Scarface Album: “My Homies (Chopped & Screwed) [PA]”

18 years since he came in the rap game, 6 years since his last My Homies album, 3 years since his last solo, 2 weeks since the last album he was part of, The Legend and real King of the South (not these sweet candy A$$e$ claimin the title) Uncle Face is back. Of the dozen or so albums I have with Face as part of them, this is defintiely on the lower half (slightly worse then his first My Homies album). Much like that one, Face is on slightly over half the songs (8 of the 14, with 3 being solo's). It has 2 almost classics, 2 I skip, 4-6 are good, 4-6 are ok. Guests are on a lot of the songs and ar emostly southern rappers.(all but 3). Production is decent and handled by the usual. Bigg Tyme does 3 songs, Tone Capone, Mike Dean and Scarface each do 2, Mr. Lee, KLC, N.O. Joe and 2 others I never heard of all do 1 song. It slacks off alot after the first half of the album but it's still solid. A nice album for his fans to have.

#1 - 8 (Scarface -- short intro)

#2 - 8.5 (Z-Ro f/ Scarface, Ice Cube)

#3 - 9.5 (Scarface f/ Beanie Sigel & The Game -- about never snitchin --- nice beat)

#4 - 9.5 (Z-Ro -- redo of Face's classic "I Seen A Man Die" -- tight beat)

#5 - 8.5 (Young Redd f/ Scarface, Lil Ron)

#6 - 5 (Ghetto Slaves f/ Skip of UTP)

#7 - 9 (Scarface -- about hustling)

#8 - 7 (Partners-N-Crime f/ Juvenile)

#9 - 7.5 (Lil Flip, Chamillionaire, Bun B)

#10 - 4 (Spaide Ripper)

#11 - 7 (Vicious f/ Scarface)

#12 - 7.5 (Scarface)

#13 - 7 (Mr. Lee, Rell, Eightball, E-Rock, Lil Keke, Slim Thug)

#14 - 8 (Scarface f/ Willie D, Bushwick Bill)

Brad Jordan -- b. 11/9/70 -- b. San Antonio, TX moved to Houston, TX

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Alot of these southern reviews kill me. Nowadays everybody claiming to be the king of the south. Did face fall off? Don't think so. Before you be shouting I'm king of the south, better recognize top the dude that paved the way for this new generation of H-Town rappers. No one , I mean no one will ever lay it down as face did thru his entire career. I been listen to face/ Ghetto Boys Since I young and nobody can top face. Yall need to sit back and take notes from Scarface the realest to ever touch the mic.

"It was the day that hell broke loose!...". That's how this albumn starts with Face barking over a dark, menacing beat. If more cuts on this CD would have been similar to the intro, this albumn might have gotten 4 stars. Instead, as with the first "My Homies" compilation, Face steps aside for the most part to give his labelmates some shine. Guests, I mean homies include Z-Ro, who pays homage to Face with "Man Cry", his own rendition of the classic "I Seen a Man Die". That track works for me, mainly due to the nostalgia sparked up by the beat. Another homie is Beanie Siegel who appears on the bangin' "Never Snitch" and growls, "...f@ck your mother, the b#tch ain't sh%t for having you..."! Ice Cube comes through and blesses the CD with a verse on the standout track "Definition of Real". Other homies include Game, Juvenile, Lil KeKe, Bun B, Chamillionare, and The Geto Boys (Willie D and Bushwick Bill). In my humble opinion, half of "My Homies, Part Two" is filler material. Tracks like "Southern N#gga" and "Club Bangaz", which features Juvenile, really miss the mark. The highlights are those tracks that team up well established rappers. "Platinum Starz" (Lil Flip, Chamillionare, and Bun B) will no doubt be heard up and down blocks all over the south all summer. The best tracks feature Mr. Brad Jordan (Scarface) himself. He has a couple of solo cuts, and the best song on the albumn is "Gotta Get Paid". The hook is mean, better yet viscious, and the track is one of the best I've ever heard Face rhyme over. Finally, another standout features a Geto Boys reunion entitled "My Life". This track serves up a sizzlin', electric loop, with a hook by someone who sounds a lot like Curtis Mayfield. Bushwick offers, "I only have one eye, but I see things ever so clear...if there's a heaven for a G, then I'm prepared to go there..."

"Part Two" is okay. It's definately not a classic, but it will wet the appetites of Houston's hard core fan base and Scarface's, who are all waiting patiently for "Made".

San Diego CA,review on real rap: Scarface's my homies part 2 has everyone whose anyone on it in my opinion. texas is taking over the rap game and this is the truth, from Scarface to Chamillionaire,Bun B, Lil' Flip,and plenty others and my personal favorite Z-ro the third coast his holdin it down for the rap community.Plenty San Diegans rep texas rap cause we recognize real music.Keep it gully Tex.Alwayz

--TREW

i bought this c.d. thinking it would be like the geto boys foundation which was off da chain, but this c.d. was wack. the first four songz was good but after that the homies messed up the whole damn c.d. i was bought to buy this and download juvenile reality check but juvenile's c.d. was way!!!!!!!!!!!! better than this. truly i'm pissed i wasted my money if i was you i would download this c.d. because i wish i did and i'm a big scarface and geto boyz fan especially the old skool scarface and geto boyz but this c.d. was wack scarface was good but the homies was wack.