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So earlier this year I’m sitting in my photography class and instead of doing my assignments I spent my time on SphereofHipHop.com (which could be one of the reasons I got a C in that class and because I didn’t try since it was my senior year and it was a blow off class). Anyway during that period of time of March to about May every time I jumped on the site I saw an advertisement for BillyBo’s album A Little Piece of Home and I was slightly intrigued to pick it up, the only problem was I had already told myself I would wait and buy JustMe’s Before the Twilight and Cas Metah’s Guest Room. The entire time though I was thinking I wonder what BillyBo sounds like. Eventually I got my answer when I received Praverb’s The Gospel Is Free mixtape and that sold me into giving BillyBo a chance. A couple months later, I received A Little Piece of Home in my inbox a couple weeks ago and after a few technical difficulties on my part I finally got to sit down and listen.

The first very notable part of about this album from the start is the creative production this album holds. I’d like to say it’s a mix of country and hip hop, but I think the beats are have a little more edge than country. Whoever made the beats for this album did an amazing job in mixing the countryesque beats with the DJ scratches and it has an addicting vibe to it. The point is the album’s sound is one that we’ve either never heard before or haven’t heard in a real long time.

BillyBo actually reminds me of a different version of Change, one that is more personal yet still hits close to home with his lyrics. The second track on the album “Today” proves my point. This track covers what many numerous tracks cover and the idea never gets old: the journey that we’ve taken from the beginning of our lives to the point where we’ve found Christ and even things we go through after Christ has saved us. BillyBo puts everything out there and I think that makes the listener able to relate to BillyBo even more.

Now I got this album about a week ago and the only reason this review wasn’t out sooner is because I every time I would listen to the album straight through I would never get past “One More Mile”. I heard the track on the Sphere of Hip Hop Podcast (SphereofHipHop.com) and when I received the album I couldn’t stop listening to this song. The beat has somewhat of a dark feel to it, which is perfect for this song and the lyrics that go along with it. Life is rough for all of us, but the road that we travel is even harder for Christians, we all can personally relate to the idea of “One More Mile”. We all work hard and we all work hard to achieve the goals that we have set for ourselves and the goals that God has set before us. For me this song talks about the idea of “being so close, yet so far”. This song is a classic and is one of the songs that deserve to nominated for “Song of the Year”.

“Daddy” is another song that has a topic that has been covered by the likes of MotionPlus, Wonder Brown, EDM and others. The fact that their fathers weren’t there when they needed their fathers. During the first two choruses of the song I got the feeling that BillyBo had some serious hatred for his father. The lyrics to the song is reminiscent of Wonder Brown’s track “Namesake” (from his free EP The Wake). The chorus changes from “Daddy, I hate you” to “Daddy, I love you” which sends a strong message to the listener: we’ve all been mistreated, but we’re called to love everyone just the same.

A Little Piece of Home is a solid album that’s filled with creativity and lyrics that should hit home to the listener. BillyBo even brings along guests: reSearch, Cas Metah, Change, ManChild, Aaron Paul and Phynite, plus the production the unique. The only thing I can say I wasn’t feeling was the remix of “One More Mile” at the end of the album. Other than that go grab this album you won’t regret it.

The Good

Production is one of kind and unique (wait a minute I could’ve swore we asked BillyBo if he could get the instrumentals for this album in the Sphere forums…)

Lyrics hit home and allow the listener to relate even more to BillyBo

“One More Mile” LISTEN TO IT YOU’LL KNOW WHAT I MEAN!!!

The Bad

The beats from the album while they are creative, sometimes slow down the flow of the album.

Rating: 4/5 (Good Album/ Definitely Worthy Of Your Music Collection)

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ONE MORE MILE!!!

The Records That Changed My Life

Daddy

Yesterday

Chains and Things feat. ReSearch and Aaron Paul

As some of you have noticed I reviewed Change’s The Stimulus Plan and the album is featured on this podcast along with other tracks that a dark sound production wise, but a very strong message lyrically…I call it The Lyrical Stimulus Plan! Take A Listen!!!

