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Willie the Kid
Absolute Greatness
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. Thang Back - Willie the Kid, Cannon, D.
2. Long Live the Prince - Willie the Kid, Jackson, W.
3. Coogi Down - Willie the Kid, Holebrook, K.
4. Pressure - Willie the Kid, Harr, A.
5. You - Willie the Kid, Jackson, W.
6. Love for Money - Willie the Kid, Davis, R.
7. We Get Down - Willie the Kid, Jackson, L.
8. Splendid! - Willie the Kid, Jackson, W.
9. The W - Willie the Kid, Dais, J.
10. Let Em Know - Willie the Kid, Jackson, L.
11. When the Lights Darken - Willie the Kid, Jackson, W.
12. What They Wanna Hear - Willie the Kid, Cannon, D.
13. Driven. - Willie the Kid, Agee, R.

CD Details

All Artists: Willie the Kid
Title: Absolute Greatness
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Asylum Records
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 9/30/2008
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Style: Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 075597987287

Synopsis

Album Description

Explicit Version. Drama presents Willie The Kid with his 2008 album, Absolute Greatness. Willie The Kid's is first single'Love for the Money'. Picture the future of street music and the coming of urban culture led by an artist who was born to do it; a messiah destined to recharge and accelerate the pulse of Rap music. Inspired by the essence of the craft, Willie the Kid is that artist. Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, his is not the typical Rapper's tale. Located two hours West and East of Detroit and Chicago respectively, West Michigan didn't have much to offer in the early 1980s. Like many urban areas, it offered underprivileged African-American people nothing but the stark contrast between their lives and that of their upper class counterparts. With limited outlets for the urban youth, fast money became the common alternative.

CD Reviews

Aphiliates Got A Hot Spitter

Marlin K. Tisdale Jr. | Wichita, KS USA | 05/27/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"When I first heard Willie the Kid was on the mixtape with him and his brother La the Darkman called "Dead Presidents" I thought homie was cool until he released his mixtape "The Day the Game Changed" which really won me over and since then I've been a big fan. With Drama and the Aphiliates first artist released I was impressed with the results. Willie reminds me a lot of Lupe but more street savvy, delivery is on point and he's nice with the punchlines when he's not trying to over complicate them. The production on the album is solid throughout, there's only one song which i don't care for and that's Coogi Down. Everything else is hot or at least cool enough to listen thru. I can't say there are any songs that really standout but it's a great listen all the way thru. They mentioned this was just a pre-album so hopefully they cooking up his true debut to be something more epic but overall good album"

The long awaited debut of Willie the Kid

Corey A. Woods | Little Rock | 10/11/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I first caught on to Willie the Kid when I heard him on DJ Drama's Gangsta Grillz album and I was more than impressed with his lyrical word play. He reminds me of Lupe Fiasco in a way and that's not a bad thing at all if you know Lupe. Now with Absolute Greatness you have something close to a classic. I'm rockin' with him til the end."