Today's review is of the album "Callin' Shots" by Baberuthless and produced by Montana Macks. Now I gotta give Tim full Credit for showing me these Chicago natives material and I cant thank him enough for that. Me and Tim have been trying to spread the blog farther than just local Boston hip hop and I'm pretty excited to bring a bit of Chicago to the blog.
Right off the bat I'm down with any album that starts with a Sandlot sound clip but that's besides the point. What I'm really diggin is the laid back almost early to mid 90's feel of the songs to this album. I think it has allot to do with the way Montana Macks production plays off of ruthless word play. I mean talk about a rapper producer combo that just clicks. There's nothing that lends its self to the flow and playability of an album than an artist and producer who get each other. In the words of Little Brother "Dope beats, dope rhymes, That's hip hop.". Its not often you find a dude who's flow is so layed back but the lyrics ain't soft as puppy turds. Like i said i feel like these are aspects of a time in hip hop i miss and i feel like ruthless is bringing em back in style.
This Album was short but sweet which definitely isn't a bad thing in this world of quantity over quality hip hop we live in these days. Its nice to see someone pour themselves into 5 tracks and know that i got all they could give from them instead of handing me some 112 track mix tape with maybe 5 good verses. When it comes to favorite tracks on this CD the two that i cant stop listening to are: "Extra Innings" a fun song about a rough morning after a crazy night which I'm sure we all can relate to. And "Shakes Hands, Kisses Babies" This was my favorite beat off the album and the hook is hilarious to me not to mention you know ruthless ripped this shit.
As i come to the end of my review you know that i wouldn't even be talking about this album if it wasn't something you didn't need to grab. So get out there and support Baberuthless as well as Montana Macks and lets show these cats the love they deserve. You know the rest Read, Support, Subscribe mofos!.
Make sure to Check out Callin' Shots for yourself here and make sure to follow @jonessoruthless on Twitter. Also to keep up with Rich "Baberuthless" Jones check out http://www.facebook.com/richjonesmusic
and http://richjonesmusic.bandcamp.com/
-Ricky
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