Here to Save You All

Chino Xl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 9, 1996)
• Original Release Date: April 9, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002M9O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #110,974 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Here to Save You All

2. Deliver

3. No Complex

4. Partner to Swing

5. It's All Bad

6. Freestyle Rhymes

7. Riiiot!

8. Waiting to Exhale

9. What Am I?

10. Feelin' Evil Again

11. Thousands

12. Kreep

13. Many Different Ways

14. The Shabba-Doo Conspiracy

15. Ghetto Vampire

16. Rise

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chino XL - Here To Save You All, February 10, 2005

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Tha Realest (Greensburg, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here to Save You All (Audio CD)

I will admit it, I never heard of Chino until 2Pac mentioned his name on his classic diss track "Hit Em Up". Eventually I decided to buy his record because I heard through the grapevine he's the punchline king and disses everyone alive and dead. "Here To Save You All" is Chino's first album which was released in 1996.

1. Here to Save You All - Intro

2. Deliver - Good beat, Chino comes so hard, hook is good - 4.5/5

3. No Complex - Good beat, Chino rips it again, different hooks - 4/5

4. Partner to Swing - Good beat, Chino says some of the sickest rhymes ever, hook is alright - 4.5/5

5. It's All Bad - Bangin beat, Chino comes great, hook is great as well - 5/5

6. Freestyle Rhymes - Nice beat, Chino kicks some sick rhymes, hook is good - 4.5/5

7. Riiot! (Featuring Ras Kass) - Good beat, Chino and Ras rip this track to shreds, hook is nice - 5/5

8. Waiting to Exhale (Featuring Gravitation) - Nice beat, Chino and Gravitation just spit rhymes back and forth, good but nothing special - 4/5

9. What Am I? - Bangin beat, Chino raps about some deep ish about his parents being different colors and him not fitting in in school and other situations because of it, good hook...classic track - 5/5

10. Feelin' Evil Again - Good beat, Chino comes nice with a lot of good punchlines, hook is good - 4.5/5

11. Thousands - Great beat, Chino rips it yet again, hook is good - 5/5

12. Kreep - Good beat, Chino comes nice, good hook - 5/5

13. Many Different Ways - Great beat, Chino doesn't disappoint, hook is good - 5/5

14. The Shabba-Doo Conspiracy (Featuring Kool Keith) - Decent beat, Chino and Keith make a nice collaboration, hook is good - 4.5/5

15. Ghetto Vampire - Good dark intro, which then switches into a good beat where Chino comes real hard, hook is good - 5/5

16. Rise - Great beat, Chino spits real nice to the beat with some great lyrics, has 2 different hooks...one is real good and the other is so-so but the song is great nonetheless - 5/5

Overall: 70.5/75

5 Stars

This cd is truely amazing. Chino definitely has the best punchlines I ever heard. He really was before his time with his lyrics. All the beats are banging except for like two tracks and every song is solid. Lloyd Banks may be the punchline king today and he's good at it as well, but Chino is the true king of them and it's sad his albums never went gold or platnium because he deserves well over that with the knowledge he has.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Chino delivers a controversial album, May 9, 2000

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Big F (Mäntsälä Mielessäin, Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here to Save You All (Audio CD)

This is the album that shook the hip hop underground scene. How can a man seemingly so intelligent step on the toes of big name people like Tupac, LL Cool J or O.J. Simpson? Easily, I'd say. Chino just doesnt care. Lyrically, he stays raw, delivering lines like 'I go back like LL's hairline / F**k writing punchlines, I write f**king punch rhymes'. The production, however, doesnt come through to accomodate for the lyrics. B Wiz, the main producer, lays down lazy, slow beats and Chino seems to have some trouble flowing over them. But it's his clever and fast wordplay that saves the album: The majestetic 'Rise', on which he contemplates existence after death, and on 'Ghetto Vampire', a hypnotic track where Chino's flow really shines. The atmosphere on the album is very strong, mainly thanks to Chino's ability to paint pictures with his words. It isnt a perfect ten, though, and I for one know that Chino has got what it takes to score that ten. So until next time.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Ghetto Vampire can Deliver in so Many Different Ways, November 1, 2001

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Mr hip hop (Winston Salem NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Here to Save You All (Audio CD)

Chino XL, probably the illest lyrical emcee to date. Its hard to find someone who can put together as many sick metaphors and rhymes like Chino can.

Chino XL will never be platinum, probably never gold. Who cares. Who cares if you wont see him on TRL or 106 Park. Hell you will probably never see this kat on Rap City. Chino XL fans know hes ill. Chino XL fans know hes still out there. And we have massive respect for him.

This album is incredible. Amazing. Astonishing. Pure classic. This isn't the greatest hip-hop album of all time, but its close. Its real close.

Here to Save You All is breathtaking. Its groundbreaking. But will never be seen as an all time classic hip-hop album. Sad but true. Some say this album could have been better than what it was (production wise) but this album is perfect. I can't think of how it could be better.

There are a few guest on here. Ras Kass and of course the krazy Kool Keith. But the two tracks they are on are the least best. Chino doesn't need a collab.

Kunt Master Kurt did some of the production. Making the album nice on a productive tip.

The illest tracks include:

"Ghetto Vampire" "Deliver" "Many Different Ways" "Rise" and the all time classic "Creep." After I heard this album I seen why Tupac was so jealous of Chino.

There really isn't much more I can say about this classic except buy it. If you was a true head you would have already had this in your collection. I havent heard "I Told You So" yet but I can almost asure everyone its not as good as this.