South Park Mexican Album: “Time Is Money”

With so much of the same thing in hiphop, and everyone bitin' on everyone else's stuff, it's so refreshing to find an artist that goes against the grain, and creates a unique sound and style that defies definition.

SPM (or 'south park mexican') is doing something musically right now, that no one else in his genre (hiphop) is even remotely close to. His ruff growly voice flows effortlessly over laid back funk tracks and melodic bounce beats continuously througout the album. Truly an original artist, SPM represents Houston and raps of a tuff ghetto life and comin up in 'hustle town'. But his lyrics reflect a different outlook than most rappers in 2000; instead of 'flossin' with 'ice' and 'hoes', SPM delivers clever writings filled with humorous quirks and slanguage.

The best songs on the album are by far 'coutry life', 'burn us alive', 'something i would do', 'hes a bird hes a plane', 'hillwood hustlaz' and the title track.

Signed to the same record label as recent rookie rap sucess Nelly (universal records) SPM deserves to go as far as the St. Louis native did earlier this year. And with the right marketing and a hit single video, he might do just that.

This album is definitely on my top 5 rap list for 2000! (and believe me i've heard a lot of albums this year...)

South Park Mexican is a real hip-hop artist unlike some of these fake mc's, he cleverly combines words and gets everyones attention with his vocals, definetly worth youre money.

this guy isnt just the best mexican rapper he is one of the best period. he derserves to blow up all over the world. His beats are super tight and so are his lyrics. He brings a new style with him that works. The best songs on here are ohh wee and the remix to you know my name. There is only one bad song on here. Go pick it up it you wont be dissapointed.

Despite a few good tracks ("Oh My My," "Somethin' I Would Do"), "Time Is Money" is a lackluster album. The beats are repetitive, and SPM's flow is so-so at best, and he really doesn't speak on anything new or provocative. You'd be much better off borrowing and dubbing this album from someone who bought it off the rack.