Customer Reviews

Free City

5 star:		(71)
4 star:		(22)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(10)

 

 

If you liked Nelly's "Country Grammar" this album will rock your world. "Country Grammar" set it off for the lunatics. When I first heard City Spud rhyme on the single "Ride Wit Me" and the rest of the lunatics on "Batter Up" and "Steal The Show" I couldn't wait for the release of their album. This album is everything I hoped for. "Free City" basically picks up where "Country Grammar" left off.

If you think this is just another Nelly album your far by wrong. Even though Nelly features in almost every track he doesn't stand out too much, he gives his boys Kyjuan, Murphy Lee, City Spud and Ali their share of the spot light.

Now, after listening to the album I can understand why Nelly was the first lunatic to go solo. All the lunatics are great to listen to. They each have their own flow and their own style, but nelly is definitely the most talented and well rounded. I do think Nelly's album "Country Grammar" is a little better, but "Free City" is sure to go at least platinum. This album is fantastic from start to finish. "S.T.L" starts the album out while "Love You So" ends the album. Both these tracks are decent, but my favorite are...

#4 SUMMER IN THE CITY-(crank the volume up and just chill crusin down the highway) #7 MIDWEST SWING-(hot beat...decent song) #9 LET ME IN NOW-(wierd song in a great way, sort of like a cool remix to E.I. and Country Grammar) #14 JANG A LANG-(my favorite track on the album...just have to listen to it) #17 HERE WE COME-(Nelly's solo with a great lyrics and a hot beat)

It's great to see the lunatics bring something new to hip-hop. If your lookin for some hot summer beats this album is for you. The St. Loui boys are here to stay!!!

This CD is definitely one of my all time favorites. I bought this CD on a whim, after hearing them on a few of Nelly's tracks. I figured, it couldn't be that bad. But yeah, they were better than good. I actually like this CD more than Nelly's combined. After hearing this CD, i wonder why they picked Nelly to put out first. So here we go with the track by track reviews:

First let me say - the MBD Skits aren't necessary - but they're real & a little funny.
"S.T.L.'- Great Intro. Nice beat. 5/5.
"Okay" - Ali makes this song great. Nice beat. Real catchy. 5/5.
"Summer in The City"- This isn't my favorite song. Not bad. It's a great song to turn up in the summer & just cruise. 4/5.
"Boom D Boom"- This is my least favorite song on the CD, but the CD is just that good. 3.5/5.
"Midwest Swing"- Good single. Horrible video. Embodies midwest life. 5/5.
"Show Em What They Won"- I like this song. Good beat. Reminds me of Steal the Show from Country Grammar. 4.5/5.

"Let Me In Now"- Sounds like an extension of Country Grammar (the single). Not my favorite. Too much mediocre Nelly in this one. The woman randomly screaming doesn't help. 3.5/5.
"Dis Iz Da Life"- Again, not my favorite. Gets better as you listen to it more. 4/5.
"Scandalous"- Murphy Lee. He's OK on this song, but the beat is pretty good, so you can stomach it. 4/5.
"Groovin' Tonight"- Brian McKnight. 'Nuff said. 5/5.
"Jang a Lang" Talking about Jewelry & stuff. Good Song. Nice beat. 5/5.
"Real Niggaz"- Funny chorus. Good song. 5/5.
"Here We Come"- This is personally my favorite song on the CD. I don't know why. The beat is intoxicating. 5/5.
"Love You So"- OK song. I liked it less as time passed. 4/5.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY THIS ALBUM IS WONDERFUL!!! I AM LISTENIN' TO IT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS SUCH A HOT CD. I GIVE THE LUNATICS 4 STARS FOR THIS ALBUM. I BOUGHT IT ON IT'S FIRST DAY OF BEIN' RELEASED AND I AM VERY PLEASED. THE WHOLE ST.LUNATIC CREW IS VERY TALENTED. ALL FIVE OF THEM CAN RAP. THE BEATS ARE GREAT AND IT'S NOT TOO SIMILAR TO "COUNTRY GRAMMAR". SONGS SUCH AS "DIS IZ DA LIFE", "SUMMER IN THE CITY", "LET ME IN NOW", AND "MIDWEST SWING" JUST MAKE ME WANNA DANCE. THE SONG "GROOVIN' TONIGHT" W/BRIAN MCKNIGHT IS A SONG YOU CAN CRUISE TO IN YOUR CAR OR JUST KICK BACK TO. THE PRODUCTION WAS DONE VERY WELL AND THE BEATS ARE JUST BANGIN'. IF YOU BOUGHT NELLY'S "COUNTRY GRAMMAR" ALBUM AND YOU HAVEN'T BOUGHT "FREE CITY" GO PICK UP "FREE CITY" 'CAUSE YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.

