I am so glad I found this site. I came here a few days ago because I was trying to get the Mugshot Music Remixes.
I found some real heads in here. I do think some are being overly critical of SH prior to this album. They have talent and did provide hope IMO. Individually, I didnt think any of them stood out except for Joe with his mixtape work. I am a Joell fan, particularly of his early work and mixtapes. I like Royce and SH is what really got me on Crooked.
I felt that in the past few years they each put out respectable work, but outside of Joey, they all seemed better or at least raised their games when working as a unit.
I loved the first album and the EP, in fact, listening to this new album made me want to go back and pull those out....and I dont mean that in a good way. I want to pull that old stuff out because it is apparent that is the last you will hear of THAT SH, aside from a decent mixtape or two.
The mixtape is better than this album. I expected them to make a few corny joints being that they were with Shady now. A couple of commercial singles and so on. I did NOT expect this though. They sold out, no matter if they had creative control or not. They jockeyed so hard to get on Shady, so ultimately its there fault.
Upon listening to the mixtape, I told people, even if this album has wack beats, its still going to be worth getting just for the lyrics. I was wrong. Cant bear to listen to this shyt.
This album is so bad its ridiculous.
Only good song is Hammer Dance. The album starts weak and ends even weaker. The features are unnecessary, the music is horrible, and the surprising part, the lyrics sound like some shyt they threw together in a day.
I dont agree that they are talentless and didnt make good music before, but they dont need to be anyone who garners support strictly for being hip hop saviours. These guys are the Bernard Hopkins of rap. Complain about the sport and its politics and injustices, but then when they checks start rolling your way....you participate in everything that said you were against and contribute to its further decline and demise.