REST IN PEACE OR REST IN PISS
Carlos Corona | Cincinatti, OH | 01/31/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This new joint from Natas is probably one of the undergrounds most anticipated projects in the past few years and without question it bangs hard!! The production is pure ACID w/great live instrumentation and guitars not to mention a whole new take on sampling which makes for one hell of a ride. Nobody but Esham can produce a record like this. It took over four years for them to come back together but it was well worth the wait.
Long time Natas fans will miss og group member Mastamind who chose to leave the group to go solo and you'll find subliminal disses throughout the record. Not for the faint of heart. Lyrically, Esham is back to his ferocious and brutally honest ways and his new persona "Black Hitler" is exactly the type of sickness that has earned him his in place as one of hip hops most demented characters. Each track has Esham experimenting with different flows and rhyme patterns so the sound is never redundant.
TNT in particular has always been the one w/the irreplaceable vocals but he's been stepping up his lyrics in the past few years and on N of tha World, i thought he really shined. So much in fact that his first and long overdue solo album "Suicide Bomber" is droppin this year on Gothom. Nobody puts it down harder for the east side of Detroit than TNT.
So when you buy this album, don't go in looking for your average hip hop album about all the same unoriginal content that your average joe emcee is wasting everyones time rhyming about. This album is LIQUIDDRANO with a nasty combination of heavy metal beats and soulful hip hop designed to desintegrate peoples perception of what hip hop really is and this album doesn't dissapoint. Much props to long time Natas extended fam Moebadis who rips on "Trouble & Pain". make sure 2 check out the new site www.nofthaworld.com to read up on probably the hardest group hip hop has ever seen."
Esham Shines,Natas is indeed back
Paul F. Wessendorf | Mymomsbasement | 02/13/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Minus Mastamind of course, this new album from Natas is so hot it will melt your stereo. Esham shines brighter then the sun and crafts highly intelligent and fluent rhymes, i walked into the record store looking for Multikillionaire or WWW.Com and found this was the only album they currently had by Natas. This album was on my to get list so i grabbed it with the quickness.After bumping a bit of it in the car it rumbled and shook the parking lot, in my stereo it sounds great not on par with the only other Natas album i own Doubelievengod, but still worthy to add to your collection for Juggalos and Sucidalists alike."
It's not WWW.com, but it's still an excellent cd
Dirk the Jerk | anywhere, usa | 01/25/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"To many peoples surprise, NATAS got back together for a new full length. It may be disappointing for a lot of long-time fans to see that Mastaminds involvement is minimal, I'm guessing due to his current record deal and other projects, it didn't bother me too much because he, in my opinion, was never the strong point of NATAS. The main thing I love about this cd is that it doesn't sound like any of their previous efforts, this group has always been known for experimenting and innovative, so to here them try and re-produce another past effort would not satisfy me. Esham definitely put a lot of heart into this album which I feel he definitely put more effort into this than his past 2 solo efforts. The cd does have a lot of beats laced with guitars, done tastefully. This is some of his best lyrical content in quite some time I might add. From the current social/political climate, to the demise of morals in our modern day society, to battling personal demons.. Esham and TNT both have matured as rappers and it's cool to see them still on the grind. They are far from washed up, they are under rated and under appreciated if anything, I just hope this isn't the last album from the trio."
Track Listings (15) - Disc #1