Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Lil' Flip, Ludacris, Static, Tity Boi, Cam'ron, Three 6 Mafia, David Banner, Will-Lean, Lea, The Diplomats, Pastor Troy, Baby D, Killer Mike, Shawty Beezlee, Butch Cassidy, Grafh, Gravy, Skillz1. | | Producers include: The Heatmakerz, Play-N-Skillz, The Synphony, Carl So-Lowe, The Legendary Red Spyda. | | This is an example of the Southern Rap "screwed" style. | | Personnel includes: Lil' Flip, Ludacris, Static, Tity Boi, Cam'ron, Three 6 Mafia, David Banner, Will-Lean, Lea, The Diplomats, Pharrell Williams, Shawty Beezlee, Killer Mike, Baby D, Butch Cassidy, Grafh, Gravy, Skillz1. | | Personnel: Shawty Beezlee (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Chris Athens; Jason Goldstein; Josh; Mike Foster; Juicy J; Kevin Crouse. | | Recording information: Big Tank Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Firehouse Studios, New York, NY; Hyponotize Minds Studios, Memphis; Prime Time Prodxxtion, Dallas, TX; Soho Studios, New York, NY; Sony Studios, New York, NY; Soundcastle, Los Angeles, CA; The Den, Houston, TX; Top Quality Studios, Atlanta, GA. | | Photographer: Marco Ruiz. | | Nas once said "I got so many rhymes, I don't think I'm too sane," a line which could also refer to the similarly prolific young rapper known as Lil' Flip, who, in early 2004, unleashed an ambitious, wonderfully schizophrenic double-disc set, U GOTTA FEEL ME, his third solo record. Lil' Flip garnered his rep by flowing without a net, earning himself the nickname "The Freestyle King" in his hometown of Houston, Texas. His brash style also brought him to the attention of the legendary DJ Screw, who took him into the Screwed Up Click before he embarked on a solo career. | | Lil' Flip starts strong with the thriller-movie music of "I Came to Bring the Pain," featuring an outstanding guest shot by the king of guest shots, Ludacris. Flip shows an immense diversity, waxing introspective and reverent on the sweetly 1980s-style "Sun Don't Shine," following that with the stridently intense "Represent." The record also contains a couple of solid examples of the Screwed Up Click's trademarked slowed-down sound. A double album is always a dicey proposition, but Lil' Flip pulls it off in style with the remarkably consistent and engaging sounds of U GOTTA FEEL ME. | | Having left the underground in his wake, Lil' Flip gets a little ambitious by making his third solo album a double-disc set. Though the two discs combined only add up to an hour and a half worth of music (admittedly just ten minutes more than a filled-out single disc), he still doesn't deliver enough hot material to warrant the move. Two remarkable guest appearances prior to this -- on David Banner's "Like a Pimp" and Fam-Lay's "Rock 'n Roll" -- raised the level of anticipation for the set considerably. Though a good chunk of what's here could've been sacrificed, Flip more or less delivers. The blip-filled, Fury-produced "Game Over" ranks with his best tracks to date, and even without it, the hit-to-miss ratio is favorable. DJ Paul and Juicy J, Play-n-Skillz, Carl So-Lowe, the Heatmakerz, and the Legendary Red Spyda contribute beats; Pastor Troy, Ludacris, and the Diplomats provide guest verses. Flip isn't really saying anything that he hasn't said before, but his skills have improved greatly since his status as a local phenomenon. Having to bounce between two discs is undeniably problematic, though. When you reach the only track involving David Banner, at the very end of the second disc, it's like discovering the prize at the bottom of a Lucky Charms box. [The album was also made available in a clean version.] ~ Andy Kellman |
Engineer: Jeremy Mackenzie; Rob Williams; Mike Foster; Frederick Paul; Jim Caruana; Juicy J; Mike Peters |
Musical Guests | | Ludacris | | Cam'Ron | | Lea | | David Banner | | Three 6 Mafia | | Pharrell Williams | | Will-Lean | | The Diplomats | | Pastor Troy | | Skillz1 | | Butch Cassidy | | Static | | Tity Boi | | Killer Mike | | Shawty Beezlee | | Baby D | | Grafh | | Gravy |
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