Kamikaze [Explicit Lyrics]

Twista | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 27, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B00008VEN5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (191 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,083 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Get Me

2. Kill Us All

3. Pimp On

4. Slow Jamz

5. Get That Doe (Ain't It Man)

6. Still Feels So Good

7. Drinks

8. Badunkadunk

9. One Last Time

10. Shows Over

11. Higher

12. Snoopin

13. Like a 24

14. Hope

15. Lovely Day

16. Art and Life

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Seven years have passed since Twista's last solo joint (1997's hood classic, Adrenaline Rush), and that's about three career cycles' worth of evolution in the swiftly moving world of hip-hop. The Chicago speed rapper's managed to do well for himself in the interim, retaining a strong following among the thug-life set and accruing new listeners via judicious appearances on splashy commercial releases like Ludacris's Word of Mouf. The long-delayed Kamikaze plays to both sides of the fan base, presenting a fair mixture of old-school Twista style with enough formulaic stuff thrown in to keep the kids happy. On the "OG" end of things you get tracks like the R. Kelly-produced round-the-way ballad, "So Sexy," and "Pimp On," a player's anthem featuring 8 Ball, Too Short, and the legendary Don "Magic" Juan. But it's the trendier tunes like Kanye West's parody-within-a-parody, "Slow Jamz," and the hustler's anthem, "Higher" (featuring the aforementioned Luda), that make the most noise. --Rebecca Levine

Product Description

After spending more than 8 months on the Billboard Top 200 albums chart Twista's Double Platinum album Kamikaze is being reissued with new bonus material. Kamikaze includes the two #1 smashes "Slow Jamz" featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx and "Overnight Celebrity." The album also features the top 10 single So Sexy Featuring R. Kelly. New bonus content includes "So Sexy Chapter II (Like This)" featuring R.Kelly and "Y'All Know Who" which has not been made available domestically until now. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DONT GET TWISTA TWISTED Y'ALL, January 28, 2004

By 

Eddie-G "lavaman" (CANADA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kamikaze (Audio CD)

Twista's always been my favorite rapper for lyrics, his flo and his articulation. TRUST ME, ITSWORTH THE WAIT. One of my favorite albums OF ALL TIME.
1. Get Me 8/10
2. Kill Us All 8.5/10 (CLASSIC TWISTA)
3. Pimp On (10/10) CRAZY HOOK, CRAZY BEAT, CRAZY
4. Slow Jamz (9/10) VERY UNIQUE, BOTH VERSES TIGHT/ CHORUS TIGHT
5. Overnight Celebrity (9/10) Kanye's Krazy !!
6. Still Feels So Good (10/10) Lyrics UNTOUCHABLE ! HOT BEAT!
7. Drinks (8/10) WESTCOAST feelin beat, nice metophors.
8. BAdunkadunk (8/10) Down South Club vibe
9. One last time (6/10) Gangsta beat, Twista's rappin too slow.
10. So Sexy (10/10) ANOTHER HIT !!! R.Kelly and TWIST.
11. Higher (9/10) FASTEST TRACK it PUMPS ME UP! Best collabo is twista and ludacris. Go get Ludacris f/ Twista "Freaky Thangs".
12. Snoopin' (11/10) BEST TRACK!! EVERYTHINGS PERFECT !!
13. Like a 24 (6/10) Down South Club beat. Its aight.
14. Hope (7/10) Every album needs a deep track. Chorus hot.
15. Sunshine (7.5) I like da remix. Again, lyrics is tight.
16. Art & Life (8.5) STR8 Spittin, no hook and its savage.
NOWADAYS, ALBUMS GOT 2 or 3 really good tracks. But with TWISTA'S KAMIKAZE, you can just let it play from Track 1 to 16!
This is Adrenaline Rush's Follow up and Twista just keeps gettin better. Cant nobody come close to dat.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Twista Brought it Home (4 stars), July 9, 2005

By 

MW - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kamikaze (Audio CD)

