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Young Buck - Buck The World

Buck The World. On this release, Buck literally does tell the hip-hop world, and all of his haters to go buck themselves. This album is a bit hard for me to review; it's my most anticipated album of the year, and to finally have it in my possession is magnificient. I'm not sure what it was about Buck Marley's sophomore effort that had me hanging on the edge of my seat as I anxiously awaited it to be released; Buck IS one of my favorite rappers in the mainstream rap scene today, but there were other artists coming out(and still in the works) this year that I prefer over Mr. Ten-A-Key. Was it my curiousity that got the best of me? G-Unit, over the last two years, has been in a steady decline, and 2006 appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for the clique; Buck appeared to be their last hope. Sure, all the G-Unit releases in 2006 were average albums, that were by no means wack, but they weren't of the expected quality from the camp, especially in production values. With Southern hip-hop being the most relevant style in today's commercial market, a great deal of weight has been placed upon Young Buck's shoulders on his sophomore effort; he has, virtually, been assigned to 'save' G-Unit. The question is, is Young Buck capable of saving a crumbling empire?

I'm not sure, but it's clear that Interscope saw it in Buck. Thus, for this release, Buck was blessed with three Dr. Dre beats; more than one of Dre's own artists, the G-Unit general himself, 50 Cent, got on his last album. Dre isn't the only all-star producer on this album; in fact, most of the cast of musicians behind the boards on this album have had their fair share chart-toppers. DJ Toomp, Jonathan Rotem, Danja, Lil' Jon, Jazze Pha, Needlz, Hi-Tek, Polow Da Don, and Eminem can all be found on this album, providing a wide variety of soundscapes for Buck's passionate delivery. In terms of production, this is by far one of the best albums, musically, to have come out of the G-Unit camp, including 50's Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Game's Documentary. Dre's beats are all of considerabley high quality, and find the producer redeeming himself after some moderately dissapointing work on Jay-Z's Kingdom Come. Jazze Pha's two contributions are both good, especially the funky, Shorty Wanna Ride With Me-reminiscent I Know You Want Me. DJ Toomp's beat for Pocket Full of Papers, featuring Young Jeezy, is the trap-muzik he made famous to begin with, and is of exceptional quality. Needlz, who produced Buck's very first single from his debut, Let Me In, returns for Clean Up Man, with a hyper, and energetic track that'll have you wanting to bust some heads. Speaking of busting heads, the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, famous for their work on Jeezy's Bury Me A G, provide a haunting background for Buck's hard-rhymes on Buss Yo Head. Perhaps the best beat on this album belongs to Polow Da Don though, who's thunderous, earth-quaking production found on Get Buck(the second single) is sure to be 2007's Southern hip-hop anthem. With the right marketing, this track could rip through the charts.

With such a dope musical outlet to expand his creativity, how does Buck handle himself on the mic? Here's the first thing you need to know about Buck; he's not a mind-blowing lyricist. Hardly anyone in the South, save OutKast and T.I., is. While his lyrics maybe border-line elementary at times, at least technically, Buck has more charisma than ten men combined, and the passion he dispells in his rhymes is more entrancing than any emcee you'll find today. If you can't feel Buck on songs like Slow Ya Roll and Lose My Mind, then you shouldn't even be listening to hip-hop; you don't deserve to. Buck is cut from a rare mold of emcee who doesn't strictly use his lyrics to express himself, but lets the tone of his voice do most of the speaking for himself. He's far from one-dimensional like others may want you to believe; the different emotions he uses in each song provide an atmosphere that sucks you into each song. I know a lotta people get on G-Unit about their limited subject matter, and while Buck is guilty of some cliches on this album(such as Money Good and Pocket Fulla Papers), he handles these subjects with so much charisma and mic presence that it's impossible not to jam to the songs. He is also far more introspective than many believe; tracks like Slow Ya Roll, Buck The World, Lose My Mind, and U Ain't Going Nowhere show Buck has his mind on a lot more than money, hoes, cars, and clothes. He's no Nas or Last Emperor when he decides to get personal on these tracks, but these tracks are just as genuine as any of the more lyrically-adapt emcees'.

