
Or imagine what it's like
Growing up in the hood
Have you ever ever ever
In your whole whole life?
Seen the things that I've seen
Or live the life?
People don't know
What I go through
Or imagine what it's
Like being misunderstood
Have you ever in your whole whole life seen the things that Fundisha has seen or live the life? People don't know what Fundisha goes through. Or imagine what it's like growing up in the hood. Or imagine what it's like being misunderstood.
Maybe if you could walk a mile in her shoes, you would feel all the things that she goes through. And then you tell her what you would do to try and make your dreams come true. When you feel like your back is up against the wall and every time you try to rise you fall. But yet you find the strength to hold on and keep the faith despite it all.
Have you walked ever outside scared you might lose your life? Don't know if you'll live to see 29. May even be a kid. You have to be a strong in order to stand. But Fundisha has got bigger dreams inside of her head. She don't wanna end up the next one dead. So she prays everyday for a better way.
Imagine growing up seeing dead bodies showing up outside your residence. Hood dreams but nobody is blowing up. 1 out of 2 barely make it. Half of the people you grew up are incarcerated. Fundisha wouldn't trade her life for the love or the money. Don't try and play her for a dummy. Dreams must be something in these project walls. She trusts in God. That's why she never falls.
You Make Me was a song is dedicated to her children. She wanted to express her feelings about her children on her Lessons album to let them know how special they are to her. The song has a fun vibe due to the melody, production, instrumentation, lyrics, and harmony.
People told Fundisha that she would mess up my life. However she could not just deny the feelings
she felt inside of her. So sweet and indecently her children pop on the scene. She tells her children, “You just don't know how much you mean to me.” Her children make her smile, laugh, feel, and make her happy. She is so glad she her children in her life.
She had to make a way for her children to have everything they need. She’ll dry all their tears away and calm their fears when they cry. They remind her of how blessed she is.
Wanna Be is about how everyone wants to be famous and have their name in the spotlight. Everybody wants to be an artist, do a show, and be in the video. Everybody wanna do their thing. But not everybody can. These were lessons inspired by the lord and her pastor. The subject matter is similar to Lil Mo - Supa Star.
Fundisha has been in this game for years. The music industry. Blood sweatin' tears came to fault for this. Real live gangstas wanna be rappers. Real live singers wanna be actors. And ya'll ain't even ready for that. So you say you wanna be a superstar. Wanna live the life and drive a nice car. Wanna rock the ice and have a big house.
She is the truth of living proof or danger. She’s told it since her youth because many are called but few are chosen. Fundisha spreads the word like Abraham and Moses. Her life is bright. It might hurt eyes. But do realize it’s a gift from God.
Everybody wants to sing and rap. And everybody wanna be an artist, do a show, and be in the video. Everybody wanna do their thing. But everybody can’t.
Never Taught, Never Told is about how a girl that Fundisha was friends with who grew up in a chaotic home with abusive parents who never taught her about love. She ended up leaving her chaotic home because she felt like she didn’t belong there and falls in love with a man who later became abusive towards her. In the end she wonders why her parents never taught her about love. Never Taught, Never Told is tragic tale of love and abuse.
Fundisha remembers growing up in Newark, New Jersey and hanging out with the girl next door. She never wanted to go home because her parents were always fighting. Fundisha ran into her the other day and asked her how she was doing. She just started crying and her heart really went out to her. Fundisha asked her what was wrong. As she began to wipe the tears from her eyes, this is what she told Fundisha.
Her mother never told or taught her how to be a lady. If she did she never would have never had this baby. Her father never taught her right from wrong as he was never home. Poppa was a rolling stone.
The girl’s father was an alcoholic and her mother was addicted to marijuana. Drug addiction was the reason why they never paid much attention to her. Because of the lack of attention from parents, this girl would walk in the streets at night instead of being at home when she was supposed to be.
Her parents never heard her cry because they would be constantly fighting. Sleep deprivation is something she often experienced due to her parents constant bickering.
