Lil' Flip Album: “U Gotta Feel Me [PA]”

I must say I think this is the worst review I have EVER written for any cd I have reveiwed. This has to be the laziest double disc effort EVER put on wax. For starters, in all actuality, this is a single disc cd, just take of the chopped & screwed songs and the disc clocks in a a little under 80 minutes. Another flaw is the production (with the exception of David Banner's production on the album) sounds just like a nintendo 8 bit system did the layout for certain songs while other songs sounded half assed. Behind Nelly, Flip has the worst flow than anyone in the rap game. I wish I can tell you what songs to listen to on the album but unfortunately there were no standout songs. But I can offer these wise words of advice, if you are still considering getting this album, please pick up a used copy.

I was bumpin Lil Flip before the underground legend CD but this CD here U gotta feel me is pretty terrible. I been waitin for his next major release since the Underground Legend album but i must say this is a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT all but two tracks are weak and the lyrical content sounds like a sony executive wrote it but im still a fan but i can longer allow these untruthful reviews to go unaddressed.

This kat is garbage freesytle legend maybe but who is he rapping against the lyrics are the same lame commerical material. Game Over his game hasn't started.

OK, this is the first Lil Flip album that I've bought and I must say that I feel like I wasted my money. I first heard Lil Flip when he came out with "I Can Do That" a few years ago and that song was hot. When I heard "Game Over" I decided that I should buy his album. His lyrics sounded real and he claimed that he had that "Biggie ready to die s***." It turns out that U Gotta Feel Me is nowhere near Ready to Die. All of Flip's beats are weak and his lyrics are even weaker. He claims that hip hop needs a make over but he sure isn't gonna be the one to provide it. If you want a good southern rap CD, I recommend you go buy T.I.'s Trap Muzik instead.

My brother listed in one of his guides last year that Lil' Flip was the most overrated rapper of 2004. I wholeheartedly agree with that (even though I chose Nelly for that honor). I never really was much of a Lil' Flip fan, but I decided to check out this album anyway. A lot of the reviews are just talking about whether Flip is better or worse than T.I., but I think I'm going to talk about what I'm sure you readers want to REALLY hear about: how the actual album is.

Editorial reviewer Rebecca Levine did a pretty good job assessing the album, and I also agree with everyone that said that "Game Over (Flip)" is the only good song on the album. And that's really sad, considering that it's a two-disc set (although it only adds up to a little over ninety minutes). Flip doesn't really say anything else on here to make things stand out. On Disc 1 (the longer disc), there are several mediocre interpretations of been-there-done-that tales, like "Represent" and the Cam'ron-assisted "All I Know". And "Ain't No Party" sounds like it was made in 1992. If you don't know where I'm going with this, check the chorus: "Ain't no party like a Lil' Flip party/`Cause a Lil' Flip party don't stop." And then he goes into: "Put your hands up/Put your hands down." What?

Although Ludacris gives a decent performance on "I Came to Bring the Pain", it can't save the rest of the song, especially since it features a lazy sample of Method Man's "Bring the Pain". There's also a little repetitiveness with the titles ("Sun Don't Shine", "Sunshine"). The former is a generic keep-your-head-up song, while the latter is, as XXL Magazine said best, one of the most overrated songs that came out last year. "I'll treat you like milk/I'll do nothing but spoil you"? Negro, please.

Even though Disc 2 is the shorter disc, it seems to contain even worse songs. "What's My Name" is tired, but even worse than that is when Flip decides to recruit the Diplomats. And their song, "Y'all Don't Want It", makes me think that they were reading the fans' minds. There are also screwed versions of two songs ("Drugz" and "Dem Boyz"), but the problem with screwed songs is that if the lyrics are wack, it makes that really evident to the listener. (Check "Drugz": "`Cause I ain't Hollywood/I'm from the Hollyhood/The difference between me and

them?/My music good.")

Lil' Flip may be an undaground legend in the South, but he doesn't seem to be doing anything for the rest of the world -- at least, not for me. U Gotta Feel Me? Oh, no you don't.

Anthony Rupert

P.S. In response to another reviewer, what does "atarded" mean?