It takes quite a few listens to really appreciate every track on this album; some, such as Get Buck and Clean Up Man, you'll be rocking with from the first listen, but some of the more personal, or 'different' tracks will take a few more listens to really find the brilliance in. In the end, the materialistic tracks found on this album are what they're supposed to be; fun, braggadocious songs. Not everything in music has to tackle an important issue, and Buck knows this; so when he goes into tracks like Money Good, just has fun with the track, there's no reason to hate on it as long as it's good music. In Buck's case, on Buck The World, it is. His introspective tracks are heart-felt, and endearing. There's nineteen tracks on this album, with absolutely no skits, and in my personal opinion, no filler. If Buck really is the Clean Up Man, or the Savior of G-Unit, he's definitely going to do it with Buck The World. If this doesn't reach platinum sales, then there's a great deal of doubt in my mind that any album will this year. Even if Buck doesn't get that plaque though, he can be proud knowing that he released not only the best album out of G-Unit records, but also one of the most well-rounded hip-hop albums, commercial or underground, in years. He maybe saying Buck The World, but he's just saying that to get our attention; do yourselves a favor, and listen to what Buck's saying.

Total: 5/5

Tha Unit On Top

Albums mad hot, not a 5/5 though, def a 4/5 on the real. But dudes got the production all fucked up like most people thought. No JR Rotem, no Needlz, no Danja, and Dre did 2 joints not 3, he did Hold On and U Aint Going Nowhere, Slow Your Roll was done by DOC and Gramps, But Bucks album is so fucking hot though, get that shit people, support real hot hip hop, fuck this snap shit bullshit man, support real g's like Buck. G Unit is still on top, with this hot album and 50's new shit about to kill the whole industry, and possilbey a new G Unit album coming soon, thats the 3 best releases G Unit can put out, so they aint going nowhere, get fucking used to it.

GunViolence

Its definately good but not sure about that

pDASH

props
i'm lovin the album
and i feel this review

BARS NOVEMBER 6TH

good review but id say 4/5

that-damn-good

grea review, i wouldnt say 5/5/, 4/5 sounds more accurate but i pretty much agree with everything in the review (but what is he talking about 3 tracks? Dre produced Hold On, U Ain't Goin Nowhere...thats it)

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rip eazy e

my opinion:
1.Push em Back 3/5
2.Say it to My Face (ft.8 Ball & MJG and Bun-B) 4.5/5
3.Buss Yo' Head 3/5
4.I Aint Fucking With U (ft.Snoop Dogg & TrickDaddy) 4/5
5.Get Buck 3.5/5
6.Buck the World (ft.Lyfe) 5/5
7.Slow Ya Roll (ft.Chester Bennington) 5/5
8.Hold On (ft.50 Cent) 4.5/5
9.Pocket Full of Money (ft.Young Jeezy) 4/5
10.Haters (ft.Kokane) 5.5/5
11.U Aint Goin Nowhere (ft.Latoiya Williams) 5/5
12.Money Good 3.5/5
13.Puff Puff Pass (ft.Ky-Mani Marley) 3/5
14.Clean Up Man 3.5/5
15.4 Kings (ft.Young Jeezy,T.I & Pimp C) 4.5/5
16.I Know You want Me (ft.Jazze Pha) 4/5
17.Lose My Mind 3.0/5


total : 3.7/5

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R.I.P Eric ''Eazy-E'' Wright 1963-1995
T.I.P Andre "Mac Dre" Hicks 197Ǿ-2ǾǾ4

D_BOY

im feelin it, i cop that

Nino Brown

i like straight outta cashville better.... buck bricked jus like banks. im feelin the new paul wall

THE NIGGA-JR

^^^
everybody is going 2 brick or gunit/shadyaftermath if yo name aint 50 or eminem

that-damn-good

other than Hold On and U Aint Goin Nowhere what else did Dre produce? or is that just some mistake that he said 3 tracks..

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heart_of_a_lion

^Slow Ya Roll

that-damn-good

^booklet says that was produced by DOC, thats not Dre...maybe he produced one of the tracks that got cut cuz there were originally 19 tracks on the album so that might be it

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Ciya

the album is dope 9.5/10

B-fresh

yea i got tht albulm shyt iz str8 crack tht slow ya role joint iz real n deep

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El Scorpio

still gotta go and buy this 'cos it sold out in all the shops around here

leb

yeah album is hot id say its bout 4/5 out of the 17 songs at least 12 of the top of my head r hot

home boi

He got heavy of the production, the beats are very good.

Some hooks on the tracks are disappointing though...

But overall, it was a great album

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Skinny11

say it to my face was da shit, the beat if fuckin hot

Nelly Furtados #1 Fan

I think Buck is the best out of G-Unit and his last album was the best album from any G-Unit artist.I haven't heard anything from G-Uni in a while and I think I may pick this up...

Deebo Jr.

this was a good ass album!!!!! 10/10

CHADCHAD

Buck The World Man

ztay44

album is dope

kobe215

props,this album is aight

929.PAt

yer good review, def at least 4/5, but best from the unit in a while