Post by B Snide on Apr 24, 2008 0:25:47 GMT
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Lifestylez Ov Da Poor and Dangerous
Big L is was perhaps the most talented and gifted MC to bless the mic and this album is proof of that. On no other Hip Hop album will you find such incredible freestyle ability. L spits clever rhymes and his patented cliches over classic uptown beets.
This album is truly a classic and a must have for any true hip hop fan. One of the most slept on albums of the 90s decade. This is a classic street album, with raw lyrics, with some good production, and good guest appearances. Big L paved the way for later artists to have a model for a classic...
1. Put It On
5/5
2. M.V.P.
4/5
3. No Endz, No Skinz
3/5
4. 8 Iz Enuff
4/5
5. All Black
5/5
6. Danger Zone
5/5
7. Street Struck
4/5
8. Graveyard
4/5
9. Lifestylez Ov da Poor and Dangerous
5/5
10. I Don't Understand It
3/5
11. Fed up Wit the Bullshit
4/5
12. Let 'Em Have It
4/5
Overall: 4.25/5
Big L
Having made a name for himself as a guest MC on D.I.T.C. (Diggin' in the Crates) projects such as Diamond D.'s Stunts, Blunts Hip-Hop and Showbiz A.G.'s Runaway Slave, the flamboyantly gifted Lamont Coleman (aka Big L) dropped his debut in early 1995. A product of the mean streets of Harlem, L made his bones in the rap game with his rapid fire freestyle delivery and clever punchline-peppered rhymes. A patchwork album with a few outstanding cuts, Lifestylez fails to package the lightning-in-a-bottle talent of this cut-above MC. The album showcases L as a master of the lyrical stickup undressing his competition with kinetic metaphors and a brash comedic repertoire. The lead track, "Put It On" produced by Kid Capri, is a party cut with a criminal attitude. "M.V.P." snatches a brief segment from DeBarge's "Stay With Me" (later aggrandized on the Notorious B.I.G.'s popular remix of "One More Chance"). "Da Graveyard" features a young Cam'ron (here Killa Kam) and most notably a superb verse from a pre-Jigga Jay-Z (at the outset of his solo career). With better production and marketing, Big L might have found himself with a platinum album but instead he settled for platinum respect. This album captures the dynamic potential of a street legend, a legend who would later be gunned down in his prime.