An extremely talented crew! This is good stuff! They are creative, fresh, and new; nothing recycled (not that that is always bad--too much recycling gets old). I am very impressed by the skills of these young performers. Thank-you St. Lunatics and whoever else had part in putting out a clean/edited version.

this cd is great, at first i wasnt sure if i wanted to buy it because i thought it was gonna be centered around nelly, but after buying this cd and listening to it, i made the right choice. this cd is great, it has many good tracks. Standouts include:Midwest Swing, Summer In The City, STL, Groovin' Tonight, Dis Iz Da Life, Real N****z, and Boom D Boom. The only reason the explicit lyric content thing is on because the st. lunatics say the n word a lot, and some other common profanites, but the lyrics probalbly wont offend anyone too much. The skits they add are funny, but i only found skits 1 and 4 to be really good. A good cd overall.

The St. Lunatics (Ali, Kyjuan, Nelly, Murphy Lee, and City Spud) definately hit it big with this one. From groupies, haters, to girls who like to shake alot and Mad Baby Daddies, this album will make you move. Individuality stands out on this record, with members, Ali, Nelly, and Murphy Lee having solo tracks on the album, and Kyjuan lacing the tracks with his laid back lyrics makes the album more worth it. The title "Free City" is in dedication to City Spud who is unforunately incarcerated, but does have production and shows up on a couple of tracks on the album. The Lunatics bring in such artist as Penelope, Brian Mcknight, and Cardan who laces the up-tempo track "Love You So", they even give you a little comedy with the "Mad Baby Daddy" skits. This isn't Nelly & The St. Lunatics this is the St. Lunatics, every member holds there own on this record. With Kyjaun opening up the summer track "STL" which is a promising hit, Murphy Lee putting it down with is clever rhymes on "Scandalous, Ali giving you a deep voiced groove on "BoomDBoom, and Nelly giving you a dance type vibe on "Here We Come". This is definately an album that hip-hop fans would want to pick up.

Definetly a classic. After being hypnotize by Nelly's debut efforts, I was far from disappointed when I went out and purchased this LP. These fools from the St. Louis have a lot of talent. The group doesn't revolve around Nelly, and it is evident on this LP. Firstly Murphy Lee & Ali can caRRy they weight and some. Kyjuan drops some at times throughout the album. As anticipated Nelly picks up with his platinum rugged/singing voice as he displayed on Country Grammer.

As for the commercials, the lenghts and quantities actually take away from the album itself. But with original ideas and creative deliver this is definetly a must buy. For all us midwesterns, we finally got our edition of WuTang, except they don't have 20 people trying to wrap sumden.

The tracks that stick out are: 2,3,4,7,9,10,12,13,14,16,17 okay ya'll get the point... the album is definetly hot.

In addition they have cameos fellow Fo Reel artists (Penelope and Cardon) & St. Louis own Brian McKnight. That should be enough reasons for you to go out and buy this or even order it off .... Now, sho dem what they won...I guess some more midwest swing to ride to when it's summer time in tha city!

Proabably the best overall rap group album ever made. every song u can listen to and every member brings a different flow to the table. a must buy for any rap fan!!!!!!!!!!!1

Nelly is sick, he brought the Tic's and the smooth beats, go pick it up its worth it they dont come much better than this

This album is tight fo sho. Murphy Lee, and Ali really make this cd awesome, then you got nellys beats in their too. So it makes the cd even more better.
STL #1 fo sho