Customer Reviews

Street Life

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4 star:		(8)
3 star:		(5)
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On his sophomore album, Fiend mixes things up a little, most notably including only four guest appearances, as opposed to the fifty or so on his last album. On "Ak'n Bad," over a grimy beat, Mystikal steals the show with the fast paced stutter-stop flow he's mastered. "Heart Of A Ghetto Boy" is a subdued track on which Fiend slows his flow to match the sax in the background. The track is a welcome break from the rowdiness of the first six tracks. On "Walk That Line," he totally flips his flow. You gotta listen to it more than once to fully appreciate it. Other standout tracks include "The Rock Show," "Trip To London," and "Waiting On God."
The album could've done without songs like "The Truth Is" and "They Don't Hear Me," as they don't bring anything new to the table. But overall, "Street Life" is one of the better No Limit releases of recent memory.

I used to love No Limit. I bought every single CD they released, wack or not. This CD and WWIII were two of the top five No Limit CD's easily, because they were about Fiend and Mac and not No Limit and Beats By The Pound ( which made No Limit what it was, the beats first and the rappers second, until the two previously mentioned CD's.) In truth, the majority of the CD's they released are all worthy of buying again. I just spent about $250.00 buying a bunch of their old CD's that I used to have back in the day and can't find anymore, NO MASTER P CD's! His CD's were disappointments except Last Don and Ghetto Dope. And where can I find TRU with Smokin Green on it instead of the bonus songs??????

Sleepy-Eyed Jones done did it again! Fiend has always been one of my favorite artist on the No Limit label, not only because i know him personally, but because he has possessed the talent and the drive to make it out of the hard streets and into the music industry. Plus I can feel his music, because I know where he is coming from when he says something about the death of his older brother. Street Life is an album that surprised me! It is nothing like it was expected to be. Fiend is so much on the hip-hop level that I almost forgot that he is from New Orleans. But don't get me wrong, I am not saying that he doesn't represent The Crescent City because you know that he will always do that. But he goes in a different direction on this album. Beats by the Pound hooks him up with the funky, trunk rattling, beats that make it easy to nodd your head to this album. Twelve out of seventeen of the songs are written and performed by Fiend and that is a plus for him. If a rapper can't do an album by himself, then i figure he shouldn't be in the rap game. I am not saying there is something wrong with helping other artist by introducing them on your album or giving the people a little taste of what to expect from an artist, but having a whole album, with your name on the cover, but you only have two songs written and performed by only you. Come on, is that really showing your talent? By me saying this, I am not trying to hate on any other single rapper or duo, I am speaking in general to the whole industry from a listeners perspective. I like to buy a CD to hear what this rapper can do, not everyone else. But once again, there is nothing wrong with having your fellow label mates or anybody else doing a special appearence to help you or them out.

Fiends latest album sounds nothing like his first. He got rid of the usual 20 guest appearances per album and did the almost the whole album by himself. With hits like Talk It How I Bring It, War 4 Reason, Mr. Whomp Whomp, Waiting On God this is easily the most slept on album in 99. Fiend is one of the realest MC's out right now. And I can't for that Tank Dogg's to drop. No Limit 2000

Whenever a person makes you think about what there saying in their rap, their real. I really think all music listeners who care to hear a message in the music should listen to Fiend's track 7. Heart of a Ghetto Boy.

Fiend is mad real yo

Fiend can be easily consider one of the best rappers off of the No Limit era. If anyone who has notice throughout most of the albums from No Limit from late 1997-early 1999, Fiend has contributed verses and chorus throughout all those albums. Fiend was easily the Lil Wayne of No Limit for those 2 years. His first album Theres one In Every Family from spring of 1998 really showed that Fiend could make a standard no limit album but make it show an reflection on him as a person and artist, something that has been lacking in the average no limit album.
Now a little over a year later Fiend comes back with his new album Street Life. This is one of the last albums left that Beats By the Pound produced before they went awol. That being said it really shows how rushed this project was produced. the Production is on point through the album but some of the songs barely clock in over 3 minutes. Songs like The Rock Show, Mr. Whomp Whomp, and Trip to London are some of the strongest songs but are only about two verses. Talk it How I bring and Waiting on God are also some strong tracks but overall it seems as though Fiend wanted to put this out as fast as he could. This is one of the better albums from no limit and again a reflection of Fiend and not Master P but its ashame the potential Fiend could of had with this album is cut too short.
3.5/5

Even though it has been seven years since it dropped i still rock this album truly especially my songs Talk It How I Bring It and Mr.Whomp Whomp. What I find interesting and very unique is how he focused solely on it being about him and his project alone and eliminating all those annoying as collaborations that rappers usually have on albums. Fiend really comes with it and represents who he is and where he's from on this album. I totally and completely disagree with those pitiful folks who try to say the album was disappointing because it didnt feature more collaborations. Hello when are they going to wake up and realize whose name is on the album and whose music is it. This album definitely wasnt a typical NL album(thankfully). By the way i am glad fiend left that sorry label

Fans of FIEND should be somewhat let down by this release. For a few reasons. The easiest to notice is that this disc is over 20 minutes SHORTER THAN THE FIRST ONE! "THE ROCK SHOW" is an obvious sequel to "FOR THE N.O." but can't come within a mile of topping it and the album's single, "TALK IT HOW I BRING IT" is pretty bad altogether. However, most flaws are hidden under the shadow of other album tracks "WHOMP WHOMP," "IF THEY DON'T KNOW," and "GET IN 2 IT" featuring MIA-X, and a comical sound bit featuring HOLLOWAY from the GHETTO COMMISSION.

Fiends sophmore album Street Life is pretty good..could've been better. Fiend has matured like every NO LIMIT artist does on their sophmore albums(C-Murder,Silkk the Shocker, Mr. Serv-On, Magic, Mac, Steady Mobb'n, Skull Duggery, Kane&Abel, Mystikal and Mia X)..The tightest song is Mr. Whomp Whomp..all the other songs are good as well. Fiend is one of NO LIMIT's top 10 best...and that is sayin something with how big they family is...remember to pick up MYSTIKAL-LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE...and if you ain't got em yet Master P-Only God can Judge Me..Mac-World War III..Magic-Thuggin..Tru-Da Crime Family that is PLATINUM...and Mercedes-Rear End which has went GOLD...and remember the haters only stop NO LIMIT cause we are so far in front of you..You heard that?

Fiend is definitaly a great rapper but this album is ok. I don't think their were a nough other artist's featured on the album. I am white but I am the biggest NO LIMIT fan in the world but they need to go back to thier old ways they were much better