Customer Reviews

Hard to Hit

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

 

 

hard to hit is one of tightest cd to me and my partnaz. the beats are big and hardcore. the lyrics are complex and quicc. It's a shame the real don't get props as a lot of succaz. big mike has grownup lyrics but stay true to the streets at the same time stay'n true to himself. one of the trillest tapes i've heard in a long time. the whole tape is a hit. i would tell you all the cut but i don't have it. when i go to get it i will be my third copy. and when i lose that or get beat for it i will get it again.

This album by Big Mike is his best work since Something Serious. He, along with Scarface, have been the best rappers on Rap A Lot label. But once again this album will go with out notice if you don't live in the south. But make no mistake about, if you like hard core rap, this is a must buy.

After almost 2 years Big Mike is back with my favorite of his 3 albums. The other 2 still get 4 stars but I think this one is a little better. Packed with 20 songs, 4 are classics, 1 is almost classsic material, 2 I skip, and the other 13 are good or great songs. Guests are on about 8 of the songs so you get a good deal of Big Mike. Production is rather good as well, Mike Banks does 7 songs, the always great Mike Dean does 5 and the equally solid Mr. Lee does 6, Mike Dean & Mr. Lee collaborate for 2 as well. Lyrics are typical Big Mike - alot of gangsta songs w/ hard beats and some slower mor erelaxing ones as well. A great album, to have for fans of Big Mike or someone who wants to hear a real gangsta from the south, not one of them candy cupcake rappers that's on the radio all day!

#1 - 10 (great beat -- short rapping but a classic)

#2 - 10 (Another Classic -- great beat)

#3 - 9

#4 - 8 (f/ Hustlers -- about hustlin')

#5 - 8

#6 - 8.5 (f/ Hustlers)

#7 - 8

#8 - 6.5 (relaxing beat -- f/ Reginald Hackett)

#9 - 8 (dirtier song --- f/ MC Breed & Devin the Dude)

#10 - 5.5

#11 - 8 (f/ Do or Die & Hoodlumz)

#12 - 8.5 (f/ Hustlers)

#13 - 8

#14 - 9

#15 - 9 (f/ Outlawz)

#16 - 8

#17 - 8 (slower song)

#18 - 10 (CLASSIC! -- f/ Spice 1 & Jayo Felony -- Great beat)

#19 - 9.5 (f/ Yumouth & Hustlers)

#20 - 10 (CLASSIC -- great beat)

Mike Barnett -- b. 1971 -- New Orleans, LA

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Having read of this album in various hip-hop publications, it was quickly brought to my attention that this new album from Big Mike was a must needed addition to my album collection. For those of you gangsta rap fans, this album is one that must not be missed, yet i believe it an album many will missed. Big Mike will get no air time, and along with other quality Rap-O-Lot albums, (i.e. Tela "Never Again") will go unnoticed by those that are not avid hip-hop fans. The only downside to this album is that the beats are tired. They are rather monotonous, and it is as if one can picture the next tracks beat before it happens. However, Big Mikes clever rhyme schemes and the fact that he is blessed with a roughneck voice. This album is solid, and deserves some attention. Will you give it any???

This cd is very sweet. A long time fan of the Rap a Lot family, i found that this cd represents it well. Very good. A good follow up Rap a Lot release to the Geto Boys and Yukmouth.

The hardest hit on here is track 15 "How You Want It" featuring Outlawz & Grudge. Admittingly I've heard better from the ex Geto Boys member on his first solo Somethin' Serious. I use this to let it beat in my trunk. I hate to be so down on Big Mike, but some of the production seems unfinished and or too much like they were being rushed. His lyrics come to the rescue with "Heads Like Us" and "Better Now" featuring Devin & MC Breed. Enough playing get that Big Mike Somethin' Serious, because it is.

A bad album of Big Mike proportions. Generic Ronco beats with a very sloppy Big Mike trying in vain to keep up. I give it an extra star for the comedic effect. I could say its a shame because he used to be great, blah blah blah. Sell out or wash out, the results are the same. Chin the pole Mikey.