Warning Shots: Street Classics & Freestyles [Explicit Lyrics]

Saigon

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 2004)
• Original Release Date: June 1, 2004
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Sure Shot Recordings
• ASIN: B000267J8S
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #160,057 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saigon- Warning Shots, June 19, 2004

By	Constant (Vancouver, BC Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Saigon's "Warning Shots" (2004) is a release I highly recommend checking out. For the last couple of years New York's Saigon has been tearing it up on mixtape scene and will be making his major debut soon. For now he has delivered the goods with a collection of his best work. "Favorite Things" gets things started. First real standout and my personal favourite is "Let A Nigga Know", a hungry sounding Saigon rips up a sick beat with some raw lyrics. This is followed up by another excellent track, the banging piano laced "Come Again". Saigon continues to impress dropping more grimey and memorable premium tracks with "Stocking Cap" and "NY Streetz". Saigon takes a minute to talk about "L.O.V.E." a track about the ladies. Laidback "Huh Mama" has Sai asking women if they will be down for there men when there down and out and in jail. Mekka Millz and the still slept on Ali Vegas drop in for another banger called "We Want In". Saigon goes political on the powerful "Kiss the Babies" a track about war, poverty, drugs, and corrupt government. Sai then gets innovative on the unique "Pop Quiz (Multiple Choice)". "Yes" is another ill track, love that Alchemist beat. "If (My Mommy)" goes real deep this a track dedicated to his mom, where Sai talks about growing up, struggle, jail, the ups and downs of life and love. Saigon then closes things off strong with some well chosen freestyles. Of all the up and coming MC's I have to say Sai has impressed me the most. Saigon excels at delivering reality rap with "Warning Shots", this ones for the collection.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saigon Is The Truth!, October 2, 2004

By	Crazy Jim (Massachusetts) - See all my reviews

Ever since 50 Cent blew up off the mixtape buzz he created based off the independently-released "Guess Who's Back", many of NY's hottest up and coming rappers have decided to follow suit. Perhaps the most prolific artist to show up on the scene since 50 went the mainstream route is Saigon. Anyone questioning the kid's credentials should need just take one listen of "Warning Shots", an amazing collection of his hottest mixtape recordings.

Saigon takes a no-nonsense approach with "Warning Shots" as he hits us with a nice mixture of street corner anthems, political messages, and hot freesyles. On his most heartfelt track on the album, Sai takes some time out to dedicate a track to his mother on "If... (My Mommy)" and it makes for one of the deepest dedications since Pac's "Dear Mama". Saigon challenges unnamed studio thugs to a Q&A on "Pop Quiz" and comments on the current political epidemic on "Kiss The Babies". There's more than just that too. You've got tracks like "Yes", "Stocking Cap", and "N.Y. Streetz". All of which are certified bangers.

Sai seems to be the lyrical equivalent of the WWE's Brock Lesnar as he shows why he should be deemed hip-hop's "Next Best Thing". Featuring some of his finest work on the mixtape circut, "Warning Shots" should help jumpstart a nice buzz for Saigon. If this is any indication of what Saigon's official debut, "Greatest Story Never Told" will be like, we may very well have a classic on our hands.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the most provocative mix-tapes, August 9, 2005

By	A -town representative (United States) - See all my reviews

Siagon is the next God of hip-hop. Im from the A town and new york mixtapes rarely get heard down south. This mix tape is so good that it leaked down south and is buzzing. Siagon's vivid depictions and profuse vocabulary mixes with his vernacular to produce rythmic poetry on a beat. It is magic because he does not glorify or exploite killing, materialism, and mosagony. But yet he still maintains his street credability. If you want to know what the future of hip hop sounds like, then buy this album.