Tanya Morgan - Moonlighting

HHH/LNN Official Rating: 4/5
Lyrics Rating: 4/5
Beats Rating: 4.5/5
Music Quality: 4.5/5



by: R.Motions









Tanya Morgan: R&B? Neo-Soul? Soloist? Females? Well if you said no to all of these, then you are right. Tanya Morgan is a HipHop group comprised of Von Pea and Ilwil (Ilyas and Donwill). While many groups are all stationed in one place at the same time, Tanya Morgan is not. Von Pea the "producer" of the group, lives in Brooklyn while Ilyas and DonWill are both residents of Cincinnati, Ohio. Well you are probably asking yourself, How can a artists combine from two separate parts of the United States to form a group, be as solid as they are, and vibe off of each other? The answer is.....I don't know...lol....We might have to have a hiphophavoc.com exclusive interview with the members to get that question answered.


This trio; who at first the name sounded like a neo-soul group because of the name and the art cover, is so far from that. Their album "Moonlighting" is a refreshing alternative to the games' over exposed grime and thug movement that is going on at this time. At first listen the album took me back in time to the era where the Native Tongue's ruled and the jazzy cool out vibe was the norm. I would like to be able to tell you who produced most of the album, but the copy I got was only a sleeve jacket. But I am sure that it was done by Von Pea and another producer named Brickbeats (also known as Dave or Brick).


"All im looking for is a chick from myspace
to freak off on the first date like blind date" - We Be







"I’m amongst the kind of cat you wait for
I was battling there, you can tell its taped off
giving you a beat is like spam with steak sauce
chances slimmer than Kate Moss" - Von Pea (The Warm Up)



If you are looking to backpack through your city (shout out to Dirty BackPacks) and listen to some real lyricism, then this album is for you. I was totally impressed with this album (Thanks Michelle). I think that even people that don’t listen to HipHop will like this album. There are no gun shots sparingly sprinkled throughout the album, there are no "I’m a thug" drops...plain and simple, this is JUST GREAT MUSIC...I usually do not co-sign many unknown artists, in fact the only other artist i really co-signed here on hiphophavoc.com was Raheem DeVaughn.


This album will undoubtedly will be one of those sleeper albums that you will pick up later and be mad at yourself for not rocking it sooner. So don't sleep and go get yours now! There are many superb tracks on this album including: The Warm Up, We Right Here, Pretty, Hooks...and I will stop here before I name the whole album. Even the skits are cool. As I was finishing listening to this album, the only thing this album reminds me of, is a 2006 version of De La Soul's - 3 Ft High and Rising.






Long Story Short is - PICK IT UP






as an extra, you can click here to download their Sunlighting mixtape for free


TRACKLISTING:


01 - The Record Spot (Intro)
02 - The Warm Up [4.5]
03 - Paper Thin [4.0]
04 - We Be [4.0]
05 - Skit, No.1
06 - Take the L (Get It) [4.0]
07 - Ode to Tanya [3.5]
08 - Hahaha [4.0]
09 - Skit, No.2
10 - We Right Here [4.5]
11 - Just Cause I Got Locks [3.5]
12 - Rough U Up [4.0]
13 - Skit, No.3
14 - Pretty [4.5]
15 - Hooks [4.0]
16 - Want U to Want Me [4.0]
17 - We Bad! [4.5]
18 - Skit, No. 4