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Elizabeth

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Priest returns with his 8th solo, and just 5 months after his last album was released, and this is the 4th solo he put out in last 26 months (and had an album with Chief Kamachi come out in that period). He has been real busy lately, and this is probably tied for my 2nd favorite album of his (with "View from Masada" 2000 ), he also has 1 classic "Priest Offerings" - 2007), a few 4 star albums "Heavy Mental" - 1998, "Exorcist" - 2009, "Black August" - 2003, a borderline 3.5/4 star album in "Behind the Stained Glass" - 2008, and a 3.5 star album in "Priesthood" - 2001. Not to mention some albums with Sunz of Man, his album with Chief Kamachi and some work with The Horsemen, it's obvious he's a well defined rap veteran. This one is his longest, with 23 songs on it and over 77 minutes, but hardly any filler material, 1 almost classic, 19 good or real good songs, and just 3 that are ok. No guests at all, just Priest and all production is handled by DJ Woool (did majority of "Behind the Stained Glass" album and also did all of "Exorcist" and he does a decent job. As usual you get alot of deep and thought provoking lyrics through the album, and once again he does it nicely. A must have album from a grerat and underrated emcee.

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Walter Reed -- b. 1969 -- Brooklyn, NY
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that sums it up pretty much on this killah priest effort. a good release and of course killah comes with the dope lyrics . the production is all done by dj whool who is talented however some of the beats hear start sounding too identical much more so than 9th wonder and dj premier. nevertheless this is a dope cd and i bought it and it is worth the purchase so all real hip hoppers go get this!

who the hell is Elizabeth, anyway? Well it probably doesn't matter, but it does make this album more intriguing. I didn't expect much from this, considering that it's his fourth ? album in 2 years, but to my surprise, this one is great. I love the production. And as we all know, mister priest always comes correct with his rapping. I think this is his best since he debuted, possibly tied with the offering, haven't checked the albums in between though. I enjoy this very much and every hiphoper should buy it.

I would have to say this is priest's best album to date, the beats are what really make it for him on this one. amazing bass drums knocking hard on every track, if you have a system in your car than this one's for you. there were a couple of questionable tracks toward the beginning of the album, but the good definetly out weighs the bad. the beats were complex and layered with ins and out's and loops between drum patterns, very nicely done, d-j-ing at its best. all but 2 or 3 tracks had thick polished bass lines and were mixed in with samples and drum patterns, the kind of beats that pull you in and listen to every last sample. what more can i say, i would have loved this in an instrumental version, however there were some tracks that killah priest straight murdered, "let us pray", "jacob didn't die","diagnose"....theres many more too. this one is a definite must have for any priest fan.... 5 star all the way.

This album to me is pretty tight.. Following up on the mixtape "I Killed the Devil Last Night". Killah Priest continues to come off on his first album under his record label Proverbs..Good Job Killah.. Love your dedication and perserverance.. Becuz you keep it real with yourself...

I have every Killah Priest album and I have to say that this one is one of his best. The beats are dope and you KNOW the lyrics will always be when it comes to W.Reed. Heavy Mental and Priesthood are my favorite albums from him and this one might have bumped The Offering for 3rd on my list. Keep comin wit it Priest !!!