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Memph's Bleek Future {2.5 Stars}

Norfeest | Washington DC USA | 09/10/2006

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Simply put, Memphis Bleek is the U God of his crew. You know, that guy that swears he's nice, keeps putting out albums, and all but one of them stink to high heaven. Bleek's only decent release was his most recent release (534). You may think I'm crazy and say to yourself "Coming Of Age is Bleek's best album", but I turned my nose up at it after he was introduced as "the new and improved Jay Z." And in a lot of ways, that claim has been a bit of a snake bite to his career because now he can't get anyone to listen to him. Anyway, back to this album. Lyrically, I've never expected much from Bleek because he's one of those guys that just hasn't shown anything that would make anyone anticipate his releases. Honestly, how many die hard Memphis Bleek fans do you know? Case closed. There are too many wack joints on the album for me to give it 3 stars. "Need Me In Your Life", "", suffer from bad production, "" and "War" suffer from wack lyrics, "We Ballin'" and "My Life" shouldn't be played while operating heavy machinery, "I Wanna Love You" is straight up wack, and all of those songs contain godawful hooks/choruses.



Despite all the bad track, there are some decent cuts on the album to be found. "Just Blaze, Bleek, & Free" is a dope cut. Not because of the lyrics, but because Just Blaze produces a nice track and slaughters the end of it with some serious cutting and scratchin'. The lead single "Round Here" is decent and features Trick Daddy outshining T.I. and Bleek (which speaks volumes to Bleek's flow or lack thereof). "Hypnotic" is a noteworthy track that features Jay Z and Beanie Sigel, but it can have a sleep inducing effect. The easy standout on the album is the bangin' "Murda Murda." Jay Z, again, out shines Bleek on his own album, Beans brings that SP grit that we all love from him, and the production from Scott Storch (the remix is even better though). The rest of the album is typical, run-of-the-mill pop rap.



There are worse albums out there and M.A.D.E. does have a few joints worth hearing, but the long and short of it is Bleek can't rhyme, the beats are generic, and the album is flooded with guest appearances that add absolutely nothing to the album. If Bleek is going to have anykind of impact, he'll need to step up his lyrical game and actually say something worth hearing. Otherwise, he'll forever be known as "that other guy." I recommend downloading the joints you want to hear and save your money for a good album.



Standout Tracks: Round Here feat. T.I. & Trick Daddy, Hypnotic feat. Jay Z & Beanie Sigel, Just Blaze Bleek & Free feat. Freeway, and Murda Murda feat. Jay Z & Beanie Sigel (My Favorite)"

The R.O.C. Is back !!!!

AngyLitha | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | 01/09/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"To Be Honestly Bleek Is One Of The Most Talented Rappers Of The R.O.C. But People Be Honestly Next To Jigga He is no Game... But this Album is A Good Production And Show Us That RoccaFella Is Alive....Still Alive in 2004...Holla"

Memphis has finally "Come of Age"

Derek | Memphis, TN | 01/01/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Memphis Bleek, the longest running member of Rocafella besides Dame ansd Jay. They Young dude been there since he was 15 yrs old. After a few efforts I wasnt feeling (his last few CD's were LACKING) I had gotten ready to count him out, I was really ready to think "he coun't MAKE a good CD"...but then comes M.A.D.E the boy has grown up. He has finally found his sound, and I'm very impressed. this sounds like something that woulda come from a younger Jay Z, its that good. this is one of the best efforts from a Rocafella artist (other than Jay Z). I like it. from the Start of the album, he lets you know...."With Jay stepping down, .....it was time for Bleek to be M.A.D.E"...and he is on the right path now..."