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Focus-Against All Odds
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Zone.Out.Ent Presents Focus Against.All.Odds The 1st Mixtape From The Rapper From Jamaica Queens Shows His Versatile Style And Talents Hosted By DjJayWest Of Desert Storm
Tempest – “I of tha Storm” Review
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
“I of The Storm” comes after Tempest’s previous Mixtape release “Takin’ Tha Game By Storm” and “The Storm is Coming” playing with the definition of his name creating coherency between the two releases and reigning with his lyrics over beats dominantly produced by Veinz and Pezey Krack.
“Follow Me” the intro track brings a calm before the storm vibe, making you feel a slight drizzle and opening the album promising you a personal travel through his own storm. Trailing off with a electric guitar leading into “Tha Incomparable” produced by Veinz where the beat and Tempest’s voice takes a switch into a epic tone, this is where the storm begins with lyrics like “…I ain’t gon’ lie to you, how you gon’ kill me son, Christ wouldn’t die for you”. In “Tell Myself” Tempest shows his creative side with a beautiful ending, having a conversation with his self, this track further defines the turbulence that goes on in his mind. Pezey Krack weaves a fleeting flute melody adding to a smooth flow that Tempest flawlessly delivers over the beat.
In “Heart of Stone” Tempest picks his flow up traversing a strong beat sampling Skid Row’s 18 and Life, produced by A Stylez. Tempest digs us deeper into his mind with “I know a few who betrayed my trust, maybe I was just betrayed by trust…”. “Need to know” love it, love the hook and it never hurts to sample Elton. Stewrat takes a mellow Elton John track and transform it into a single ready track. This is one of my favorite tracks on the album, had to stop listening to the rest of it for this one. After a couple of tracks Tempest picks it up with a high energy track “Don’t Hate Me”, still following the premise of the album he bleeds his heart out with a smooth flow and coincidently the words Heart of Stone seeps in from the sample connecting it with the “Heart of Stone” track, questioning himself.
Some tracks that don’t particularly come hard defer from the rest of the album like “Weekend Girl” or “Pandora’s Box” which the album could have done with out but the storm picks back up with “The March” leading into a few collabo tracks with JYoung from their Stick 2 Tha Script group. “Domino Effect” stands out with Tempest and Vs Stylez switching back and forth throughout the whole track bar after bar over a A Stylez beat. “I’s Closed” running at 7 minutes didn’t seem like it, when it ended I didn’t know that much time went by, great track.
“I of Tha Storm” shows that Tempest has a good ear for picking beats and with lyrics that keep you listening no matter how the beat sounds, but for this album the majority of the beats meld his delivery and content together. Tempest pulls you in and lets you know how he feels to understand how the center of his own storm is emotionally charged showing off his versatility in topics and style. The album closes off with “My Reply”, making you feel like you weathered the storm. Overall “I of Tha Storm” is beyond a solid album, it is the stepping stool that Tempest will be put on when he releases again, the tracks that don’t stand out is not saying much because they are still good, they just stand next to too many other great tracks that outshine them.
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Introducing Rozewood
Monday, February 22nd, 2010
Born Ruben Johnson in Wursburg Germany and raised in Amityville NY. Rozewood has never been a stranger to life’s adversity.
Witnessing the murder of his uncle first hand he committed himself to not following the all too common path of street life. Instead he chose to hone his rhyming skills and aims to use those to pave his own pathway off the block and into the future.
Rozewood is the MC’s MC . As most up and coming rappers have he has been influenced by the greats like Rakim, Kool G Rap, De la Soul, JZ, Nas and the Wu-Tang Clan. His intellect and sharp wit are clearly heard in his deadly freestyling abilities. In fact while in college he battled Mos Def to a draw.
There is an honesty in his music that is rare in mainstream hip hop today. He has an uncanny ability to paint an accurate picture of the pain, passion and struggle that is real life. There is no need to exaggerate. The truth is raw enough.
His graphic & compelling story telling abilities serve as a reminder that with out a doubt success is not far off in the distance. Rozewood is the MC you may not have heard yet but have always been waiting for.
He will not disappoint.
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