I'm Still Living (Screwed & Chopped-A-Lot edition)

Z-Ro | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rap-a-Lot
• ASIN: B000J3FBXO
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #273,719 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amaaaaazing Album, December 5, 2006

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Gordon Martin (springfield,IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm Still Living (Screwed & Chopped-A-Lot edition) (Audio CD)

Why the hell is Rap-a-Lot not promoting this fabulous artist more?

This guy is so talented. Love ain't Live pays for the album itself.

Never have i heard hooks so melodic and stunning.

This guy is a diamond in the rough.

trust me, this is man who defines hip hop, and music in general.

its like 2pac, smokey robinson, and ray charles in one.

I hate making comparisons, but this guy really soars above the stink of most hip hop.

He's constantly going to jail for something, and this is a shame.

If anyone deserves stardom, its Z-Ro.

Forget the old recordings. His growth as a musician is evident.

Buy it people!

4.0 out of 5 stars Chopp'd & Screwed, March 8, 2007

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K. Kassens - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm Still Living (Screwed & Chopped-A-Lot edition) (Audio CD)

thiz ones one of the best- I'd buy tha CD in normal speed too

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great album that most people wont even know exists, January 19, 2007

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J. Miller (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I'm Still Living (Screwed & Chopped-A-Lot edition) (Audio CD)

All too often every rapper in the south is written off as a bad lyricist or materialistic before they are even heard. Everyone in the south is lumped in with the worst in the game because that's who gets radio play and incidentally sells the most albums.

While I won't sit here and say that the south is brimming with good, intellectual music I will say there are some artists who shouldn't be overlooked. There are people like Z-Ro (and his cousin Trae) that make incredible music that is pure quality regardless of where it comes from. Z-Ro puts his heart and soul into every album and every track. He speaks of the struggle, pain and hardships that most people have experienced or are living through now. It's not a stretch to say if you liked 2Pac you will like Z-Ro. That doesn't mean he's another in a long line of Pac imitators, far from it, it just means that Ro is the closest thing in terms of pure skill, smooth flow, and lyrics that are introspective, heartfelt, gangster, and relatable.

Though he's made 9 full length albums and several mix tapes and collaborations he has never enjoyed much commercial success or respect outside of Houston. At this point I'm not sure if he will ever get the national respect he deserves because he's stuck on a bad label in Rap-A-Lot that refuses to promote him and he can't seem to stay out of jail. It's depressing that so many of the less talented Houston artists have blown up while a guy like Z-Ro who refuses to sell out and make poppy, radio friendly music is stuck struggling to survive. It's almost cliché to say he's under-rated but the term has never been more appropriate.

Most of Z-Ro's albums don't even have the samples to check out on Amazon so if you've never heard him you will have to buy on faith. I know that seems risky, but trust me when I say that if you buy "I'm still Livin" or any of Z-Ro's albums you can rest assured you will be hearing not only the best artist the south has to offer but arguably the best in all of rap.