▪ DEVIN THE DUDE "JUST TRYIN TA LIVE" CD REVIEW

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▪ DEVIN THE DUDE "JUST TRYIN TA LIVE" ALBUM REVIEW

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Reviewer:	Dead Eye
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The singing, odd, boo boo´n man from Texas is back. Devin the Dude ladies and gentleman. So let´s get down to the album, first off there´s the intro then the Dr. Dre produced “It´s A Shame” featuring Pooh Bear. Now we all dirty south heads up in here but we need to give props where props is due playas, Dre is one of the greatest producers ever - not rappers - but among producers he ranks as one of greatest. He deserves his status in the game. He provided Devin with a lovely beat that fit his strange voice and flow excellent.

“R&B” is real soul full but it´s not a love song is about smoking and spending money. “Lacville 79” is of course an ode to his favorite ride.

“I-Hi” got the first kind of up-tempo beat on the album. Devin´s story telling way of rhyming mixed with his singing style blend perfect!

“Some Of Em” features Xzibit and Nas and the outcome you ask? Perfection! South/West/East combined is always cool to hear South/West and West/East is heard often but the three coasts combined are not everyday material!

"Go Somewhere” must have been recorded while Devin was drunk, at least he sounds hella drunk, fun and real at the same time!

“Would Ya?” have Devin ask his woman what she would do for him. Kind of funky beat, if somebody told me the beat was from 87 I wouldn´t doubt them it has that old school element.

“Doobie Ashtray” is a personal favorite, one of the best smoking songs heard in such a long time. Too often dedications to the blunt can be too strange and the outcome is that the track don´t fit in on the album cause it differs too damn much from the rest of the songs but here it works so well!

“Just a Man” features Raphael Saadiq, a nice combination that surprised me a lot. When I come to think about it Devin and Saadiq ain´t that different, it struck me when I heard this song!

“Fa Sho” brings back the Odd Squad hope we hear an album from them soon again cause this sure is promising. However the song is more Odd Squad then Devin, he is two different emmcee´s solo and when he´s a Squad member.

“WXYZ” is very different but really cool, I would liked to have another west act on this song – Suga Free – he would fit here perfectly, he´s the Devin of the West anyway to me!

The title track is lovely, it also features Odd Squad but this time the track is more Devin then Odd. A nice preview of what´s to come in the future! “Breezy Again” and “Cumin Back” ends a really cool, different and original album from Devin the Dude.

I think this is one of the most original albums to come out of Rap-A-Lot – better yet The South in a long time. Maybe not the greatest but original it is, and that´s odd to find these days. People that already know Devin probably already got this and if you just know starting to pick up, what way better to do that then with this album! Two words; satisfaction guaranteed!

Check out our interview with Devin The Dude!

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