Can't believe time pass by so quick. It was 10 years ago I first listened to this album and It's still one of my favourites.
So many nice joints!
My Homies!
*You must be used to all the finer things....*
May 1, 2008Scarface is the KING of RAP - also check out Smoke Sessions, Vol. 1- from his homie Devin the Dude another 5 Stars.
April 16, 2008Its a classic Face album that was slept on back in the day if u had'nt got it or heard by now peep the samples its definetly for your face collection with some old school feel to it
April 1, 2008The track "2 Real" by UGK & Mr. 3-2 is reason enough to at least check out this record.....love that track Classic
June 26, 2007 |  | Great Compilation and Album by the Rap-A-Lot O.G. |  |
Scarface does something tight here on 1998's My Homies. He does not hog the spotlight; he takes it and showcases some slept on southern, midwestern, and west coast talent. He appears on many; yet he also uis absent from many others. 2 discs and 30 tracks deep, there is room for filler, and there is some, but there are definitely some classic joints here too. The songs are generally hungry hustler and gangster tales that these cats are known for, and that works here. One of my favorites here is on disc 1, "2 Real" with UGK, 3-2 and the R&B voices of FLAJ. This track swangs and bangs with serious deep fried beat and all spittin trill rhymes about survival, keeping yourself grounded, and staying away from the fakers, and staying real, a definite classic. A-G-2-A-Ke kicks in the door from Milwaukee on "What's Goin On" (disc 1), and "Cocaine" (disc 2), with hard core rawness matched by few. If you liked these 2 tracks, check their only album Mil-Ticket, which the latter is featured on, another classic. Menace Clan, from Cali, rocks the block on "Menace N---as Never Die"(disc 2) Devin The Dude brings heat on disc 2 with "Do What You Want," a nice G-Funk track from his 1998 classic debut; he can be earnest and funny at the same time. Face and Seagram (from Oakland, Ca RIP)live cautiosly on "Sleepin In My Nikes" (disc 2)where they live life nervously, ready to shake the spot and mash if it gets deep. B-Legit shows up with K.B. on "Do What You Do" (disc 1). "Win Lose Or Draw" (disc 2) showcases DMG, Face, and Lo-Ke with Johnny P singing the hook, a well-grounded track discussing the ways of life, succeeding, failing, surviving, family, and looking for a better way to live; basically, it is a song about real life. The beat is a georgeous twangy Texas G-Funk smoker. A Couple songs may miss, but those are easily overweighed by the ones I mentioned, and a good or great many more I didn't.
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