“Murder” is another one of my favorite ’09 crack rocks. It’s off JS-1′s Ground Original 2, which, aside from said track, the Large Pro joint, and show-stealing Supastition verse (he does that a lot), was a mediocre album at best — a shame considering how dope the first Ground Original is. But, regardless of how the album plays on a whole, there’s no denying that “Murder” is one hell of a collaboration. Here it is:
Sometimes Chino XL is too ill for words. The man has great control over the microphone and it shows in every one of his sixteen-thousand-bar verses. If he rhymed over production like this all the time, there is no doubt in my mind he would have released a classic album by now. Although that jacked bastard would probably fuck me up for not saying he already has a classic under his belt with Here to Save You All.
Moving on. Sean Price’s verse comes second. It really pays having such low expectations for P these days because every now and again he’ll hit the booth with dope verse that isn’t laced with drug references and loaded with fillers. I also thought it was funny that Sean shamelessly admits to spitting random shit just to fit his rhyme scheme.
Most of you already know how I think Killah Priest, who finishes off the song, is a beast (<— Ruck has my back on this one), so it should come as no surprise how I think a claim such as “the fact is I got this rap shit mastered” coming out of Priest’s mouth is totally justified. And, to be honest, the tad of music-snob in me questions your judgment of hip-hop music if you disagree.
Let me know what you think.
Hakuna matata.
Filed under: Album Talk/Review, Hip-Hop, Music Tagged: | Chino XL, DJ JS-1, Ground Original 2, Killah Priest, Ruck, Sean Price