She was living in a house that was not a home. She ended up leaving her chaotic home because she felt like she didn’t belong there. Then she fell in love with a man who said that he loved her but all he did was hit me with his hand. He was abusive towards her. She thought things would get better but only got worse after she gave birth to a child. She wishes her parents would have taught her to love herself in order to love a man. Also she wonders why her parents never taught her about love.
However her mother did teach her everything happens for a reason. And God knows how much you can bear. God will make a way out of nowhere. She’s trying to feel this thing right now. She’s gotta feel this thing right now because God made a way for her one day.
Pull A Left Eye is about how Fundisha wants to get violent with her man because she drives her crazy. Pull A Left Eye is a song recorded just around the time Left Eye of TLC burnt her boyfriend’s house down to the ground.
Fundisha asks her man, “How many times do I have to tell ya that I can't be with someone I can't trust?” and tells him, “I don't wanna fuss no more Sweet and sour, every hour. You run around tis' fell down. Got me walkin around with a frown . She tells him enough is enough and tells him, “Enough is enough. I can't take this anymore. I'm about to lose control.” How many times does Fundisha have to tell her man that she can't be with someone she can't trust? Why did he have to push her this far? He is going to make a Left Eye.
He has been out all night again. It’s been it's the same answer every time she asks. She calls and receives no answer. Her man is unresponsive and evasive. That's not the way to make her happy. She’s gotta leave him alone before she pulls a Left Eye.
Tearin' up all his stuff. Now she got her match struck. That's how she feels right about now. That's what he gets for tossing Fundisha around.
Fundisha would never let him drive her crazy. She tries so hard to make it work. Things with went wrong. Now she is singing this song. She is about to lose control. Why did he have to push her this far? How much can one take before a day break? She’ll try hard not to lose her cool.
Gone Too Soon was a song Fundisha wrote for her debut album. Fundisha remembers writing this song for her first album. She had a few of her first experiences with losing people that she loved. The song deals with the pain and sorrow of losing a loved one. That is why there a mournful feeling of pain.
5/5*****!!
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Playa Posse – Bigga And Betta Thangs album review
Playa Posse – Bigga And Betta Thangs is one playalistic ass album by Playa Posse. Blackout kept it real in 1996 with his production on the Playa Posse albums and several other Memphis rap albums. Many of the junts are posse cuts of course.
Binghampton Bound is a junt about the life of the members of Playa Posse who live in the Binghampton neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee. Binghampton is considered a high crime area, partly due to urban blight and gentrification.
Just another day of chiefin' hay and waking off that snow. Sleepin' with that ana’. Sit there, make them demons flow. Lil E is aiming way high while blinking in his Playa mode. The Binghampton shit that's deep in him. The Binghampton shit is deep inside a Playa's soul. Mr. L.A Dre be on his way to blow that Hamptown bay. Blocked down each and every day. Lil E and Mr. L.A Dre are funked out in the hideaway. Stayin' super blinked out baby. M.H.V is down with Lil E, WhitŠµ Boy, Lil Ron, Lil Ty, Keke and playas in the N.A.P too. They are funked up high. Big blowin' with Lil Eric.
All you bitches thought this shit was over. Well it's a Playas Day. Let's chief some hay. J-Roc is rolling a marijuana blunt full of smoke. Playa Posse is down, hoe. They chief on plenty of hay though. Demon plots make Big O clown while bumpin' and pimpin' psycho sounds. Smoke up in this delta thang. White Boy keeps that pure smoke, mane. Lil Alex is always down and in this hoe.
Holy dope is up in Big O’s brain while he is ballin' through Mitchell Heights at night. Holy dope has got him feeling up, mane. Big O is clicked up with the Playa Posse and you niggas can't stand this shit.
