1. Burn it Down
2. Death Before Dishonor
3. The Art of Flowing
4. Back to NY
5. Im Counting on You
6. Where it at?
7. You Was My Son
8. You fuckin Up My high
9. Yakoo Pt 2
10. Everyday Thug
11. $5 in Change
12. 12 Pounds and Ounces
13. Free Ray Long
Megalon is back at it again, riding again with the homie X-Ray who produces all of the album. Sadly X-Ray's production is much less effective here then it was on his past work with Mega, the beats dont really fit Mega's style in my opinion, that and to be completely honest I just flat out dont like the production on this that much, thats not to say its bad by any means, just somthing about it rubs me the wrong way.
Megalon is still nasty, his flow and lyrics are razor sharp and the album as a whole is put together much better, you'll notice it clocks in at a lean 13 tracks and doesnt overstay its welcome. The songwriting as a whole is strong and the concepts are what we've come to expect from him, his style is firmly grounded in the streets and his rapid-fire flow hasnt slowed a bit. Mega keeps things interesting on this by trying many different styles and rhythms, there's actually many times on the album where you're going to have trouble telling if its Tommy Gunn or not, it keeps things fresh and really sets it apart from his past works.
The only problem I have with this album is, as ive said before, the production does very little for me. The beats are solid, mega is fantastic, but the two just dont mesh as well as they should have. Had Mega had some better beats this could have easily been on par with his debut, as it is though its a step below, still worth checking though.
Overall - 3/5
2. Death Before Dishonor
3. The Art of Flowing
4. Back to NY
5. Im Counting on You
6. Where it at?
7. You Was My Son
8. You fuckin Up My high
9. Yakoo Pt 2
10. Everyday Thug
11. $5 in Change
12. 12 Pounds and Ounces
13. Free Ray Long
Megalon is back at it again, riding again with the homie X-Ray who produces all of the album. Sadly X-Ray's production is much less effective here then it was on his past work with Mega, the beats dont really fit Mega's style in my opinion, that and to be completely honest I just flat out dont like the production on this that much, thats not to say its bad by any means, just somthing about it rubs me the wrong way.
Megalon is still nasty, his flow and lyrics are razor sharp and the album as a whole is put together much better, you'll notice it clocks in at a lean 13 tracks and doesnt overstay its welcome. The songwriting as a whole is strong and the concepts are what we've come to expect from him, his style is firmly grounded in the streets and his rapid-fire flow hasnt slowed a bit. Mega keeps things interesting on this by trying many different styles and rhythms, there's actually many times on the album where you're going to have trouble telling if its Tommy Gunn or not, it keeps things fresh and really sets it apart from his past works.
The only problem I have with this album is, as ive said before, the production does very little for me. The beats are solid, mega is fantastic, but the two just dont mesh as well as they should have. Had Mega had some better beats this could have easily been on par with his debut, as it is though its a step below, still worth checking though.
Overall - 3/5
hmm, it seems I accidentally deleted the small section the the review I had about Ray Longs part on the album, well damm, might edit it in later.
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