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Review: Mack 10 - Bang or Ball
Mack 10 - Bang Or Ball
Reviewed By: TRMNDUS
Album Rate:
4 out of 5 Stars

Mack 10 is back with his highly anticipated album, everyone is probably wondering how he's going to sound since he singed with Cash Money. Will he hold it down for the West or sellout and be a Cash Money Bling Bling type rapper. The album features Lil Wayne, BG, Ice Cube, E-40 WC, Butch Cassidy, Dr Dre, Big Tymers, Mikkey, Skoop Delania, Scarface, Xzibit, Lac & Stone.

1. "Intro" Just has baby and Mack talking they like the ready to do this shit.

2. "Hate In Yo Eyes" this has a very tight beat produced by Dr Dre this shit is knocking just like other Dre beats. Mack 10 comes nice on this track sounds like he dissing somebody on the song maybe some of his old label mates. Pretty tight track overall though.

3. "Let The Thugs In The club" has a nice beat sounds like some shit from a wild west movie mixed with a futuristic feel. Lil Wayne starts off and he rips a very tight verse I was feeling his verse. Mack 10 comes in with the chorus pretty good catchy chorus. Next comes BG and he comes with a pretty good verse too, overall another pretty bumping track.

4. "So Serious" has a pretty nice beat, has a sort of bouncy feel to it, nice mannie fresh beat. This track features Big Tymers and this is a switch off type song they each spit a quick verse then someone picks up right after another. This track is pretty tight as well.

5. "Connected For Life" this has a real tight beat some good west coast shit right chea. This track features WC & Ice Cube spitting some real tight verses good to hear WC on a track. It also features Butch Cassidy of Snoop’s company singing on the hook. Mack comes nice on this track as well pretty tight track once again good to hear Mack keeping his west roots.

6. "Dominoes (Skit)" skit about bitches and them playing dominoes at the same time....kind of funny.

7. "That Bitch Is Bad" this has a real laid back bouncy Mannie beat.....pretty tight beat its some sex type shit. This track features the Big Tymers. Mannie does the hook on this one and he spits and a very tight verse he always makes me laugh with his shit. Mack comes with a very tight verse as well on this song.

8. "Do The Damn Thing" this has a nice beat going to it once again it sounds like some wild west bouncy type shit. This track gots Mack spitting some tight flows the chorus on this song is real basic but it aint bad pretty decent.

9. "Kingpin Dream" this has a basic sounding Cash Money type beat has a laid back pimp tyte beat going to it. Mikkey is featured on this track and he spits the first verse and it aint bad at all, he also does the hook on this track its decent. Mack 10 comes in next he rips a few nice verses this is an aight sound nothing too special.

10. "Work" has a nice symphonic west style beat going on to it, sounds like some c-walk shit. This track is all about hustle and Mack lets it be known a much harder track than most of the other songs on this album pretty bumping cut.

11. "No Dick(Skit)" has Mack 10 try spit to some Lesbo bitch.....

12. "No Dick At All" this has a real mob baseline with a laid back west coast feel to it. Mack starts the song out he gots a nice verse and he is followed by Skoop Delania who comes with an average verse. On the last verse my boy E-40 comes with a tight ass verse always good to hear my boy 40 on some shit.

13. "Mathematics" this has a bouncy ass mid tempo beat sounds like some west coast mobby shit. This track is a solo cut by Mack he comes nice on this track its not the tightest track but its pretty tight nice hook and tight flows.

14. "Let It Be Known" this has a harder beat its some deep south meets west type shit. This track starts off with Scarface ripping it nicely and then Xzhibit comes in with the hook very tight hook. Mack gots two nice verses on this song as well it ends out with X talking another bumping ass track.

15. "Announcement (Skit)" just a skit about Mack 10 setting it straight about the cash money situation, also he talking bout stay the fuck out his business.

16. "We Can Never Be Friends" has a real laid back beat a nice mannie type beat. This track features Big Tymers and Lac & Stone and they all come real nice on this track. Mack also comes nice on his verse this track this tracks sounds like the typical cash money shit though nothing that stands out.

17. "Dog About It" this has a tight ass piano sample used from somewhere but I cant place from where, very tight beat though. This track features BG and he comes with the first verse and its a pretty good verse and he does the hook on this track as well Mack comes in next and rips a nice lil verse for himself, pretty bumping track good beat.

18. "Murder" has a different style type beat sounds like some shit Xzhibit would rap to has a west coast mobby style beat. Has a stand out chorus as well kind of something different I was feeling it. Mack comes with a nice murderous verse. Turk is featured on this cut and he comes with two very nice verses, nice track to end it out on.

In the end this album was a lot better than I expected, I thought Cash Money was going to be all over it but they were only on about half the cuts and half the production. Mack switched it up nicely on this album he did it about half west and half Cash Money style. The album in all has quite a few bumping tracks and appeals to Cash Money and West fans so this album is definitely worth a peep. I would go scoop it up....its nowhere close to a sorry album.


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