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Track (Artist)- Album

Family Ties produced by Anno Domini (Change)- The Stimulus Plan

Crippling feat. R.U.S.H (Cas Metah)- Providence Road

If I Don’t Make (DeepSpace5)- Unique Just Like Everyone Else

Mama Don’t Cry (Surreal)- Pardon My Dust

Savior (Change)- Same As It Never Was

Dedication feat. Praverb (Change)- The Stimulus Plan

Inside Out (Mars ILL)- Backbreakanomics

Remember (The Tunnel Rats)- Tunnel Vision

American Fado feat. Renee Alston (The Procussions)- 5 Sparrows for 2 Cents

Forgive Me (Sharlok Poems)- Blooming Sounds

An Excellent Few feat. Sintax and ManChild produced by Mouf Warren (Change)- The Stimulus Plan

Perspective (TheBreax)- Restocked

Girl, Interrupted produced by Flynn (L.A Symphony)- Unleashed

Together (Theory Hazit)- Lord Fire produced by Vintage

Bonus Track feat. 3rd Degree (Cas Metah)- Guest Room

Seasons produced by JustMe (Motion Plus)- The Sound Protest

Not A Stranger feat. Elias (Change)- The Stimulus Plan

Sev Statik…Tunnel Rat, DeepSpace5 member and accomplished solo artist. Sev Statik has been a guest for many other artists in the Christian Hip Hop realm (Dokument, Forgotten Heroes, Kaboose, LPG, Paradox, Theory Hazit, TheBreax and others). So here’s an hour show for those of you who don’t know “Da Pointman”

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Track (Artist)- Album

Intro (Sev Statik)- Speak Life

Sev Statik (The Tunnel Rats)- Tunnel Vision

Altitude (Sev Statik and Dust)- Back To Dust

Sock Full of Batteries produced by Dust (DeepSpace5)- BakeSale

Poor Penmanship (Sev Statik)- Speak Life

Thinking by Numbers (DeepSpace5)- A Night We Called It A Day

Hungry As Sin produced by MuzeOne (Sev Statik)- Shotgun

Global feat. LPG (Sev Statik)- Speak Life

Burn (The Tunnel Rats)- The Tunnel Rats

Invisible Bars (Sev Statik)- Speak Life

Line Finish (The Tunnel Rats)- Tunnel Vision

Invisibullet (Stu Dent)- Act of God 1

Timeless feat. Has-Lo (Sev Statik)- Shotgun

Equation (Stu Dent)- Act of God 1

The Godz (Sev Statik and Dust)- Back To Dust

For The Heads (The Tunnel Rats)- Tunnel Vision

Putcha Name On It feat. Supastition (Sev Statik and Dust)- Back To Dust

Speak Life (Sev Statik)- Speak Life

So I’ve been on the Sphere forums for about six months (don’t worry I’ve been into SphereofHipHop for the past three years) I remember when I first jumped on the forums I saw advertising for Change’s album an EP whose name escapes me and had guests from everywhere. I decided to investigate and actually downloaded Change’s LP, Same As It Never Was and loved it. So naturally when I got Change’s new FREE EP The Stimulus Plan in my email I was psyched to hear it.

Change has an ability that many artists lack and only a few artists have mastered (Braille, JustMe, Theory Hazit some prime examples), the ability to strongly relate to the listener. I honestly believe Change is the best in that department, his lyrics convey the pain that we all go through in our lives and how we have to follow God to get through this pain. Does Change’s The Stimulus Plan provide the lyricism that the mainstream hip hop economy lacks (hehe see what I did there)?

Now people who’ve listened to his LP Same As It Never Was should remember the song “Savior” (my favorite song off the album). If you liked “Savior” then The Stimulus Plan is an EP made in heaven for you. Most of the album has that dark sound and lyrics guaranteed to hit home for the listener. Anno Domini handled the production on four of the seven tracks on the album.

I won’t ruin the entire EP for you so I’ll go over three of the songs but I will say this album is worth downloading the most of the songs we’re downright amazing from both production and lyrical standpoints. I will say though the only song I wasn’t feeling was “Stick Up” just because of the beat the lyrics were fine. “Family Ties” produced by the previously mention Anno Domini and this track showcases Change’s amazing storytelling talent with three different (or maybe one big) story of issues within families that are legitimately happen in real life, this track just made me think of how blessed I am to a family that loves me and doesn’t hurt me.

