After The Storm(Explicit Version) (2005)

Product Summary UPC: 00097037723125 Release Date: 11/8/2005 Buy.com Sku: 202010342 Item#: M2PPGK Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Commentay From Mousa ~ Various Artists 2. One Week Later - Jim-E-Mac - (featuring Too Skeezy/Ric Jilla) ~ Various Artists 3. Crossroads - Pastor Troy ~ Various Artists 4. Can't Keep Living - Young Buck ~ Various Artists 5. Middle of the Night - 8Ball - (featuring MJG/Twista) ~ Various Artists 6. Believe That - Yo Gotti ~ Various Artists 7. No Mo - North Mississippi Allstars - (featuring Al Kapone) ~ Various Artists 8. Quit Bumpin' - Shei Atkins/Paul Wall ~ Various Artists 9. Real Niggas - Yung Redd - (featuring Lil' Ron/David Banner) ~ Various Artists 10. Wheels Keep Spinnin - Capone ~ Various Artists 11. Slammed To The Floor - Latino Jam Cartel ~ Various Artists 12. Searchin' - Dre Robinson ~ Various Artists 13. I Ain't Never Heard - Turk - (featuring Chamillionaire/S.S.) ~ Various Artists 14. Case, The - Lil' Flip ~ Various Artists 15. Keep It Southern - Haystak ~ Various Artists 16. Fiend Speak ~ Various Artists 17. What It Sounds Like - Fiend - (featuring Sonny/P-Dub) ~ Various Artists 18. Hard To Forget - Khujo Goodie - (featuring Blackmale/C.I.U.) ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Late 2005 saw the release of numerous albums that benefited those devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Of these compilations, HIP HOP HELPS: AFTER THE STORM is one of the most fitting, since many of the rappers featured on the record hail from the Gulf Coast area. The album includes tracks by Turk, Lil' Flip, and Haystak, as well as an intriguing duet featuring blues rockers the North Mississippi All Stars and rapper Al Kapone. All proceeds go to the American Red Cross, making AFTER THE STORM both a contribution to a worthy cause and an excellent Southern hip-hop mix. After Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi Gulf region in August 2005, millions of people reached out to help the victims however they could. Johnny Phillips, vice president of Memphis-based Select-O-Hits, decided to do his part by putting together a hip-hop album whose proceeds all went directly to the Red Cross. Every artist and label contacted cooperated with Phillips, which means that there's a pretty good lineup on Hip Hop Helps: After the Storm. Two of the cuts (Jim-E-Mac's "One Week Later" and Khujo Goodie's "Hard to Forget") were written specifically about the hurricane and show the rappers' feelings of hopelessness as they watch the destruction on television, and there is also some attempt to include the more socially conscious songs from the other artists' most recent albums. Pastor Troy pays tribute to a fallen friend on "Crossroads" and Paul Wall hooks up with Shei Atkins on the stick-up-for-yourself "Quit Bumpin'," although the money/weapons/women themes of Yo Gotti's "Believe That" and Latino Jam Cartel's "Slammed to the Floor" almost completely erase any effort to promote personal responsibility and social awareness. The Southern rappers' love of heavy beats (and everyone on the album is Southern, hailing from Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, Mississippi, and of course, Louisiana) means that there are a lot of strong bass rhythms that flow nicely with the singsongy delivery many of the rappers employ (Eightball & MJG and Haystak are perfect examples of this, their lines echoing the cadence of the Southern drawl), which can mask the occasional subpar rhyme. But there's some really touching stuff here, like "Commentary from Mousa," in which the New Orleans native speaks about his own experience living through Katrina, and there's some fun stuff as well, all of which makes Hip Hop Helps: After the Storm a relevant and interesting album. ~ Marisa Brown Musical Guests Ric Jilla Too Skeezy MJG Twista Al Kapone David Banner Lil' Ron Chamillionaire S.S. P Dub Sonny Blackmale C.I.U.   Technical Info Release Date : 11/08/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 7231 Label : Hip Hop Helps Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00097037723125