As Joey aptly put it yesterday morning, the just leaked Camp Lo in Black Hollywood, is a legitimate contender for best hip-hop album of the year. Especially considering ’07 has been nothing but aging veterans trying to make classics past their prime, against all the odds. Redman was solid but unspectacular and loaded with filler. Prodigy was good but honestly, that isn’t the Prodigy of old, we all know that. Pharoahe was on some Andre 3000 shit. Again, good but no Internal Affairs or Stress. The entire second half of Devin the Dude was a throwaway. And Raekwon? Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 is about as real as Anthony Michael Hall’s girlfriend “from Canada” in Weird Science.
I’ll save the proclamations for the full review, but in my opinion, Lo are the only vets to actually pull it off. This might be their best album yet and I’ve already made it clear how much I love Uptown Saturday Night. Just listen to album opener, “My Posse from the Bronx” and tell me if it isn’t the best intro since “Shakey Dog.”
Buy Camp Lo in Black Hollywood
Download:
MP3: Camp Lo-”Posse from the Bronx”
Go to Straight Bangin’ for another In Black Hollywood MP3
13 comments
Ass Hat says:
July 20, 2007 at 2:41 am (UTC -7)
you are not wrong, sir.
floodwatch says:
July 20, 2007 at 3:26 am (UTC -7)
Ahhh… glad to hear that little has changed with these dudes. Those stuttered handclaps are that crack.
Zilla Rocca says:
July 20, 2007 at 6:26 am (UTC -7)
These guys are incredible because, except for “Let’s Do It Again,” they always play to their strength. Their beat selection is damn near flawless. They’ve managed to get more fly and stylish on the mic with age, which is rare for vets.
Can’t wait for “Black Hollywood.”
Joey says:
July 20, 2007 at 8:55 am (UTC -7)
Posse from the Bronx is the best album opening since Fishscale. Just perfect.
ian/thoreauly77 says:
July 20, 2007 at 10:48 am (UTC -7)
YES! it is good to know that there are other lo stans out there. thanks for the song jeff.
Byron says:
July 20, 2007 at 11:58 am (UTC -7)
>Only Built 4 Cuban Linx 2 is about as real as Anthony Michael Hall’s girlfriend “from Canada” in Weird Science.
Wrong John Hughes movie, but true none the less.
Byron says:
July 20, 2007 at 12:04 pm (UTC -7)
Come to think of it, you might be right. But he uses that line in the Breakfast Club as well, and the use in Weird Science was probably a reference to that, so there!
*quietly reflects on how much of a loser he is*
Passion of the Weiss says:
July 20, 2007 at 12:08 pm (UTC -7)
Yeah, come to think of it, I think it was used in both BC and Weird Science. And used well I might add. John Hughes had a three year window of brilliance that is just un-fuckwithable.
kartell says:
July 20, 2007 at 2:46 pm (UTC -7)
i don’t understand a word of their slang, yet I’m hooked. thanks for turning me onto this group, i had passed them over before for some odd reason.
The Humanity Critic says:
July 20, 2007 at 4:35 pm (UTC -7)
I agree man, Camp Lo is still doing their thing..
Anonymous says:
July 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm (UTC -7)
I’m digging this new Lo shit, but let’s not pretend as if half this shit wasn’t on the mixtape from last year. Aren’t they prolific enough to make more than 5-8 new songs? I’m a little peeved. I just want more LO!!!
SniperInTheMist says:
July 22, 2007 at 5:08 am (UTC -7)
Just given the new album a listen and I will DEFINITELY be buying it once it drops. Its not as good as Uptown Saturday Night for me (but I was obsessed with that album) but still one of the best this year.
Anonymous says:
July 23, 2007 at 3:15 pm (UTC -7)
definitely agree with anon above. last year’s mixtape album is a much stronger release than this.