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| Playdough - Don't Drink The Water |
| Release: | Don't Drink The Water |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2005 |
| Recordlabel: | 7 Spin Music |
| Info: | 1. Uptodate
2. Dang!
3. Emergency broadcast
4. You sound funny
5. Tip your hat
6. Sandal sole
7. Saddle up
8. Leave you
9. Huh!
10. Don't drink the water
11. The difference
12. Ghetto blaster
13. Daisy proof |
| Rating: | Our users rated this release: 8 out of 10
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| | Review: | Written by SSRC
Friday, 18 November 2005
Playdough - Don’t Drink The Water
Knowing yourself means understanding how you’re likely to
behave under various circumstances. When your friend plays
you the new Mike Jones album do you nod your head in
approval because he is all over MTV or do you give him your
honest opinion of the music? We are all influenced by
something and the new Playdough album challenges the
listener to start thinking for themselves, not to follow
trends or the views of the majority. Once this album is in
your CD player be ready to be brought into the mind of an
emcee that is not afraid to challenge the norm.
If boom bap is what you fiend for the production on this
album will make you smile. Almost every track has the hard
hitting drums that compliment Playdough’s flow that just
happens to be one of the games best. The albums first single
is Emergency Broadcast and has Playdough rapping about the
lack of variety on the radio and how we need change. The
drums and guitar mesh on this hard track and make a great
lead single. The next track You Sound Funny is a look at
materialism in Hip Hop. It is interesting to see how over
the years the skills have decreased and the bragging about
what you have or want has increased. Materialism has always
been apart of Hip Hop but at least in the beginning more of
the artists could rap and make it sound fresh. Playdough
sheds light on the subject but doesn’t break a lot of new
ground.
If the album produces a second single Saddle Up will be the
logical choice. Teamed with Kevin Max on the chorus, radio
would eat this track up. It helps that the song is dope so
it’s not a blatant attempt for a radio single. The emcee
talks about his life on the road going from city to city for
little to no doe but spreading the good news where he can.
Next up is Leave You that showcases Playdough and his story
telling skills. After a concert a young girl walks up to
give him daps on the show and they start talking. Playdough
asks about her favorite group and she goes through a list of
the billboard top 40 which is cool. Then he asks what her
favorite record was and she could not answer because she
only listened to the music because it was cool. He does such
a good job you feel like you are listening into the
conversation, very nice song. Dust then steps up with his
signature fresh back drop on Leave You and proves to be nice
change of pace on the production side. If you plan on making
a mixtape and are looking for the perfect opener the song
Don’t Drink The Water is the perfect fit. Once you listen to
the track you will know what I am talking about.
I could go on for another couple paragraphs about the
remaining songs as Playdough came through with a solid
sophomore album but you get the picture. As a true lyricist
can, he talks about topics that have been touched on before
but is able to put a new twist and they don’t become tired.
The production on the record is great and he sounds really
fresh over those boom bap beats. What would have been nice
is one or two tracks with a more soulful feel. Strategically
placed they would not have taken away from the albums flow
and given it a little more variety. With his second album
and the Deepspace5 album 2005 is shaping up to be a great
year for Playdough. This album will be in a lot of people’s
top 10’s list and rightfully so. Playdough delivers a top
notch album with top notch rhymes and top notch beats. You
can’t ask for much more so if you are a fan this album needs
to be purchased and if not it just might make you one.
4 of 5 stars | | source: Sphereofhiphop.com, added: Aug 12, 2006 |  |
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