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D-LOU - Tha Takeover
- Initially, D-Lou comes off as brazen and rambunctious, his voice bolstered by the rippling drum line of thunder track “3R Soldier.” Hailing from Dallas Texas, the young D-LOU is barely enough to ‘ride or die’ without a chaperone, let alone buy himself a stiff drink, but at least he’s got cahones: “I step to anybody, anywhere and tell them who I be,” Basically, you don’t want it with D- LOU… right? Feelin’ lucky? – keep reading.
Challengers stand down or get scorched: “I’m fit to blow and flame ‘em up like Burger King Whoppers.” So, D-LOU has an armory of lethal wit grenades that detonate with unpredictable ‘precision’, but is his bark tougher than his bite? With a daunting mug, and freestyle skills sharpened on street corner battles, Kenneth Elijah Sikes Jr. aka D-Lou has come a ways, but has not yet arrived. The hunger and self- assured lyrics of “Takeover” are cut down by, dare I say, middling, subdued beats, where the buoyancy of “Already” is whipped by at times short-reaching verses. What’s more, with just one skit, “Takeover” waxes long with an almost unheard of 18 full tracks.
D-LOU goes the sentimental route on the R&B laced “Love Keeps,” but quickly regains focus on “Makin Money.” Unfortunately, by then he has lost the heat of his fiery entrance. An applicable cooking adage: more ingredients do not a good dish make. Perhaps there is just too much of D-Lou to go around. If only the same inspiration that begat shinning tracks like “3R Soldier” and “What It Is” flowed throughout… However, if anything, D-LOU catches your attention and holds it long enough to earn a second chance.
Reviewer: C. Lizaire
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Reviewer's Rating: 7
Reader's Rating: 10.00
Reader's Votes: 1
Added: 9-Jun-2006
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