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So…I know in yesterday’s entry I promised the review of the Million Dollar Backpack. Well, I guess I have to eat those words, because Christmas has come upon us in the middle of July. A couple of entries ago, I mentioned that 9th and Murs would be giving us their new (although I have heard that this album was actually recorded some time ago) album entirely for free. Well, I had no idea how soon that release date was gonna be. Less than a week from that entry, here it is. No wait…

http://www.mursand9thwonder.com/download.html

There it is. So…how does it hold up to the duo’s past contributions? Here’s a quick breakdown.

The Good:

1. The Intro - Murs and 9th Wonder albums have the greatest intros, and this is no exception. Murs hasn’t fallen off at all since Murray’s Revenge and the first 9th beat is a winner. Great start.

4. Give Us Free - Other than the monotonous chanting of I’m Free on the hook, it’s a sick track.

5. And I Love It

8. Marry Me - A very nice track for the ladies. Usually tracks like this come off as pretty damn corny, but Murs pulls it off. Doesn’t hurt that the beat is alright as well.

9. Love The Way (ft Tyler Woods) - A lot of tracks for the girls on this album. I’m not always a fan of these, especially when there’s an R&B hook coming along with it, but I’ll have to make an exception here.

10. On The Smooth Tip (Murs Inatra) - It sounds like a continuation of the intro and ties the whole album together very nicely. I do wish there was more actual rapping though, since about half the track is taken up by Murs’ talking.

The Solid:

2. Are You Ready - It’s usually a bad thing when the first actual song is worse than the intro. However, the intro was pretty freaking damn good, so I guess I can understand. I just don’t care much for the singing and the beat.

7. It’s For Real

3. Nina Ross - Almost comes off as Freak These Tales pt II, but a lot more PG.

6. Push - I actually hated this track on first listen, but with repeated exposure, this shit kinda grows on you.

The Bad:

Final Score: 8.5/8.0

Just like the two albums before it, it’s a really short album. That of course means that with the short number of tracks, you gotta hit and hit hard. Sweet Lord, while overall a good album, lacks the knockout great tracks that its predecessors had an abundance of. The Intro is actually my favorite track on this whole album, which actually is more of a testament to the greatness of the intro than a complaint about the rest of the tracks. Like I said, it’s a great album, and that it isn’t as great as Murs 3:16 and Murray’s Revenge shouldn’t defer you from listening to this at all. Besides, it’s free!

And more…

Just some old news I chanced upon in hiphopdx. In the years that hip hop has been around, certain albums have come around that managed to reach legendary status without even being released. Legendary for the number of delays it has faced in coming out, and with those delays has come hype beyond no other. It seems that we may actually see the release of two of these legendary rumors before the year is up. Dr. Dre’s long awaited Detox is now slated for a tentative November/December release that has been confirmed by the good doctor himself. The second of these, is Rakim’s Seventh Seal, which was rumored to have come out last July, 7th (7/7/07). Of course as we all know, that date passed, and we had no new Rakim. However, Rakim has confirmed a fall release date, so if we’re lucky, we may get ourselves a dose of the god MC before the year is up.

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