tonez return to happyland ALBUM REVIEW

T-O-N-E-Z has been making some magor moves in the last year, getting nominating for a emmy "best song from a tv show for long hard times" inking a record deal with warner brothers, and releases critcally aclaimed projects back to back. Putting his side project gangstaagrass on hold for a moment to release his latest solo album return to happyland where it shows returning to the deep, dark, gangsta real life style that tonez got regonization for in the first place. The album starts off on a huge high note with the haunting track the mirror that is both deep and lyrical, showing tonez rapping as your concious talking to you about how u percieve yourself adn how u realy are. This track is both creative and lyrical and shows tonez having grown into a real lyricist. the album stays on the same pace with the next track the need. "i need to keep my mind focused thoughts that i have will have the devil proud to quit this, i though sucess would cure my pain but sucess made me a scape scote for everyone else to blame" tonez starts off with the truth every rapper says that the music industry will bring more pain than joy but emcees need to find that for yourself, and in tonez case it may have worked for the better. With the whole album, having haunting samples and a deep emotional mood reminsant though the whole album. Spitting vivid lines that let you feel your in his mind. "music is my therapy i bond with the melody" lets you see first hand my one verse that his life has changed alot since sucess came he went form partying to darker tracks everywhere on this album , witch must mean that his road to sucess has been a bumby one, but he deffintly shows no time of slowing down. He lets his pain out and pretty much makes it known that if the music industry gets to hard he'll go back to hustling on the track the streets is all i know shows this "take the homie out the hood but never the hood out of the homie" its nice to listen and see the artist growth though a whole album, and tonez deffinlty shows he matured alot this album is therapy for anyone going though alot of shit cus everyone should be able to relate to this album

rating

A+