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Jeru The Damaja – Wrath of The Math has to be the most underrated album in Hip Hop/Rap history! In fact, Wrath of The Math was more overlooked than Jeru’s debut album from 1995. DJ Premiere’s dope production skills are all over this album from start to finish as he was on Jeru’s debut album. DJ Premiere was at a high point in the 90s and early 00s. It has that dope 90s sound to it because nearly all the tracks are sample crazy as a lot Hip Hop/Rap albums were in the 80s and 90s. Unsurprisingly the album is sample crazy as lot were during that era. Wrath of The Math picks up where Jeru left off on his first album. This album was blazing hot as the last one was as there are no filler tracks and no filler material. You don’t get albums like this anymore!

The title track discusses the power and influence the mind has on you or the power and influence you have over it. Let us now discuss the mental attitude. The mental state must always stay calm. You must let nothing move you be it good or bad. You have the power to form and shape. So now witness the wrath of the math.

In the song Scientifical Madness, Jeru uses scientific comparisons and metaphors to twist the meaning of this line into a double entendre talking both about songwriting ability and literal science. Jeru’s lyrical ability is so intellectual to the point of being considered scientific. The song can be described as being self-scientific.

Jeru explains how he is not your average nigga on Average Nigga. He is not your average nigga when it comes to dealing with these chicks. He explained his experiences in dealing with different women and his experiences of being in different types of relationships. Yo these honeys be on some shit for real.

Jeru met this honey named Yolanda. You would not believe the things that he told her. She had potential. People would usually see Jeru and Yolanda around town. She had this way that was so sexy. Her rear end was just so nice and juicy. Every time he think about it makes him woozy. Plus a mind that you would not believe.

Jeru and Yolanda dragged their feet on the concept of them both dating together and being on a date together. They waited and waited. Jeru started to wonder if he would ever get in with the invitation. Finally the invitation was extended. With that, he said “Mi casa es su casa” and “Meet me at my pad tomorrow about six o’clock”. There was no question by the next day they were kissing and caressing each other.

Before long, they start to undress. With that he pulls out a pack of condoms. She looks him dead in the eye and says “What’s that?” Jeru said, “Don’t tell me you don’t know what condoms is for.” She says, “Yeah, but the average nigga’ll love to hit it raw.” Jeru tells Yolanda, “I’m not your average nigga.”

Jeru met this honey named Tamika at The Tunnel in New York City, New York. He got her name and number. His intentions were more than just to fuck her. He said, “Girlfriend, I just wonder. Could you come home with me?” She responded with the quickness by saying yes and complying with his demand. He said, “Girlfriend, I just wonder. Could you come home with me?” She responded with the quickness by saying yes and complying with his demand.

They discussed the place of their meeting when they planned to hook up the following weekend. Tamika said, “Come to my projects. Sometimes niggas be buggin. But I got mad respect.” So like a dummy, he went to scoop up this young honey. Gassed up by the fat ass and flat tummy.

But when he rolled up, it started to look just like a set-up. Now he is mad hot. But he played it cool this time. He recognized one nigga he used to run with in high school. Jeru asked he knew the whereabouts of Tamika. He said, “Yeah I know the whore.” Jeru got on the elevator with him and he led Jeru to her door. When he rung the bell, she was mad surprised. She flung the door wide open with a wild look in her eyes. Then Jeru told Tamika, “Girlfriend, I’m not your average nigga.”

Jeru met this honey named Sabrina. He thought that this time this one would be the Queen of his dreams. But you know how that goes.

One day he was outside her door and they were talking about how her ex-boyfriend was stalking her. She said she thought she saw him when they were walking. Jeru told her, “Don’t worry about it. Put that shit on the side and slide up in the crib. Don’t sweat it, he’s probably just rappin’.” She’s still shook up about what happened. She said, “Little do you know. Last week he threw a brick threw my bedroom window.” Jeru downplays the situation and doubts her by telling her, “Whatever, I don’t think he’s that crazy.” She said, “You never, know where he may be.”