“Dedication” is the track that follows “Family Ties” and features Praverb and basically it covers why Change and Praverb rap. They don’t rap for money, honeys or the chains that go with it, but they rap to show that they’re people like us that go through the same things as us. It’s the one track on the EP that doesn’t have that dark sound the rest of the album portrays and it’s a good track.

My favorite track of this EP is “Not A Stranger” once again produced by Anno Domini and goes back to the dark sounding beats. However change brings along Scribbling Idiot Elias to drop a verse on this track. Now I don’t know why, but every and I mean every track Elias is on it turns into a classic (I have yet to hear a bad track that Elias is on). The one thing about Anno Domini’s production is the utilization of the piano it adds to the dark sound and it’s just awesome. If I have the song’s meaning correct (which I’m not sure I do) Change is possibly rapping about the problems that happen during relationships and how even though the problems are hard to get through, the key is that we can get through them and we should still love our relationship partner anyway. In a couple words Elias’ verse says “best friends can turn into strangers”.

This EP is an amazing effort from everyone involved in this EP, Change’s lyrics are easy to relate to. Anno Domini’s production is top notch and we even get guest appearances from Praverb, Elias and a Mouf (sorry I refuse to call him Mouth) Warren beat on the last track which also features DeepSpace5 members Sintax and ManChild. The EP is great and should be downloaded by ALL Christian Hip Hop fans, now if only we can get Change to release a full LP.

The Good

The dark production works well with the dark realistic lyrics of Change
Change is the master of relating to the listener and it shows on this EP
One Word FREE!!!
“Not A Stranger feat. Elias= EPIC!!!”

The Bad

“Stick Up”

Rating: 4.5/5 (So Close To A Classic)

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Uhh…hello people the album is FREE!!!

 Sean P thanks for swinging by

BigSto: So for the people that don’t know who Sean P is give them some background on yourself and how you got into rapping and making beats.

Sean P:  Well…I started off rapping like everyone else…just being a kid and having fun with friends, then it crept into my notebooks in my alone time. But, I really started performing music as a scratch deejay right out of high school. Later I joined BC (Bone Circus) as a deejay then started making beats out of necessity so we could record original music. We recorded the first BC record with Blake Knight and Playdough. Playdough liked one of the beats on my beat CD and recorded “Ghetto Blaster” which was on Don’t Drink the Water. That’s kinda how I got in the loop.

BigSto: Theory Hazit & Vintage, Surreal & DJ Balance, Braille & S1, are all talented dynamic duos, what makes you and ManChild the next one?

Sean P: Wow. Those guys are really good. I feel like I’m on a job interview.

Hopefully we remind people of why they like Hip-Hop. And, I think that will make us stand out. Also, Manchild brings a unique spiritual fare that we hope will reach out to a somewhat untouched audience.

BigSto: Now I know when I heard about this collab project, I was psyched and surprised, I never saw this coming…how did the two of you get together to make this album?

Sean P:  It came about through the website Phatmass.com. The brains behind phatmass had been working with Manchild for several years. And, I also have had the pleasure of building a friendship with Dustin and the phatmass family for almost the same amount of time. When it came time for the Manchild project with Phatmass, he wanted just one producer to work with. So, they reached out to me. I met Manchild in about ‘02 when we shared the stage together in Tennessee. And, he dropped a verse on [BC's] FrameWork. So, we had a little history behind us.

BigSto: Obviously you’ve been able to work with ManChild tell us what it’s like working with him?

Sean P:  He’s a hardworking dude. He writes quickly with consistence and compassion. No nonsense. Low maintenance. And, he’s allowed me to be creative with what he’s given me. He’s dope.

BigSto:  You guys have taken a big step from a fans standpoint by including the instrumentals, what was the motivation behind it and give us a little insight into the sound of the album.

Sean P: We wanted to include the beats as an incentive to buy the record. Also, nowadays everyone is a deejay/rapper/beat-fanatic, so why not.

