Disco de Swollen Members: “Heavy”

This cd is awful. Some of the beats sound like stuff you would hear from ludacris. Rhyme wise it doesnt even compare to balance. The music on the cd sounds like it was made for pop radio. Swollen members basically sold out but still pretend to be hardcore. If you want to hear some good hip hop pick up balance or bad dreams. Even monsters would be a better choice then this.

I have been a Swollen member fan since "Balence", and have loved everyone of there CD's "Bad Dreams", "monsters in the Closet". However, this CD sucks, like most other Swollen fans, I feel that they are trying to hard to go mainstream. The reason that they became popular in the first place was beacuse they had the raw original style, now all there tracks have dumbed down lyrics, club beats, and R&B hooks. I think adding Moka Only was a bad idea, all the tracks he is on sound the same and are.....jiggy! I don't understand why Swollen Members would lose the style that made them popular in the first place, I guess jiggy-rap pushes more units.....$$$. Put out another album like this and they will not be around for another.....

If you like their hip hop sound before, it's gone now. You can tell they totally sold out...MIGHT AS WELL GO BUY A NELLY CD NOW. You know when and MC starts rhyming about the size of the rims on his cadilac that he is not hip hop anymore. IF YOU LIKE RAP, then you'll like this cd, but if you are looking for a sick hip hop style check out one of their older CD's like Balance. I never thought Swollen would sell out, how sad

For those of you bashing Canada and its music need to sit and think for a bit. I am a fan of this group and have been from the beginning and I forget who said the following quote: "This is yet another reason why we should ban music made by Canadians. We need to remove the hat worn by the United States by any means necessary. ", but they need to get a lobodymy. I'm proud of our Canadian artists including SM and I have to say that some of the stuff coming from the States hasn't been good either. So before you make a comment about one country, you need to look at your own first.

Now for my review, I really liked this album and all the songs on it. I too liked all the prank calling they do between songs especially the one at the end, I crack up every time I hear it, the hidden track is good too. There is a mixture of music which gives it a good feel. The DVD that comes with the album is great too. I love the behind the scenes stuff they have and the vids, though I am a bit upset that they didn't include the vid for "Watch This". With all that said, I HIGHLY recommend this disc to everyone, even those who aren't true SM fans like me

This CD is great! I have been a Swollen fan ever since Balance. I have all 4 of their CD's (Balance, Bad Dreams, Mosters In The Closet, and Heavy) and this new one is some of their best work yet. This album has 14 of the illest beats I've ever heard, sweet lyrics, and fat bass. The beats are somewhat different than their previous ones, but they are still great. Their lyrics are as good as ever and the addition of Moka Only has helped them out a lot in terms of his writing/singing abilities. Compared to Balance and Bad Dreams there are very few other rappers featured on this CD, but now that they have made more of a name for themselves, Swollen doesn't need to feature as many other rappers. However, the album does have Evidence, Abstract Rude, and Son Doobie. The Bonus DVD has some sweet backstage and live footage, interviews, and 6 kick-ass music videos. This is a must buy for any Swollen Members fan, or anyone else who wants to get into the stuff that Battle Axe Records has put out. Check out www.battleaxerecords.com for more info.