Then all of a sudden out of nowhere, the crazy motherfucker jumped out on Jeru. Jeru made him melt with a blow to the head. Before he bounced, this is what he said, “Yo, I’m not your average nigga.”

I rate this album 4/5****!

The album Mac Dre – Thizzelle Washington is filled with the tongue-in-cheek humor with a certain degree of attitude in happy-go-lucky humor. This album is quite brehsive! Every track is a banger and worthy of playing. No song is worth skipping. This album will leave an everlasting effect into your life. Bay Area legends such as Yukmouth, Rydah J. Klyde, Dubee, and Chuck Beez make guest appearances. Thizzelle Washington was released in 2004 on Thizz of course. Now the 2004 version of this album has additional bonus tracks.

Monday thru Sunday is about how Mac Dre promotes the Thizz lifestyle of prostitution, paraphernalia, music, and unemployment. All that good shit! What could be more gangsta than smoking reefer during the morning in the Bay Area in Vallejo, Cali? Now that’s Thizz!

You can catch the almighty versatile mack Andre Hicks at doing everything from fly fishing to badminton when he is hitting that ass from here to Hong Kong. Floss too hard a nigga might pull up on ya.

Here is what Mac Dre does from Monday thru Sunday. On Monday, Mac Dre is politicking through the ghetto. On Tuesday, he is sitting backseat with mommies and Amaretto. On Wednesday, it’s pimping hookers in stilettos. On Thursday, he will probably swoop looking for that hello. On Friday, he is at a throwback with his fellows. On Saturday, he is off in the club spending dinero. On Sunday, he is out in traffic to the pedal. He spends 7 days a week out on these streets. He just can’t let go.

Mac Dre is fresh dressed like a skrillion bucks as he comes through mashing and dipping an old school car with mouth full of jewels. He lives the life of a Northern California rap star. Many concert house parties in the backyard.

Mac Dre’s rhyming is on point like always. Just read these lyrics. “I eat a nigga like jello/Play a bitch like cello/I’m the kind of fellow that will “yee” instead of “hello”/I do it acapello, or in the mix”

And these lyrics also.

When I’m ass hitting, I’m in it like a thong
Old school like pong, sav like Donkey Kong
Eat a thing long, a crustacean
Grew up with Sisters, heinas, Asians and Caucasians
I stay blazing, nothing but the best
Oh, where I’m from? Bitch, the Crest
The wild wild west, California

Thizzle Dance is one of the many original dances created and developed by Mac Dre when he was living the thizz lifestyle. Thizzle Dance is an example of a song from the Bay Area’s hyphy movement.

Hello everybody. Hi. I’d like to introduce you to the Thizzle Dance? Thizzle Dance I said. Can you do the Thizzle Dance? Fuck the Harlem Shake, this is the Thizzle Dance! Come on everybody! Now’s the chance! Bounce to the beat until it starts to hurt. Dip to the ground as you catch the bass. You can’t do the Thizz Dance unless you’re pillin it.

The song Stuart Littles is about gaining monetary profits from drug distributing on the mean streets while trying to make it out the hood without getting killed or indicted in the process. The twangy outlaw country guitar adds to that Wild West sound of this track. The song is a little bit of country rap mixed with that hyphy sound. Stuart Littles is dedicated to the freaks, females, hustlers, and drug distributors out there in the Bay Area.

Professionals on the roll start acting like amateurs. War in the street is the only way the beef is settled. Young monsters with no guilty conscience. You better watch it and proceed with caution. Mac Dre is never seen talking to 5-0 or giving away clues. That is why you can read about him running from 5-0 on the news. Since little league ball days that bitches would call Dre.

Boss Tycoon is about how Mac Dre ran the Thizz scene like a boss. Money is no object for him. He’s a boss with it. He was known as a cut-throat hustler to the underground. This is a pure gangsta track. Let me put it that way.

The Mac named Dre is autobiographical track that needs no long explanation as the song is pretty much self-explanatory itself. It’s about why Mac Dre is The Mac. Let me put it that way. This track was a dedication to long deceased Bay Area rapper The Mac.

I rate this album 5/5*****!!

