DISC TWO:
1. I Love You But **** You
To me, this is probably the second best song of the disc. Third overall. It works so well to get the disc started and it works alone aswell. The beat is smooth, melodic and works well with his seamless flow. His chorus work is very well and the third verse packages up the song real nicely. He switches back and forth every four bars to talk about the reasons he loves her to the reasons why he says '**** her.' It works beautifully to show what the song is about. A woman that you have mixed feelings about.
2. One Good Time
The entire album could be horrible and I'd buy the album for this song alone. I can just completely relate to the point of this song. It talks about no matter what happens to Tech, he can't seem to let it out through crying. He even goes so far as to say that it's not about being tough, it just can't happen and it builds up inside of him. Friends have died, he's lost people close to him and had relationship struggles, but he holds it all in. He asks God for his chance to release that pain. BEAUTIFUL song. The beat is a VERY nice addition to the song.
3. Drill Team ft. Snug Brim, BG Bulletwound & Krizz Kaliko
Just not into the song that much. It's a standard posse cut. Though, nothing is abnormally wrong with the song, nothing is incredibly amazing about the track, either. It's essentially about how they are better than the rest. You get the idea.
4. Beat You Up ft. Lebowski, The Weapon & A Surprise Guest Feature
The song is EXACTLY what the title would lead you to think it's about. It's essentially a more grimey version of the posse cut. I happen to think both tracks could have been replaced or left off the album all together. At the very least, they could have been redone in the form of one song and focused the entire effort into one pool of thought. The beat has a nice sound, but on the rare occasion, even Tech can't save the song. Neither can Lebowski or the other featured artists.
5. Let's Go ft. Kutt calhoun & Mistah F.A.B.
I love the sound and beat to this track. It's a pretty hypnotic party track, with a much more lyrical feel than the main****** would have you feel is possible. The chorus sounds great and even more sick when the beat switches up for the flow. Both of the features hold up their end of the bargain and the track itself works very well in the process of the album, especially the second disc. It helps send the second collection in to the right direction again. In my opinion, anyway.
6. Why You Ain't Call Me
The beat is nice and reflective and the song helps point that out with Tech wondering about how his career got the point that it has. He seems greatful for his fortunate success, however he does reflect on the fact that a lot of main****** artist seem to shut out a very hot feature in Tech. It's a very interesting song in the sense that he's always been a main******-friendly underground artist. His name and attitude probably haven't helped and the great lyrics help explore that on this very well done song.
SUB-SECTION: T h e S e x t i o n
7. Seven Words ft. Skatterman & Krizz Kaliko
Just to get it out of the way, the seven words are 'love it when you suck my ****.' Lol. Now, the song is essentially a decent start to the section of the CD that lets out the Ninas more.... horny side. Not my favorite song, but playful and decent. The beat was decent and the song was done well enough.
8. The ***orcist (Infomercial) ft. Krizz Kaliko
The song has a playful R&B feel to it. The song has a very good helping of singing and Krizz does the majority of it. The beat helps set the mood and has a VERY hard R&B sound, which is rare to pull off. But the song manages to do so. It's essentially about them helping women let out the ***ual beast in themselves.
9. Killa Call (Skit)
Essentially a pointless skit, featuring Killa C.
10. Enjoy ft. Krizz Kaliko & Bosko
This song has a demonic/raunchy ***ual feel. Very thumping beat and the flow is decent by Tech. The song is good for what it is. If you're dancing in a club, and the mood is right, the song can get some serious grinding to go on.
11. Elbow Macaroni (Skit)
Once again, another pointless skit.
12. I Am Everything ft. Hed P.E. & Kottonmouth Kings
I love this track. Has a very solid rock sound to it. Even though I'm not particularly crazy about any of the features on this track, Tech and the beat aswell as the overall feel, save this track. Has a very slick sound, with a gritty feel to it. It's about them symbolizing that they are everything that you have experienced within your lifestyle, especially the negative. Slick track.
SUB-SECTION ENDS
13. Happy Ending
I LOVE this track. He opens up about himself and the track really tackles the issues closest to himself in an impressive fashion. It picks up where 'Suicide Letters' left off and the chorus really works perfectly with the sound and vibe of the track. Getting lyrically deep doesn't stop him from getting poetically deep. He even makes an effort to apologize for some wrongs he has committed. Very GREAT track.
14. Can't Shake It ft. Krizz Kaliko & Robert Rebeck
I love this sound. This is underground music with a very BIG sound. It sounds like it could be played for anyone, a fan of any genre. It's very nicely done. He has tremendous wordplay through out and the track really holds onto the point well. Perfect sound and vibe and Tech really flows beautifully. Lyrics are insane, subject is insane and the beat is very smooth. The featured artist hold their own, aswell.
15. Holier THan Thou ft. Krizz Kaliko & Strange Lane Choir
I like the sound of the song. The beat is very solid, as are the lyrics. It really has a good message if you get to the core of it. It helps contribute to the last portion of the second disc that is virtually my favorite portion of this release.
16. Last Words
He's essentially introducing himself, but on the last track. It has a feel of almost explaining himself for the album. Wonderfully done. I appreciate how the feel and the track come across. The beat has almost a menacing, running-out-of-time find of feel and the lyrics and flow work well together. Really mesh well. Very solid closer to a thought-out album.
OVERALL FEEL: I love the album. Like most double-albums, it suffers from the idea that if you chopped out the 'filler' and release just one disc, he's closer to the classic album that this albu is close to as is. Nonethless, as it stands, the album is amazing, regardless. Wonderful flow. I can say I truly love about 10 songs, and REALLY LIKE about another 10. I think the remaining songs are very solid, and I can only think of about two or three songs that I just don't like.
RATING: 4 out of 5.
FAVORITE SONG: One Good Time.
