Almost 3 years since Big Mike dropped his solid debut, he returns with another 4 star album, slightly lower in quality then "Somethin Serious" but still 4 stars (I'd give his "Hard to Hit" 4.5 stars). Only 12 songs with guests on 5 of them, you still get enough of the man from the Swamp to get you by after a 3 year drought. It has 1 almost classic song, 5 good ones, 3 ok ones, and 2 I skip (1 he isn't even on). Production is good and handled by mostly the same people that did all 3 of his albums. Mike Dean does 5, Mike Banks does 4, Lorenzo Samules, N.O. Joe, and Dent all do 1. His lyrics are on point as always and I'd recommend this for fans who want to hear a real southern rapper (not any of these fake cupcakes on the radio nowadays) or fans of Big Mike.
#1 - 9.5 (about coming up -- nice beat)
#2 - 8.5
#3 - 8.5
#4 - 8 (f/ Ill)
#5 - 7.5
#6 - 8 (f/ Ill)
#7 - 7.5 (f/ Ill)
#8 - 6 (Ill solo)
#9 - 8
#10 - 6 (f/ Mystikal)
#11 - 7 (f/ Lester Tone)
#12 - 6.5 (slower song)
Mike Barnett -- b. 1971 --- New Orleans, LA
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I liked Big Mike's first cd (cassette) which was entitled "Serious" and it was hott. But this one is not serious at all. I would not suggest purchasing it or even downloading it. Save your time and money. YMMV.....NEOSOUL06.
I'm just catchin up with all the Rap-A-Lot Classics....finally copped "Still Serious", and f'n A! Mike goes HARD on this cut! I'm a huge fan of the Convicts record & his first solo "Somethin Serious", this record didn't let me down a bit. And of course..with Mike Dean on the production team, no doubt ish would be hott. Pick this 1 up
