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Basic Vocab: The General Dynamic review Once again, I'm asking you to be honest. When you think of Southern Hip-Hop, you can barely name a handful paying homage. However, while "snap rap" is doing the damn thang, there's another group who spits more than country slang. Their name is Basic Vocab; they have punchlines and a few verbal jabs. Don't get ahead of yourself, they're not going platinum with this album! Be that as it may, don't be suprised if they're here to stay. The biggest problem will be their ability to make music and maintain pay(see the interview will JL). Right off the bat the album's intro dictates the entire feeling of the LP. You are forced to nod your head to the sound from Tony G.(Gavlin). Mental Growth and JL Sorell go right into their made for stage MCing on "Intense." On "Likeness" the ongoing saga continues with bars like these from M.G., "though you wish on my demise/ my position here concrete/ solidified by the love the streets." With statements like that intact, they group follows with more conceptual songs. "Vibin" is a song in which the group warns other MC's that their music must have a certain sound in order to get play in the car. Track 5 is the trio's lead single, "Come Get Wit It." The production is club ready and the lyrics maintain potentcy. One would most likely hear this song in a 25+ club, as it has the grown and sexy feel. Next, "Fallen" for whatever reason, reminds me of Jay-Z's "Ballad for a Fallen Soldier," because of the wordplay comparing the soldiers to guys in the street. JL gives us witty metaphors and M.G. uses his verse to tell the story of Murphy P. Fresh out the clubs with the "Rap & Blues," Basic Vocab takes their dimepieces to the bedroom asking to cuddle, rather than the usual sex. "Ease Back" is pretty much going to strike you the way "Vibin" does. However, they quickly pick-up the lapse on "Its Alright." This is a special track on THE GENRERAL DYNAMIC, BV tells a story of a rape vicitim who faces the decision of saying something or not; and a stripper who hates her job, but continues anyway. "Fly that Head" is a change of pace, conceptual-wise, as the MC's make a fight song. "The Trap" has the group holding up a mirror for middle-class thugs. Warning those who portray as if they been if the trap that they'll get caught-up in the industry's trap. The final two tracks are the best kept secrets. "Watchin You" is another politically charged song that focuses on the fear the older generation has dealing with their younger people. In addition, the society and government come under scrtiny. "they rigged the election/ it was fixed/ we been Bush-wacked/ Now they got yo sons and daughters dying in Iraq/ Looking for weapons of mass destruction and ain't found jack/ On a quest for black gold and they ain't looking back/ Slipped in the Patriot Act.../ To end a solid album, Basic Vocab experiments with "Our Day in the Sun." This song appears to be over and then jumps into a transition in which the group finds their wanted prominence. In the end the production fits the group to a tee. The lyrics are well thought and delivered in a straight Hip-Hop fashion. They give you a album that allows you to think, nod your head, and ride to; if that's not a solid LP, I don't know what is. The main thing that takes away from each song is that the mood and delivery never show much difference. But, then again that's part of the appeal too.
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