XXL Magazine, July 2006 (Mark Allwood)
"Mob's request for respect is not lost as they make a smooth transition from ashy to classy, to Classic"
Product Description
Remember when Hip-Hop fans actually wrote down the words to their favorite songs and memorized them. Today, its hard to find MCs who make you think, and critics are quick to condemn Southern rappers as the worst offenders of all. Enter Field Mob and their third album, Light Poles and Pine Trees. The pioneers of the country boy movement waste no time delivering lyrics destined to switch up the game. Respect em because you cant check em. Painting vivid pictures powered by their colorful, down-home perspective, Field Mobs rhymes stand out.
Thats what Ludacris thought when he signed them to his Disturbing Tha Peace/Geffen Records imprint. Being an artist first, and arguably one of the greatest rappers of all time, Ludacris saw untapped potential. DTP is a whole nother chapter in Field Mobs career. After bad deals and botched promotion, Smoke (Darion