Friday, August 31, 2012

Motivation music for niggas that sell drugs



 

This is essentially the opposite of I’m Still Livin, not only in that Z-Ro has shed the ‘woe is me’ songs which used to define him, but also (thankfully) in that the majority of beats aren’t total ear-graters. Listening to Look What You Did To Me, it’s hard to imagine calling a Z-Ro album a “good time” but here we are. The heavy presence of features doesn’t allow Z-Ro to get too personal, so we’re left with one of the smoothest flows and voices in rap and a throwed atmosphere. Of course this is all relative, so there’s still a small touch of the Z-Ro weariness, and, (regrettably) two flagrantly atrocious beats but for 34 songs and 154 minutes, it’s consistently entertaining. One of the most remarkable tracks is a screwed version of the Guerilla Maab classic Fondren & Main, which may be the single greatest track to bear the name DJ Screw. With the number of great tracks here it’s easy to call this one of Z-Ro’s best releases. Among double disc mixtapes, there can only be one better.