Lil Wako is all about his hustle and is down to do some fuckin' dirt. So don’t get all up in a Playa’s business. He left you stankin' in the hearse. See he be one of them killers from Mitchell Heights. SPV and Playa Posse. They are forever deep. It’s like an ocean when they creep. Bustas just don't understand. Gangsta shit won't ever die.
Lil Wako wants that holy funk. When he goes to chronic city, watch him float up in the sky. Hoes best to realize that Lil Wako just don't bar you. And he’s got the evil grin with demons dwellin' in his soul.
Lil Slim never will change. Slim blasts the psycho sounds raging in his brain as he sits. He is chiefin on that hay. He lets that shit go to his head. Then he thinks of all the folks that he misses like Miss Low Down, Richard, and Lil Alex. Rest in peace. They are gonna meet again bumpin' through heaven’s gates. A Playa has to have a resolution have the best of thangs.
He looks at a playa’s picture on the wall before he leaves his residence to wander off in the streets. He takes off in his Chevy. He goes out on the town with Playa Posse as they are some real down niggas on the fuckin' scene.
Terror creeps late eat night with the Mac-10 and the 9 mili. He’s gotta make a bitch come on down. Binghampton Bound is what he is. Smokin' with a round. This nigga is maintain the wild on his psycho sounds as he creeps and crawls with the mask on. He blasts your ass so fast and vast.
Problems are on his mind and business is in his blood. Terror has gotta get a nigga quickly before the trigger never stops. Terror got some for your as in the back seat. Bitch it goes pop-pop-pop. Niggas know Terror is all about his fuckin' clique!
One noticeable thing about Sucka Busta is that Lil Coop raps throughout a majority of the junt. That make sense as he wrote a bulk of the junt with his songwriting skills.
Lil Coop is up in this bitch and the Playa Posse is super thick Ready for whatever. Lettin' this ana' go up in smoke. BBB up in this shit. They are comin' mean. Lil Coop has a fist full of bricks and is boomin' with them devils down in Binghampton.
Lil Coop sees 400 big sized bullets chase your ass. Was it the mob? Can Lil Coop swing up with bullets? Lil Coop is sitting at the honeycomb with a duffle bag in his hand making his reappearance on this Playa Posse tape/album. Wonderin' if you wanna wander. Flodgin' got you fulla hate. He is crazy as he wants to be.
He is dressed in black for Blackout mane. This is because they both are super crunk with game. You suckas shall break when he will bring it. He’s driving the Chevy Impala with the pump. Look out for Lil Cooper tape. 90% of black people leavin' this world and they full of hate. Other 10% in the business. Don't you run. Confront them and one of these.
Playa haters comin' soft. Lemonlame bustas run they mouth. But Terror stang so easy, mane. He never bucked out with your kind. So how you figure? Strictly pimpin’. Check your bitch because when you beep her he gets hit. Hope you know that slut you tonguin’. Devils comin' out this pocket. Dividends on this dick. Stickin' dick in. Never lickin’. You best believeTerror chargin' bills with hoes. He keeps some fresh ass clothes.
Blackout is on his P's and Q's while he is out runnin' with some realness. He refuses to be broke and impoverished. Transients got him bellin' out. Him and Lil E are smoked out in the dopeman’s house.
Blackout learned the ropes of the drug game from his folks. Choppin' down his rocks for coke. His mother is worried all the time. She wishes Blackout stayed at home and away from the drug game. Blackout has his dope he sells stashed under the brim of his Chevy. New ass faces are on the track. What's up with that shit like that? Who the fuck is you? Get out of his face before you get smacked.
5/5*****!
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Lil Ugly Mane - THINGS THAT ARE STUFF album review
Lil Ugly Mane - THINGS THAT ARE STUFF is one of the more obscure releases of 2018. The album is filled with repulsive content and phonk trap beats over modern electronic soundscapes.
Losin My Mind was a love song about how that bitch still don't want Lil Ugly Mane around her and He should have left her where he found her which was in that shitty ass diner standin' by the counter. Lil Ugly Mane explains how he is losing his mind on Losin My Mind.