For those who don’t know, KING DAV$D was once known as The Green Eyes. The same The Green Eyes who dropped Planet of The Southeast and Something To Bop To in the 1980s and 1990s. The Green Eyes is a well reputed and respected OG from Southeast San Diego, California. KING DAV$D has witnessed first hand the horrors of the gang lifestyle from being shot to serving a stint in prison. He has witnessed driveby’s, genocide, homicide, and drugs. The former Lincoln Park Blood gang member is now on a mission to bring peace to the inner cities of United States of America.

After serving a stint in prison for living that life, he found Jesus Christ. The Green Eyes (KING DAV$D) has been working with Rebel Genius in a leadership position as he has been holding weekly bible studies for the Rebel Genius team. He is now signed to Rebel Genius Records. The Green Eyes has returned as KING DAV$D!

The Green Eyes (KING DAV$D) is known for his uncut authenticity and his passion for people. War in Heaven is a breath of fresh air to the Christian Rap community for 2016. This album is from a renewed perspective of KING DAV$D as he has found his calling. War In Heaven is an album designed to uplift, challenge, inspire, praise, and encourage the listener.

KING DAV$D touches perspective on spiritual warfare with his first single “War & Heaven”. Spiritual warfare is a real topic that is rarely talked about. That’s why KING DAV$D calls to attention the listeners. War & Heaven brings discernment to the reality concerning the biblical spiritual civil war fought between angels and demons and his majestic majesty King Jesus Christ Vs. Satan. This war spills into this world. Where the prize on both sides is the human soul.

Youth Soldier is about lifestyles that are prevalent in gangs. This is where pastors get it wrong when they say gangs don’t love you … there is a love in Satan’s kingdom. There’s even an order. This militant order is what attracted him to become a first generation Lincoln Park Blood member.

I rate this album 5/5*****!!

Funk meets rap on Mistery – Rollin Wit Tha Funk. That is why you can hear that raw uncut Dago Funk in this single. San Diego, California producer Frank Z was responsible for the raw Dago Funk you hear on this single. Mistery co produced this single as well. Mistery and Frank Z produced a huge majority of this single for the record. George Clinton and Zapp samples can be heard throughout the single. Executive producers for this single were Cisum Records A & R Al Thornton, Howard Lynch, Aaron Clark, and John Ferguson. DJ GLE mixed the single.

Funk meets rap on Rollin Wit Tha Funk. That is why you can hear that raw uncut Dago Funk in the track as Rollin Wit Tha Funk samples George Clinton – Atomic Dog and Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce. By incorporating these songs into this track, they procreated a funk rap melody. Of course anyone can sample More Bounce To The Ounce by Zapp and Atomic Dog by George Clinton. A vocoder is used on Rollin Wit Tha Funk.

Executive producers for this song were Cisum Records A & R Al Thornton, Howard Lynch, Aaron Clark, and John Ferguson. DJ GLE mixed the song. Mistery and Frank Z produced a huge majority of this song for the record. The bass is so loud it puts humps in the sidewalk.

A music video for Rollin Wit Tha Funk was aired on Rap City and BET Television back in 1993. Radio station Z90 played this all day back in the day.

Frank Z brings out the funk at the very beginning of Rollin Wit Tha Funk. It’s a trunk jam. Mistery is driving all the fly girls nuts. Mistery is nothing but a player. He’s hanging out with the homies so he is protected by carrying a strap (gun weapon). Mistery explains he’s unreadable and harder to kill than Steven Segal.

Freaks want to sit in his lap as he writes/composes raps. When Mistery lets off a round of bullets, no one runs up on him. He stays true to the homies. Mistery came with an OG flow for 1993. He dedicated to the streets with a funky sound. He claims Rollin Wit Tha Funk is a perfect jam to play in the park.

Mistery and Frank Z produced 9MM. Executive producers for this song were Cisum Records A & R Al Thornton, Howard Lynch, Aaron Clark, and John Ferguson. Gangsta rap meets funk rap on 9MM. 9MM samples George Clinton – Atomic Dog and Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce.

