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T-Bone - Bone-A-Fide
- Being a fan of T-Bone from his previous work, I anticipated listening to this album because of the features guests, i.e. Mack 10 of The Westside Connnection, Chino XL and legendary rap producers/DJ Sway and Tech. T-Bone, self proclaimed "Biblical Moses of Rap" industry, asks that he is respected for having consciously responsible rap music.
The song that grabbed my attention right away was the opening track "Tha Rally" was T-Bone preaching to an audience at what sounds like a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr impersonator with latin decent. It sounds like a revolutionary speech police sirens and all. He talks about the injustice in rap, politics, and in the lives of youth today being corrupted. On track #4 "Let That Thang Go", he uses a fast-paced style of rap over a two key keyboard sounding, bass drum, and what sounds like a fast violinist over dark piano percussions. The music production grabs me and his positive lyrical ability makes this track a winner for those who want to party. My favorites are #7, #9 because it's vintage T-Bone with "Follow T" gives you an orchestra type sample in the beginning. It adds a heavy bass drum and another instrument that sounds like hitting a metallic pan with a wooden spoon. Definitely a club hit along with "A Few Good Men" feat. Mack 10. Talks of repentence, hip hop, and remembering the days of old.
I did not enjoy track #3 and #15 because they just seemed misplaced. Selection #3 sounds like the typical song about T-Bone leaving his mom's house and giving a testimony. It's cool, but he could have put this at the end. Track #15 "Victory! Victory! Victory!" is the way the album goes out and it sounds like the introduction track with another pastor type figure. He could've had another track follow it. It was placed in an area that did not benefit the song message.
Reviewer: SaiSean Jones
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Reviewer's Rating: 8
Reader's Rating: 9.00
Reader's Votes: 1
Added: 6-Feb-2006
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