Braille - IV Edition (2008)

Artist - Braille
Album - The IV Edition
Format - Audio Cd (MP3)
Bitrate - 320 kbps

Released: March 16, 2008 (leak, not official release date)

01. Beautiful Humanity ( 3:06)
02. Submission Hold ( 3:09)
03. Calculated Risk (Feat. Mr. J & Manchild) ( 3:33)
04. The IV (Feat. Rob Swift) ( 3:17)
05. Main Squeeze ( 3:21)
06. Remember Your Path (Feat. Rob Swift) ( 3:37)
07. Constantly Growing (Feat. Speech) ( 4:27)
08. Blessed Man ( 3:50)
09. Many Stories (Feat. Barry Hampton) ( 4:13)
10. Raise the Dead (Feat. Poems) ( 3:44)
11. Double Dose ( 2:55)
12. Counter Attack (Feat. Theory Hazit & DJ Idull) ( 2:45)
13. Mental Guards (Snitch Blade) ( 3:51)
14. Get it Right (Feat. Ragen Fykes) ( 4:16)
15. Restless ( 2:36)
16. The Cure ( 2:19)
17. ADDvice (Feat. DJ Bombay) ( 2:55)

REVIEW:

Haven't got much time so I'll just whip up something quick.

Another top quality album from the one and only Braille, the title sums up it's overall message very cleverly. You see the letters "IV" do not only mean the number 4 in roman numerals, showing that this is Braille's fourth album, but in medical terms it also means administration of nutrients through the veins. In this album Braille tries to show the listeners that "Jesus Christ is the cure for the human condition". And in my opinion, he does that quite well.

To sum it up: the rhymes are dripping with lyrical mastery, as usual. The production is top notch as well. Some stand-out tracks are... ah forget about it. Every track is brilliant. This is definitly a contender for best HHH record of the year.

Highly recommended.

5/5

DJ Maj - Speckled Goats II (2007)

Released: 2008

1. DJ Maj featuring Tony Williams - First Day
2. Japhia Life - Arms Out
3. Just.Live - Bolla Atcha Hoy
4. Da-Enforcerz - Shut It Down
5. Manafest - Bounce
6. DJ Maj - So Free
7. Pigeon John - As We Know It
8. Othello - Silhouette
9. Gospel Gangstaz (Camp 8) featuring Knine - Back Then
10. Pettidee featuring Izzy - Run For Cover
11. J-Remy - Country Boyz
12. Roy Battle - Real
13. Eugene IV - Dear MC
14. Electric Church - Naked
15. Ritchie Righteous - Ay You
16. Syntist - The Cure
17. Knine - Thank You
18. Verses featuring Verbs and Cult Free - Cassette Tapes & Roller Skates
19. DJ Maj featuring John Katina - Back To Center
20. Mark J. featuring Japhia Life & 4th Avenue Jones - (Untitled)
21. Soul Cafe - Count Your Blessings

PURCHASE

REVIEW: (COMING SOON)

Beat Rabbi & Deepspace 5 - Deepspace5oul (2008)

Released: 2008

1. Intro
2. Deepspace5oul (feat. Sev Statik, Playdough, Illtripp, Listener, Manchild, Sintax.The.Terrific, Freddie Bruno & Sivion)
3. Carry On (feat. Playdough)
4. Beautiful (feat. Playdough & Sivion)
5. Lip Service (Remix) (feat. Manchild & DJ Dust of Mars Ill)
6. The Founder (feat. Manchild)
7. Last Samurai (feat. Sev Statik & Illtripp)
8. Similac (feat. Sev Statik)
9. On A Side Note (feat. Sivion & Freddie Bruno)
10. Life Is... (feat. Listener)
11. Deepspace Seoul (feat. MC Fong)
12. Soul in the Horn (feat. Sivion On Saxophone)
13. Dance Your Life Away (feat. Listener & Illtripp)
14. Say Something (feat. Illtripp)
15. Double Dog Dare You (feat. Manchild & Sintax.The.Terrific)
16. Park Bench (feat. Sintax.The.Terrific)
17. Downtoan Connect (feat. Manchild & Sev Statil)
18. We Got To (feat. Sintax & Sev Statik)
19. Enemy Mine (feat. Sintax & Listener)
20. Absolutely Nothing (feat. Freddie Bruno)
21. Say Yeah (feat. Freddie Bruno & Playdough)
22. Deep Space Soul (feat. Peter Neverland)

REVIEW: (COMING SOON)

