Customer Reviews

Gangsta Grillz the Album

5 star:		(5)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

If you like hip hop this one is for you! Drama has not disappointed his fans with a compilation including some of the favorites.

DJ Drama links up with several superpowers in the rap to give us a mixtape/album. Similar to the recent, We the Best, this album is filled with many collaborations, averaging 6 guest artists per track. In this case, its for the better, as we don't want Drama to starting spitting a verse. The overview:

Beats: From top to bottom, the album features banging beats. This album goes up with those really banging albums made for the car, right long with: Underground Kingz, Ultimate Victory and T.I. vs T.I.P., among many others. There is no weak beat here, love or hate banging albums.

Lyrics: It should come as to no surprise that, lyrical, this album doesn't fare well. That's not to say that there isn't a sick verse here and there, as with so many features, you would guess that there would be.

Overall: At the end, this album wasn't meant to be taken as album of the year and I hope some don't expect that here. Some albums should be looked at differently than others, i.e. don't compare this to The Cool!) As with DJ Khaled's albums, Drama doesn't produce any beats here, as he's just here to bring rappers together and create all-star collaborations. Its weird how banging and party of an album this is but it won't sell well. Though, Drama should have just released this for free as the mixtape it should have been. Should you buy this album? If you need to test your new car system or need a good block album. If you can't have a good time with your music, just don't look this way. 4/5

Great Album by Drama. I bought it a few years ago and lost it, so I had to get another copy. Great production work and nice features with good variety. This is a definite buy!

This Cd is the absolute All star rap and R&B album! Everyone whose anyone in the rap game are present in this album! I really think everyone did a really good job, and each song is fantastic. Overall I gave this album 5/5 stars!!

This is as good as mixtapes get str8 fya! A must have for any down south rap fans! Can't wait for part 2 comming out in Dec. 08

What more needs to be said - it's DJ Drama doing his thang.
Great album - other greats include his Can't Ban the Snowman / Jeezy, The Leak / T.I. and of course the Dedication series wit Lil Wayne.

I KNOW EVERYONE GAVE THIS ALBUM GOOD REVIEWS, I GOT NEWS FOR YOU GUYS, IT SUCKED, THE PRODUCTION WAS TERRIBLE, SOME SONGS WERE QUIET AND OTHER WERE SUPER BANGING. ALSO FED TAKIN PICTURES WAS PROBABLY THE BEST TRACK AS FAR AS RAPPERS TO CONTRIBUTE, THERE WAS LIKE SEVEN DIFFERENT ARTIST, GOOD ONES TOO LIKE RICK ROSS, TI , JEEZY, LIL WAYNE AND OTHERS BUT IT WAS BY FAR THE WORST BEAT ON THE WHOLE ALBUM. HOW CAN YOU DO THAT, HOW CAN YOU GET A ROSTER LIKE THAT AND STICK THEM ON A GARBAGE BEAT LIKE THAT, POOR JUDGEMENT. ALSO THE REST OF THE CD THERE WASN'T REALLY ANY STAND OUT SONGS THAT YOU COULD JUST BE LIKE " DAAMMM THATS A BANGER". ALL IN ALL DJ DRAMA NEEDS TO WORK ON HIS PRODUCTION AND IF HE'S GONNA MAKE MUSIC FROM THE SOUTH THAN HE BETTER START USING HIS 808'S CORRECTLY CAUSE A LOT OF HIS BEATS DON'T EVEN KNOCK.

Like I stated by my title this is a pretty good mix tape by DJ Drama. You got 21 tracks containing 5 skits or interludes. My grading scale is pretty simple. I enjoyed 11 tracks off this album and the skits was not long and drawn out. So that is 16 tracks out of 21 that gives you 76.19% which a star is worth 20 points on the grading scale. Giving you a sum of 3.80 stars. I was kind of shaking on purchasing this album cause a certain mix tape DJ kind of got me irritated after hearing we are the best the entire album. But with this album you don't even have to worry about that annoying sound.

Drama got a good assortment of artist on this one. If you want an album with variety this is going to be the one. And I must say well established artist. And when you put this one in the player you going to have a lot of variety. This is not going to be an album that is going to have a dance made from it. But this is an album with some good southern greats. So if you are into that southern hip hop you got to have this one in your collection.

My favorite track is number 8, with Outkast & Marsha Ambrosius titled "The Art of Storytelling part 4." Big Boi and Andre 3000 are still got the same skills that put them on the map. But you still got excellent tracks by Eightball and MJG "187" which is track number 10. This one here is shared with Project Pat which gives you the feel of that original Memphis flavor. You got Texas representing on here pretty strong also with artist like Paul Wall, Lil Keke, and Slim Thug. But the list goes and I can tell you this is definitely a buy for the fans of southern hip hop music.

RIP Pimp C