Time has proven that groups as large as Wu-Tang come and go
solidifying the fact that Wu-Tang ain’t nothing to fuck with. YMCMB is the most
recent, everyone knows they’re a label but they tried to spin it as a group.
Now all we know is Nicki and Drake. The problem with groups is that one artist
can outshine the rest. Busta Rhymes was in Leaders of The New School, but
nobody remembers the other three members. Even with that groups continue to
form A$asp Mob, Black Hippy, Flatbush Zombies etc. Another group attempting to
break out is S.H.O.B. Mob, suspect homies on the block.
SHOB Mob is a group from North Carolina comprised of ten
different members all coming together to create music. I don’t really want to
do the Wu-Tang comparisons because I’m scared of Ghostface and Raekwon, but
I’ll do it anyway. SHOB Mob is similar to Wu-Tang in the fact that they’re all
so completely different and you wonder what they have in common. For instance,
you can have one guy come in and spit a verse about DMT and another follow it
up with a verse about his favorite anime followed by a verse about women. It’s
similar because with Wu-Tang you could get RZA spitting a verse about how he’s
a Sycamore Tree, Method Man with a verse about weed, ODB with a verse about
women and Inspectah Deck with a verse about anything.
The styles that contrast each other, sometimes heavily,
prevent SHOB from becoming stale. Sometimes it gets old hearing the same thing
over and over again. The problem with this is sometimes you stop and say "what does that have to do with anything?" Lyrically it's hit or miss on a lot of tracks. However, I'm going to go in the opposite direction of what I usually say. Lyrics don't really matter on a lot of this album.
The album is filled with a bunch of fast paced, high energy tracks. I wouldn't consider the album something you sit and ponder the meaning of life to. It's something you're going to party to or ride around with friends to. There's a few slow tracks but most of it is going to have you up and moving. That's why I don't think the lyrics matter much in the case of this album. he same goes for flows on the album. They're all pretty unique but nothing that stands out. Except, that last verse on "Robotussin," never do that again. Lyrically it wasn't bad, it's just the flow on that verse drove me crazy.
Production on the album is nice. Most of the tracks are able to flow without all sounding similar. This goes back to what I was saying earlier about there being a lot of up fast paced tracks. There's no solid theme to the album but again, I didn't expect there to be one. Sometimes sending a synopsis of your music can benefit you if you don't exaggerate and call yourself the second coming of Jesus. I'll go ahead and let the Mob explain why there's no theme.
My favorite tracks on the album are "God Like" and "OK2." Both are fast paced tracks that really get you energy going. It's not just the beats bringing energy to these tracks either. Everyone brought the A-Game and high octane verses. There's really nothing more to why I like the tracks, they just have the ability to fill you with energy.
The album is filled with a bunch of fast paced, high energy tracks. I wouldn't consider the album something you sit and ponder the meaning of life to. It's something you're going to party to or ride around with friends to. There's a few slow tracks but most of it is going to have you up and moving. That's why I don't think the lyrics matter much in the case of this album. he same goes for flows on the album. They're all pretty unique but nothing that stands out. Except, that last verse on "Robotussin," never do that again. Lyrically it wasn't bad, it's just the flow on that verse drove me crazy.
Production on the album is nice. Most of the tracks are able to flow without all sounding similar. This goes back to what I was saying earlier about there being a lot of up fast paced tracks. There's no solid theme to the album but again, I didn't expect there to be one. Sometimes sending a synopsis of your music can benefit you if you don't exaggerate and call yourself the second coming of Jesus. I'll go ahead and let the Mob explain why there's no theme.
My least favorite track is "Coldest Roads." I hate this song with a passion. It's not the lyrics, the flow the concept or anything like that. It's the instrumental. I've seriously reviewed at least four albums, EPs, or mixtapes with this exact same instrumental. I even used it for a while when I was hosting the Kage Summit podcast. Somehow this instrumental is becoming one of the most overused. I'm not joking either. Here's a link if you're interested in it. It's probably unfair to point this out but it's sort of how everyone is doing "Chiraq" freestyles now.I am going to mention before hand though (since I'm familiar with your grading system) that this is more of a compilation album then a story, so not all the tracks follow the same story, though they do have focal points.
My favorite tracks on the album are "God Like" and "OK2." Both are fast paced tracks that really get you energy going. It's not just the beats bringing energy to these tracks either. Everyone brought the A-Game and high octane verses. There's really nothing more to why I like the tracks, they just have the ability to fill you with energy.
- Lyricism- 6
- Flow-7
- Production-7
- Theme-N/A
- Replayability- 7
- Individuality- 8
Usually I link to twitter pages, but there's 10 members. The easiest way to keep up with new releases and shows is suspecthomies.com you'll find links to each members twitter page and soundcloud. If you want the group Soundcloud, you can click here.
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