As for the sound of the album…it has a variety of sounds: party jams, thinkers, neck-snappers. Overall, we hope to give y’all the essence of Hip-Hop. You’re gonna hear hard-beats, scratches and raw raps. The beats are sample-based. So, it’s not in the vain of my solo Stiles for Miles, which has a more atmospheric vibe. It definitely has a rawer, thicker sound. And, the kicks are heavy, so tie your trunk down cause the subs are gonna bang!

BigSto:  Another question about the production, what influences (whether it’s spiritual/other artists/or music) the music you make?

I’m heavy influenced by other beat-makers. You can hear it in the base-lines. You’ll hear it in the chops, filters and snares. I mean, it’s been passed down to all heads who make beats.

So, aside from the traditions of Hip-Hop, my biggest influence is my mood. That determines the sound that comes out in the beats. That determines how I’m going to treat the sample or what instrument I will attempt to play. You know, it’s an art. So, sometimes I’m trying out new techniques while other times I’m blacked out, in a zone and time flies at the speed of God.

BigSto:  So besides making hot beats for artists what else does Sean P do in his downtime?

Well, I’m lucky enough to deejay for another awesome emcee named Playdough. So, I do shows scratching and occasionally mixing. If I don’t have many show lined up, I like to just kick it with a good friend. But, for the most part I’m a family man. I have a beautiful wife, a son, and a new daughter. My son and I like to skateboard and play ball in the house…you know…bring da rawkus!

BigSto:  Now that the Move Merchants album is finished what next for Sean P? And could we possibly see you and ManChild make another album together?

I’m always working on some kind of music, so there is always a possibility for another solo record. And, I get down with other artist, so you’ll be hearing my cuts and beats on different project in the future. Shout to The Naturalist, Heath McNease, MDA…among others. Look out for Playdough’s new one; hopefully you’ll hear me on there.

As for another Move Merchants record…we’ll have to wait and see. If this one catches on then that gives us less reasons not to.

BigSto: Ok Sean P, thank you so much for stopping by, anything else you’d like to say to your fans before you go?

Sean P: Fans? I really appreciate those of you that listen! Thanks so much for this interview Sto!

End Interview

In honor of Cas Metah’s new album Guest Room I’ve compiled some of my favorite guest appearances and put them together to make one of the longer podcasts I’ve done almost 2 hours long! Features artists from all over the Christian Hip Hop spectrum, 2mex, Mouf Warren, The Strange Fruit Project, K-Drama, Cash Hollistah and so many more! So take a listen and go get CAS METAH’S GUEST ROOM ALBUM!!!

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Live As It Gets feat. Theory Hazit and Playdough (Move Merchants)- Move Merchants

Planes and Trains feat. Pigeon John and Blueprint (Mars ILL)- Backbreakanomics

Falcon Plume feat. Scribbling Idiots (Sintax)- Curb Appeal

Def Tole feat. Theory Hazit, Cas Metah, Kas (EDM)- Def Defying Mixtape

Down But Never Out feat. Sev Statik, Manchild, Sintax, Illtripp and Listener (Sivion)- Mood Enhancement

Season of Tears feat. Zane and Elsie (Sev Statik)- Speak Life

I Wouldn’t Do It feat. Big Rec, Surreal, Sivion, Theory Hazit (Braille)- Box of Rhymes

Seasons Change feat. Mouf Warren and Ruffian (Cas Metah)- Providence Road

We Got It feat. Sojourn, Sivion and Theory Hazit produced by Ohmega Watts (Sharlok Poems)- Blooming Sounds

Let Go feat. Supastition and The Masterminds (Braille)- Shades of Grey

You Don’t Want That feat. ManChild, Playdough, Jurny Big, Macho and Raphi (The Tunnel Rats)- Underground Rise: Sunset/Sunrise

Let Me feat. Phat K.A.T.S, Freddie Bruno and Playdough (Sivion)- Mood Enchancement

Let Go feat. Bracey, Dre Murray, Jacob Izrael, and R-Swift (K-Drama)- Boombapitism

