DJ Kay Slay & Papoose - Menace II Society Pt. 2

MIXTAPE REVIEW


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


By Do-Well









What's hood wit it Late Niters - it's Do-Well doin' it sooooo well, and this is the review of Papoose...Pa-Poose? Yup - Menace II Society Pt. 2 is the definition of what Papoose is to the game of Hip Hop: The Shiznit! Papoose is unlike a lot of rappers because he has unique ability to use different topics and throw his own spice on it. The first time I heard him was his track "Alphabet Slaughter" in which he went through the alphabet, front and back, and put together word combinations using that letter and...I was left speechless. The same happened as I listened to Menace II society Pt. 2.

DJ Kay Slay has perhaps New York's most sought after artist on his team. Several offers had been on the table for him as of late, but in his words "They say if he so nice why he got no deal, I say my talent is something these labels won't steal, I'm doing this for them rappers up out of Brownsville, who never went platinum they had a bad deal." I think he's doing the smart thing in weighing his options, especially being as nice as he is, labels are going to compete for him.

Throughout this mixtape, you can see how Papoose is different from your average NY rapper. The first track gives you a recount of when O-Dog popped the Chinese store owners. He plays the little boy that Kane saved while losing his life and then he gives an update on some of the characters from the movie. "O-Dog still locked up in jail, I go and see him sometime and drop him some mail, Dat faggot nigga Chauncey decided to tell, he gave the tape to the cops he rottin' in hell, Kane wanted to be like my father Pernell, I know u remember me I serve ya memory well, I was ridin' my big wheel, I'm the reason he feel, he tried to protect me while he was bussin' dem shells."

Track #3 is Papoose in a nutshell. He slows it down with an ol' school beat and uses old ribs that every one use to say. "Yo mama so fat when she walk her booty clap, need gloves to eat a tootsie roll she so black, U actin' like yo moms that, she so cross-eyed when she cry tears go down her back, Whoever step on a line ya mama drink wine, whoever step on a crack ya mama smoke crack. We told mother jokes as if we took em for gran-it, drinkin' sugar water and eatin a syrup sandwhich." This the only dude I know who would think of something so creative and actually make it sound hot. Other hot tracks are # 16 featuring Talib Kweli in which the beat's hot and they both rip it lyrically. #6 wit Remy Ma and Hell Rell is nice and the second hottest track is "Raised With Them Gangstaz" with Styles, Jada, Sheek, Black Rob, and wack a$$ McGruff. But the hottest track is # 17 "License To Kill". The beat is bananas and of course Papoose rips it verbally.

Along with a creative mind, Papoose can straight spit as well. On track 9 "Street Rules" he says "While u on the crack block trina make a boy sell, my finger on the pound like I'm callin my voicemail." Then on track 10 "Hummin' Like A Slave" he says "You hear that tough talk he be talking in his bars, always talking bout his crack and his cars, after I clap him I'm a lay up wit a broad, cause I wanna clap this nigga so bad my dick hard."

I feels Papoose cause he is original and that's something that the game is lacking especially in NY. "The Concept King", as he calls himself, for sure is the next new artist to blow. This mixtape gets an 4.5 only because I can't give a perfect rating because I believe nothing or no one is perfect. If Dirty BackPacks would let me I'd give it a 4.99 cause as far as mixtapes are concerned this is as good as it gets. But im a stick to the format and give Menace II Society Pt. 2 a 4.5. It's Do-Well, I'm gone...



Track Listings


1. DJ Kay Slay & Papoose Intro
2. Menace To Society Part 2 (produced by DJ Kay Slay)
3. Flashback (produced by Thug-A-Cation) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!
4. You Made Your Choice (produced by DJ Kay Slay)
5. Raised With Them Gangstaz feat. Jadakiss, Styles P, McGruff, Sheek Louch, Black Rob & Razah
6. The Hardest Out feat. Hell Rell & Remy Martin
7. Fashion Statement (produced by N-Tellect)
8. Interlude (You Know You Done Fucked Up)
9. Street Rules (produced by DJ Green Lantern) CLICK HERE TO LISTEN!
10. Hummin' Like A Slave
11. New Era (produced by Ron Browz)
12. You Can't Ride Like Me feat. Funkmaster Flex (produced by Emile)
13. Lyrical Murder feat. Thug-A-Cation
14. Interlude (Tat Tat Wut The Fuck Man)
15. Touch The Sky (produced by Bink)
16. The Beast feat. Talib Kweli (produced by Keezo)
BONUS TRACKS
17. License To Kill (produced by DJ Green Lantern)
18. Outro (DJ Kay Slay Answering Machine)