Search - Shawty Lo :: Units in the City

What is this mess?

F. Arevalo | Richmond, VA USA | 03/06/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Who keeps giving out record deals to cats that can't flow and don't talk about anything at all worth hearing? He must be real good friends with Gucci Mane to get this shot, because I know of and heard plenty of artists that should've been signed over this dude. Some of the beats are not too bad, but they're wasted by probably the most annoying voice I ever heard on the mic. That song Dey Know actually is the only good song on this CD, and that ain't saying much. I know there is a market for everything and to each his own, but this guy is garbage straight up."

This is a good album

C. Marks | Atlanta, GA | 03/16/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I've listened to all kinds of rap, from Black Moon to A Tribe Called Quest, to the Pharcyde, to Spice One, to UNLV, to Goodie Mob, to Nas, to K Gates, to Lupe Fiasco, to Little Brother, to Common Sense, to Mac and everything inbetween. I'm not one of these new comers who just started listening to rap five years ago and now pretends to be a rap expert. I've been listening to rap for 26 years (I'm 26 years old). Plus, I listen to other genres of music, including artists such as Bebel Gilberto, Goldfrapp, Air, Royksopp, Massive Attack, Zero 7, Phillippe Saise, Norman Brown, Smashing Pumpkins, Elaine Elias, Fleetwood Mac, The Emotions, Atlantic Starr, Donny Hathaway etc etc.



That being said, this Units In The City is a good album. I'm sick and tired of rap snobs and wannabe rap experts hollering and crying about lyrics. I've got news for you guys, the first rappers were not spitting out complex similies (sp) and metaphors. Whether you like it or not, they were nursery rhyme raps. Yes, rap has advanced (as it should) and lyrics have become more complex and substantive. However, rap is art and there are different types of art. There's the complex stuff and then there's the straightforward, simple stuff and there's nothing wrong with either, they're just different. All rappers don't have to be the same and all rappers don't have to come with thesaraus raps. We need the simple rappers and the complex rappers and everything in between to make rap enjoyable and I can appreciate all forms (if it's good). HOWEVER, my only critisizm of Shawty Lo and other rappers such as Young Jeezy is that they glamorize selling dope and breaking the law, which can be disastrous for our increasingly impressionable youth."

CD sucks

J. Godwin | 03/17/2008

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Worst CD i've bought in a long time an I buy a lot of CD's. To save you the time, here's whats up with this cd. Shawty Lo is a wanna be Young Jeezy, which he proves with songs like "Let's Get It". His voice is too low and raspy to even hear if you have any bass in your car. Dey Know is a good song but you can just turn on the radio to here that. Don't buy it, it sucks, hopefully Shawty Lo will never make another album again."