03/29/07 - Prodigy - Return Of The Mac (Allhiphop)

J-Banks · 03-29-2007, 03:07 AM

Artist: Prodigy
Title: Return Of The Mac
Rating:3 and a half stars
Reviewed by: Martin A. Berrios

From sickle cell anemia to malicious ballerina pictures, Prodigy of Mobb Deep has endured a lot since the conception of the Dunn language. Compared to his long time partner in rhyme Havoc, P's lyrics have always represented the darker mind state of the duo. His slept on 2000 solo album HNIC spawned street gems such as "Keep It Thoro" but failed to garner any plaques. Now fresh off the group's commercially disappointing debut on G-Unit, Capital P reemerges on Return of the Mac (Koch). Entirely produced by the Alchemist, the title is a clear reference to P's heavy duty firearm approach to the album. Taking note from Rae's Mafioso classic, Bandanna P and ALC adopt the AKA's of notorious mobsters Bumpy Johnson and Dutch Shultz, respectively, for a unified effort.

On the opener and title track Prodigy goes in hard. He pays ode to the gritty New York day to day script by namedropping street essentials such as orange box cutters and seals the deal by implementing bars from B.I.G.'s timeless MSG freestyle for hook purposes. Johnson continues waving the East Coast flag on "Rotten Apple," painting a vivid picture of his rigid no mercy upbringing in QB over fittingly somber production. P Double is at his best on "Mac 10 Handle," though. Alchemist lifts some gritty drums and a steamy bass riff to provide a seedy musical backdrop. Prodigy gives the listener a very raw look into his killer train of thought with a double dose of paranoia: "By myself in my four cornered room watching Hard Boiled/I feel like I'm crazy."

With one producer on the boards for the entire project, generally speaking, Mac is isolated to one overall sound. Inspired by the 70's Blaxploitation era, ALC leans heavy on old soul records for his sample menu. While the beats are still worthy of checking out from a soundscape point, by the time you get to the songs at the end like "Bang On 'Em," and "Nickel And A Nail" they start to sound dull. Additionally, P falls short with unfocused bars ("I got Leann Rimes passing me the weed son") on the "I Got Cha Opin Remix" (Black Moon) reinterpretation that is "Stop Fronting." Heaters like "What's Popping Dunn?" (Probably P’s hardest effort in a couple of calendars) originally featured on S.M.A.C.K. DVD 12 are also missing from the tape.

Overall Return Of The Mac is really a respectable effort. Prodigy and ALC obviously make a dangerous team in the studio but pigeonhole themselves with an at times repetitive project. Hopefully their weapon of choice next time will be sleeker.

Source-allhiphop

Deebo Jr. · 04-04-2007, 02:44 AM

proppss but a wack ass album IMO

bwills · 04-04-2007, 02:39 PM

yo thys album is hard as hell every track i was surprised take it to the top is a head banger

929.PAt · 04-04-2007, 10:36 PM

yer the album was allrite, hope his actual album is better tho

Mr.Smith · 04-05-2007, 01:23 AM

I'm addicted to this mixtape. Prolly because I'm a big Mobb Deep fan.

Toniq · 04-05-2007, 01:41 AM

Im from NY so i deffinetly feelin it..theres maybe one or two that he slipped up a bit on and i really didnt like but "Take it to the top" in my opinion is the illest track on there but overall tho its a hott mixtape..

Ballllllllllllin' · 04-05-2007, 05:32 PM

this mixtape sucks

Young Mic · 04-07-2007, 06:07 AM

Alright - 6.00.

