Remy Ma Album: “There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Stor”

On the real when I first heard Remy on Big Pun's Yeaahh Baby album, I thought she was cool plus I heard some underground stuff of hers that wasnt bad. But the difference between the person I heard on Yeaah Baby and the one I'm hearing on this album is the one on Pun's posthumous album had potential, this person right here is just flat out lazy. Listen to the singles she released(Conceited, Whuteva and Feels So Good). Weak! The Good: She spits some decent bars on She's Gone and the David Banner-assisted I'm. She spits well over a sinister beat on Bilingual(which feautures Ivy Queen). Even though the morbid s*** she was saying on that track would make Eminem blush she put effort into it. On What's Going On(featuring Keyshia Cole), Remy talks about being pregnant and the stress she went through and Keyshia Cole wasnt too shabby on the chorus. Still is another track where tells stories of her problems with her baby father, her mother and stepfather. What's Going On and Still are the best songs on the album because they are something different from the norm that she gives you throughout the album. Honorable Mention: Thug Love(I could have sworn Lil Kim and Twista had a song by the same title) featuring Big Pun(RIP) and Guilty. The Bad: Tight is a certified snoozer. Even though the beat provided by Cool and Dre was nice, Remy's lyrics and that hook leave something to be desired. Crazy is another snoozer but this time the beat is just as weak as Remy's rhyming. Ne-Yo provides a good chorus for Feels So Good and the beat was fairly decent but Remy made the song weak with her incessant droning. Her first single Whuteva was doodoo, her rhymes on the track were lazy and lines like /Terror Squad aint Brady Bunch/ and I aint Marsha/ make every claim that she is the best thing since sliced bread seem laughable. The Ugly: Conceited is the worst track on the album! The corny beat provided by Scott Storch, the infantile lyrics provided by Remy and why does this track sound like a female version of Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy(Im too sexy for my shirt anyone?)? Conceited is twice as corny as I'm Too Sexy. Lights, Camera, Action is another throwaway track with stale commercial-type production and lazy lyrics. Secret Location takes the number two spot as the worst tracks on the album. Boring coke rhymes over a rinky-dinky beat. Priceless.

Bottom Line: File Remy Ma's There's Something About Remy under rightfully slept-on albums. Besides the songs I mentioned in the good section, she doesnt offer much but lazy rapping over decent beats. How many times does she mention wearing Pink Tims in one song? How many times does she mention a basement with a stripper pole in it throughout the album? Why all the hype around her when she doesnt sound as good as she did on Pun's last album or on her underground stuff? When I first heard her early s*** I thought she was was tight but after hearing this album and that garbage a** Terror Squad True Story album I seriously doubt that she wrote those rhymes. She's conceited, she has no reason!

I got this on the strength of "Conceited" because I think that's a really cool, fresh-sounding song. Plus, I thought Remy's rhymes on "Lean Back" were the best part of that song. What a boring disappointment. Maybe I didn't listen to this album enough times, but each song sounded pretty much the same to me. Boring, noisy, monotonous describes this album well. It exemplifies what is wrong with most rap records: only one good song, a ton of filler and skits.

Download the single and save yourself the cash.

Remy Ma has been like bubbling water under the heavy lid that has kept her unseen and unheard for the most part. The escape from those confines into the hip-hop world has been a hard one. After seeing her mentor Big Pun die at an early age and during the pinnacle of his career, Remy has been left on the sidelines for years. The infighting between Fat Joe and Cuban Link didn't help matters either. But her presence on the monster hit "Lean Back" help lift that lid right off and put her in the driver's seat to an actual release date. Anybody can have a release date...just ask Charli Baltimore who had two albums that never saw the light of day despite there being release dates. But luckily for Remy, there was enough confidence by the powers that be to actually release There's Something About Remy. And although it isn't as stellar as many would like, the album still has what it takes to please her long-time and newly-acquired fans.

"She's Gone," "Feels Good" featuring R&B newcomer Ne-Yo, and "What's Going On" featuring Keyshia Cole are easily the best tracks on this album for future radio cuts. "Whuteva" produced by Swizz Beats was a decent choice for the first single, but the followup song "Conceited" produced by Scott Storch was only mediocre at best. Even though "Thug Love" is comical, it does feel good to hear lyrics from the late great Big Pun again. "I'm" is another decent mix of the Dirty South flavor with an East Coast sound. "Crazy" is another radio-friendly contender with an old school sample as the backdrop. And "Still" serves as a retrospect of Remy's life leading up to today.

Regrettably, trashy tracks make their way on Remy Ma's debut album. "Lights, Camera, Action" will have you running for the mute button, the 'next track' button, or the power button immediately. "Bilingual" featuring Ivy Queen is the latest failed attempt at trying to add another lingo in an already wack rap song. "Guilty" is too short (clocking in at 1:59....should this have been an interlude?), "Tight" with the annoying Fat Joe is practically self-explanatory, and "Secret Location" needed a little more perfecting in the production area.

Although there aren't many female emcees in the game anymore, Remy Ma still lacks the total package of the greats that have come before her. Maybe leaving Terror Squad and getting with a more diverse arrangement of mega-producers like Dr. Dre, Kanye West, or Jermaine Dupri would solve some of her problems. But all in all, There's Something About Remy isn't a total failure and could be enjoyed by those who like her previous work. As far as her career though, relying on the leadership of Fat Joe could leave Remy on the Rocks

Really don't care for female emcees I give her respect for shoutin bx all day and for not talkin about d!ck or how good she sucks it like trina, kim & fox or use a tom boy imagine for attention like brat or claim she spitting the hardest and use girly production like eve.

Remy is the rawest after rah digga on the mainstream but there nothing creative or different here. love song, street joints, ballad joint, even a south joint and mainstream attention type songs.

2.5/5 for raw ill true lyricism without the happy days feel and rawness of the old days when hip-hop was fresh, buy rah-digga and underground female emcee jean grae.

I like remy, this female can rap, but the beats aren't all that, i've never been a fan of Terror Squad's (the group she with) beats, they all sound the same (lean back) and don't have any character, but other than that, she has some bangers.

i believe she needs to sign somewhere else enable to do a better album with better beats, and get recognized a little more than she is