No Friends

Loon | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 29, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cleopatra
• ASIN: B000GY732S
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,024 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Intro

2. Run

3. Skit 1

4. Baby Ya Buggin'

5. Eyes On U

6. You Crazy

7. Mobb Style

8. Skit 2

9. Live Or Die

10. Straightjacket feat. Gritty

11. Skit 3

12. Came To Get Down feat. Gritty

13. Belly Dance feat. Gritty

14. Distracted

15. Skit 4

16. NOVA/What Happened To Pastor (Mase Dis Track)

17. Think Again

Editorial Reviews

A full two years before the release of his blockbuster debut album, Loon was a hip hop superstar. As part of a fresh crop of talent signed to Bad Boy Records by owner Sean "Puffy" Combs, Loon was featured on P. Diddy's triumphant return to the rap game - 2003's The Saga Continues - alongside Black Rob, G.Dep and others. Loon even scored his first hit single, "I Need A Girl," from that same album. When Loon finally released his own album, it was an immediate success, climbing to the #6 spot on the Billboard charts, largely on the strength of the radio hit "Down For Me." Now, with his career in his own hands, Loon presents his independently released follow-up album - No Friends - that showcases a darker, more hardcore approach but still contains the melodic, laid back flow fans fell in love with on his debut. No Friends is a bold statement of independence and self-assuredness that is sure to please Loon's significant fanbase and keep it expanding.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars This Be That Hot Fire, November 7, 2006

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THa TRuTH (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Friends (Audio CD)

Sik of all these fake Foreign fools tryin to give ratings to the U.S. rappers. Here is Tha TRuTH,

I bought this CD and Loon is legit. Definitely hot fire. Don't trust these other haters. Jus listen to the trackz yoself and decide.

Loon got fresh beatz and his flowz are mad. Holla at ya boy.

Tha TRuTH says itz a good one, and thatz what it is.....

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Nuthin' but average, September 16, 2006

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David Foskin "SneakyGoblin on XBL" (Waterford, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: No Friends (Audio CD)

Falling into virtual obscurity after splitting from Hip-Hop and MTV staple Diddy, Loon is back with a less than perfect, but decent effort in his latest release No Friends (X-Ray/Cleopatra). Proving that his rap persona is rawer since leaving Bad Boy, this album is a more street approach using violence, drugs and women as his topics of choice.

Though he does double as a singer on the hooks of "Run" and "Eyes on U", he redeems himself with good rhyme schemes (despite lyrical simplicity). Also, the addition of Boss Up Entertainment artist Gritty, who takes more control of the album than Loon does. On "Eyes on U" he sticks to the ladies man, Harlem World mantra that he's famous for. With sly lyrics like "Girl it ain't no reason for leavin'/I'm not one for cheatin'...girl I got my eyes on you," you can't help but picture him whispering this explanation into his girl's ear at the club

Transitioning to an attempt at an ear pleasing beat with the infusion of violins and a flute on "Came to Get Down", Loon makes sure that we know that he will survive without the shine of the Bad Boy limelight. The most anticipated song on the album is the Mase dis record "NOVA/What happened to Pastor?" But Loon loses points for putting "Mase Dis Track" in parenthesis on the back of the album. Every great dis record doesn't need to say who the record is dissing. Loon calls Mase out for not only being a phony, but for getting money and not giving back to his neighborhood. The beef is definitely personal, but not deep enough for more than one verse.

The three star effort is a good step towards putting Loons name back in the ears of fans wondering where he's been. Many songs on the album sound like they were mixed in the basement of someone's mom's house, which adds to its underground feel. It's hard to regain street credibility after performing in "I Need A Girl" with Diddy and Usher, but Loon's trying his hardest. Unfortunately, since Gritty is on more tracks than the album gives him credit for, folks might be left less interested in Loon, and more interested in when Gritty's album is dropping.

3 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loons back and hes the boss, August 29, 2006

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T. Loveridge (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Friends (Audio CD)

At last, Loons been allowed to make his own project with no pressure from the powers above... His last album was a quality album but was more R&B/Hip Hop rather than what hes always urged to be and where his true talent lies: In hardcore rap. However he hasn't gona overboard as hes kept some lighter tunes as well and it really makes this album a complete project.

This album isn't going to sell millions but for those that want a quality rap album that hasn't been forced to compromise an artists style by the label

I'm glad to have this part of my collection. Hes his own boss at Boss Up and hes enjoying it