05/08/07 - Paul Wall-Get Money, Stay True (XXL review)

YounG AleX · 05-08-2007, 04:56 PM

Thanks to his ties with Swishahouse and a star-making verse on fellow Texan Mike Jones’ “Still Tippin’,” Paul Wall found himself at the forefront of Houston’s rap resurgence in 2005. Despite his lack of melanin, Paul earned props among his peers for crafting diamond grills and hit records. The other great White hope’s debut, The People’s Champ, further cemented his position in the game. However, Wall won’t be taking anyone by surprise with Get Money, Stay True.

For his follow-up disc, Paul keeps his subject matter limited to sippin’ that drank, steering wood grain, and stackin’ paper all day, every day. Such static development is usually a cause for concern, but he does it so well that the stylistic transgression is somewhat forgivable. On the brooding, KLC-produced “I’m Real, What Are You,” Wall rhymes smoother than candy paint (“I’m grindin’ like a rotor, and I’m posted like a sticky note/Stackin’ up the paper pockets fatter than a dookie rope…I’m real as a ’Pac quote/But these clowns be acting funny, like a knock-knock joke.”

The Champ succeeds again when trading flows with guests Freeway (“On the Grind”) and Snoop Dogg (“Everybody Know Me”), but Trina’s hollow bars on “That Fire” make for an ice-cold collabo over numbing bass synths. This opens the door for other questionable matchups. The piano-powered “Tonight,” featuring Jon B., is an overtly tender moment that doesn’t mesh with the rest of the album’s trunk rattlers, and the Travis Barker–produced “Slidin’ on That Oil” is an anticlimactic affair.

Paul’s saving grace, however, is the production prowess of Houston legend Mr. Lee, who handles the bulk of the beats. Whether combining gritty church-styled organs on “I Ain’t Hard to Find” or ingraining a hypnotizing horn loop on “Break Em Off,” the underappreciated beatsmith provides Wall with a proper foundation for his wordplay. Although he sometimes stays a bit too true to his formula, Paul should still manage to get paid in full.

source-xxlmag.com

Famoz · 05-09-2007, 04:17 AM

how the fuck paul wall get an L?

|вmω| RuGeR · 05-14-2007, 05:27 PM

come on man paul wall's time is up so is mike jones and d only houston nigga doin it is chamillionaire lil flip is dont lyrically but cakein slim thug ehhh he come off sometimes

ben krazy · 05-24-2007, 03:10 PM

get money stay true was a classic.

Shadyville · 05-26-2007, 01:06 AM

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Originally Posted by ben krazy

get money stay true was a classic.

LOL. Do you know what a Classic is?

Forceful · 05-26-2007, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Shadyville

LOL. Do you know what a Classic is?

^^^Hahaha!...Good review but I didnt really like ANY of the beats on this album...But his first Cd with Chamillionaire wasn't bad so I figured this couldn't be that bad. Man. Was I wrong.

05-08-2007, 04:56 PM	#1
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\|вmω\| RuGeR DOPE BOI Join Date: May 2007 Location: BOSTON Posts: 114 Repped: 24 Repped 12 Times in 5 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	come on man paul wall's time is up so is mike jones and d only houston nigga doin it is chamillionaire lil flip is dont lyrically but cakein slim thug ehhh he come off sometimes __________________

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ben krazy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: baton rogue ,la(225 jigg city) Posts: 741 Repped: 499 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	get money stay true was a classic.