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Rocki Evans - No Mix
Artist: Rocki Evans
Producer: Large Professor
Album: simply twisted
Label: Free Integrated Media
Plenty of R&B singers have set out to incorporate hip-hop influences into their work – many with considerable success – but hip-soul hybrids as raw Rocki Evans’ latest effort are few and far between. Never one to sugarcoat or pull punches, the restlessly-creative crooner backs this inaugural album leak with an instrumental straight outta one of rap’s most highly-regarded sets. Here, the gritty, Large Professor-produced boom-bap groove that backed Nas’ Halftime is repurposed (with minor tweaks courtesy of Blue the Engineer) as a backdrop for some of the hardest bars I’ve heard come out an R&B singer’s mouth in a minute. Unflappably smooth in his delivery, Evans advises listeners not to twist his words, but rather “just leave it raw like the f*ck I meant it” – implying dire consequences for those who don’t take him at face value. No Mix is certainly a bold experiment, but is the result fresh enough to justify raiding Illmatic for beats? If you answer in the affirmative, then you can expect plenty more dope surprises on simply twisted, due out sometime in the near future.
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I'm not really sure as to what direction Rocki was hoping to take this one, but I wasn't really feeling it as much as his previous tracks. Rocki is a very talented singer, however, I lost interest pretty quickly and thats hard for me to say because I love the classic production and Rocki is a booth favorite for me. I'll put it in rotation even though it sounded a bit below average.
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Not impressed, didn't work for me
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He reminds me of D'Angelo they have a similar style of singing. The song is just enough to gain a following to see what next he will put out but its not a hit. Its just a cool song.
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DJ Booth Crew  Total Ratings: 211 |
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Ok I thought I was going to hear a rapper and this would have a been a dope beat but here we go again with this vulgar singing.R&B singers aren't hard and don't need to be. The language and delivery turned me off.
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| Posted on May 05, 2011 |
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