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CD Reviews / Mike McCray / News CD Review: Curren$y's Jet Files
Posted By Mike McCray on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 11:15 AM
The Deal: The New Orleans beat rider, Curren$y releases his second digital-only album in 2009 after dropping his solo debut in May and seven mixtapes in 2008 alone.
The Good: Arguably some of the best, under-the-radar production around coupled with a calculated but seemingly careless flow that's oftentimes more clever than expected from the guy that asked "Where Da Cash At?" in 2006. Curren$y manages to tell common rap lifestyle stories uniquely and distinctly. Unlike his hip-hop peers who have all the braggadocio without the album sales or critical acclaim, he's aware of his place in the genre, as he rasps on "Stay Up," he's "somewhere between the rich and famous and a starving artist."
The Bad: There's little difference between his mixtape flow versus his album flow and while the tracks seem more polished, the content is still burgeoning fame, weed and women. The song structure and ad libs still feel like a mixtape. Listeners can get lost in the groove and tune out the lyrics.
The Verdict: It's hard to gauge if Curren$y is an average rapper riding dope beats or a great rapper enhancing jazzy, low-key production. Either way, it's easy to digest and dope to smoke or ride to but it's missing that clear delineation that sets it aside from just another mixtape. Then again, it was marketed as just the prelude to his 2010 album, "Grand Scheme of Things."
INFO:
Curren$y (Twitter | Album Site)
Amalgam Digital; Release Date: October 6, 2009
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