Deep Hearted_音乐专辑
Deep Hearted
表演者: Strong Arm Steady
流派: 说唱
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: CD
发行时间: 2007-08-28
唱片数: 1
出版者: Nature Sounds
条形码: 0822720712526
专辑简介
After starting out as something of a side project for Xzibit, California mixtape superstars Strong Arm Steady have since moved on without their biggest star to join Talib Kweli on his new Blacksmith label. The crew may seem like an odd pairing with Kweli, but
Strong Arm’s fans need not worry because the partnership hasn’t diluted their sound one bit; Deep Hearted (Nature Sounds) is all the way LA. Phil Da Agony, Krondon and Mitchy Slick may have a lot of New York affiliates, but they’ve stuck to their roots, and for good reason.
All of those cameos are, in a way, part of the biggest problem with Deep Hearted; nearly every song has at least one guest rapper (and often more). While the series of fairly high profile features (including Xzibit, Kweli, Black Thought, Chamillionaire and Juvenile) are all fine individually, as a group they contribute to making Deep Hearted feel more like an expensive promo than a real album. Add that to the intro (Jack Nicholson’s opening monologue from The Departed) and the shout outs from both The Game and 50 Cent that are sprinkled into the tracks, Deep Hearted is just one annoying DJ away from being a mixtape.
Still, as mixtapes go, this is a pretty decent one. The production is handled mostly by J Thrill and DJ Khalil, who are more of the DJ Quik school than Dr. Dre. “Wreckless Words” and “Blood Money” (both from Khalil) lay simple kick-drum/handclap beats under off-kilter keyboards and classic G-funk effects that fans of Tha Liks or Eastsidaz should latch on to immediately. “Clean Up” featuring Black Thought and Saukrates changes the mood with Madlib’s sample-based style, but doesn’t feel out of place. Also worth looking for is “Come & Get Me” which finds Strong Arm Steady going it alone without any guest MCs over a track that’s actually a bit reminiscent of recent De La Soul. Nothing stands out as especially bad, though there are plenty of passable but forgettable moments.
If your album is basically just a bunch of random songs thrown together, they should at least be good ones. Luckily, That’s more or less the case with Deep Hearted, but the overall experience is still missing that “certain something” that would take it from an
album that you’ll bump a few times to something that will get regular rotation for months or years. Still, anyone who checks in out of curiosity won’t have their time wasted.
曲目
01. Intro - (with Jack Nicholson & the Game)
02. Movement, The - (with Planet Asia)
03. U Ain't Me - (with Xzibit/Ras Kass/Chamillinare)
04. Bloody Money - (with PNB)
05. Co-Operation - (with Dilated Peoples)
06. Clean Up - (with Saukrates & Black Thought)
07. One Step - (with Talib Kweli)
08. I Can't Wait - (with Tha Liks/Stylistic Jones)
09. King In the Black - (with Planet Asia)
10. Come And Get Me - (with Ina Williams)
11. My Homies - (with Blaqtoven)
12. Streetlights - (with Talib Kweli)
13. On the Grind
14. Wreckless Words - (with Juvenile)
15. Dirty Dirty - (with Juvenile)
