▪ KOOPSTA KNICCA "DA K PROJECT" ALBUM REVIEW

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▪ KOOPSTA KNICCA "DA K PROJECT" ALBUM REVIEW

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Reviewer:	Tony Montana
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Koopsta Knicca used to be a member of Three 6 Mafia, he's been down with them for a very long time now, he dropped an underground album called "Da Devil's Playground" back around 94/95 and it was later released on cd. For whatever reason, he fell out with Three 6 Mafia and now he's on his own doin his own thang.

The first track is "Back In The Hood" and it features Hedlock and was produced by Ski Mask. This track has a nice beat to it and its basically all about what happens in the hood, Koopsta drops an old verse on it and some new lyrics too. The chorus is sung by Koopsta, its kinda annoying after a while, but its a pretty tight song, its not what you would expect from Koop though.

Up next is "Smoke It Up", this track samples some DJ Jimi on it, I'm getting tired of hearing DJ Jimi samples on so many songs, aside from that this track is bumpin. Of course its all about smoking weed. The beat is slow and laid back and the chorus uses another old line 'Pass me that swisher, cut it up and fill it with weed' Koopsta is the only one rappin on this track and he does some singing in every verse which is a let down, because you're always anticipating him snapping and coming with old style from back in the day.

"See A Hoe, Beat A Hoe" starts off with a real tight beat, but when the first verse kicks in the beat changes, during the choruses the tight part kicks back in. It would've been nice if that beat could've stayed in throughout the whole track.

"Mr. Merchant" samples its beat and hook from 'Mr. Sandman' (old ass song) Now this song is way way different than anything you've ever heard from Koopsta Knicca. The beat is tight as hell and so is the hook, which is sung by a female: 'Mr. Merchant, sell me a dream, tell me some evil thangs, that I never seen, Sell me a world of mourn and torture, Show me a land where the....' Everything about this song is tight, however Koopsta Knicca's rapping style on this song brings the song down some.

Koopsta flows some like back in the day on the next track "You Aint From The South" This is one of the better songs on the album as far as lyrics goes, although in part of the song he does a rasta thang like Lord Infamous does. The beat isnt great, but its bumpable.

"No Respect" has a beat that I would describe as hip-hoppish. It doesnt really sound like a dirty south song, some strings kick in during the song that helps it out a little bit, but what really helps the song is Koopsta's lyrics, he flows really good on this track with some of his better lyrics and delivery from the whole album.

"End Of The Line" is a real slow song, its got some of his life story in it, especially all the problems and bullshit he been through, like sellin his soul to the devil. He sings the whole song, so its not really that good.

I think "Benjamins" is the first track on the album with trumpets in it. The beat is bumpin, its also got some nice hi-hats in it. When the verses come in the beat changes to a real slow synthesizer and some hand claps. Koopsta does his rappin/singin thang in the song. This track made me bob my head, you can ride to this song, its more hype than the rest of the album.

Up next is "Beat The Charge" this song is real close to being tight as hell, but 1 thing ruined it. The beat is good, but there is one thing in the beat thats starts to get real annoying, there is a synthesizer in the song, but it doesnt change at all during the song. Its like someone just put there finger on a key on a keyboard and left it there the whole time. You cant do that mane.

The best beat on the album may be on "Devil Made Me" the beat is some eerie type of shit and the chorus is sung by some female. Koopsta does do any singing in this song, he does his rappin/whisperin flow. Long time fans will know what I mean by that. Anyway this is another head-bobber on the album, it's a very solid song for those of you that like them terror songs.

"When The Shit Hitz The Fan" also has a pretty bumpin up-tempo beat, this is probably the crunkest song from 'Da K Project" another nice song is "Its Not Right" which samples a little bit of its beat from 'Playa Hatas' an underground track from Triple Six Mafia.

This album isnt what I thought it would be, the production by Niko Lyras, Elvis Williams and Ski Mask was decent, but could've been better and there definately should've been a more memphis feel to the production. Koopsta Knicca always has been real good with his lyrics and delivery, this album has a little too much singing in it, if you like that aspect of Koopsta Knicca's style then you will like this album alot, but if you dont like too much singing then you may not like it as much.