MEL - Betta Known As

Funny shit i was just going though my cd collection maybe last week and came across his 06 ep and was wondering what ever happened to mel. After a four year hiatus m.e.l is back in the rap game and if your a fan of his older stuff you will be a fan of his new stuff since he deffintly havent chaned form his flow to the production he usies. the beats sound familiar cus it has the same vibe of every track ive heard from him and lyrically like most streat rappers hes packed with hard hitting punchlines and tales of the streets over a club style beat that will make him heavily acceptable in the hip-hop game. His rhyme sceme is impressive as well from the start "i spit flames no lames im killing it" deffintly got his flow set. Deffintly feeling the track but after a 4 year hiatus id actualyl expect a grwoth from mel but he still at the same leve he was when he first came out, Lyricall i cant hate on him but still a little disapoitned.

rating

C

white boi d issues SINGLE REVIEW

Right off the bat im expecting 100% for this to be a a ill lyrical effort if not white boi d will need to shunned from the rap community for spitting wack rhymes over immortal techinques dance of the devil beat witch is a classic rap track. White boi d stays to the same format tech did witch is refreshing and stays to a story telling form as white boi d lets you into his personal struggles so you can understand him more. "im from the city where n**** idolize lies" witch is true everyone wants to here fiction and not the turth. I am a little shocked the here the n word froma white rapper but i guess its kind of hard not to if your used to the urban comunity. "watch the freinds you keep cus they hide in disguise" is a true statmenet cus theres snakes at every corner. His flow and rhyem scheme are nice as can be asnd shows he has alot of potential of a rapper. This track deffintly is nice ost rappers hide there personal struggles whiel white boi d surives off rappign bout the bs he goes though.

rating

B

Automatic "Crossfire" SINGLE REVIEW

Meatbeats has to be one of the best producers in the lehigh valley and ive never heard a wack emcee ever spitting on his beats so even though ive never heard of autamtic i have high expectations since the production work on this song is amazing, i gave this song 2 listens once just consetration on the beat cus im a fan of meatbeatz work 2nd was to focus on automatics lyrics, and what i can say is that the track starts off pretty slow lyrically put picks up the more the song goes on. Like l-money witch is one of his associte hes more of a punchline rapper and focuses oer on hittign heavy punches then his flow, witch is ok deffintly if you can execute a hard hitting punch witch autmatic proves he can do. automatic 2nd verse is most impressive one with the punches adn his vivid account in the first few lines of a robbery witch makes yoou feel your right there when it happens. If he polished up his flow automatic would be a force to wrecon with.

rating

C

that boy jp image of me ALBUM REVIEW

http://www.datpiff.com/pop-mixtape-player.php?id=m8a3b419

As a blogger for the local hip-hop there arent many rappers i havent heard of but that boy jp is a new name for my ears, from the opening spoken part of the song he sounds concieded "im the talk of allentown" and when usually a rappers claims hes the illest around 95% of the time there wack as shit but from the first bar he spits i deffintly most of been wrong. "ive been the talk of allentown for the past five years" i realy dont know that since again ive never heard of him. The first song image of me starts off hard with a nice beat that is ment for a lyricl assault anda nice sample that is consitant though the whole track, spitting some hard hitting punches all though the track. "you might pump gas but you pump no fear" witch is a line that is heavy relevant to hip-hop knowdays when every rappers life story is a real as mtv reality shows. The third single fast money shows hes deffintly out for the money put lines like that "duffebag on my arm i put that puttle to the metal," shows his incoperated in the street life and usally street rappers always keep it real and are no gimick rappers. His delivery is hard hitting "i vacinate this lames like the swine flue" is a creative line that shows hes out to resurect the rap game witch if he keeps up putting music out like that and being from the valley witch has one of the most promising local scene in the nation he has a good start at doing that. The main issue in this mixtape is thats its a mixtape witch mean annoyign djs screaming in the beging of every sound and only one track i cant stadn to listen for a second time witch is the aut-tuned assisted hook on she's mine is a mainstream banger and jps flow seems to fall to get less complex on this song. I mean if your gunna make a maisntrea hit dont tone down lyrically. Overall solid effort

rating

C

mr jones dangerous man SINGLE REVIEW

http://www.reverbnation.com/#/jonesrarepres

Hip-hop has been in a state of change now adays going back to the experemental style that was originated by hip-hop legend afrika bambatta. Artist are now sampling and incomperating everything from rock to electronice vibes in this track witch sometimes could end up a disaster but still better then whats on the radio when every artist is original. Bethelehem native mr. jones falls into this category and his song dangerous man has a invectious rock style beat that incorpereates old school scratching witch is a amazing thign to here cus i though the days of the turntable are done so its nice to see artist remebering where rap came from. From a lyrical standpoint hes a little basic and has a thing of repeating the same words a few times but overall this is a nice song to listen to. Overall i enjoy him more as a producer then a artist but this song deffintly has a nice vibe to it

rating

C

hannibal jester I Only Speak The Truth SINGLER REVIEW

New york city has also been home of some of the most controversial, most vicious, and most lyrical emcees in the underground scene. The one bad thing about this alot of rappers who fall in this catergory are unorignal and sound like other artist witch what happens to hannibal jester. By listing to this song you could here necro spitting this track, witch is actualyl a complement because this is deffintly a real lyrical effort. Hannibal spits about "popping grey goose in the club" "getting head while buzzed "catching vd" "havign chicks end up in a garbage pile "empting your valves" so you can tell hannibal isnt ment for the kids. with no hook this track is a 4 minute lyricaal assault mixed with some cleverly woven metaphors "im more fire than the calgary flames." oveall hannibal has heavy potential as a artist but when it comes to enjoyable to listen to it falls a little short but deffintly has alot of potential and will be brining you more on him in the future

rating

B

Initial - Questions single review

redlight has been one of the stronger forces in the lehigh valley hip-hop scene when it comes to bringing a real style of hip-hop to the local scene. The new track question by initial shows why red light productions is a force to wreckon with. Hip-hop has become taken over my backpack rappers and with the valley embracing this scene it shows that we have a few artist that can break into the mainstream media. The beat of this song brings a real positive laid back sound that you can just sit there and take in the lyrics on a serious note. Thats one thing most artist have a issue doing comping the right instrumentals needed for your message to come across. Initial brings some true qouestions most artist wanna know about "when my cd's over will you repeat or just toss it out on the cold streats" intial def takes his music seriously and it would hurt him if you did but he deffintly won't give up and the whole songs he trying to let his fans know what they think of him. I wish he would drop more music maybea album soon cus if i heard heard alot roe then him he would of been on the lv list cus intial si deffintly the most promisign new comer this year, and you deffintly need to check him out the scene needs more artist like him

rating

8.5 out of ten