9MM takes shots the underground. It’s a gangsta rap freestyle at that. When Mistery lets off a round of bullets, no one runs up on him. He was a young nigga fucked up from the bud and from the gin. He stays protected by carrying a strap (gun weapon).

An auto theft is committed here. Mistery sees someone get out of their vehicle. So now he is creeping on a come up. He is strapped with a 9MM. Without a gun, you’ll get baffled every time. Get yourself a glock and you’ll be fine. That is what Mistery wants you to do. Mistery breaks them off something funky. Especially with a couple of shots from a 9MM handgun! If anyone runs up he’ll put a round of bullets in them.

On verse 3 Mistery talks about a couple of motherfuckers from his city. When he is around they are on his dick trying to fake it, but behind his back they talk negative about him. Mistery ain’t going out a like a punk. At all! They’ve been all on his dick since Rollin Wit Tha Funk came out.

I rate this single 5/5*****!!

Dream Warriors – The Movie is a unique Canadian rap and Canadian hip hop album with a boombastic jazz style that cannot be replicated by anyone. You can’t duplicate their greatness! The quartet from Toronto, Canada managed to break down all barriers and boundaries musically with this album by incorporating many styles of jazz such as acid jazz and post-bop. The album is sample crazy as all 90s rap and hip hop albums are.

“The Movie” album was issued as a cassette single album that was packaged as a full length album by Island Records in 1994 to be sent to radio stations in Canada, Europe, and the United States. “The Movie” was only issued on cassette and was also given free with a copy of Select magazine for a limited time. Now there are unreleased songs such as I Might Freestyle But My Style Ain’t For Free, The Elements Of Broken Communication, Visions Of The Dream, Handle The Dangle, and Wouldn’t Wanna Be Ya. No, their album “The Movie” is not a collection of hit singles and songs from their 1990s albums as some would believe.

Now “The Movie” album was the precursor to the Subliminal Stimulation album. The original title of “Subliminal Stimulation” was called “The Movie”. However Dream Warriors decided to change of their album to “Subliminal Stimulation” to avoid any confusion(s) that may or would have occurred and to avoid disambiguation. The quartet decided to change the album title to be relevant and become more successful in the music industry as the “Subliminal Stimulation” which obviously worked because that album was a moderate success with some singles that hit the Billboard Charts.

Very Easy To Assemble was inspired by the saying “very easy to assemble but hard to take apart”. There many staccato notes used throughout the song over an upbeat tempo. Very Easy To Assemble can be found on the B-side of the single Ludi and “The Movie” album was issued as a cassette single album that was packaged as a full length album.

Very Easy To Assemble was a minor hit which featured jazz legend known the late Mr. Slim Gaillard scatting over the top. Slim Gaillard died the year after making this. This song was the last recording he made.

I’ve Lost My Ignorance is actually a remix version of I’ve Lost my Ignorance (and don’t know where to find it) that was culled from the album, The Rebirth Of Cool Volume 1, which was released in 1992. “Exclusive to this compilation this meeting of raps brave new souls was recorded in London, and later given this smooth-tough remix by Tim Bran. Guru and King Lou take the abstract track.”

These lyrics are quite advanced for a jazz rap song from 1992.

I venture through darkness with power eclipse
Soul for my guidance my conscience equipped
Opens my thought my neighborhood compels me
The contract swells the head
I feed on my own so here we go into a cool down
The fool found a sound but there’s not enough to go around
So we searchers and searchers we searches in ignorance
The outcome of distortion is the evidence
Pre-dominant pre-dominance is how I stand
Phenomenon one phenomenon two (come come)
I seek and I prosper my journey is endless
Keen is my eye sight analyze
Reality fantasy fantasize

I’ve lost my ignorance and don’t know where to find it
So I search (search) furiously
I’ve lost my ignorance and don’t know where to find it
Yet I search (search) furiously

The quartet from Toronto, Canada managed to break down all barriers and boundaries culturally, socially, and politically on Break The Stereo. Their goal and intention of the song is breakdown all stereotypes. They also manage to break all stereo barriers. In a land of stereo, there are many type of audio. Dream Warriors were pioneers in Canadian rap and Canadian hip hop with this song.

