What I’m currently listening to
My music taste varies from day to day. So going forward when I do updates on this site I will do a review of whatever music I have in rotation in my car or one of my various MP3 players. Sometimes it will be new music, but other times it may be fairly old music. It depends on what mood I’m in. I convert all music to FLAC format to get what I feel is the full listening experience, and play back is either on my custom built PC or one of my several portable media players. I am not a audiophile, but I know what I like.
Currently in heavy rotation for me is Jakk Frost & Vitamin D – “Mekka N The Sole Brother”
01. Be It
02. Mekka N the Sole Brother
03. Take My Life (ft. Freeway)
05. Say It Aint So (ft. S Dot)
06. If U Think That
07. It’s Not a Game
08. Law of the Jungle
09. Weird Dreemz
10. Missing My Life (ft. S Dot)
11. Sunday Dinner
12. Sunlite Would Never Shine
13. Decisions
14. We Laf, We Cry
15. Who Do U Blame Pt. 2 (The Prequel)
16. Who Do U Blame Pt. 1
Romey P’s Review –
Let me state up front that I have some bias for this artist as he’s from Philly, and I live in that area.
But I won’t let that color my review, trust me.
With that being said I must say this album is fire.
It consists of the 16 tracks you see listed above. Over half of the tracks have made it into my personal playlist which contains nothing but the best that an artist has to offer, and keeps my head bobbing. After a few more reviews I may put that list up if anyone is interested.
Production on this album is very tight and portrays no evidence of being underground. All beats are bangers, and original. Jakk’s lyrical skills easily rival and surpass those of current mainstream artist. In fact I would say the big man is lyrically light on his feet with scary verbal skills sounding like a combination of Chubb Rock, Biggie, and Scarface. Your welcome to argue with those comparisons but this is my blog so that’s what I think.
Standout tracks on this project -
01 Be It – Starts the album off on the right foot with good sonics and Jakk easily flowing in and out of the beat.
03 Take My Live Ft Freeway – Beat is banging on this one with a catchy hook. Jakk and Free do their thing.
04 Born 2 Hustle – Love the hook on this one too. Nice production and Jakk continues to spit fire.
06 If U Think That – Easily my favorite track on the entire album. You’ll be singing the hook to this one for a while.
07 Its Not A Game – It’s a tossup between this one and number 06 for best on the album. Bang this one in the Whip.
08 Law of the Jungle – Jakk showcases his story telling skills. Nice!
10 Missing My Life Ft S Dot – Nice production on this one. Good lyrical flow. S Dot’s hook is on point.
14 We Laf We Cry – Wow! Just Wow! Some real soul bearing shit here.
15 Who Do U Blame Pt.2 – I’ll let you peep this one, but notice it made the list.
16 Who Do U Blame Pt.1 – See number 15. Gotta love a rapper who can tell a story on this level. Verbal movie.
As you can see of 16 tracks 10 of them are standouts. That’s pretty hard to do if you ask me. It’s not for the kids because there is a lot of real gritty street stuff, but if you can handle that you will find something here well worth the listen.
On Romey’s rating scale of 1 – 10, with 1 being don’t waste your time, and 10 being white phosphorus.
I rate this album 8.5.
Not much room for improvement really as you can see from my review.
I just don’t give up my highest score so easily like some reviews.
Now I will say that my rating could go up or down depending on other reviews in the future.
Can your album stand the test of time?
Jakk can be reached at the address listed above or iTunes. Check out his other albums too as they are all worth a listen.
I will post more reviews as I listen to a lot of music.
If you would like to recommend something for me to review please feel free to contact me here.
If you are an artist that would like to have me review your work, and can take an honest assessment then please get in contact with me via email. I do not post download links unless authorize by the artist.
I hope you found this of interest.
Talk to ya soon!
Romey
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