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Koopsta Knicca - "Da 'K' Product"
Reviewed By: ULTIMATECDLINK
Album Rate: 4.0 out of 5 Stars



Ex-Three 6 Mafia member Koopsta Knicca drops an 18-track solo album. While some may argue that he has changed his style of rap, Koopsta fans will realize that this is one of the better CD's outta Memphis this year.

1. Intro

2. Back In The Hood-- this song starts off with a sample of Eazy-E's "Boyz In The Hood". It has a pretty good beat to it. Koopsta Knicca sings on the hook. It's got a pretty nice verse from Hedlock.

3. Smoke It Up-- I guess from the title, you can guess that the song is about smokin weed. Koopsta uses that sample that Memphis rappers love to use over and over (the "all right, all right" most recently used on the beginning of "Chickenhead"). The chorus is Koopsta constantly chanting "pass me that Swisher/cut it up and fill it with weed". Koopsta comes tight on this track and even manages to throw in a Lord Infamous verse "Where Is Da Bud". The constant hook "Smoke It Up can be annoying though.

4. Ghetto-- this song starts off like some 70's song with the hook being sung like something from back in the day. This track is OK, not the tightest thing I've heard from Koopsta.

5. Broke Bitch (skit)

6. See A Hoe, Beat A Hoe-- the song starts with a heavy bass beat. The hook goes somethin like "Yo mama's always told ya never fuck wit bein rappers". Pretty tight song here.

7. Mr. Merchant-- the song starts with some bells and trumpets. It's got some chick singin the hook in a 70's style from a sampled song. Koopsta sounds dark (kinda like old Lord Infamous)--not what you'd usually hear from Koopsta. Really tight song overall.

8. You Ain't From The South-- the beat on this song almost sounds West Coast. Koopsta says "you can't get crunk up in this fuckin club cause you ain't from the south". Again, another pretty good track here.

9. NBA Interlude (skit)

10. No Respect-- this song starts off with Koopsta singin the hook. This is definitely one of the tightest songs on the album. Koopsta flows his ass off on here talking about if you got money, cars, and hoes then you got respect.

11. End Of The Line-- the beat to this song is something I'd expect on an R&B album. Koopsta sings over the entire song. This is a deep song and something I bet he wrote while being locked up in his jail cell. Kinda gives you that feeling of looking back over his life. Nice song if you don't mind Koopsta singing.

12. Benjamins-- the beat on this song got some trumpets going with the drums. Koopsta does a small rap in the Project Pat choppy-style in the hook along with using several lines from old Hypnotize Minds albums. Pretty nice song overall.

13. Beat The Charge-- the song starts off with a lawyer telling a jury how the victim was bound, gagged, and killed. Koopsta then starts flowing and tellin his story on how he got away with it. This is arguably the tightest song on the album.

14. Devil Made Me-- this song got a dark type feel to it. Now this is classic Koopsta! This is how he should have rapped on the entire album. Another tight song but the hook is kinda annoying.

15. Cotton Row (skit)

16. When The Shit Hitz The Fan-- Koopsta raps about how he goes to killin once someone starts cussing him and eventually pushes over the top. Koopsta flows fast as hell on the second verse. Tight song.

17. It's Not Right-- pretty good song here too. He raps over a beat that seems like I've heard before but I can't place it.

18. Judy Lynn-- this song got a old school blues feel. This is another deep song from Koopsta to a loved one (I'm guessing his mother). The beat got thunder going off in the background and the rap is over rainfall sound. I don't know but it fits for this song. Not my favorite track on the album but a nice change of pace on the album.

Overall, I really liked this album. The beats are a little lacking because we are used to hearing Koopsta over beats from DJ Paul and Juicy J--but we are just gonna have to get used to the fact that we will probably never see an ex-Three 6 Mafia affiliate rap over beats as tight as they previously rapped over. Koopsta does a lot of singing on the album but if you think about it, he's always had that sing-song style of rap. He just did it a little faster back in the day. So the downfall of the album are the mediocre beats but it is definitely worth pickin up if you are a Koopsta Knicca fan--you won't be sorry.