Most Helpful Customer Reviews
|
|
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
4.5 stars, December 22, 2004
The Outlawz (minus Hussein Fatal, Kadafi {R.I.P.}, & 2Pac {R.I.P.}) finally dropped a new album on thier own independant label. After label troubles in the time following Pac & kadafi's deaths, they disappeared from the radar fo a few years and came back around in '99. This album has a few guests (mostly their New Jersey homies, with a few big names like Spice 1, TQ, Phats Bossilini, & Bad Azz). Production is handled by Edi amin, Reef, & Quimmy Quim with 2 or 3 songs by Mike Dean & Mr. Lee of Rap-A-Lot records. It has 1 classic and no songs on here that I skip (although about 2 or 3 of the songs are just ok). They show direction from Pac as well as continued dedication to 2Pac through the album as they tell gangsta tales as well as deep songs that really make you feel what they're saying, just as Pac did. A must have rap album.
#2 - 9 (all 4 members)
#3 - 8 (all 4 members)
#4 - 9 (deeper song -- (all 4 members)-- f/ val young)
#5 - 9 (young Noble, Ya Yo, Mil)
#6 - 10 (classic w/ great beat -- (all 4 members)
#7 - 9 (Young Noble, Kastro, Edi Amin f/ Val Young)
#8 - 8.5 (young noble, phats bossilini, akwylah)
#10 - 8 (all 4 members)
#11 - 8 (all 4 members f/ TQ)
#12 - 9 (deep song -- all 4 members f/ mil & divine)
#13 - 9 (good beat -- all 4 members f/ h-rider & yayo)
#14 - 8.5 (deep song)
#16 - 9.5 (good beat -- (all 4 members f/ mil & supreme c)
#17 - 7 (all 4 members f/ spice 1, bad azz, low lifes)
#19 - 7.5 (napoleon f/ jersey mob {smooth, dirty bert, akwylah, trife}
EDI AMIN -- Malcolm Greenridge -- b. 7/7/76-- b. New York, NY moved to NJ
NAPOLEON -- Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale -- b. 10/11/77 -- New Jersey
KASTRO -- Katari Cox -- b. 12/30/76 -- b. New York, NY moved to NJ
YOUNG NOBLE -- Rufus L. Porter -- b. 3/21/78 -- b. Altadeena, CA moved to Montclair, NJ
check all my reviews
|
|
|
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Outlawz Enter The Independent Game With "Makaveli"-Less LP, November 10, 2003
I have always been a fan of The Outlawz though I will be the first to admit that it is an "acquired taste". While they are best known for their undying allegiance to their former group leader, Tupac Shakur, they don't quite possesse his charisma or crossover appeal. Though what they lack in stage presence, they make up for in heart. With their very first group album sans Shakur, they hope to make an impact in his name. This provides an even more difficult task due to the fact that in addition to Pac's absence, two of their most prominent members from their Death Row days, Hussein Fatal and Kadafi are also gone. The latter of which was murdered, just a few months after Shakur. The remaining members, Kastro, Young Noble, Edi, and Napoleon still pack a wallop though. Upon my first few listens, the one track that always stood out to me was "Goodbye". The Lawz display the same deep and heartfelt "Keep Ya Head Up" mentality as their late mentor on this track. Tracks like "Murder Made Easy" and "Black Rain" also make for memorable highlights. "Smash" featuring Bay Area legend, Spice 1 and the Dogg Pound's Bad Azz provides one of the few tracks with recognizeable names involved. "Ride Wit Us" takes the Outlawz away from their usual West Coast influence and back to their Jersey backdrop. While the production is not as crisp as that featured on "Still I Rise", the LP certainly has its moments. Outlaw fans will find a CD full of bumping tracks but those with discriminating tastes may be turned off by its lack of commercial music.
|
|
|
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Outlawz- Ride Wit Us or Collide Wit Us, September 4, 2003
Outlawz (E.D.I., Napolean, Kastro and Young Noble) "Ride Wit Us or Collide Wit Us" (2000) is a solid group album. It was there first real album without Pac, up to this point they had been featured on many of his albums, on soundtracks with him and had done the collab/tribute album "Still I Rise" after Tupac's passing. E.D.I. executive produces this release. There are two tracks that I really like alot and still replay a fair bit, the first is "Black Rain" a track where the Lawz shine dropping good lyrics, and a addictive chorus, backed by Val Young vocals and a dope beat. The second is the exceptional "Nobody Cares" a track where Outlawz go really deep delivering alot of emotion. Other tracks that standout for me include the dark "Soldier to A General", "When I go" a track about dying, "Get Paid" feat. TQ who drops some smooth vocals & "Maintain" feat Super C and Mil. Album closes off with the hardcore "Murder Made Easy" which features Akwylah, Smooth, Dirty Bert and Trife. I recommend "Ride Wit Us or Collide Wit Us" to Outlawz fans- this is most likely the album you don't have as it got the least promotion and support when it came out, and now the Outlawz are doing better. I would also recommend it to other fans of Hip Hop who like supporting artists who are not in the mainstream.
|
|
|
Most Recent Customer Reviews
|
Interact With Your Music: Discover, listen to, and buy new music, all from the pages of SPIN's digital edition, free to Amazon customers.
by Outlawz 
