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Ying Yang Twins Album: “Me & My Brother”
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Release Date:2004-11-15
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, Dirty South, Mainstream Rap
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Label:Met Richmond
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:5021456128945
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Review - :
For a New York-based label, {@TVT} has certainly put out a lot of {\Dirty South} releases -- some of them violent, totally thugged-out {\gangsta rap}, some of them party music. One might wonder why a company with a Manhattan address would be so into the {\Dirty South}; after all, some Northeastern {\hip-hop} heads can be quite provincial and act like they're oblivious to rappers who live below the Mason-Dixon. But then, the folks who run {@TVT} are entrepreneurs, and they obviously realize that the {\Dirty South} market is huge -- and that Southern rappers can make a fortune from the Southern states alone. How well {^Me & My Brother} does in Brooklyn, the Bronx, or Philadelphia is almost irrelevant; this 2003 release is primarily aimed at {\Dirty South} audiences, and the material has the familiar crunk elements -- barking vocals, chanted choruses, and explicit lyrics celebrating the pleasures of sex, decadence, intoxication, and hedonism. Occasionally, {$the Ying Yang Twins} get sociopolitical; the Atlanta-based duo addresses inner-city problems on {&"Hard"} and the {\rock}-edged {&"Calling All Zones"} (which aims to be a regional theme for Atlanta the way that {$Petey Pablo}'s {&"Raise Up"} was for North Carolina). But for the most part, {^Me & My Brother} is a party album, and exuberant, hook-filled tunes like {&"Salt Shaker"} (which features fellow Atlanta resident {$Lil Jon}) and the single {&"Naggin'"} are straight-up club-bangers (that is, crunk jams aimed at Southern {\hip-hop} clubs). And even though {$the Ying Yang Twins} aren't terribly original -- countless other {\Dirty South} artists have done this type of thing -- {^Me & My Brother} is a cut above most of the crunk-oriented releases that came out in 2003. The duo is entertaining more often than not, and the jams are generally infectious on this fun and likable, if derivative, effort. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
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