After not being heard for 6 yrs. Big Mike came back just 10 months ago with his 4th album, and now is back with his 5th solo, another borderline 4 or 4.5 star album. With 13 songs, Big Mike is on 11 of them. 1 is almost a classic, 4 are ok, and the other 8 are good or real good songs. Guests are heavy, on 10 of the 13 songs, and rapping on 6 of the 13. Production is nice and mostly handled by cats I never heard of. Slash does the majority, 8 of the 13 songs (one Big Mike co-produced), Checmical and Crank each do 2 songs, and J Wood does 1 song. The album starts real strong but the last few tracks kind of fall off probably keeping froma 4.5 star album, but it's still a very good album. For fans of real southern rap and fans of Big Mike this album should be in your collection.
#1 - 9.5 (great beat)
#2 - 8
#3 - 9 (nice beat)
#4 - 8 (f/ Slash & Sydnee)
#5 - 9 (f/ slash -- nice beat)
#6 - 9 (f/ slash -- good beat)
#7 - 8 (f/ Rich Black, Harold James & Slash)
#8 - 8.5 (f/ Slash & Sydnee -- nice beat -- deep lyrics)
#9 - 6.5 (f/ Man Kyne & Sly Fox)
#10 - 8.5 (f/ Dolla 1 -- tight beat)
#11 - 7.5 (Affiliated Gang no Big Mike (Trilogy, Peas, Willow Phats, Lil Manie, Lucky, Chemical)
#12 - 7 (f/ sly fox, man kyne, icece)
#13 - 6.5 (no Big Mike -- Willow Phats, Lil Manie, Lucky, Checmical, Peas)
Michael Barnett -- b. 1971 -- New Orleans, LA
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