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Review: Ghetto Starz - Sl-ums
Ghetto Starz - Sl-ums
Reviewed By: TRMNDUS
Album Rate:
3.25 out of 5 Stars

Ghetto Starz is a new group consisting of Scoob Nitty, Uzi, Dub 20, & King. Their album is coming out on Dog Day Records and only features Mac Dre, Ridah of Mob Figaz, Arsonal, & Jug. I was eager to hear this album after Murder Dog Magazine gave it 5 Nuts in their review but how many times are their reviews actually right.

1. "Intro" just your basic intro nothing special at all just some bullshit talking and waste of space and a decent beat.

2. "Come Thug With Us" has a nice mid tempo beat with some jingle type bells going on in the background. The hook on this song is pretty good its real simple and basic but laid out well. The whole click comes real good on this track some good flows spit on this one.

3. "Younger Days" has a mid tempo beat once again with a nice horn and raise up type effect in the background. They all come pretty good on this track as well they spit some good shit on this track. Pretty good hook on this track overall.

4. "I Betcha Hate" has a tight ass mobb style type beat some real good ride on em shit right here. This track gots a very tight hook and some tight flows a very tight track overall I was feeling it good shit.

5. "We Live It" this has a mid tempo west coast ride type feel, some good shit to put in your ride and just cruise too. They come with a very nice hook on this track as well and they all come good on the flows pretty tight track overall, good shit to ride to.

6. "Walk This Way (People Think Im Crazy)" a slower type beat on this one has a real symphonic feel to it. This track has a pretty good hook as well and they coem pretty decent on the flows this is another bumpable track right here.

7. "Nitty Makin Major Moves" real slow ass mobby beat real basic just some basic ass mob shit. Flows on this track are decent nothing special and the hook on this track is decent as well gots some girl singing on the hook decent track overall.

8. "Ghetto Starz Muthfucka" has a more up tempo style beat has a sort of we bout to come up feel on this beat. They come real tight with the flows on this one and the hook is decent as well but pretty good track overall.

9. "Prisoners At War" has a mid tempo style bat with some piano in the background sounds just like some lets go to war shit. This track features west coast vet Mac Dre and he rips a tight little verse good shit by him. The hook on this track is decent nothing special and Ghetto Starz come pretty nice on the flows but just a decent track overall.

10. "Millennium Thugs" has a real slower beat going on with some piano/viloin type feel going on in the background sounds like some video game music. This track has a decent hook as well and some decent flows but nothing on a lasting appeal. This track features Ridah & Arsonal and they both come decent.

11. "The SL-ums" has a real basic beat sounds like some street life shit. This track has some deeper lyrics and flows but the hook is just plain and not too good. Another aight track nothing too special right here.

12. "Shattered Dreams" has a tight beat going on to it sounds like some struggle type shit. This track has a pretty good hook and the flows are pretty tight. This track is pretty good overall.

13. "Bleeding Hearts" has a real up tempo type beat sounds like some fiesta type shit, sort of a mainstream style beat. Pretty good hook and decent flows on this track another decent track right here.

14. "Orphan" has a real slow tempo beat sounds like some old C-Bo style shit good shit on this beat. Once again sub par flows and a decent hook but nothing on a lasting appeal.

15. "Underground Laboratory" has a real mobby west coast style beat some ride too type shit once again. This track has an aight hook and the flows are pretty good and this is another decent track.

16. "Thug Song" This track has a real laid back beat has a sort of struggle/pain type feel on this beat. This track is pretty tight good flows and tight hook I was feeling this track right here very well put together.

17. "You & Me" has a pretty tight feel on this one a lot of instruments and samples going on this beat. The flows are decent on this track are once again just decent and the hook on this track is just the same ole nothing too good at all.

18. "U-Z-I Stay High" has a real laid back feel to it some good kick back type shit on this one some good right shit once again. This track gots some tight flows on it I was feeling this one even though it was kind of short.

19. "El Pueblo CA" this track has sort of an Egyptian type feel to it in the background a nice little beat. This track features Ridah of Mob Figaz and he comes clean on his part but this is just another decent track nothing on a lasting appeal.

20. "Outro" Outro just some Pueblo CA being chanted in the background on this one with a decent beat.

Overall the production on this album was decent it was mostly done by Rob Lowe and he did work on AP-9’s solo album and also on the new Jacka of Mob Figaz solo album. All the members of Ghetto Starz got talent on the flows but it just seem this album wasn't put together well. The hooks were not very good and a lot of the tracks sounded like filler tracks and were boring to listen to. I would give this album like 2 to 3 nuts its nowhere near 5 and in the end this album is just another album to hit the shelves and I would only scoop it used or if you got nothing else to get.


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