It’s A Project Thing uses a cool little touch of jazz. The song is a goodie and a hidden gem from the Golden Age of hip hop/rap. DJ Premier and DJ Luv (LA Luv) kill the song with their versatile drum production. You can’t go wrong with DJ Premier.

One More Cassette In The Jazz Room is a beautiful prestigious example of pristine jazz rap from the Golden Age of hip hop/rap. The production is clear as there is hardly any static or pops in the production. That piano is absolutely infectious and catchy. Now that sublime French horn ensemble makes the song even more beautiful. One More Cassette In The Jazz Room relies heavily on the interpolation of “Take Five” by The Dave Brubeck Quartet.

I rate this album 5/5*****!

Planet Of The Southeast was released on New Style Records and Lite Album in 1992. Most hip hop heads, rap heads, and old heads from Southeast San Diego are very familiar with this Planet Of The Southeast album that came out on cassette. The sounds of SESD rap are funky and raw. Old school hip hop and old school rap meet funk music and dance. Also old school hip hop and old school rap meet gangsta rap of the 1990s era. Jazz meets Oldies and funk as well. The Green Eyes is a well reputed and respected OG from Southeast San Diego, California with the singles Savor The Flavor and Something To Bop To for this album.

Most of the tracks on Planet Of The Southeast are described and considered as dance music/rap tracks. They are what is considered and called neighborhood music in San Diego, California. Neighborhood music never gets old. It’s timeless. If you are a hip hop head, then you will enjoy this album. You see, The Green Eyes is an OG in the San Diego Rap scene along with DJ Candyman & Superslim, Big June, Black Mikey, Soulful Ernie, Cricet, DJ GIL, Bulldog, DJ Len C, LOD, and Silhouette. The Green Eyes has had a couple of cassettes out since the 80s and 90s.

Car Hoppers is dedicated to them Gs in their lowriders. Car Hoppers is another funky San Diego rap track filled with raw funk. The track Car Hoppers is an SESD rap classic known among old heads and OGs from the old school. Funk meets rap on Car Hoppers.

Planet Of The Southeast is laced with an Oldies Jazz sample coming with that San Diego funkiness. Take notice of the Oldies sample used on this track. That’s where San Diego’s funkiness comes from. The Green Eyes is known for his uncut authenticity and passion for rap. ”

The Green Eyes raps about the everyday life in Southeast San Diego on the track Planet Of The Southeast. He breaks it down for the Gs in the 1990s. The Green Eyes doesn’t play around with his raps. You get a slight introduction to the life he was living on Planet Of The Southeast. In 1991, The Green Eyes was escaping a federal indictment. In the early 90’s, San Diego’s gang culture was at an all time high.

Savor The Flavor is an upbeat funky rap track. The Green Eyes breaks downs and describes the rap music genre in his own words on Savor The Flavor. Rap is an art as The Green Eyes describes the rap music genre in his own words. Rap to him is considered art.

The Green Eyes breaks downs and describes his rapping techniques on Savor The Flavor. How many can really flow? The Green Eyes also raps about he does not receive any radioplay on the airwaves. This obviously upsets The Green Eyes. Rap is an art as The Green Eyes describes the rap music genre in his own words. Rap to him is considered art. The Green Eyes is known for his passion in rap. However The Green Eyes is not a battle rapper. You have to have lyrics as the trick of rap is located in the music.

In San Diego, California, US, The Green Eyes regarded as a poet. In San Diego, The Green Eyes status as a poet is regarded highly as a king. He was the ruler of the San Diego Hip Hop/Rap scene at one time from the 1980s to the 1990s. The Green Eyes has been challenged by many different poets to go line for line to see who’s lyrics are the coldest. But in every battle, you find that there’s a weakness. You need to have lyrics to get your points across. The Green Eyes is known for his uncut authenticity. Many artists want be like The Green Eyes so they copy off his style and bite his flow.