Artist: Canton Jones
Title: Kingom Business
Label: Universal Music Christian Group/Arrow Records
Genre: R&B/Hip Hop
Bitrate: 194kbit av.
Time: 00:56:15
Size: 84.64 mb


1. Living Clean (My Life) (Feat. Big Ran)
2. The Professional (Feat. Joey)
3. My Walk
4. I Won?t Stop
5. WCJ-1
6. Hater Day
7. What You Want
8. Kingdom Business (Feat. Mouthpiece)
9. 24?s (Feat. Mr. Del, Milliyon Messenja And M Eazy)
10. Pimp Hard (Feat. Big Ran)
11. Vacation (Feat. Ramona Jones)
12. Kool
13. Nobody Cared
14. My Day
15. Ringtone

PURCHASE

REVIEW: (COMING SOON)

Grits - 5 for 5 EP

Released: 21 Feb, 2008

1. Alone in the Cold
2. Dusk Till Dawn
3. Lets Get It Started
4. Livin
5. Reminds Me

PURCHASE (only available for purchase through official myspace page)

REVIEW: (COMING SOON)

Various Artists - Night Owls 4: A Shot in the Dark

Released: 4 December, 2007

1. Kaboose featuring Christin Hart - For You
2. CookBook & UNO Mas (of L.A. Symphony) - Always Shine
3. theBREAX featuring LMNO - We Will Not Stop
4. Page One & Because - Emceeing Is Believing
5. NoVA Infinite - Spell It
6. Motion Plus - Hold On
7. Maximillian - California Soul
8. Listener - Older Than I Was Before
9. Soul P, Jeremiah Bonds & Sivion featuring DJ Wise - First of All
10. DJ Wise - A Shot In The Dark
11. Kaboose featuring ManChild, Playdough & DJ Promote - Knuckle Up
12. Insufficient Funds featuring Afaar - Something You Said
13. Man of War - Shots Out
14. The Pride (Sintax.the.terrific & ManChild) - Test Market
15. Paradox featuring Sean P - Live & Direct
16. Scribbling Idiots featuring DJ Promote - Fine Line
17. Capture, Propaganda & Sojourn - We Ran With It
18. Cal Logic - Choose Your Battles
19. Braille - Okay With It
20. RedCloud & DJ Wise - 21 Jump Street

PURCHASE

REVIEW: (COMING SOON)

116 Clique - Amped EP

Media: [Audio CD] [Digital Download]
Released: 2007
Recordlabel: Reach Records
Info: The EP is released on August 28th, 2007.

1. Send Me / Represent - Lecrae featuring Tedashi
2. The Red Revolution - Tedashi featuring Sho Baraka
3. Beyond Belief - Lecrae
4. Cash or Christ / Fanatics - Trip Lee featuring Lecrae
5. No More - Tedashi featuring Lecrae
6. Amped - Trip Lee

PURCHASE

REVIEW:

The latest release from the HHH super group 116 Clique (Trip Lee, Lecrae, Sho Baraka, Tedashii, This'l & J'Son) sounds a bit different then you may expect. Amped goes off 116 Clique's well-beaten hip hop track by producing an EP filled entirely with rock/rap songs.

Three of the songs are remixes of 116 Cliques previous works (Send Me, Cash or Christ, No More) and three of them are new releases (The Red Revolution, Beyond Belief, Amped).
The remixes give a refreshing change from the normally crunk-sounding tracks by using authentic rock and generally things sound much more sonically deeper than the originals .
The songs Send Me and Cash or Christ are interesting because as well as being remixed, a different song has been blended close to the ending of each. Send Me is blended with Represent and Cash or Christ is blended with Fanatics. Although the blend is only short it's a nice little addition.

The new releases on the EP are just fantastic. Red Revolution is a rap/rock party track that combines the lyrical talents of Tedashii and Sho Baraka. The song is a call to Christians to unite as one and not discriminate against skin colors or denominations Beyond Belief by Lecrae is an absolute show stopper with it's epic anthem-like chorus in worship of the one and only Saviour. Trip Lee totally wrecks it on the title track, Amped. Which is all about getting"amped up" about Christ. It's a thumping song complete with, not only electric, but acoustic guitars and a nice blend of soft and hard music. It is definitly a unique piece of music.

Overall the album is lyrically and musically amazing, and I can tell you whoever came up with the idea of rock music and 116 Clique was a complete genius! The songs never seem to lose their hip hop vibe though, and I can guarantee you, if you love hip hop, you won't have any problems with this EP.

RATING: 5/5