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Nodima
 Unexceptional; few highlights.
Digital
[Rating25352088]
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Jet Files (Produced by Whitey unless noted) [Amalgam Digital 2009]
1|Dossier (In and Out)|1:57 (Produced by Ced Hughes) 2.75 - 3
2|Perfect Time|4:01 3 - 3.5
Love the lyrics, hate the beat.
3|On My Way|3:14 (Produced by Big Chop) 3.25 - 4
4|Smoke 'n' Maintain (In and Out)|2:12 3.5 - 4
5|Sleepless in New Orleans|3:52 (Produced by Sledgren) 3.25 - 4
6|Stay Up (feat. Fly.Union)|3:09 (Produced by Fly.Union) 3 - 3.5
7|Tokyo Drift|1:50 (Produced by Big Chop) 3 - 3.75
8|The Seventies|3:16 (Produced by Nesby Phips) 3 - 3.5
9|The Pledge (In and Out)|2:18 (Produced by Big Chop) 3 - 3.75
Yes, definitely a Bridge to Terabithia reference.
10|Burn an Ounce|3:33 3.25 - 4
11|Bring Her Home|3:37 3 - 3.75
12|I'm Just Dope|4:44 3.75 - 4
13|Fly Out|3:33 3.25 - 4
Shout out to Digable Planets and salvia, which took Curren$y through a wall on some Mario shit.
14|Livin' the Life (feat. Young Riot and Max B)|5:49 2
If Max B is the first guy, I don't know what people see in him at all. And if the second guy is Young Riot, it makes sense he'd have such a boring name. Actually, these are interchangeable dismissals.
Overall: 47 3.36/5 67%: Good; detracting problems; TRY IT
If Devin the Dude is, I don't know, weed rap's Rakim, are we getting to the point where Curren$y is weed rap's Jay-Z? Like Jay-Z, Curren$y's work ethic is astronomical. Last year he released six official mixtapes for free before kicking this year off with This Ain't No Mixtape. After a few delays, his co-op mission with Wiz Khalifa finally dropped and, despite sounding like a project that struggled to the finish line lyrically, it's sonic template further cemented a style that Curren$y had slowly been unveiling over the previous year. Curren$y owes much more of his sound to New York jazz rap groups than fans of "Where da Cash At?" might expect, and on his official projects this year he has really pushed this aesthetic forward. In the process, he's created an entire mythology for himself centered around being a member of his prestigious Fly Society. He's compared himself to a surface-to-air missile, taken Devin's trick of calling weed coughee and applying it to the process of jet flight.
It's an interesting combination of influences, because it leads to a consistent contrast of character that feels refreshing, unique and most importantly, honest. His goals are pretty common - get high, have sex, eat food, listen to good music, rap well. But he dresses this stuff so deliberately, confidently and at times extravagantly that he makes the everyday life of a guy that smokes too much weed sound just as lavish and worth the effort as, say, the cold-but-effective precision of Rick Ross or Jay-Z's most popular tracks. I also happen to think Curren$y's become a hell of a lyrical rapper, especially when it comes to certain descriptions; if he really harnessed this stuff, he could really give Devin the Dude a run for his money as the most effective weed-and-women rapper. Jet Files, like How Fly, isn't exactly a revolution in Curren$y's sound and probably won't win him new fans, but it's also more of a release to bide fans' time than a true album. Indeed, Curren$y has one more official release penciled in for 2009, and I'm really appreciating his DOOM-like bid to conquer internet forums and blogspot searches.
All that said, this album is pretty bad though. |
rym
