Sure Shot Redemtion

Dres | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 4, 1999)
• Original Release Date: May 25, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Ground Control
• ASIN: B00000JG1U
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,083 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Pardon Me

2. As I Look Back

3. Damn Right

4. Hi & Lo

5. Never Say

6. Start of Somehtin' Big

7. Sky's the Limit

8. Endz

9. It's Going Down

10. Back 2 Back

11. You're So Vain

12. Night Time

13. Grand Groove

14. Straight Paper

15. Tru Kings

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4.25 stars - Dres: The Multifaceted One, February 19, 2002

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7th Angl (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sure Shot Redemtion (Audio CD)

Some have charged this album as being effete, and an overall skirmishing disappointment. Despite the inapt title, Dres has provided fans with an album that is more than satisfying, without being a comeback of sorts. I know, its hard to get over the fact that he pulled a 360 by swapping coasts and style of production. His flow, however,is still intact, and though Lawgne is missed, Dres compensates for this by way of tracks that he himself helms, with additional input from a crew called The Molecules. Guests are limited and off kilter, but come through nonetheless, at times extraorinarily so, with the exception of a lone, foul-mouthed, juvenile con (Mr. "I'll kill you over some cds and petty cash" former native tonguer Chi-Ali). Indeed, Vicki Miles and Horace Brown provide smooth, jazzy falsettos on "Night Time" and "You're so Vain", two back-to-back tracks that represent the apex of this album, and really serve to galvanize it. If you are a fan of Dres' stream-of-consciousness; conversational flow of yesteryear, then tracks like "I remember" and "Hi and Lo" will have you reminsicing. This is his strongest ability as an artist, although as previously mentioned, he really needs to serve others in hiphop and jazz with his all-out groovy stylings. Ignore the naysayers, and at least give "Sure Shot Redemption" a listen.

4.0 out of 5 stars I LIKE THA BOOTLEG VERSION BETTER,ALMOST LIKE THIS ONE BUT NOT THA SAME., December 5, 2005

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thaman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sure Shot Redemtion (Audio CD)

I MET THIS CAT IN THA MALL,BACK IN THA 90'S....HE WAS PUSHING HIS CD'S,YEAH ME AND THA PERSON I WAS WITH SHOWED HIM SUPPORT,TOOK IT HOME....I WAS SHOCK!!!GOOD JOB DRES!!!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre Mix, April 28, 2002

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[e-mail] (Omaha, NE, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sure Shot Redemtion (Audio CD)

There's a strange mix of old style (jazzy beats, sense of humor) and a more contemporary style (repetitive r and b tinged thug beats with thug lyrics) that has me programming half this album out. How the final two tracks, one an ode to gettin' benjamins and the other an uplifting ode to black culture, ended up on the same album is a mystery.
Despite the inconsistency, I rate this 4 stars because it's Dres, the finest flowing lyricist ever, an MC who puts thought and heart into what he's saying. Dump the thug tracks and this record feels like a rainy night drive through a deserted downtown, with ambulance lights coming around the corner.