Something To Bop To is a funky rap melody track. The track itself is obviously a dance track. The track Something To Bop To is for those car hoppers in their low riders. Something To Bop To is a timeless well known Southeast San Diego rap classic in its own rightful way.

Mix funk, rap, hip hop, soul, R&B, dance, Blues, Jazz, and lounge music and have the result of the track Something To Bop To. Something To Bop To is a funky rap melody track. The track itself is obviously a dance track. The Green Eyes was inspired by the genres of hip hop/rap, R&B/soul, and dance when he composed this track. That’s clearly why dance and rap are the most prevalent genres on this particular track.

Something To Bop To was made to be a dance melody and a dance track as well. That’s why we hear the dance music genre on this particular track and that is why the dance music genre is the most prevalent here. The upbeat tempo, percussion, dance music, and funky sounds are what made Something To Bop To to be a dance track. Cleary The Green Eyes was inspired by the dance music genre when composing Something To Bop To.

The Green Eyes details how the struggle is on in Southeast San Diego. The Green Eyes details life about the struggle in rap. Samples used on the track The Struggle Is On by The Green Eyes are George Clinton – Atomic Dog and Zapp – More Bounce To The Ounce. A Jimi Hendrix sample is used laced on the hook.

Here we are on a Friday night with The Green Eyes. So now he swoops to his set to gain financial compensation (get some cash), talk shit, and kick some ass. His homeboy Burger suddenly pulls up in his great Cadillac. He had a fly ass bitch with him.

Cult following comes with the package. It come with the territory when you’re rich as The Green Eyes puts it. 30 seconds into the track and The Green Eyes describes his past criminal lifestyle. The ghetto is a trip on how things are changing especially when it comes to gangbanging. As fast as you come up is as fast you’re falling down. San Diego is a city where a street soldier must stay strong because where The Green Eyes is from, the struggle is on. (Southeast San Diego, California is what The Green Eyes describes as the Southeast Planet.)

On the hook, The Green Eyes gets into the concepts of his raps. The concepts of his raps are gangsta rap and old school rap. “If you’re going to be a soldier in these streets, stay down for yours. If not, then get out of the game.” These are The Green Eyes suggestions.

When crack began an epidemic drug problem that swept the nation of the United States, a lot of drug dealers came up. As fast as you come up is as fast you’re falling down. As fast as you rise up to powered influence in the drug ring, you fall down and face a decline in drug sales. Burglary and auto theft is common in the ghetto. The Green Eyes is so immaculate as he is from the old school.

I rate this album 5/5*****!!

Alexandra Stan – Saxobeats is one of the lesser known electro swing albums from 2011 that is dance and pop oriented tracks. However this electro swing album is more pop oriented than it is jazz influenced. If you were looking for an album that should relied on jazz and electronic production for musical backing, then this is not the album for you. However the production is quite amazing since a majority of her album is filled with modern electronic production. But there’s hardly any jazz at all. Just electronic and pop.

Ironically the song Mr. Saxobeat is not heavily backed by a saxophone ensemble but is backed by posh modern electronic production and uptempo rhythms. However the song follows the uptempo upbeat rhythm electro swing has. A faint saxophone riff drives the track. The saxophone riff which drives the track can be hardly heard.

Alexandra sings about a man named Mr. Saxobeat whom she is attracted to and sings about the the way he makes her move on her song Mr. Saxobeat.

Mr. Saxobeat makes her dance and makes her move like a freak. He brings her up and down. Mr. Saxobeat is the one Alexandra needs. He is the one she wants to be with. He plays it sweet due to the sweetness in his style.

Bitter Sweet is a bittersweet love song that is filled with love and denial. In this song, Alexandra explains how her man is making her sick with a bittersweet love even though she can feel his genuine love. The song uses generic 2010s style electronic production with a poppish sound.

Alexandra can feel her man’s genuine love. But her man is making her sick with a bittersweet love. As for Alexandra, she is like a bittersweet pie filled with love and denial. When he is not around, everything goes down. Everything goes wrong with her. Yet Alexandra thinks she is better off without him. Her man is like a bittersweet pie. But he is with cream and the cherry top lie.

I rate this album 3/5***.