It's been a long time comin' for Twista to finally break out into the limelight, but with an album of this caliber, I think it was better this way. Lyrically, Twista is in a league of his own, and has often outshined people on their own songs, which makes it pretty hard for people to hold it down together with Twista on his own. But luckily, most of the tracks showcase Twista on his own or with people just doin' the hooks, such as the radio-made "So Sexy" w/ R. Kelly. Twista pretty much kills every track he is on, including the opening two tracks "Get Me" and "Kill Us All". Of course everybody knows how good "Slow Jams" was w/ Kanye West and Jamie Foxx, but I think it should have ONLY been on Twista's cd. The Kanye West-produced "Overnight Celebrity" is a standout track too. The best song on here though, "One Last Time", is a track where Twista is not even rappin' in his normal fast pace, but rappin' at an average speed, in which he songs better than most people who can ONLY rap at a regular speed. Another highlite, which closes out the album is the stutter-step neat of "Art & Life" w/ Memphis Bleek, Freeway, and Young Chris. This song would have been better though if Young Chris was replaced w/ Beanie Sigal, and maybe replacin' Bleek w/ Jay-Z. But hey, you can't ask too much since this album gave us so much anyway. Here's to Twista comin' back even stronger, hopefully with the same marketing and publicity as before.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Twista is back with his own CD and it's about time, March 5, 2004

By 

J. Highsmith (Mitchellville, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kamikaze (Audio CD)

After appearing on various Rocafella collaborations such as "Is That Your Chic" w/Memphis Bleek, Jay Z & Missy Elliott, "Champions" w/Kanye West, Beanie Sigel, and Cam'ron from the "Paid In Full" soundtrack and "Poppin' Tags" with Jay Z, Killer Mike and Big Boi from Outkast, Twista has finally released another CD. Although "Kamikaze" was released on Atlantic Records, it seems as if Twista really wants to be a Rocafella soldier. The first single from "Kamikaze" is the Kanye West produced "Slow Jamz" which features Twista, Kanye West and Jamie Foxx. If you haven't heard this song by now then you must not have access to a radio or basic cable television. This song has been heard constantly and for good reason. The concept makes sense and this is a good way for people who may not have known who Twista was to get introduced to him. "Get Me" gets the CD off to a good start and if you still disbelieve in his skills, Twista comes back strong on one of my favorite tracks on his CD in "Kill Us All". Toxic, who produces 7 songs on "Kamikaze", definitely has his best work on this song and Twista takes over a 4 minute lyrical ride on the track. On "Higher", Twista employs Ludacris on the track and the two artists have a memorable collaboration on the track. If you have any kind of system in your car or truck then you will enjoy this track. Although Twista starts off hard, he definitely tones things down for the ladies and for the clubs, almost even too much. The best of these songs being another Kanye West produced track in "Overnight Celebrity". Kanye samples the classic Lenny Williams slow jam, "'Cause I Love You", to perfection. This should definitely be the next single. This is my favorite song on this CD by far and is worth the price of the CD alone. The Pied Piper and his lovely group JS shows up on "So Sexy". Once again this track is for the ladies and R Kelly proves why he is one of the best producers in the game today.

The only negative aspect of all the party jams is that there are entirely too many on this CD. "Pimp On" w/Eightball and Too Short, "Still Feels So Good", "Drinks", "Badunkadunk" and "Like a 24" w/TI and Liffy Stokes, as well as the aforementioned "Slow Jamz", "Overnight Celebrity" and "So Sexy" means that over 60% of Twista's songs are all about partying and clubbin'.

However, Twista definitely makes up for this with inspirational songs like "Hope" w/Cee Lo and "Sunshine" w/Anthony Hamilton. The skills are defintely there for Twista. He just has to take advantage of the gift he has and make a well rounded CD. Even still, "Kamikaze" is worth having in your collection. If you are a fan of any of Twista's previous collaborations then you will enjoy this CD.

James' Top 5

1) Slow Jamz w/Kanye West & Jamie Foxx
2) Overnight Celebrity w/Kanye West
3) Kill Us All
4) So Sexy w/R Kelly & JS
5) Sunshine w/Anthony Hamilton