19 months since his last album, Noyd is back to rep QB with yet another solid album to add to his collection. Of his 4 solo albums, 2 get 4.5 stars, 1 gets 4, and this one is bor=derline between 4 and 4.5 (not to mention his "Armed and Dangerous" mixtape which I'd also give 4.5 stars). A close affiliate of Mobb Deep, Noyd always brings real, street grimy rap and the formula hasn't changed, and why change if thats what you know and you do it good. With 14 songs, 2 I heard recently on other albums and one Noyd ain't one and only does the hook on another. Of the 14 songs, 2 are ok, 1 is a classic, the other 11 are tight. Guests are on half the songs, and are all QB affiliates, mostly from Mobb Deep or the Infamous Mobb. Production is nice as well, from some good solid producers. Rick Rock does 5 songs, Havoc does 2, Alchemist, Sweb, King Benny, DJ Skizz, Mario, Jay Waxx Garfield andf Grime Team all do 1 song. A great album for fans of real street QB rap to have.
#1 - 7 (f/ Prodigy (of Mobb DeeP) & G.O.D. (of Infamous Mobb)
#2 - 9 (tight beat)
#3 - 9 (f/ Havoc (of Mobb Deep) -- another good beat)
#4 - 8 (f/ Prodigy (of mobb deep, Illa Gee & Twin Gambino & G.O.D. (of Infamous Mobb)
#5 - 8.5 (Twin Gambino (of Infamous Mobb) f/ Big Noyd -- he only does the hook -- nice beat)
#6 - 8
#7 - 7 (f/ G.O.D. (of Infamous mobb) & Flame Killah)
#8 - 8.5
#9 - 8.5
#10 - 8.5
#11 - 8.5 (laid back relaxing beat)
#12 - 10 (CLASSIC!! -- great beat)
#13 - 8
#14 - 8 (Ty Knitty & G.O.D of the Infamous Mobb -- no Noyd)
Tyjuan Perry -- b. around 1975 -- Queensbridge, NY
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Best offering out of the Mobb for a while. Two songs make the album - Stick Up Kid and Say Whatever You Want. Some beats have a too much soul/motown feel to them for me and I hate to say that most of the guest appearances of other infamous mobb members are weak. P has a good verse on song 4 (he actually rhymes on it, remember those days?). The havoc song is good too but the hook on the chorus is unfortunatly unimaginative. Noyd's versus are solid as always, he shows a wide breadth of styles, fast and slow, gangsta and reflective. I was surprised by the evolution of his rhyme style too: some really intelligent similes and word play. If he cut out some of his boys who were dissappointing (not Twin, who was dope) and had some more of the hard, get pumped beats, this would be a 4 or 5. If you loved Noyd ten years ago (like I did and do) this is a definate BUY.
Big Noyd's New album the stick up kid is good Although it is not as good as his previous releases
This album was sort of a mixtape feel with Infamous Mobb on a few tracks and Havoc on one of them But the rest of the album is all solo however if you are a fan of the Infamous Mobb this is a classic ring to this album
Big Noyd is the only one besides the INFAMOUS MOBB NOT MOBB DEEP holdin down Queensbridge right now and he continues it on his latest release
