Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Album Review: Apathy's "Wanna Snuggle?"

Apathy Wanna Snuggle Review:
1. Hells Angel – Good track, just a quick intro like song, it coulda been longer. It was nice though gets you hyped up for how the rest of the album will be. 4/5

2. Money Orientated featuring Emilio Lopez- an pretty good track talking about money and the ways it grabs hold of society and how it effects their thoughts. A nice AZ sample from ‘Lifes A Bitch’ good track, but felt like it was missing some emotion. 3/5

3. Gov’t Cheese- Now this is a nice track. A recap on his younger life, where he grew up and things he was accustomed too. Slightly up-beat, but with an overall nice rhythm and a dope beat with some big band horns going in the back. 4/5
4. On and Off the Mic featuring Blacastan- A track about how the game needs more real rappers, with witty punchlines and well executed samples, and a nice beat this is a good track. Has some jokes at the end, more like callouts, and still stays nice. 4/5

5. Back In LA featuring Ryu and Veze Skan- This is a great track, with a chill beat and hook. Nice sample, and all the guests dropped good verses. They rap about LA and what goes on there, and how they still love it. I think all the artists brought their A game for this one, although Apathy had my favorite verse. This is a legit song. 4.5/5

6. Shoot First featuring B Real and Celph Titled- The typical Demigod track, hook, semi-raw beat, and a whole lotta punchlines. I think the beat could have been less peppy, but other than that it was good. I liked Celph Titled’s verse the best, than Apathy, then B Real. There weren’t any punchlines that had me in awe, but most of them were good. Noteworthy track, but could have been better. 3.5/5

7. I’m a Demigod- Ok this is fire. Dope beat, sick lines crazy flow amazing track period. Its Apathy doing his thing, with metaphors punchlines and clever rhymes. Great track BUY THIS SONG. 5/5

8. True Love featuring Phonte- Softer song, chill about love. Talking about the type of girls they want/had. I always feel like Apathy doesn’t have the voice or tone for songs like this, I always expect him to drop a joke or a sick metaphor. Its alright for me although Phonte saved the song by dropping an ill verse. 3.25/5

9. Mind Ya Business featuring Chip-Fu- Low key track, with a beat that has an islander feel to it. About gossip, and how Apathy feels about it. It was ok, not bad, but nothing special. 3/5

10. Thinkin’- A song about how girls think/worry too much and are very nosy. It’s a semi-valid point, but I feel its slightly promoting that they stop thinking. It was an ok song again not bad, not great. Nice sample though, pretty good beat.
11. This is the Formula featuring J Live- This is a pretty good song Apathy and J Live actually both worked well over this Jazzy beat. Very chill dope lyricism from both artists. This is a nice track. 4/5

12. Guys and Girls featuring Blue Raspberry- Interesting concept where he goes through the common complaints about girls and how they are all moody and nosy but still play games, and then through the eyes of a girl how guys only want one thing ect. Chill beat, great sample, good track. 3.75/5

13. Anyday featuring King Magnetic- This is a dope song. It’s about feeling down, beat, but hoping things will change. Great beat, great lyrics great sample. Both artists did their thing on this track. Buy This Song! 5/5
14. Candy featuring Dose- Alright track kind of follows the lines of Will Smiths candy, only this one is less pop sounding. Both artists had alright verses but the beat was pretty good and the sample was nice. 3.5/5

15. Run, Run Away- A song about how poorly he acted towards a girl. I liked it, nothing lyrically astounding, but better than most. And it was a nice story, alright track 3.75/5
16. No Sad Tomorrow featuring Holly Brooks and Mike Mass- Another great track! You can probably guess what the songs about from the title, but this was nice. Lyrically good, and with a crazy beat and sample. Mike Mass did an amazing job as well. Great track BUY THIS ONE 5/5

17. Rhode Island featuring Emilio Lopez- Apathy giving props to Rhode Island, and how his career got started there. His verse is really short, but its good, and he sings the hook and does shout outs at the end of the song. Emilio did a great job as well, his verse was much longer. Good song 4/5

18. What Goes Up- A great song, very relaxed beat with a soft rock feel to it, and a nice old school sample. The song is a story about how a man who is under a lot of stress, but trying to change his life around, he fires his gun into the air just into the sky, but “What goes Up, Must Come Down” and it comes down and kills his girlfriend. When he gets the call and makes the connection he decides he needs to kill himself as well. Great song, great story, I wish it was longer though. 4.75/5

19. Hard Times On Planet Earth- Apathy talking about the financial hardships, despite popularity and how he wishes he had a different job with better monetary gain. This is a dope track, nice beat, good concept, good lyrics. 4/5

20. Slave featuring Motive- A great song, with a dope beat. Ap’s verse is about being an economic slave. While motive takes a similar story although he is speaking as if he is a real slave. Nice concept, both verses were well thought out with good flow and lyricism while staying on topic. I give this song a 5/5

21. Victim featuring Holly Brook- This song is AMAZING, my favorite beat on the album and Holly has an amazing voice that works perfectly with this song. The first verse is a story about how a man attempts to rape a girl, but it turns out the girl was a murder and she kills him. The second verse is about a girl who is raped by her step brother and his friends, and it turns her into a killer. Again Holly’s soft and slightly eerie voice is just perfect for the song. My favorite track on the whole album YOU MUST BUY THIS SONG IF YOU DON’T BUY ANYTHING ELSE. 6/5

22. The Last Thing I Need featuring Motive (bonus track) - Good beat, and good track talking about things he doesn’t want to happen. Both artists go hard, and they complement each other well. 4/5



Apathy’s album “Want to Snuggle?” was Overall a pretty good album. Definitely worth a purchase in my opinion but you can find the whole thing on YouTube to choose which songs you like (here’s the playlist url: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F1024F9B0F3F2B05) But definitely worth a full purchase. It has a lot of songs with great concepts and interesting wordplay, and Apathy brings his killer lyrics as always. Overall a 4/5 album, but I don’t recommend you buy it from itunes because they don’t have all the tracks. Buy it from a website like this one (http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/detail.asp?=Apathy-Blacastan-Blue-Raspberry-B-Real-Celph-Titled-Chip-Fu-J-Live-King-Magnetic-Ryu-Wanna-Snuggle-Demigodz-Entertainment&UPC=DGZWSCD).

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