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Field Mob Album: “From the Roota to the Roota [Bonus Track]”
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From the Roota to the Roota [Bonus Track] |
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Release Date:2003-07-07
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, Dirty South, Mainstream Rap
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Label:Universal
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:4988005337733
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Review - :
Some music critics have observed that if {\rap} is "the {@CNN} of the streets" (to borrow a phrase coined by {$Public Enemy} leader {$Chuck D}), {\country} is "the {@CNN} of the suburbs." Historically, hip-hoppers have tended to address urban inner-city concerns, whereas {\country} singers have often focused on things that people in suburbia and small towns can relate to. But here's the thing: plenty of people in large cities listen to {$Patty Loveless} and {$Randy Travis}, and plenty of {\hip-hop} heads live in small and medium-sized towns. So it was inevitable that a {\Southern rap} group like Albany, GA's {$Field Mob} would end up bringing a more rural perspective to {\hip-hop} -- well, rural up to a point. {$Field Mob}'s {$Boondox Blax} has described Albany as being "like a metropolitan area, but it's rural at the same time" -- and that rural/metropolitan blend makes for many interesting moments on the duo's second album, {^From tha Roota to tha Toota}. {\Hip-hop} heads from the Boogie Down Bronx or West Philadelphia will no doubt find this CD to be extremely southern-sounding, which is a good thing because southern-sounding is exactly what {$Field Mob} is going for. At the same time, {$Boondox} and his partner, {$Kalage}, {\rap} about many of the same social problems that northern MCs {\rap} about -- poverty, drugs, and incarceration are among the topics that they address. But even though the subject matter isn't radically different from what you might hear on a northern (or West Coast) {\rap} project, {$Field Mob}'s beats and flows give their work a certain freshness. {$Field Mob}'s beats never sound generic, and the southerners don't go out of their way to emulate popular MCs from other parts of Georgia. All things considered, {^From tha Roota to tha Toota} is among the more memorable {\Dirty South} efforts of 2002. [A Japanese version added a bonus track.] ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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