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3.3 ( 30 total votes )
Bishop Lamont - City Lights ft. Erik (of The New Royales)
Artist: Bishop Lamont
Producer: DJ Khalil
Album: The Confessional (Mixtape)
Label: Diocese
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.
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The beat out does the lyrics..ain't no real energy from BL. I like how they mix the rock with the rap but it doesn't make it a banger...
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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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.
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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Lamont is gonna put cali back on the map!!!!shit... with dre's help how can he fail?
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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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
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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wow the hook threw me off wasnt expecting that im diggen this one its hot
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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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.
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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hmmmm i think DIS iz ok...cuz da beat aint da best...but i kinda like hiz spit-n .
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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I just think its ok.The hook is a little different here. 2.5 stars
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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forgot to rate again.
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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50s replacement. DRE stop f**Kin with us! Bring out the DETOX!
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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Bishop Lamonts flow on this track is amazing.. Hes really gonna light up the scene soon.
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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pure heat, Bishop's mixtape tracks are way better than half of other artists albums tracks! isn't that ironic??
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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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
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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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)
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 385 |
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love the chorus, he flows arite
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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I meant to give it a three and i didnt mean to push the button twice...so lets even it out a little
L.O.S.E.R. - Lyrical Operative Supplying Excellent Rhetoric :) |
| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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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.
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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The beat and hook are crazy, But Bishop has no energy on this track at all..
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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Ok
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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whoa...this is kinda kewl...2.5
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THis is ok
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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I production is def sick. And the hook goes hard
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| Posted on Jun 25, 2008 |
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DJ Booth Member  Total Ratings: 269 |
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I am feelin this one. This song is tight.
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| Posted on Jun 26, 2008 |
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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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| Posted on Jun 26, 2008 |
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MONSTER!
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| Posted on Jun 29, 2008 |
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Tastemaker  Total Ratings: 1189 |
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Awesome track
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| Posted on Aug 29, 2008 |
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one of the best "Ice Breakers" ever 5*
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| Posted on Feb 08, 2011 |
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Dope
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