Assholes By Nature – It Is What It Is (7-15-2008)

Posted on Jul 09 in Reviewsby adminPrint

I must admit that before you read this review you should take into account that I feel like this album is the best rap album of the year, the most anticipated (by me) album of the year, and probably one of the dopest CDs I’ve heard within this weak ass decade. And by album of the year that does mean that I like it more than Tha Carter III and even the latest Keak Da Sneak shit. So basically what I’m telling you is that this review will be biased as fuck so if you don’t like it… you’re probably a soft pile of four foot shit.

Even though tracks like “Still Throwed” and “Who’s The Man” are nothing more than the typical Houston sound recreated for about the twelve millionth time it turns out to do be the best favor H-Town has been dealt lately. Trae and Ro spit as though there not worried about impressing anybody major or outside of their own circle. Producer Mr. Lee leads a keyboard and bass laden reworked version of New Edition’s “Can You Stand The Rain”

Z-Ro posses an un-teachable ability to make a song’s beat better with his meaningful and message filled lyrics; as is the case on the misguiding “I Wanna Get High.” In most cases dropping a track on your CD that was a single from two years ago would be an infraction but that’s not the case with the selfish person anthem “No Help.” That Nitti guy who did all that shit for Yung Joc laces one of his typical sounding beats but Trae and Ro sound like its about twenty-eight times harder than is actually is.

The two cousins offer up a delightful platter that will make anybody who’s doing good shit these days want to brush the haters off on the 2Pac inspired “Picture Me Rollin.” The album’s highlight comes when Z-Ro and Trae take time to spit about the good life on the Pimp C lifted “Turnin Heads.” “Still Gets No Love” in my opinion should have been titled “I Hate You Bitch Part II” featuring Trae The Truth. I’ll leave it at that, the next time your chick is working your last nerve, just play her this shit and she’ll sit back after she gets the message.

I know some people are going to look at the rating and think I’m out of my mind but you have to understand the soundtracks that Trae and Z-Ro have offered my adult years. The bottomline here is the fact the these two Texas MCs can demand anyone and everyone’s attention whenever they take the time to spit. With a never ending flow of realism and some of the funkiest concepts that the H-Town has ever seen it’s no wonder why this project has been certified by real grinders all across the nation like me.

VERDICT – 18 / 20
LYRICS: 4
PRODUCTION: 5
DELIVERY: 5
CONSISTENCY: 4