Youngbloodz Album: “Against da Grain [PA]”

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Youngbloodz: Sean Paul, J-Bo. Additional personnel includes: Harold "Mark Twain" Willis (vocals, various instruments); Lil Wayne, Kevin "Big Floaty" Burton (vocals); P.A. (various instruments); Randall Rivers (guitar); Robert "Rob" McDowell (keyboards, bass); Josh Butler (keyboards); Michael Hardnett, Patrick "Sleepy" Brown (bass); Pretty Ken Stokes (programming, background vocals); Montez Harris (programming); Trina Taylor, Attic Fools, Bone Crusher, Villius "Oddball" Hose, Willian "Shawty Putt" Holmes, Erica Bryant, David "Leroo Wilyams" Flemming, Impulss, Cutty Cartel, Dana Lewis (background vocals). Producers include: Organized Noize, PA, The Attic Crew, Robert "Rob" McDowell, Mark Twain. Engineers include: Bernasky Wall, Mike Wilson, Josh Butler. Recorded at Dungeon Studio, Doppler Studios & Patchwork Studios, Atlanta, Georgia. Sean Paul and J-Bo, otherwise known as the hip-hop duo Youngbloodz, don't rely on flash, image, or a half-dozen big-name guest stars to make AGAINST DA GRAIN work. They get over the old fashioned way, with verbal skills and thoughtful, imaginative production. Instead of utilizing a batch of electronically derived sounds, Youngbloodz make use of what sounds like pizzicato string samples and arpeggiated electric guitar, in addition to thick, analog-sounding synths. The stage is set by a dramatized spoken intro featuring kids who are implied to be the young Sean Paul and J-Bo, receiving words of wisdom from a neighborhood shopkeeper. Youngbloodz commence to play off each other's impressive rapping styles like a pair of skilled sparring partners. Throughout the album, the tracks remain relatively uncluttered, leaving plenty of room for Youngbloodz to wax lyrical. "Down Heya (in the South) employs a looped wah-wah guitar, a dub-like bass line, syncopated percussion and little else. "It's the Money" is based around a loop of an electric piano playing a semi-classical riff. "Get It How We Get It" is driven by a SHAFT-style whacka-whacka guitar rhythm. As appealing as the sonic settings are, it's the two men's gift of gab that runs the show.

I fell in love with "85 ft. Big Boi" when I first heard it. The chorus goes like this: "I know you waitin for daddy, it won't be long shawty, be patient cause I'm comin to you, ridin dirty on 85, slow taking it easy I don't want nothing to keep me from you." Also, U-Way was a song that was played alot in the clubs. Alot of people didn't know this is the same group that sings "Damn!" If you get the new album Drankin Patnaz, then you get a bonus DVD with all of their videos on it.