Lil Wyte - Doubt Me Now
Reviewed By: ULTIMATECDLINK
Album Rate: 4.25 out of 5 Stars
Lil Wyte went from underground Memphis rapper to the newest member of HCP in a short amount of time. After an appearance on Project Pat's latest album, he drops his solo debut that features Three 6 Mafia, Frayser Boy, LaChat, Juvenile, & Saliva.
1. Doubt Me Now-- this track starts off with a lil intro from DJ Paul and Juicy J introducing the newest member of HCP. Lil Wyte rips verses addressing the haters who doubted his abilities during his underground days. The sinister beat is really nice but the track is really short. Pretty nice intro track.
2. Blame It On The Bay-- this track has a faster paced beat with Lil Wyte droppin verses about all the problems caused by the dope in his hood. teh track is all right but not the tightest in the world.
3. We Ain't Playin-- this track has a nice midtempo beat with a nice bassline. Lil Wyte comes correct on the mic on this one while the hook is classic Three 6 Mafia "we ain't playin, hell naw, we ain't playin, hell naw, we ain't playin muthafucka, we aint' playin". I'm feelin this one.
4. Zero Tolerance (Fuck Them Laws)-- this track has a beat that sounds like it came out of an 80's Nintendo game. Lil Wyte doesn't really come that tight on here. Thank goodness the track is short because it is one of the worse songs on the album.
5. Shit Faced (skit)
6. In Here-- this track has a midtempo beat over a bassline. Lil Wyte comes to the mic talkin about how he's the drunkest, highest, wildest, tightest, coldest muthafucker in the place. He does hold his own on the track and shows the skills that Three 6 Mafia saw in him when they signed him.
7. Players In Da Atmosphere (f/ Three 6 Mafia)-- this track has to be one of the worst Three 6 Mafia songs that I've heard in a while. DJ Paul drops a clubbish hook that would make Master P smile. Meanwhile Juicy J totally brings one of the worst verses to the table to make the song even worse.
8. My Smokin Song-- this track has more of a laid back, easy going beat. As you can probably tell from the song title, Lil Wyte raps at a good tempo bout gettin fucked up chiefin hay. Pretty nice track.
9. I Know You Strapped-- this track has another nice laid back beat with a good bassline that'll have your system bumpin. About halfway through the track, the beat slows down to an even tighter darker sinister feel. Lil Wyte comes correct on the mic on this one. It's probably one of my favorite tracks on the album.
10. Good Dope-- this track has more of a beatbox, 80's feel on the beats. Lil Wyte gives us a glimpse of the tongue twistin that he gave us on 'Crash The Club'. The track isn't all that great in my opinion.
11. Comin Yo Direction-- this track carries that country guitar twang that resembles the song it samples, Waylon Jenning's Dukes Of Hazzard theme song. The first single from the album carried heavy rotation in the Memphis area and obviously appealed to rap fans of all races, making the song #1 in M-Town. The hook is catchy enough to have you singin it for days.
12. Oxy Cotton (f/ Lord Infamous & Crunchy Blac)-- this track has that sinister Tales From the Crypt sound on the beats. Lil Wyte and Lord Infamous rap about trippin out on dope. Crunchy Blac doesn't add much with his usual babble. The song is still pretty nice overall.
13. In The Streets-- this track has a midtempo beat with Lil Wyte rappin about hustlin in the streets with the now familiar rhymes about slangin dope, guns, and robbin. It's a bumpable track.
14. Drop It Off-- this track has a nice laid back beat. Lil Wyte raps about robbin a bank and trying to get away from the cops. It's a nice song with a catchy hook that'll have ya head bobbin along to the music.
15. Don't Take Those (skit)
16. Acid-- this track has a nice beat with a bassline that'll have your system bumpin from start to finish. Lil Wyte tells the tale of all the hallucinations when he's trippin on acid all the time. Pretty nice track that you can bump over and over.
17. Crash Da Club (remix) (f/ Juvenile)-- this track is a remix of the bonus track from Project Pat's "Layin Da Smackdown" that features New Orleans' own Juvenile. Lil Wyte brings the same verses to the mic while Juvenile doesn't really add much to the song. I thought they should have added the Juvenile verse onto the original beat because I thought it was much better than the beat used on the remix.
18. Ten Toes Tall-- this track starts off with a sample of a DJ Paul's verse from "Kickin in Doe/I Think They Scared". Lil Wyte rips off verses lettin all the haters know that they ain't going down without some blood shed. More DJ Paul samples are scattered throughout the track. The track is bumpable and worth checkin out.
19. Death & Life (skit)
20. Homicidal, Suicidal (f/ Saliva)-- this track has those heavy rock guitar riffs along with some heavy basslines compliments of the Memphis rock band, Saliva. The Outlaw Josie Scott, lead singer of Saliva, sings the hook on this one while Lil Wyte doesn't come with any really special on the track.
21. Get High To This (f/ HCP)-- this track has a laid back beat with some piano loops scattered throughout the song. It's Lil Wyte's first posse cut and it's one of the better ones. Lil Wyte takes time to take a shot at former posse members in his verse saying he's taking their spot. It's a nice track.
22. The Replacements (outro)-- the usual plugs for new projects from DJ Paul & Juicy J...oh yeah, they take final shots at ex- HCP members while they're at it
Overall, this album has everything that a Three 6 Mafia fan expects-- tight beats, decent rappin, samples from older 3-6 songs, and good guest spots from various members of HCP. I thought the beats were a lot better here than the beats on Da Headbussaz but overall, I thought Da Headbussaz was a better album with a lot more replay value. I thought Lil Wyte came tighter on the tracks in which he wasn't so much shouting his lyrics which wasn't too often. But nonetheless, a decent album that Three 6 Mafia fans won't be disappointed with.
Lil Wyte - Doubt Me Now