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Baller Blockin'
Listen to Baller Blockin' at Cash Money Records
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Listen to Baller Blockin' at Cash Money Records
Atlanta has blown up in the hip-hop industry and one of the main reasons why the dirty south has made a name for itself is the Cash Money Crew. Still, while I have heard of most of their songs, I can't tell who's who in the group. There's Lil' Wayne, Big Tymers, and more. They all sound the same, their CD covers look the same and they represent the same clique. I only have so much money so I need to sort out the good from the bad and spend my money wisely. The new album Baller Blockin' features the whole Cash Money Millionaires group at their best. Now I finally can get to the bottom of this.
This CD starts off with a nonsensical introduction about what it is to be a Baller Blocker. It sucked, but then the CD picks up right away the title track. Why you blockin' us/ balla blackin us/you n***s can keep trying/ain't no stopping us. This song is funny, catchy and 
features a great hook and good music. Baby and Turk do a fine job on this CD, but Juvenile shows why if you buy one Cash Money Crew CD, it should be his. He continues this trend with the song, Rover Truck, Everyday you see a phat ass shootout/for a minute/It ain't the projects, It's the n***a that's up in it.
TThis is some classic Juvenile music, but it only gets better when Juvenile is joined by Lil' Wayne and the Big Tymers in the track Project Bitch. This song also pushes Lil' Wayne and the Big Tymers as must buy artists. The beat sounds like a march. It's really phat. I can't explain it in words, by everything with this song follows the old style beat, making this my favorite song on the CD. Give me a project bitch. Give me a hood rat chick/One that don't give a f**k/and says that she took that d**k. This is all done to the catchy beat that I just can't say enough about. I don't know why I love it so much, but I do. Must be the writing-Excellent.
However, the Big Tymers and Lil' Wayne fail later attempts, as do a lot of the other rappers on this CD. The biggest surprise on this CD is how bad Nas is compared to his other works. His guest appearance is not as earth shattering as it should be. He does well, but it failed my expectation. He doesn't help his partners, The Bravehearts, in the song at all.
An even bigger surprise is Unplugged. Who knew the Cash Money Millionaires could hold it down R & B style? On both Don't Cry and I Don't Know, features some wonderful harmony, and excellent words. I almost shed a tear. These guys will have a future in the industry.
One star that I though would be big in the industry, fails to end this CD off properly. Rappin' 4 Tay was great on the Dangerous Minds Soundtrack, and I was happy to see his name on Baller Blockin', I was disappointed to hear his song. Not a great way to end a pretty good CD. But I still recommend Baller Blockin' to anyone out there as I also do with any CD by Juvenile and Unplugged. BLING, BLING BABY!