Customer Reviews

Word of Mouth

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John Reuben fans will certainly not be let down by his latest effort. Word of Mouth may have a seemingly short runtime but it left no room for filler. Every track is fantastic, especially the single "Word of Mouth".
As usual, the lyrics are direct and meaningful, and the sound is excellent.

Check out the animated video for Word of Mouth, as well as some of John's latest "altered reality" videos. Funny and entertaining stuff!

to be perfectly honest, I've never been a big fan of john Reuben's...His music has never done much for me..>But this album is off the charts...Its so freaken awesome...The beats are tight, and the lyrics make you think...This is a great great album....Great way to start out 2007....

John Reuben shifts a little from his rap foundation with this album. It's difficult to assign to a specific music genre and tempting to say that he's experimenting here, but I don't really know what he's doing. The problem is that I'm not sure he knows what he's doing here either. His execution is off. The lyrics are still solid, but he comes across as a bit whiny and the music itself is fairly muddled. I found most of the songs to grate on my ears after awhile. And please, John, get rid of the kiddy back-up singers and never bring them back ("Universal"). "Miserable Exaggeration" is pretty good, "Word of Mouth" is ok, and the other songs are about the same. This is Reuben's first album that I haven't loved. I'd like to see him get back to what makes him shine and stand out. I'd like to see him get back in the ring and have fun. Don't give up on Reuben if this is the first album that you've heard of his.

Before, I gave this CD a not so fabulous review...however, I have since listened to it again and found that it is actually pretty good. Although some of the messages are a bit cryptic and seemingly meaningless at first, after a couple listens I got it. As far as the music itself goes, it's very catchy and upbeat. I enjoyed this CD, although it would have been nice to have at least one song with a gospel message in it.

John Reuben, why did you leave Jesus's name out of your album? You didn't even mention HIM in your credits. Are you still a Christian rapper? Come to think about it you didn't metion HIM in the "Boy VS the Cynic" album either. Will Smith raps about Jesus. Your album "The Professional Rapper" was awesome and is one of the best Christian Hip Hop albums ever released. I have all your albums, you're a great rapper with loads of talent.
Word of Mouth gets 1 star for no cussing, and 1 more star for the song "Sing it like you mean it" which rocked! Too bad there weren't any other good songs on the album. The rest of the album is just a group of filler emo songs that are so depressing they would make Robert Smith of The Cure cry. The beats however are sweet, as to be expected when Toby Mac is involved.
John, you need to make another "Professional Rapper", get rid of the sad emo lyrics, and give Jesus his due praise. Your fans are waiting.