Comments on: Masta Ace & Edo.G: Arts & Entertainment

By: Diaz Millenia

Diaz Millenia — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:02:21 +0000

Good Album from these 2!

However I must say, I feel salty as hell that I didn’t get my tracks on here with my main dudes Edo & Ace. I was supposed to be on this LP with my production, and I was dragging my feet due to personal stuff.

I won’t miss or disappoint next time!
This won’t be the last you heard from Diaz Millenia….hahahahaha
Good Work though, and great review!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:26:41 +0000

@hotbox
Please go to this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMP__WRvv1Y
and straight to 2:56 in the video.
This will give you my answer to “the dude above is straight up hating.”

By: hotbox

hotbox — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:19:31 +0000

Ace’s skits are usually crazy though, like how he uses them to tie together songs to form concept albums. On this one, not so much.

The dude above is straight up hating

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:47:17 +0000

I couldn’t get past the first song.

By: Vatkeezy

Vatkeezy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:42:31 +0000

Come on Deez, don’t equate bad skits with bad songs, you know it’s not the same thing. There’s plenty of dope albums with bad skits.

By: Sean Deez

Sean Deez — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:24:18 +0000

well, if they are trying to craft an album with a concept to it, the skits are pretty important.

if that’s the case, to just skip em, then we shouldn’t penalize bad songs on an album ,since we can just skip em. For the most part, the last quarter of the album, as the review says is somewhat slow and skippable.

By: Vatkeezy

Vatkeezy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:33:00 +0000

No offense but you are guys putting way too much weight on the skits. If you don’t ilke em, skip em, what’s the big deal. I still haven’t heard anyone criticize any of the songs aside from the Chester French joint.

By: skeme

skeme — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:50:20 +0000

good review..i was also expecting more from this project..still a good cd..never been a fan of skits

By: Stallion

Stallion — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:04:55 +0000

The review is solid as always! I think it is difficult to give it an overall rating like 77 or 69. It depends on the criteria you consider. However, Deez and Kevin already said it, it is hard listening to the album as a whole. As much as one enjoys the highlights (little young, over there, ei8ht is enough and a few others), the more difficult it gets when it comes to the rest of the songs. The fact that I really do like both rappers, not only in terms of dope verses but also in terms of being able to relate to the (music business) struggle they went through, my first judgement was pretty “soft-gloved” as i definitely wanted the album to be dope throughout. Nevertheless, after realizing that i had to skip a lot of the songs and skits to make the listening experience enjoyable, I came to the conclusion, that the album is by far not as good as i expected it to be…what really keeps this album alive are the few really good songs and of course the lyrical ability of both emcees!

Maybe M-Phazes should have produced the whole album …because similar to Royce’s album, where there is obviously no need to talk about the lyrics, the album lacks dope beats. dope beats these two could have easily gotten their hands on…anyway….maybe it was what they felt at the moment was right…

@Vatkeezy: the difference to Fashawn is that Boy meets world is an harmonic album. I can’t think of one song right now that doesn’t make sense in the overall context of the album. Maybe the standout tracks are not as bangin’ as little young, however, there are no songs that fall off!!…you do get the feeling of listening to a real album that took time to create, rather than listening to a few good songs and having to skip the rest.

Still, i don’t think it is a bad album, nor do i want to criticize artists that i have a lot of respect for. But as a Dj and true rap fan, one of the biggest pleasures in life is to listen to a great new album by your favorite artists…be it veterans or rookies…i.e. my expectations are generally high when good artists like these 2 release an album…unfortunately not all of them do meet the expectations….best example Royce with his recent LP…

By: C-Villain

C-Villain — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:37:01 +0000

i dont think its a classic but its pretty “fun” album. I love masta ace, that dude is incredible! 2 OG’s on the same disc. Id say its pretty fair review maybe an 80/100

By: DJ SoulClap

DJ SoulClap — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:52:01 +0000

http://www.wydublog.com/2009/11/e-arts-entertainment.html

I did a review too

By: FUHNAHTIK

FUHNAHTIK — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:47:08 +0000

Glad to see this album on here – although I would’ve liked to see a higher ranking / 100. I felt like this was a dope release, during a year of dope releases! I’d never heard Edo.G but grabbed the iTunes download off the strength of a few tracks on sites like this I heard, and I’d heard of Masta Ace anyway, but this album is much better than I expected when it was announced. my favorite tracks are “Little Young” & “Eight is Enuff,” but I liked almost the whole disc.

By: hotbox

hotbox — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:41:43 +0000

I agree with Kevin and Sean. . .I was expecting more than this. Little Young is still dope though.

By: Vatkeezy

Vatkeezy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:30:16 +0000

I thought the skits were amusing. The only wack joint to me is the joint w/ Chester French. Production is top notch too.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:55:27 +0000

I really wanted to like this album, but like Deez, I had a hard time listening to it. The standout tracks are great, but as an album there was just too much filler. The skits were really distracting too.

By: Vatkeezy

Vatkeezy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:36:03 +0000

Score should be higher but dope review regardless. I like this much more than Fashawn & Sha Stimuli, which received higher scores.

By: mgeeze

mgeeze — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:31:01 +0000

great review sean..loved the traxx that you listed..
little young is funny and poignant..

By: Sean Deez

Sean Deez — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:02:38 +0000

guys, excuse any small grammar mistakes. I will re-read for ANOTHER 20th time and see. But it seems like everytime I come back to proof read this, I’m not thinking straight.

Tough review to write.. but I gave the album enough quality listens. The score may be misleading though. I can’t see myself revisiting this as much as I’d like to

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:59:12 +0000

Good review Deez on a good album.