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Cult Status

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After hearing Chief Kamachi rhyme on various underground singles over the past six years I was beginning to think his solo LP was never going to actually drop. When I finally found out it was in stores I rushed out to get it, I had no idea however that it would be this good. Lyrically it is one of the most impressive cds I've heard in a long time..Kamachi has the ability to mesh street lyrics with the intellectual and spiritual that reminds me (in content) of two of my favorite mcs, Nas and the Gza. I had a feeling this would be the case with this LP however as every verse I've heard from Kamachi has been way above average...but what really surprised me on this cd is the beats, from the hard street banger "The Edge" to the melodic "Queen" and "This Man" these are far from what the majority of "underground" beats sound like these days....Kamachi has a cd here that really could make noise on the underground and in the mainstream and with the amount of knowledge dropped on these tracks I imagine this album will be remembered for a long time.

Chief Kamachi's "Cult Status" is an awesome album. Great beats and great lyrics. Definitely worth buying.

Favorite tracks: 1'st lecture, The Best, The Edge and Still Searching.

The people who panned this album most likely had unrealistic expectations from Kamachi's guest verses, especially his verse on Jedi Mind Tricks' "Deer Hunter."

This is not a Jedi Mind Tricks album, so every track is not going to be about ancient Mayans, Tibetan black magic, caliphates and attacking mastodons. And few artists or groups have a producer as talented as Stoupe behind them.

That said, this album has a good mix of philosophical/horrorcore content, street rhymes and tracks that are just plain knowledge. Kamachi does sound more grimy on a few of these tracks, but he switches up his flow and delivery enough to keep it interesting.

My biggest complaints were the beats -- a few were good, the majority were passable, but some were just disgusting. But there are bangers here -- "Liberated Wax" has a powerful beat that grows on you as it progresses, and Kamachi's presence on this track is perfectly aggressive. "Best" is classic hip hop, the beat is the type to make you fiend for a mic, Guru and Kamachi are butter and the scratching is just dope. "What You Doin'" makes the best use of a shredding guitar for a sample I've heard in hip hop, and "Hating on My Halo" is vintage Kamachi.

This is not a great album, but it's a solid first full solo record and it has the diversity to attract more than just fans of pure underground hip hop.

first off, I give the cd 4 1/2 stars, for being straight up dope...it gets 5 stars for charisma and mic presence, and 4 stars for production...at a time when eastern conference recs was in dire strights, out comes kamachi to save the day...now, in reviewing this cd, I must say I typically dont listen to this grimey style of hiphop anymore, as I prefer artists like billy woods, phoenix orion, thirstin howl, and most def jux releases...however, cult status is sick start to finish, literally...the funny thing is that kamachi actually has a vocabulary, and uses few curse words to get his points across, maintaining a high energy level and voice that grabs your ear...a fun album, with a couple nice guest spots...at 13 tracks, the filler has been removed, so feel free to give him a look. peace.

every track on this album is a banger. kamachi tears it up on every verse along with tight guests (Guru, Charon Don, and Reef the Lost Cauze). no BS or gimmicks here. straight fire, and it's definately on some next level sh*t. pick this up.

if you haven't heard The Chief yet check out the track "The Deer Hunter" off Violent By Design (jedi mind tricks).

THis album was a good note for the chief to start our on......THe lyrical style of dis man, cannot be f**ked with....For those that dont know, chief started his rap career in the late 90's and started off being feat on numerous amount of 12's in the underground.......Now we have his solo debut on the Philly label GOOD HANDS RECORDSHe comes as a grimy emcee, yet actually has a vocabulary unlike most rappers that would sound like him......his lyrics are a mix of lyrical, abstract, spiritual/ religious, hardcore, and dark influenced all blended into rhymes........Production is solid, hard, heavy....

THe Best is the highlight on the album, it features Guru and was produced by DJ Kwestion....beat is dark and Kamach comes off very hostile in this one........

HAting on my halo is another good track not to miss on here,
Kamach comes off talking about why he's not associated with the "backpacker" fanbase.........

All in all, solid overlooked album few of these tracks are very passable depending on taste

if you like RAW hiphop this is ur album..

"Cult Status" is nothing but CORNY!!! Buy Common's new CD "BE" if u want on point music and lyrics, u won't be disappointed, I promise.

OK so I hear Kamachi on Jedi Mind Tricks "Violent By Design" Album and I remember the track with Kamachi where I thought he made all the other MC's look bad. So I expect more of the same. Thing is, he doesn't even sound the same. Maybe it's just creative effects on his vocals, I don't know. Different flow, lyrics aren't as potent and his voice is quite a bit more grimy. On top of all that the beats were ho-hum. Bah, waste of money. Anyone need a coaster?