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Review: F.T.S. - Money Motivated
F.T.S - Money Motivated
Reviewed By: TRMNDUS
Album Rate:
4.25 out of 5 Stars

F.T.S is back with their second album and its been a good two years since their first one. The group has grown in size since the first album and they now consist of D-Sane, Madd Dogg, CK Red, Drama, Byrdie, J-Dub, Smoke, Brokedown aka BD, and Brazy J. The group hails from Seattle and has done nothing but make noise in the area since their debut album in 1998. Can they live up to the success of their first album?......

1. "Intro(Much Love)" has a tight intro with a nice laid back mobb style beat going on in the backgroudn while D-Sane introduces the click and himself. "Those Who Give Love Get Love"

2. "Hater Hotline" D-Sane check his hater mail and it has someone I heard this is supposedly Liveo(Up and coming Seattle Rapper) but im not sure if its true. Anyways he is hating his ass off talking but Street Level is wack and all kinds of other bullshit.

3. "Money Motivated" this track has a tight ass fucking beat this is some straight run up on them haters type shit, some straight mobb style shit. This track gots Brazy J, Smoke, Drama, & J-dub. This track needs no explanation because it gots a tight hook and they all come fucking heated from front to back. Very tight track to get it started off.

4. "Evil Back Streets" this gots nice mid tempo beat with some orchestra raise up type effects going on in the background really tight beat once again. This track features B.D., Brazy J, & Madd Dogg. BD starts this track off and he rips it up nicely really good verse by him. Brazy J & J-Dub come with the next two verse and rip shit up too very tight track right here good hook and heated flows.

5. "Through My Eyez" has a slower beat with some tight piano going on in the background. This track has Smoke, J-Dub, & Byrdie. Smoke Dogg comes in with the first verse and its aight not one of his best. J-Dub comes in next and he rips a nice verse I cant wait to see a solo from him. Next up Byrdie and he raps a nice verse I like his style probably one of the more talented on the company.

6. "How They Getcha" this has a real tight ass bounce up mobb style type beat, has some deep ass piano in the background. This track features J-Dub, Byrdie, BD, Smoke. J-Dub come sin first and rips a nice verse BD comes in next and he comes tight as usual. Smoke and Byrdie come with nice verses as well and it has Newby signing on this cut another bumping ass track.

7. "Players Policy" has a real mellow beat sounds like some shit you would hear in the back of a porno flick tight beat. Byrdie starts the track off and he spits a tight verse, he also does the hook very tight hook as well. BD comes in with the next verse and he spits some good player shit on his verse its ended out by Creep Lo a good track about that Players right chea.

8. "Lately" has a nice slow beat with some futuristic type effects going on in the background on this one. This track features D-Sane, Madd Dogg, Newby, & Drama. D-Sane starts the track off with some talking and comes in ripping a nice verse some good shit by him and then Newby comes in with the hook. Madd Dogg comes in with the second verse and he rips it up good shit by him, next up Drama ends it out with an aight verse.

9. "Rest In Paradise" this has a real deep dark beat with some piano in the background real tight evil beat going on here. This track features Self Tightld who are some other local rappers that always bring heat. Everyone comes tight on this track and Byrdie comes real nice on the hook he gots some skills rapping and singing.

10. "Wet Dreams" has a nice slow beat with some nice piano being looped in the background tight beat right here. This track features BD, Madd Dogg & Newby on the hook. BD and Madd Dogg come straight on this track and Newby handled his bizzness on the hook.

11. "Seattle’s Finest" has a tight ass beat this is once again some good straight up mobb style ride on em shit. This track features Brazy J, Madd Dogg, & Drama. Brazy starts it out and comes with a decent verse. Madd Dogg comes second and he comes a bit better and then Drama ends it out with a decent verse as well. Pretty decent track right here very tight beat.

12. "Pac Man Hoes" has a real slow bassy mobb style type beat. This track features BD and D-Sane and this is about the gold digging hoes. BD and Sane lay it down on this track they both lay solid verses down a pretty good track.

13. "Im Still High" this has a real laid back mellow beat another one of those spark up a blunt type beats. This track features the whole family too many to name and it gots Byrdie on the hook. This is a good track about smoking they all lay it down another very bumping track.

14. "Coming Up In The 6" this has a tight ass beat its basic but tight as fuck this sounds like some shit from a scary movie. This track is by Madd Dogg & Brazy J and they both fucking kill this track a tight hook and tight flows another bumping ass track.

15. "Self Made" this has a amore mobbish type beat has kind of a bouncy dark feel to it. This track has BD, Smoke, Byrdie, & J-Dubb and they all come with pretty decent flows on this track. This track is kind of boring but has a nice beat just not enough hype in it.

16. "Why You Do Me So Cold" this has a real laid back beat sounds like a video game beat mixed in with a pimp type feel. This track features Madd Dogg, Drama, & J-Dub. This is pretty decent track has a lovey dovey type feel going on to it but it aint bad worth peeping out.

17. "Full Time" This track has a real basic beat just a tight ass mob base line something real easy to flow to. This track once again features the whole family and they end this album out nice by ripping the track from front to back. Tight song to end the album out on good shit.

This album was a nice step from their previous effort in many ways. The flows of the members of F.T.S have matured a lot in style, content and delivery. The production on this album was very heated it was a big step up from the last FTS album. FTS came tight all the way through on this album and showed that they trying to make a name for themselves. If D-Sane and the rest of FTS can stick together and make the right moves we should be hearing their names a lot more in this West Coast Game.

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