Lil Scrappy & G’s Up – Silence & Secrecy: Black Rag Gang (2-24-2009)

Posted on Mar 20 in Reviewsby adminPrint

Lil Scrappy has gone from a household name to a nearly irrelevant rapper in just the short span of the last five years. This year finds him reworking the true and tried formula of putting your homies on right after you blow up; instead Lil Scrappy is hoping that his G’s Up cohorts can help him breath a little life back into his critical career. With album sales at an all time low members Pooh Baby and Young Vet must realize that these days you only get one opportunity.

Pooh Baby and Lil Scrappy combine killer instincts with a sizzling horror core backdrop on the album’s opening effort “Crank It Up.” If you happen to love rappers that you’ve never heard of who make entire songs talking about how much money they’re getting then you’ll love Young Vet’s “Getting Money.” The ever-annoying “Cell Phone Watch” is a concoction by Lil Scrappy, Young Vet, and Pooh Baby on which the three talk about holding conversations through the thing on their wrist. At least they’ll be able to say that they were the first to do this shit when it actually takes off; even though it probably never will.

On the proceeding “That Aint It” one of the dudes says “shout out to the first black president… its about time for a change”, then on the lazy “Hangtime” Young Vet proceeds to spit about the same old shit…  “I walk wit a limp cuz my money heavy.” The group’s lack of lyrical ability really becomes evident on “Damn” where Pooh Baby spits “shawty got that Aquafina / that wet wet pussy like Huricane Katrina.” I’m sure you can guess exactly what “Big Rubberbands” is all about so I won’t waste the time to tell you how horrible the track sounds.

The saving grace of this collection is the fact that Lil Scrappy still has a little something left in the tank as he takes an interesting perspective on the dope game and high fuel prices on the magnificently produced “Gas.” Young Vet also shows some promise as he proves his ability to tell a vivid story on the pulsating “Lick Gone Bad.” Thankfully, for the sake of this review the album actually closes out on a pretty solid note with the Lil Scrappy and Young Vet delivered “Grustle Or Not.”

Unfortunately for Young Vet and Pooh Baby Silence & Secrecy: Black Rag Gang is a one-way ticket back to where the fuck they came from. On this album neither these two nor did Lil Scrappy display any relevant skills that will have them talked about past a few website reviews and discussion threads. This serves as another example that 2009 looks to be a year full of albums with great beats and horrible rhymes. Lil Scrappy’s only fighting chance to stay afloat in this game would be to dump the other guys and hop right back on Lil Jon’s dick!

VERDICT – 9 / 20
LYRICS: 2
PRODUCTION: 3
DELIVERY: 2
CONSISTENCY: 2