Lil Ugly Mane feel likes he’s goin' crazy. He has never felt like this, yo. They say absence makes the heart grow fonder. But he’s been chillin' over yonder. And that bitch still don't want him around her. He should have left her where he found her. In that shitty ass diner standin' by the counter. He remembered how she looked and sounded. The way her eyes gleamed and it seemed only good things surrounding.
They sat and had a chat over chowder about sex, religion, music, and Jamaican showers. This was love. This made Lil Ugly Mane want to spend every waking hour with her picking flowers out the mud. She told Lil Ugly Mane to meet her at the Franklin Towers with some bud. He grabbed the herb and paid for the grub.
The next few months were barely inconsequential. They were beautiful, which left him feeling overall resentful and aggravated with mad confusion in the mental. Like screws into his temple and shoes that's made of pencils. Too rough is too gentle. Like standin' nude on a stage during rains that's torrential. Paranoia is a bitch and often proves detrimental to people. Over some shit that's usually coincidental. But Lil Ugly Mane believes that life is existential. One thing leads to another. And when she finds out you are cheating on her with someone else, you'll be duckin' for cover.
Lil Ugly Mane is losin' his mind and is all mixed up. He’ll get fixed up when he finds some time. Lil Ugly Mane feel likes he’s goin' crazy. He has never felt like this.
Now he’s standin' here disregarding consequence, common sense, and manners Awkward plus embarrassed. Maybe that's the issue. Not to mention that he misses her. Maybe that's just him. Maybe he’s just a puppet on a string. Lies and insecurities are aesthetics we've turned to art forms. Pain weaving in and out. Call 'em heart worms. He has been tired of this since yesterday. And yesterday took forever. Don't you get it? They were both wrong.
At the end of the song, Lil Ugly Mane comes to the conclusion that it would be better if they separated and went their own separate ways. These lyrics explain so.
Let's just sever all our ties, and be better
On our own, tired of sitting on the phone, just waiting
All of this bullshit is weighing on my back, call it a knapsack
Filled with all the questions that I never asked you
When was I a villain? How can I distract you?
Now it's over, call it history
Any day's mystery is solved
Bet you'll miss me when I'm gone
Keep listenin' to this song
It's not a you and I issue
Don't you get it?
We were both wrong
We were both wrong
DOWN MOTHERFUCKERS is some freestyle shit Lil Ugly Mane thought of at the last minute. This is for the playas, the runners, and for them Gs.
Lil Ugly Mane got a brick in the wheel well and a burner in his lap. He does it for the streets. He hope she fucks with him back. Lil Ugly Mane knows the beat slaps and he’s got the ill raps. Playa, can you feel that? Polo with Supreme'd up. Blam, you get beamed up. You lil rascals better clean up. Lil Ugly Mane got cash for anything a playa brain can dream up.
Bustas on the jack move, what you think the gat for? Smokin' the dro when I'm bustin these hoes. It's something he’s got the knack for. What you suppose? He just let 'em go? Nope. Lay you down motherfuckers. If you hear them gun sounds, lay down motherfuckers.
This is for the playas, the runners, and for them Gs. This is smokin' herb in abundance. Flippin' nothin' less than onions and pullin' guns as big as Paul Bunyan. You know it's all love the Lil Ugly Mane puts it down for his hood.
Money is his main bitch as money makes him happy. But happiness is fleeting if death is everlasting. So he’ll pull the trigger any time he feels like blastin’. He will mean mug any time these suckas pass him. Blow got him so wild. He keeps a low profile. Lil Ugly Mane still got that dope style. Keep it so raw like sex without a rubber. This is the life of a down motherfucker.
Underwater Tank (Random remix from a couple of years ago) explains how Lil Ugly Mane is observin' women’s curves in the perfect positions while swimming in women in the underwater tank. Ugly Mane and 'Twon were gettin' loose on the song.