1. I Love You But **** You
To me, this is probably the second best song of the disc. Third overall. It works so well to get the disc started and it works alone aswell. The beat is smooth, melodic and works well with his seamless flow. His chorus work is very well and the third verse packages up the song real nicely. He switches back and forth every four bars to talk about the reasons he loves her to the reasons why he says '**** her.' It works beautifully to show what the song is about. A woman that you have mixed feelings about.
2. One Good Time
The entire album could be horrible and I'd buy the album for this song alone. I can just completely relate to the point of this song. It talks about no matter what happens to Tech, he can't seem to let it out through crying. He even goes so far as to say that it's not about being tough, it just can't happen and it builds up inside of him. Friends have died, he's lost people close to him and had relationship struggles, but he holds it all in. He asks God for his chance to release that pain. BEAUTIFUL song. The beat is a VERY nice addition to the song.
3. Drill Team ft. Snug Brim, BG Bulletwound & Krizz Kaliko
Just not into the song that much. It's a standard posse cut. Though, nothing is abnormally wrong with the song, nothing is incredibly amazing about the track, either. It's essentially about how they are better than the rest. You get the idea.
4. Beat You Up ft. Lebowski, The Weapon & A Surprise Guest Feature
The song is EXACTLY what the title would lead you to think it's about. It's essentially a more grimey version of the posse cut. I happen to think both tracks could have been replaced or left off the album all together. At the very least, they could have been redone in the form of one song and focused the entire effort into one pool of thought. The beat has a nice sound, but on the rare occasion, even Tech can't save the song. Neither can Lebowski or the other featured artists.
5. Let's Go ft. Kutt calhoun & Mistah F.A.B.
I love the sound and beat to this track. It's a pretty hypnotic party track, with a much more lyrical feel than the main****** would have you feel is possible. The chorus sounds great and even more sick when the beat switches up for the flow. Both of the features hold up their end of the bargain and the track itself works very well in the process of the album, especially the second disc. It helps send the second collection in to the right direction again. In my opinion, anyway.
6. Why You Ain't Call Me
The beat is nice and reflective and the song helps point that out with Tech wondering about how his career got the point that it has. He seems greatful for his fortunate success, however he does reflect on the fact that a lot of main****** artist seem to shut out a very hot feature in Tech. It's a very interesting song in the sense that he's always been a main******-friendly underground artist. His name and attitude probably haven't helped and the great lyrics help explore that on this very well done song.
SUB-SECTION: T h e S e x t i o n
7. Seven Words ft. Skatterman & Krizz Kaliko
Just to get it out of the way, the seven words are 'love it when you suck my ****.' Lol. Now, the song is essentially a decent start to the section of the CD that lets out the Ninas more.... horny side. Not my favorite song, but playful and decent. The beat was decent and the song was done well enough.
8. The ***orcist (Infomercial) ft. Krizz Kaliko
The song has a playful R&B feel to it. The song has a very good helping of singing and Krizz does the majority of it. The beat helps set the mood and has a VERY hard R&B sound, which is rare to pull off. But the song manages to do so. It's essentially about them helping women let out the ***ual beast in themselves.
9. Killa Call (Skit)
Essentially a pointless skit, featuring Killa C.
10. Enjoy ft. Krizz Kaliko & Bosko
This song has a demonic/raunchy ***ual feel. Very thumping beat and the flow is decent by Tech. The song is good for what it is. If you're dancing in a club, and the mood is right, the song can get some serious grinding to go on.
11. Elbow Macaroni (Skit)
Once again, another pointless skit.
12. I Am Everything ft. Hed P.E. & Kottonmouth Kings
I love this track. Has a very solid rock sound to it. Even though I'm not particularly crazy about any of the features on this track, Tech and the beat aswell as the overall feel, save this track. Has a very slick sound, with a gritty feel to it. It's about them symbolizing that they are everything that you have experienced within your lifestyle, especially the negative. Slick track.
SUB-SECTION ENDS
13. Happy Ending
I LOVE this track. He opens up about himself and the track really tackles the issues closest to himself in an impressive fashion. It picks up where 'Suicide Letters' left off and the chorus really works perfectly with the sound and vibe of the track. Getting lyrically deep doesn't stop him from getting poetically deep. He even makes an effort to apologize for some wrongs he has committed. Very GREAT track.
14. Can't Shake It ft. Krizz Kaliko & Robert Rebeck
I love this sound. This is underground music with a very BIG sound. It sounds like it could be played for anyone, a fan of any genre. It's very nicely done. He has tremendous wordplay through out and the track really holds onto the point well. Perfect sound and vibe and Tech really flows beautifully. Lyrics are insane, subject is insane and the beat is very smooth. The featured artist hold their own, aswell.
15. Holier THan Thou ft. Krizz Kaliko & Strange Lane Choir
I like the sound of the song. The beat is very solid, as are the lyrics. It really has a good message if you get to the core of it. It helps contribute to the last portion of the second disc that is virtually my favorite portion of this release.
16. Last Words
He's essentially introducing himself, but on the last track. It has a feel of almost explaining himself for the album. Wonderfully done. I appreciate how the feel and the track come across. The beat has almost a menacing, running-out-of-time find of feel and the lyrics and flow work well together. Really mesh well. Very solid closer to a thought-out album.
OVERALL FEEL: I love the album. Like most double-albums, it suffers from the idea that if you chopped out the 'filler' and release just one disc, he's closer to the classic album that this albu is close to as is. Nonethless, as it stands, the album is amazing, regardless. Wonderful flow. I can say I truly love about 10 songs, and REALLY LIKE about another 10. I think the remaining songs are very solid, and I can only think of about two or three songs that I just don't like.
RATING: 4 out of 5.
FAVORITE SONG: One Good Time.