Heart and Soul feat. Lyriz and MotionPlus (Cas Metah)- Providence Road

Nobody Say feat. Raphi and Braille (Theory Hazit)- Lord Fire produced by Vintage

The Treatment feat. ManChild, Braille and Big Rec (Ohmega Watts)- The Find

Surprise Cypher (remix) feat. Adam L, Surreal, Sivion, Sojourn and Sharlok Poems (Lightheaded)- Wrong Way

Posse on Burnside feat. Ethic and Othello (Acts 29)- Underexposed

No 2 Ways feat. Triune, MotionPlus, Cas Metah, Griffin and Relic (Sev Statik)- Back to Dust produced by DJ Dust

Killin It feat. OneLife, Cash Hollistah and Big Rec (Scribbling Idiots)- Idiomatic Mixtape Volume I

Outro feat. Red Cloud, Sojourn, John Reuben, Pigeon John and ManChild (Lightheaded)- Pure Thoughts

Remember The Day feat. Dax, 2mex, Neogen, Dert, Big Rec, Mouf Warren, Dokument, Chosen 1, Griffin, Lazarus, Raphi, Drastic, Propaganda and Macho (The Tunnel Rats)- Underground Rise: Sunset/Sunrise

Low Budget feat. Rush, Cas Metah, MotionPlus (JustMe)- One Man’s Trash

My Suitcase feat. Sojourn and JustMe (Ajax Starglider)- Middle Class Broadcast

Just Raps feat. Future Shock and Scribbling Idiots (JustMe)- One Man’s Trash

Broken Heart feat. The Strange Fruit Project, Ragen Fykes, Thesis (Braille)- Cloud Nineteen produced by S1

Freaky Flow feat. L.A Symphony (Flynn)- In Like Flynn

Get Ignorant (remix) feat. Braille, Theory Hazit, Sev Statik, Nomis, R-Swift, Proph1 (The Breax)-Restocked

Playdough, one of the Kings of the Background Vocals (I’ll explain about the Kings of the Background Voice later), member of Phonetic Composition, Ill Harmonics and the super crew DeepSpace5. In 2002 Playdough released his debut solo album Lonely Superstar. In DeepSpace5 Playdough knocks out his verses, so naturally his album would be amazing right? Right! Well…
I’ve listened to Lonely Superstar twice and here’s what I felt after I listened to the album both times…………………………nothing. Ok I didn’t feel nothing, I felt the beats were hit or miss, along with the lyrics. The good points were some of the beats were solid and the Playdough’s lyricism shows to a certain extent. One big negative was that Playdough only seemed to rhyme his best, when he has guest on with him. While it seems like I’m down on this (which I am…) there is also a good level of creativity with this album.
The first notable track on this album is “5 Cent Needleheads”. Basically your starving artists track, which are usually my favorite tracks on every album. The beat has the bass in the front, with the piano in the back. My favorite part of the track is at the end where shouts out to many of the starving emcees. LMNO, Sev Statik, Listener, Jurny Big, Sup the Chemist, Freddie Bruno, Beat Rabbi, Mars Ill, Illtripp, Sivion, LA Symphony, Sintax, MG! The Visionary, John Reuben and DJ Manwell? And at the end Playdough makes a cut with an artist (who’s name escapes me) that says “So I become content with being lonely cuz fools are phony”. It’s those little cuts at the end of some of the songs that leave the listener thinking, it’s actually a very good strategy to getting people to think about how their living their lives.
My favorite song on the album is “Freedom Fighters” which features Tunnel Rat and LPG member Jurny Big. I love guest appearances, but what I’m not a big fan of is when the guests’ verses overshadow the album artist. Lonely Superstar is a prime example of this, LMNO, Jurny Big, Joey the Jerk and some of the other guests on the album tend to overshadow Playdough. I’m not saying Playdough’s verses are bad, it’s just what I’m hearing from the guests sound better. At the end of “Freedom Fighters” Sivion gets a quick 16-bar verse with a beat produced by Playdough.
A track that screams introspection is the track “Simple 1” which I believe is a track that covers the simple truths of life that a lot of us overlook, because we look life in a too complex of life.
I apologize for this being a short review, but I’m kinda bad at writing reviews for albums I’m not really feeling. This album would’ve been perfect if Playdough came with the aggressive rhyme-style he uses is in DeepSpace5. If I had it my way I would’ve had Dust, Rabbi, Manwell?, Playdough and Fred B. to make the beats (ala DeepSpace5’s Bakesale) and have Playdough with the DS5 rhyme-style. A plus for the album is Playdough tries a lot of things and hard-core Playdough fans will be pleased with this album. Anyone expecting a DeepSpace5 sound to it will be somewhat disappointed in Lonely Superstar.

