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Field Mob "613: Ashy To Classy" Review |
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I hate to judge an atrist and an album
by the first single, but honestly I didn't expect anything spectacular from these two
young men from Albany, GA. Basically they sounded like every other artist coming out of
GA. Catchy hooks and medicore rhymes. So when I had my back against the wall and purchased
613:Ashy to Classy I was looking for the ordinary. Listening to the album throughly I came
to one conclusion. I was DEAD WRONG. Boondox and Kalage take you 54 minutes and 54 second
thru their world of failure and succsess in which they call Ashy to Classy.
These two niggas can rap. Period. Even though some of the production from Ole-E may sound
repetitive, they keep listeners glued like "your pillow had porkipines". The
first song from the album "Can't Stop Us" was a real ear opener for a doubter
like myself. This heavy bassed filled track allowed Boondox and Kalage to display some of
thier lyrical talent, which they didn't get a good chance to do on "Project
Dreamz". On this introduction they let the people know that they have had some trials
and tribulations in thier early lives, which they have overcame. This fie cut is just a
sample of what they have in store between the two. The album jumps into "Project
Dreamz", the first single of thier album. This song lead me in the wrong direction as
far as the group's style went. The song didn't make a big influcence on me to buy the
album at first. The next song on the album "Dead in Your Chevy" shows the
gangsta side of the two. They sing on the chourus "If ya out there and ya owe me ya
best chance ista get my fedi/Or hate when I buc at chu, and then leave ya smelly/Or If you
see me doin' dirt, and you try to call them folkz on ya celly/Ya besta slow ya role boi or
get found dead off in that Chevy". The piano filled beat provide the setting for the
crime. This is a good follow up from a uptempo track.
Next they get buc with "Da Durty". This is a good ride out song. Here they
repersent the field to the fullest. This track is laced with hesitation bass, along with
the light horns in the back. Once again they snap on this track also like the ones
previous to this one. The mid-tempo beat indulges your neck to snap all the way to the
next track "My Main Roni". This is another bass filled track with a relaxed
tone. This song talks about the games that ya main girl be playin wit cha. As he puts it
"Niggaz aint shit, bitches aint either." I can feel him, and he makes everybody
feels him with his tale of a girl that he falls in love with that cuts some of his
frineds. It may sound like the everyday rap love song, but they put thier own tiwst to it.
The next song is similar to "My Main Roni". "Ceatin On We" talks about
the same exact thing basically, but here both men admit that they where cheatin' on their
Main Roni's, while they where cheatin on them. So they where cheatin on we. Get it?
The most fiest song on the album "Channel 613" is a very creative track in which
Boondox is in various TV shows such as Martin, Scooby Doo, Forrest Gump, Set It Off, and
Cita's World. This is a uptemo bass filled track that will definatley get the head
nodding. "Dimez" is another fie ass cut that contribute to making the album good
as a whole. Here he explains " I need a jazzy bitch, classy bitch, one that walk past
me and swicth, flashin her wrist/Where ya at ma'? I'm lookin for ya so let a nigga
spoil/as if I was ya daddy and you was my daughter". The next one "Crutch"
another one of my favorite songs is a cut explaining basically why the named the album
Ashy To Classy. Here they talk about the many trails and tribulations that they had to
face together. Such as being homeless for a period in time, being considered a failure by
family for not graduating high school. Here Ole-E used a sample from "Lean on
Me" to change the production style a little in the album which was a good thing. The
next cut, a reagge inspired "Shake Sumptin" featuring the south's reagge king
Papa Rue. This is a song for all them south Dance Hall's. Another tight song. "Hey
Shawty" is the last song on the album. This song is a very impressive cut on the half
of Field Mob's crew Suthern Klick. Here Ole-E slows the tempo down really slow, and then
jumps on it snappin hard as hell. The paino provides the feel for the laid back beat. But
here once again they are talking about the girls that they are in search for.
Okay let's break the album down. They have 5 songs out of 13 dealing with the girls they
want. They have 2 songs dealing with the struggle they went through to be where they are
now. That leaves them with 3 song plus interludes in which they are different. This is a
good album with hella fie lyrics and solid beats. Which makes this album a good purchase.
The thing is if you are a consumer looking for a variety of subject matter in a album I
don't this is the album for you. These two prove that they have what it takes to tear it
down on the national scene. They also prove that they have what it takes to make it from
Classy To Ashy.
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