Southbreed Family - Southern Reign
Reviewed By: ULTIMATECDLINK
Album Rate: 4 out of 5 Stars
Southbreed Family is outta Huntsville, Alabama and is made up of Atteze (Villano, Rik Trife, D&L, Hadj-1), Underground Poetz (Los & Neal), Lowest Terms (Gee, B-One, & Skrill Gates) & Redd. This 17 track album is the follow-up to "Hustleville, USA" and they ready to blow up the South.
1. 2 Minute Warning-- the song starts off with the ticking of a clock. Hadj-1 starts it off and lays down a short verse. Rik Trife is up next and he puts down a tight verse. Villano, who also produced the track, also puts down a nice verse. Gee and Skrill Gates finish out the track. This is nice track to the start the album off with. The little screeching sound can be a little annoying but it's a nice track overall.
2. Love 2 Hate-- Villano produced this track as well and I love the way he did made the hook kinda echo. Those who have heard the album know what I'm talking about. Gee starts it out and he has that fast rappin style. Skrill Gates is up next and he got a nice flow too. Villano also brings a faster pace flow to mic. Hadj-1 finishes the song out with a very nice verse. This is one of my favorite tracks on the album.
3. Bamylon-- this track has got a weird space age type beat. Los, Neal, & Gee rap on this one. The beat kinda ruins the song for me. I'm not really feelin it.
4. Hustleville-- the intro starts off with this slow melodic beat that make you wanna nod ya head to the music. Mike Smoov did the production on this track. 5 Grand starts off the song on the first. He's got a raspy voice but he comes tight. Gee is up next and he comes all right. Los has got a tight voice and he rips the mic. Neal is up next and he's got some witty flows. B-One finishes the song out with a style of rap like Juvenile's with the heavy southern drawl. This is without a doubt my favorite track on the album.
5. Give It To Me-- this one is more up tempo than the previous track. You can tell the difference from Mike Smoov's production on the previous track to Villano's production on this one. Gee, Neal, Villano, Los, B-One, & Skrill Gates are featured on this track. It's an all right track.
6. Phone Call- skit
7. Light, Light Green-- Villano produced this track as well and he drops the first verse in this ode to weed. Hadj-1, Los, & Neal each lay down some good flows to finish out the track. Pretty nice track.
8. Mizz Lady-- the beat on this track that'll make the ladies melt is more of a low key piano over a drumbeat. It has the feel of an R&B song instead of a rap track. It's an OK track. Nothing really special about this one except maybe Los' and B-One's voices.
9. Freak Of Tha South (interlude)-- little song by Big Dirty about sex. I'm kinda feelin the beat on this one.
10. We Luv Dat-- Each member of Atteze raps about what they like and hate about women. I'm kinda feelin this one.
11. Cemetary Walk-- skit
12. Pain-- this is one of those deep tracks that make ya wanna sit back and think about life. Los starts the track out with a tight verse about death. Neal drops a verse about those that he knew who have passed on. Chris P sings the hook about praying to the Lord to watch over him. Tight track.
13. Southbreed Coming-- you get almost the entire Southbreed Family on this one. Atteze, Underground Poetz, & Lowest Terms all rep on this track. It's a mid tempo track that sounds like it has a twist on the Ruff Ryders Anthem beat. Overall, a nicely done track.
14. On Fire 2 Nite-- this track has got a very tight beat by Derek Simmons. Los starts it off with a nice verse. Gee is up next with a pretty good verse too. Villano and 5 Grand finish it out. This track has got a nice tempo to it. Very nice song.
15. Gun Ho-- this track has this military drum beat thing goin. I really didn't find anything special about this track.
16. Southern Reign (interlude)-- Gee talks on this one
17. Somebody Gon Die-- this track starts off with the sound of a thunderstorm at night. Los starts it off and raps about he gets a death threat phone call in the middle of the night, getting attacked in his house, and getting shot. Hadj-1 raps about how he heard the news that Los was shot up and how he gonna get revenge and how he even lands in the hospital. Neal finishes the track out about he gets revenge for Los's death and Hadj-1's hospital trip. The song ends with the sound of a flatline. Tight song that you can totally picture in your mind.
Overall, I was really feelin this album. I ain't heard too many outta Bama that made me listen to it over and over but this one got me. The album does have it's share of weak spots but overall, I thought the production was well done and the mic skills of all involved were pretty tight. The downfall of the album has the to be all the different people on each track. Most of the track have at least 4 or 5 people rappin and it becomes hard to keep track of them after a while. But this album is worth checkin out in my opinion if you trying to find something new outta Bama.
Southbreed Family - Southern Reign