Contemporary rap is all about passing around different ideas until they’ve been perfected and then spoiled. After appearing in Busta Rhymes’s We Made It video, which featured Linkin Park, Bishop Lamont is trying his own hand genre of rap-rock. While We Made It is two parts rock and one part rap, City Lights stays much truer to Lamont’s calling. Only the power chords and the vocals on the hook, sung by Erik from the Canadian crossover group The New Royales, are borrowed from rock. The rest of the song is pure hip hop, from Lamont’s three on-point verses to DJ Khalil’s grimy Cali beat. The track appears on Lamont’s new mixtape, The Confessional. Whether rap and rock are meant to be fused remains to be seen; for the time being, however, rap-rock is still fresh.
The beat and the hook are hot. Bishop spits some nice lines but the problem with him is that he is forgetable. Still a decent joint. I personally like "Right" of this mixtape Scott Storch did right on that beat.
not really feelin this effort from bishop lamont me i dont like the rap rock mix it only works in very rare occasions and this one aint one of em 2.5 stars
Whoa. Really have to agree with Lady Ruiz. I did not expect that hook. The beat is tight though. I think I hear some sounds from Love Me No More. Lyrics is alright but I don't like his delivery..it could be more...energetic. I'll give this a Banger although its 3.8 for me.
The beat is hot! I don't think I'll add it to my mp3 player, but it's totally in rotation...it's energic, his flow is ok and I also like the chorus! Maybe with a couple of further listens it may grow on me
west coast is bringin some heat i see... it's about that time that mr lamont could finally please us with his major release. strong beat bi dj khalil (the previous one was totally wasted by piggy cent)
Bishop Lamont is one of the better young cats coiming out the west. I have a couple of his mixtapes and they are fire. Bishop comes correct on here. The beat is tite too.
Bishop may never come out with an album because he's on Aftermath but dude has skillz and does a nice job on this track. Nice rock,rap collabo never heard of The New Royales but still worked.
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