After a long break I decided to come back and review the album which
hasn't stopped banging in my trunk for the entire summer. Swishahouse
headliners, Chamillionaire and Paul Wall, may not have the broadest
subject matter to speak on since lyrics usually don't stray far from
the realm of money and poppin trunks. It is easy to see past those
things because when you take into account unreal wordplay and down
right sick lyrics like, "Could you see a Bentley parked in the
crunkest spot of your hood?/candy coat on top of the hood/and my fist
on top of the wood" The talent of these Houston boys is through
the roof and hearing them feed off each other so perfectly has suprised
me. I always knew from various tapes and freestyles that they will
wreck the mic with jaw dropping flows but what I didn't expect was
the bangin beats and well crafted songs to end up making this album
hotter than H-Town summers.
"My Money Gets Jealous" and "N Love With My Money"
are testaments to Texas ballin'. The arrogance and wordplay of their
lyrics is evident in bar after bar like when Paul Wall breaks you
off with, "You girl stutta when I pull up next to ya/you been
with the girl six months/Paul Wall the reason she won't give sex to
ya." The choruses are so sick your head won't stop rockin and
your first couple times to hear these songs you may find yourself
saying "damn he didn't just say what I think he did, did he?"
the answer is yes so turn the shit up.
"Thinkin Thoed" is another bangin track filled with sick
rhymes and basslines that hit in places you didn't know you had ears.
Chamillion's lyrics on this track will turn a casual listen into your
favorite song oozing out of your speakers when he tells ya shit like,
"Knock knock, who is it?/Mr. hear lizard lizard/got 23's like
we whatchin them Washington Wizards/I'm thinkin, pullin so many cars
out the garage/that the city will build a freeway that enter my yard."
"Falsifying" is a personal favorite and it seems to follow
the same pattern as the other songs mentioned because it flows together
so perfectly that you can't help but love it. Paul Wall goes off hard
when he drops it like, "Tomarrow your stuck/your rims cost more
than your truck/means you a baller but you always wanna barrow a buck."
This song has another bangin chorus and I just can't stop listening
to it. It is very hard to select tracks that might be possible skips
since every beat will blow the fucking roof off but there are tracks
that may not become favorites right away.
"U Owe Me" and the skits are really the only tracks I
skip and maybe a few others and most of the time "U Owe Me"
fits in to the mix pretty well. "The Other Day", "Game
Over," and "So Grind" are all tight tracks that have
the same pattern as the rest of the album and the all go off pretty
hard. Song after song this album just keeps you wanting more and it
keeps coming.
"I Wanna Get" is definitely one of the illest tracks on
the album. Chamillion wrecks hard on this song and tears up the chorus.
This album actually had very few guest spots and 13 songs, all of
which are impressive.
This album gave me everything I wanted and much more. Since I have
always been partial to The Screwed Up Click and have always thought
that they have more polished styles, I was proven wrong when I thought
they couldn't successfully crossover from mixtapes to putting out
ill albums like S.U.C. members have done. The subject matter is the
only real downfall of the album cause you hear most of the same shit
on every song but the wordplay, beats, and the way everything comes
together really makes up for it. No doubt one of the best albums I
have heard all year. Peace.
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