Kenny Thomas - Still Dirdy
Reviewed By: ULTIMATECDLINK
Album Rate: 4.0 out of 5 Stars
Kenny Thomas comes to you outta Tuscaloosa, Alabama with his latest 20-track CD. The album features appearances from Big Bull, Blackface, Ty Cutta, Slim Gooda, Black Mike, Eric Brooks, Rickashade, Tre Styles, Alleycat, DJ Stickuhbush, Stone Niddie, Jr. tha 13th, Baby Bruce, & Mingo.
1. All I Got-- intro
2. Dirdy World-- the beat on this one has a nice tempo with church bells sounds over a piano. It's a tight little track with appearances from Black Mike (who's voice sounds like a screw tape), Blackface, & Ty Cutta. All come correct on the mic on this track.
3. Still Dirdy-- Kenny Thomas basically describes what it's like down in the styx. He raps about the street life, weed, prison, living in the country, and still stayin dirdy no matter what happens with the rap thang. Overall, a nice song but the beat isn't anything special.
4. Long Ways From Da Kuntry-- the beat on this one has that electric guitar sound that almost sounds like something that Pastor troy would give us. Thomas drops three nice verses. The hook goes "we came a long ways from da country, yeah yeah". This track is bumpable.
5. That Dolla-- the track has got a mello piano beat over a bassline. KT raps about what he calls one of the "biggest killers in America", "one of the most addicting drugs"--the almighty dollar. This is one of the best tracks on the album. Definitely worth checkin this track out.
6. Showtime-- this one has got a sample of an old skool song which gives this track that 70's retro feel. This song features L.O.C. outta Birmingham. This is a decent track.
7. Hot Mouth-- this track has a slower beat that has a certain R&B flavor. KT raps about this girl who has a "hot mouth". I actually think that this would be a nice radio single that would get a lot of requests if radio program directors would give it a chance. Blackface and Ty Cutta also come tight on this track.
8. Too Much, Too Many-- KT comes with some tight lyrics about all the excesses that we face in life these days--from too many diseases to too much time wasted, and from too many haters to too much bullshit. The beat gets tired after a while but otherwise it's a nice song.
9. Krackkerberry-- this track has got a nice little bassline. KT raps about all the struggles that he faces in Bama as a black man including addressin the crooked cops and police brutality. Nice lyrics on this one.
10. Why They Wanna Hate-- KT takes this track to address all the other rappers hatin on him on their albums. He even gives us a take off of Snoop's "Gin & Juice" (with so much drama in the LBC...) and incorporating his own lyrics in there. This is a decent track.
11. Alabama Ho, Mississippi Ho-- this track is about the different hoes in the Bama, Mississippi, & Georgia and what all their "specialties" are. It's a nice laid back track that you can just kick back to and bump.
12. Never Seen Befoe-- I'm not really feelin this track. It feels like it's just a filler track. The beat ain't all that and the rappin ain't really all that tight either. I'mma skip this one on my changer.
13. Lord Knows-- the beat on this one is a dark, somber sound. This is a deep song in which KT paints the picture of living each day like it'll be his last. The hook goes "Lord knows my life is full of drama/don't blame me/they put curses on my mama". This one will have ya head bobbin to the beat and lyrics.
14. Welcome To Tha Styx-- KT raps about the different stuff that happens down in the styx and the south in general. The beat on this one ain't all that though.
16. Lickin 4 Beatz-- KT rips some tight freestyles over different jacked beats like Big Pun "Still Not A Player", Xzibit's "Explosive" among others. This is a very nice track cause KT comes very tight on the mic.
17. Tight Situation-- this track has got a pretty tight laid back beat. KT raps about growing up in the projects and just tryin to survive. The hook says it all "life is a bunch of problems, we all gotta face em/we all livin in this tight situation". This is a bumpable track.
18. First Lesson (freestyle)-- I can't place the sampled beat on this one right now but this freestyle session seems like it was made for the booth on Rap City. Tre Styles starts off first followed by Kenny Thomas who drops the line "I got one problem with ya'll commercial motherfuckers/the problem is that ya'll commercial, motherfucker" Some nice witty lyrics on this track that'll have ya laughing out loud.
19. Lookin At The Sky-- KT is flowin on this one about heaven and the evils on earth. The beat on this track ain't all that though.
20. You Need To Be There!-- outro in the style of a radio commercial advertising a Kenny Thomas concert
Overall, I came away with the feelings that Kenny Thomas has definitely got the skills to make it to that next level. He raps more about street life and real experiences and not the bling-bling lifestyle that we see so often these days. The production on the album could use a little work but this album is worth peepin if you wanna check out one of the top up-and-coming rappers outta the South.
Kenny Thomas - Still Dirdy