Good

Guests: LMNO, Jurny, J-Beits, Joey the Jerk, ManChild
Allows for some introspection
A very Creative album (the outros for certain tracks and Sivion’s 16 bar verse)

Bad

The production is only average
Playdough doesn’t bring the DeepSpace5 rhyme-style in this album
Guests tend to overshadow Playdough

Rating: 3/5 (Average/Fans of the Artist will enjoy it)

If You Can’t Buy The Album Buy These Songs

5 Cent Needleheads
Shadow Dance feat. LMNO
Lonely Superstar
Freedom Fighters feat. Jurny Big
Supreme Service feat. J-Beits and Joey the Jerk

 Sintax the Terrific has been around for quite a while and has established himself as the best Lawyer Rapper in the world. Sintax has two albums out his first being Simple Moves and his sophomore album being Curb Appeal. He is also part of the super group DeepSpace5 who has released four projects. And he’s done multiple guest appearances with artists, Mouf Warren, JustMe, Ajax Starglider and many others. Here’s a podcast dedicated to SINTAX THE TERRIFIC!!!

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Song-Artist (Album)

Curb Appeal- Sintax (Curb Appeal)

Ziontific- DeepSpace5 (A Night We Called It A Day)

Cruel Tutelage: An Unauthorized Biography- Sintax (Curb Appeal)

Sensational- Sintax (Simple Moves)

We Got To feat. Sintax and Sev Statik-DeepSpace5 (DeepSpace5oul)

Make Believe- Sintax (Curb Appeal)

They Say- DeepSpace5 (Unique Just Like Everyone Else)

Turnabout- Sintax (Simple Moves)

Park Bench feat. Sintax- DeepSpace5 (DeepSpace5oul)

Your Biggest Fan- DeepSpace5 (Unreleased)

Ur Everything feat. Sintax- Freddie Bruno (Hold Music)

Blowing Smoke- Sintax (Simple Moves)

Bi-Polaroid feat. Sintax- Ajax Starglider (Middle Class Broadcast)

One More- Sintax (Curb Appeal)

Chain Fight produced by Dust- DeepSpace5 (BakeSale)

Ad Infinitum feat. Freddie Bruno- Sintax (Simple Moves)

So you wish you had a podcast that you could but in your stereo and crank to 11 well this is that Podcast. ALL BANGERS for the entire podcast…so enjoy.

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Song-Artist (Album)

DL Drop- L.A Symphony (Unleashed)

The Fall produced by Beat Rabbi- Sivion (The Spring of the Songbird)

Freaky Flow feat. L.A Symphony- Flynn (In Like Flynn)

Makin’ Cake produced by DJ Manwell?- DeepSpace5 (BakeSale)

Rock of Ages- Sev Statik (Speak Life)

Unconditional- Lightheaded (Wrong Way)

Joy- New Breed (Nine)

More remix by Theory Hazit- Mars ILL (Hip Hop For Dummies)

Simply Ill feat. Klarity, Freddie Bruno and Sivion- Theory Hazit (Lord Fire produced by Vintage)

Emergency Broadcast- Playdough (Don’t Drink the Water)

Stand- Da T.R.U.T.H (The Faith)

Microphone Rush feat. ManChild- Braille (Shades of Grey)

Starving Artists feat. JustMe- Sintax (Simple Moves)

Southern Skies feat. Theresa Jones- Dokument (Planet Dok EP)

Permanent Ink feat. Sivion and Braille- Surreal (Future Classic)

For the Heads- Tunnel Rats (Tunnel Vision)