The AbSoulJah – The Light Side (2011)

Artist: The AbSoulJah

Album: The Light Side

Source:  From The Man Himself

Tracklisting:

1. War On The Mind (prod. by Ugly Tony)
2. Ignorant Spoken (prod. by Mistah Maff)
3. Top Of The Morning (prod. by A.B.)
4. Hopes Of Me (prod. by Mistah Maff)
5. Livest Winters (ft. Spicco) (prod. by Ugly Tony)
6. Ghetto Love Us Til We Leave (prod. by Thing)
7. The Big Ab on the Scene (prod. by Raw B)
8. How we Party (prod. by JNS Beats)
9. My Description (prod. by A.B.)
10. Better Than Before (prod. by A.B.)
11. Respect That (prod. by JNS Beats)
12. Talk To Me (ft. Streets Goon) (prod. by Manu Beats)
13. So Yall Know (prod. by A.B.)
14. Be Patient  (prod. by Kaine Undamusic)
15. What You Scared For (prod. by Alterbeats)
16. The Dark Hour Freestyle (prod. by MakOne)
17. Gone In Sixty (prod. by MakOne)

Note:

I am going to put you guys onto a little secret…The AbSoulJah.  This artist dropped Slave To The Page roughly three years ago.  It was a free release that I picked up on and loved.  Ever since, I check for his releases, however sporadic they might be.  Hell, I want him to drop two albums a year so maybe I am being a little demanding.  But that’s neither here nor there.  Right now The AbSoulJah  has decided to release seventeen previously unreleased tracks from the last couple of years available to you all for free in prelude to his album dropping later this year.  There are a lot of bangers and if you notice, Ugly Tony (author of the recently reviewed, At Nightfall) touched some of the production on this piece so you can count on the dope production.

What can you expect from The AbSoulJah?  You can expect raw rhymes in a baritone flow.   You can expect intelligence coupled with ruggedness. Some folks have it and others don’t and trust that the man has all the intangibles that put him in an elite category of hip hop artists.

I am not going to do a full review as this is more of a compilation than a true album.  Every joint delivers as promised, but the something special to me on this comp is track 12, Talk To Me, produced by Manu Beats. Just a personal favorite.

Enjoy!

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