Lil Ugly Mane is drinking minute-made watching Al-Jazeera News on his laptop. Debit card chopping up the grams in the mirror. His shoe game is severe.
He calls for the limousine and tell the driver, "Get me out of here" Sunroof open so the leather don't cook. Damn, a brotha is feelin' like a Nate Dogg crook. Lil Ugly Mane is that same old crook who leaves you lames all shook. Big numbers on his paper like the last page of a book.
Pimp them with the service positions, I'm swervin' in rhythm
These bitches are on Antwon’s jock. So you know off the top they are gon' ride with him. He ain't with that wack shit. So keep a closed lip if you really wanna ride with Antwon.
He’s in Cabo with a blonde hoe. Pulling on her hair and fucking her in her asshole. He’s a nasty nigga. She trashy. She sucking on his dick. He finger fucks her in the back seat of the car. Bitches on his dick ain't knowing how to act. Niggas with some game so they always are on his sack. They say they into bondage. He say that's not a problem. He fucks 'em raw dog with this motherfuckin' condom. Bitches let him fondle them. Ugly Mane and Antwon. Too gothic for Gotham. These fools talk shit but they don't want nada. Their girl's fucking off for the all mighty dollar. It's going down tonight.
3/5***
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Lil Ugly Mane - PLAYAZ CIRCLE album review
Lil Ugly Mane - PLAYAZ CIRCLE is one of the more obscure releases of 2010. The album has an edge of phonk with the heavy bass lines and thick drum patterns over modern electronic soundscapes. However he leans towards using that dark horrorcore Memphis sound. Lil Ugly Mane did that with a lot of his earlier music. This was when he first was getting started in music. The album is filled with repulsive content nonetheless.
It's all about that money Fucking What You Claim. Fucking What You Claim uses a mixture of trap beats, horrorcore, phonk, drill beats, and dark crunk Memphis bass.
Now the chorus to Fucking What You Claim uses repetitive lyrics that is an annoying sample with a subdued delivery. This is surprisingly uncommon in East Coast rap. The vocal sample which repeats ‘Fuck fuck what you claim’ came from Fuck what you claim by Criminal Manne off of the Memphis underground album Da Compilation.
Playaz circle. I thought you knew. Appreciate your life. Lil Ugly Mane be fiending for your blood until it's leaking out of you. Creeping in your bliss. Fucking shit. Fuck your clique.
Ugly Mane is on your block. Murder is a hypothesis of what might occur. That is why he has a constant grip on his clips. Yeah, he's rising to the top. Fucking what you claim. He makes a claim on everything you got. He’ll make sure that you die slow. Just like vessel robbery. He sees you because you are watching him. What you know about that Lil Ugly Mane? Fuck what you claim. Shorty, it's all about that money.
Lil Ugly Mane went straight up Memphis on Mask on My Fucking Face by using a repetitive chorus, heavy bass lines, and that loudness.
It's Lil Ugly Mane in this bitch. Let me tell you how he gets down in this motherfucker. Lil Ugly Mane is ridin' thru the hood with a mask on his fuckin' face.
He is comin' from the other side and pocket full of stones. Do or die. Lemme take you for a little ride. You bitches best be careful. He is lookin' for murder. He turns the pussies of freaky ass hoes to a mausoleum. Preachers say the devil's in his head. So he’s gotta free him. Covered in blood. Sniffin' the drug. Nothing to love. He just wants die but there's nothing below and nothin' above. Lil Ugly Mane is pushin' hard on your block and slangin' hard on your block.
4/5****
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Lil Albert – Movin' In album review
Lil Albert – Movin' In is a beautiful smooth jazz album with soulful tunes. Smooth jazz meets soul on this album. His album is professionally arranged and well played. Hawaiian soul can’t get any better than this. My Girl Friday uses a mixture of funk, soul, and jazz. River of Steel is another one of the hidden gems on the album.
5/5*****!!
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