1985 Review- Black Angel/The
Villain
Tracks that define the album:
1. 4 Da Streets
2.Lovin' Da Crew
3.Day Dreaming
4.Birthday
5.Bands
The artists featured on this album represent the
New Orleans scene well. The two contain a unique combination of gritty,
accented, down south style of lyricism that people find so appealing due to the
accents that most southerners have and express in Dirty South, or Southern Rap.
The compilation contains 18 tracks, 11 by Black Angel, 2 solo songs by The
Villain, and the other five tracks are both performed by the two artists
combined.
The compilation contains a wide variety of tracks
from slow jams like Let's Get It On (Which samples the all-time classic
by Marvin Gaye), All I Do (A track about love at first site which
ultimately leads to a one-night stand), and Lovin' Da Crew (A
story-progression track of a girl who ultimately fell "in love" as a
groupie of Uptown Madness). To street anthems such as 4 Da Streets and
the Nightmare on Elm Street sampled track Nightmare, to a wide
variety of freestyles on various topics:
Rock Da Bells (Introduction to the album/ Black
Angel)
War (A description of a normal day awakening to the
streets of New Orleans)
Bright Idea (Thoughts that Black Angel has on his
street life, and a message to his hater's in the streets)
Game (A description of Black Angels thoughts on
"The Game", meaning the hustle and street game, and also the game
being the music industry)
Bands (A song describing one of Black Angel's trips
and/or thoughts on a strip club) (Popular in the south)
And so forth
Black Angel catches your attention immediately with
the track titled Rock Da Bells in which he follows a unique, but
known style of rapping similar to Easy E and Run-DMC. He, however, consistently
changes his flow and interpretation on lyrics up depending on the type of song
he is doing at a later point. For example, the song All I Do, Angel
takes a slowed tempo and deeper lyrics approach to his verses. He is a very
versatile artist with unique lyrics designed and written to catch you
attention, for example the lines,
"They say that love is a flower
That needs the sun and the rain
They say that a little bit of pleasure
Is worth a whole lot of pain"
In which he describes his interpretation on not
only love, but also life itself in general. He consistently expresses his
versatility throughout the entire compilation with That Villain and shows that
he is truly a unique, well-defined, success-driven, and very versatile artist,
who should continue to pursue his dream, and with a little work, could be
widely known, not only in his city, but also around the world.
The Villain brings his gritty, yet high-toned,
explicit, street savvy to the compilation with his own tracks Lookin Ass
Nigga (In which he samples Lil Wayne, A New Orleans Native) and the track Let's
Get It On (In which he samples Marvin Gaye). With the song Lookin
Ass Nigga, Villain expresses his thought in reference to his
"haters" in the sense that he is successful in everything he does in
the city of New Orleans. He expresses his street lifestyle and his thoughts on
what he does on a day-to-day basis with lyrics such as:
A nigga might gun me down in the streets tonight
But if I wake up the next morning, everything's all
right...
Yes as I rest my hand on that mac .90
New Orleans is my city so you know where to find me
Keep these bitches in check these rappers pose me
no thereat
Murder who pussy, boy stop
I ain't dead yet
As you can tell from the lyrics, Villain represents
himself as well as his city to the fullest, and is a threat to be reckoned with
when he becomes a major in this industry (If you don't believe it, just look up
Lil Wayne net worth, and see how much this New Orleans native has made thus far
in the industry)
With the track, Let's Get It On. Villain
expresses in a very explicit way his affection for a female partner. In the
first verse, he expresses love and his feelings about it on a real level in
saying that love is extremely difficult to find and that most chicks will put up
with abuse to day, and claim it's "love". He also expresses that he
wants an independent, loyal, "ride or die" woman who will be there
through thick and thin, and if worst comes to worse be able to handle herself.
He has a very unique, gritty, honest, and well thought out approach. Although
his lyrics are simple, and follow a simplistic rhythm, Villain uses his flow
and style to catch the attention of the listener by using low-toned vocals that
immediately makes one listen carefully to ensure they understand and catch what
he says.
The second verse, expresses the sexual encounter
with words such as
Its Friday, club night
The week is gone
I'm feelin freaky, for the weekend
Let’s get it on
I'm tryna hear you scream my name
And make you moan
Satisfaction guaranteed, cuz the sex game strong
All in all the two have created a pretty unique
compilation, but in my personal opinion, it sounded more like a collection of
freestyles rather than an album. I am unsure if this was the initial intention,
so I can't negatively judge the compilation based on the assentation that it
was. I would like to say that if you enjoy a variety of music, and especially
freestyles, that you should definitely give this a listen. It's not
professional grade, mainstream music that you would hear from a major artist,
but it is true, well-rooted music that is full of emotion, honesty, explicit
lyrics, and contains a true "Dirty South" vibe.
THIS HAS BEEN A REAL WILL REVIEW
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William
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