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Review: Unexpected Arrival
Unexpected Arrival
Reviewed By: TRMNDUS
Album Rate:
3 out of 5 Stars

Unexpected Arrival is a new and upcoming group coming from the Seattle area. Instead of the usual Northwest sound they bring a more mainstream type style of flows and beats. The album features Willie Will, Blake Lewis, Ashabee, Kraneum, Terry Cerillo, and production by Undercaste.

1. "Introduction" has a real nice beat with some guitar in the background this is some nice laid back sensual type shit. Sounds like some old wild west type beat really nice intro beat.

2. "Millennium" has a nice mid tempo beat with some piano in it has a nice raise up type feel to it. The both come real nice on the flows on this track some nice fast flowing. The chorus on this track is nice and catchy well laid out....very tight track to start this album out.

3. "Take Control" has a nice mid tempo beat has sort of a Senortia/Mamacita type feel to it tight beat right here. Unexpected Arrival comes real nice on this track as well pretty good flows all throughout the track. The hook on this track aint bad the singing done on it is pretty good.

4. "Calm & Peaceful" Just a skit...didn't really get the whole point of it but how many skits do you really get.

5. "Life" has a nice up tempo beat with some bell type piano effects in the background nice beat here. Once again the flows on this track were good and they came with a real nice hook as well another pretty good track overall.

6. "Julie" has a real slow type beat has some guitar in the background sounds like some lovey dovey type stuff. This track is pretty deep and its by Neema of Unexpected Arrival and he spitting stuff on some girl he really cares about nice soft song right here some real deep lyrics put into this one. Some good singing on the chorus as well.

7. "How We Do" this beat is real up tempo has some weird effects going on in the background wasn't really feeling this beat. The flows were decent on this track but the hook was nice but the beat was not my type of shit if it had a better beat it could of been a good song.

8. "Neema’s Pregnant" another skit nothing good probably have you skipping....

9. "This has a real orchestral type feel to it has a nice raise the fuck up type feel going on to it I liked this beat. This track features Ashabee & Kraneum. Everyone coems good on this song good beat and nice flows has more of an East Coast feel to it.

10. "Neema Verse" has a real old style type beat going on to it sounds like some shit Wu Tang would use I really wasn’t feeling this beat either. Nice flows on this track though but the beat just made me not wanna listen to it.

11. "Left Or Right" another skit....had me skipping....

12. "You Know Me" has a nice mid tempo type beat with some piano in the background pretty tight beat. They come real good on the flows on this track and the hook is nicely sung as well another pretty good track on this album.

13. "Last Act" just another skit.......

14. "What Do You See" has a real tight beat some tight medieval raise up type shit. This track they come real tight on the flows but the hook was kind of sub par and I wasn’t really feeling it. I think if the hook was better this track would have been knocking.

In end this album had some really nice production on Undercaste’s part. Unexpected Arrival came pretty good on the flows throughout the album but my only problem is this album seems like it was either rushed or not very well put together. Its got 14 tracks but 4 are skits plus the intro which only makes the album only 9 tracks. Out of those 9 tracks only about 5 are bumping and worth listening to. I think if this album had more tracks instead of skits it could have been a good all around album this is more like a sampler than a album in my opinion. I would like to see a full forth album put out by Unexpected Arrival but until then go scoop this album up.


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