HotNikkelzDaddy · 04-18-2007, 03:05 PM

this wasnt a 3 star......it had bad production and horrible lyrics

johnwehbe · 04-27-2007, 04:03 AM

i like it, stuck on you was hot

Entreprenegro · 04-30-2007, 06:06 AM

decent album, blood money was the shit though

Cuda_Bang_88 · 05-02-2007, 08:32 PM

I won't really feelin it, but it had some good tracks

03-29-2007, 03:07 AM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	03/29/07 - Prodigy - Return Of The Mac (Allhiphop) 03/29/07 - Prodigy - Return Of The Mac (Allhiphop) Artist: Prodigy Title: Return Of The Mac Rating:3 and a half stars Reviewed by: Martin A. Berrios From sickle cell anemia to malicious ballerina pictures, Prodigy of Mobb Deep has endured a lot since the conception of the Dunn language. Compared to his long time partner in rhyme Havoc, P's lyrics have always represented the darker mind state of the duo. His slept on 2000 solo album HNIC spawned street gems such as "Keep It Thoro" but failed to garner any plaques. Now fresh off the group's commercially disappointing debut on G-Unit, Capital P reemerges on Return of the Mac (Koch). Entirely produced by the Alchemist, the title is a clear reference to P's heavy duty firearm approach to the album. Taking note from Rae's Mafioso classic, Bandanna P and ALC adopt the AKA's of notorious mobsters Bumpy Johnson and Dutch Shultz, respectively, for a unified effort. On the opener and title track Prodigy goes in hard. He pays ode to the gritty New York day to day script by namedropping street essentials such as orange box cutters and seals the deal by implementing bars from B.I.G.'s timeless MSG freestyle for hook purposes. Johnson continues waving the East Coast flag on "Rotten Apple," painting a vivid picture of his rigid no mercy upbringing in QB over fittingly somber production. P Double is at his best on "Mac 10 Handle," though. Alchemist lifts some gritty drums and a steamy bass riff to provide a seedy musical backdrop. Prodigy gives the listener a very raw look into his killer train of thought with a double dose of paranoia: "By myself in my four cornered room watching Hard Boiled/I feel like I'm crazy." With one producer on the boards for the entire project, generally speaking, Mac is isolated to one overall sound. Inspired by the 70's Blaxploitation era, ALC leans heavy on old soul records for his sample menu. While the beats are still worthy of checking out from a soundscape point, by the time you get to the songs at the end like "Bang On 'Em," and "Nickel And A Nail" they start to sound dull. Additionally, P falls short with unfocused bars ("I got Leann Rimes passing me the weed son") on the "I Got Cha Opin Remix" (Black Moon) reinterpretation that is "Stop Fronting." Heaters like "What's Popping Dunn?" (Probably P’s hardest effort in a couple of calendars) originally featured on S.M.A.C.K. DVD 12 are also missing from the tape. Overall Return Of The Mac is really a respectable effort. Prodigy and ALC obviously make a dangerous team in the studio but pigeonhole themselves with an at times repetitive project. Hopefully their weapon of choice next time will be sleeker. Source-allhiphop __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

04-05-2007, 05:32 PM	#7
Ballllllllllllin' www.myspace.com/lilpyeah Join Date: May 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 2,807 Repped: 272 Repped 915 Times in 138 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	this mixtape sucks __________________ myspace.com/lilpyeah

04-27-2007, 04:03 AM	#10
johnwehbe WAY-B Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Straight outta Adelaide Posts: 2,265 Repped: 1,706 Repped 1,903 Times in 203 Posts Neg Reps: 6 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	i like it, stuck on you was hot __________________

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04-04-2007, 02:44 AM	#2
Deebo Jr. Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Cincinnati, OH a.k.a. Riot City "513" Posts: 102 Repped: 66 Repped 17 Times in 6 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	proppss but a wack ass album IMO

04-04-2007, 02:39 PM	#3
bwills Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 490 Repped: 71 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	yo thys album is hard as hell every track i was surprised take it to the top is a head banger

04-04-2007, 10:36 PM	#4
929.PAt Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 58 Repped: 8 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	yer the album was allrite, hope his actual album is better tho

04-05-2007, 01:23 AM	#5
Mr.Smith Banned Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,248 Repped: 897 Repped 333 Times in 63 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm addicted to this mixtape. Prolly because I'm a big Mobb Deep fan.

04-05-2007, 01:41 AM	#6
Toniq Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 58 Repped: 17 Repped 5 Times in 4 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Im from NY so i deffinetly feelin it..theres maybe one or two that he slipped up a bit on and i really didnt like but "Take it to the top" in my opinion is the illest track on there but overall tho its a hott mixtape..

04-07-2007, 06:07 AM	#8
Young Mic 9 Elements Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Tbilisi Posts: 1,091 Repped: 181 Repped 175 Times in 84 Posts Neg Reps: 19 Neg Repped at 23 Times in 15 Posts	Alright - 6.00.

04-18-2007, 03:05 PM	#9
HotNikkelzDaddy Banned Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Chicago Posts: 59 Repped: 37 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	this wasnt a 3 star......it had bad production and horrible lyrics

04-30-2007, 06:06 AM	#11
Entreprenegro Veteran Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,145 Repped: 490 Repped 873 Times in 214 Posts Neg Reps: 3 Neg Repped at 48 Times in 11 Posts	decent album, blood money was the shit though

05-02-2007, 08:32 PM	#12
Cuda_Bang_88 On That Illmatic Shit Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: VA all day Posts: 1,598 Repped: 642 Repped 355 Times in 123 Posts Neg Reps: 1 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 2 Posts	I won't really feelin it, but it had some good tracks