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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Viva La Revolución, 26 Jun 2008
The 3rd World is good. Very good. Infact very, very good. I'm glad that I went to the trouble to get this imported from Viper Records. I was initially worried by the following 2 things: I'd heard that the beats weren't as good as Vol. 2. and I felt that Immortal could never make an album that could match the standard set by Vol. 2. But I can safely say that neither of these things are true. The beats are amazing and are the best that i've heard Tech spit over, complimenting him perfectly.
Lyric-wise Tech has really stepped his game up for this release, I can feel an intensification in the politicisation and raw energy of the album. He spits heat. There's a high level of consistency and flow throughout, so much so that Tech keeps you entranced from Track 1-16 without a skip or a pause.
Guest spots are also perfect with some underground legends(IMO) present. Crooked I spits an amazing verse, he never disappoints. Immense. Fingers crossed he gets BOSS out. Chino also drops heat and the other guests are well-chosen and are pretty appropriate as a continuation of the overall message and context of the album. Diabolic, Ras Kass, Mojo, PsychoRealm, Sick Symphonies, Poison Pen, Swave Sevah, Maya Azucena. I dont know why Akir isnt on here tho, anyone fill me in?
Overall no doubt in my mind, a 5-star album. I feel that Tech has really fulfilled his potential on this release and that it sits among the following: Revolutionary Vol.2, Sabacalypse, Crooked I - Young Boss Vol.2. If only these guys got the credit and popularity that they deserve....
Just one question; why didnt Tech spit over Track 10 - Open Your Eyes?! What a beat.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic, 3 Aug 2008
This album is amazing, i can only think of two other albums in which every track is brilliant, that's Revolutionary Volume One and Two
No Fillers, No Singles No Rubbish just 15 brilliant tracks.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
4.5 stars, better than vol 1. not quite as good as vol 2., 28 Sep 2008
Pros:
- If you're an IT fan it's a pro that he doesn't change his style of delivery or style of content for this album, more of what you're used to
- So yeah, not many can match the sheer ferocity of IT's delivery, he could probably make a nursery rhyme sound threatening and hard core.
- Some fresh beats, I especially love the grimy mood set by Death March, and the hidden track Rebel Arms at the end.
- Again, no pointless, directionless tracks
- Some more grimy wordplay, funny similes etc.. What you gotta love about IT's style is how he'll make a statement then compare it to somethin that's either a shocking statement in itself to strengthen the original statement or is a hidden diss to the government or somethin:
"...to the last drop of blood in my body, or the feds drag me away like a tsunami, but I'll be back like a fresh body bag from Iraq"
"...the invasion of gentrification, eminent domain intimidation, that's not negotiation, n it's frustratin to look at every day, like watchin a porno on 56k"
"Some of y'all forgot what the Harlem Renaissance was, we had revolution, music and artisans, but the movement was still f'd up like Parkinson's"
- I gotta mention the Harlem Renaissance track in a seperate point - this track is one of those gems that's not only a relevant, not overly-addressed topic, but he keeps it ON topic, it has a nice beat, dope similes and is well delivered and everything, not often you get all that in one package.
- I like the double meaning-based metaphor running throughout the album - the parallels drawn between the real third world and the superpower - America, and the superpower big record labels and the 3rd world in terms of the underground in the rap industry.
Neutral Points:
- If you don't know IT you gotta know he doesn't have the most complex flow in the game, so if you're lookin for complex rhyming this isn't what you want. However, he obviously makes up for this with clever similes and sheer ferocity in his spits.
- For those just lookin at the track list - as you might expect a few of them are skits, well 3, but one of them is pretty thought-provoking.
Cons:
- I can't help but feel that, given this is his third full album, the anti-US government lyrics are getting just a *little* old. But as long as he comes out with new similes and ways of expressing his anti-government thoughts, I don't mind too much
- One track is fully in spanish - yeah the beat is cool and I can get the gist of the content as a lot of the nouns are recognisable, but for non-spanish speakers this is kind of a waste of a track, at least lyrically
- I dunno about everyone else, but when I first saw Crooked I and Chino XL were featurin on a track, that almost made me wanna cop the album alone. Unfortunately, the beat and hook are annoying to me, so don't really listen to it much. Still, lyrically, not bad.
- One pointless skit - track 6 wastes some space on the CD, well I guess it serves to transition your mood if you're listenin to the CD straight through.
So yeah, overall, another dope addition to IT's discography, but despite what the others said, in my book, it falls short of Revolutionary Volume 2, only just, but is better than Volume 1. The reasons being that the content of some of the tracks does not hit you quite as fresh as on his earlier albums even though IT does a good job of introducing new topics. Also, a few of the beats aren't 5 star to me, whereas on Vol 2. all the beats seemed dope. Overall - 4.5 stars
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