Re: fans of underground rap?
Artist: Fat Ray & Black Milk
Album: The Set Up
Produced By: Black Milk
Release Date: March 4th, 2008
This album is getting so much love from critics and message boards, and it's well deserved. Alarmingly, Black Milk just keeps getting better in such a short period of time as he's 2008's early candidate for FOUR's best producer of the year. His partner from the now defunct B.R. Gunna, Fat Ray, has Bizarre/Fat Joe's vocals but his flow and lyricism more closely resembles what good Detroit Hip-hop is know for.
On the second track "Lookout", Detroit native NameTag returns to the mic after a solid rookie showing in 2007 with his album "Ahead of the Basics". Word to all a yall... NameTag is absolutely sick, just like Detroit, Michigan beckons. Even with Black Milk and Fat Ray's dope lines, nobody did it quite like NameTag who is again up for nomination for Verse of the Year.
Elzhi, AB, and Guilty Simpson are also featured on the album making it an overall dope piece of music to listen to. It's relatively short at only 11 tracks with plenty of two & three minute ones, but it'll be one of the most memorable to you by the end of the year. I guarantee this! I don't think there's any reason to dispute that Detroit hip-hop is THEE best out there today. In 2008, Brooklyn is on their heels, but who honestly does it better lyrically with the floetry than Motown? I hope to hear more from Fat Ray soon, and everybody better get prepared for Black Milk's compilation with Sean Price and Guilty Simpson.
"Take Control" ft. AB is tight as hell too... Fat Ray disses Jay-Z with a hot line...
"Might as well face the facts / we spit the crack / even Jay-Z had to fade to black"
Artist: Fat Ray & Black Milk
Album: The Set Up
Produced By: Black Milk
Release Date: March 4th, 2008
This album is getting so much love from critics and message boards, and it's well deserved. Alarmingly, Black Milk just keeps getting better in such a short period of time as he's 2008's early candidate for FOUR's best producer of the year. His partner from the now defunct B.R. Gunna, Fat Ray, has Bizarre/Fat Joe's vocals but his flow and lyricism more closely resembles what good Detroit Hip-hop is know for.
On the second track "Lookout", Detroit native NameTag returns to the mic after a solid rookie showing in 2007 with his album "Ahead of the Basics". Word to all a yall... NameTag is absolutely sick, just like Detroit, Michigan beckons. Even with Black Milk and Fat Ray's dope lines, nobody did it quite like NameTag who is again up for nomination for Verse of the Year.
Elzhi, AB, and Guilty Simpson are also featured on the album making it an overall dope piece of music to listen to. It's relatively short at only 11 tracks with plenty of two & three minute ones, but it'll be one of the most memorable to you by the end of the year. I guarantee this! I don't think there's any reason to dispute that Detroit hip-hop is THEE best out there today. In 2008, Brooklyn is on their heels, but who honestly does it better lyrically with the floetry than Motown? I hope to hear more from Fat Ray soon, and everybody better get prepared for Black Milk's compilation with Sean Price and Guilty Simpson.
- Grade:
- 92% (A-)
- Song to Download:
- "Lookout"
- featuring:
- NameTag
"Might as well face the facts / we spit the crack / even Jay-Z had to fade to black"
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