shockgeez04 said: retails got 3 more tracks AZ - A.W.O.L. Tracklist 1. Intro (Produced by Heatmakerz) 2. Omega (Produced by Tone Mason) 3. The Come Up (Produced by DJ Premier) 4. Magic Hour (w/ CL Smooth) (Produced by Tone Mason) 5. No Strings (Produced by Baby Paul/BpZy) 6. Never Change (Produced by Heatmakerz) 7. A.W.O.L. (Produced by Vinny Idol) 8. AZ's Chillin (Produced by Fizzy Womack) 9. Envious (w/ Bounty k!ller) (Produced by MoSS) 10. Can't Stop Won't Stop (Produced by Frado) 11. Live Wire (Produced by Buckwild) 12. New York (w/ Ghostface) (Produced by Emile) 13. The Truth (Produced by DJ Absolut & Young Calvin) 14. Bedtime Story (w/ Slick Rick) (Produced by Jimmy Kendrixx & Baby Paul/BpZy) 15. So Sincere (Produced by Heatmakerz) 16. City Of Gods (Produced by Disco D) how u gonna rate a advance when u cant even hear half the lyrics to each song, sounds like one the better albums from anyone this year, but this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that has followed AZ's career

those 2 tracks wont make the album.. the intro prodced by the Heatmakers is on the advance promo...

whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooa??

slick rick???? slick fu*king rick????

album of the year if true

Slick Rick is on it. WTF are n*gga thinking rating a advance. You feelin real hiphop that badly? I seriously don't blame y'all. Hiphop is BULLsh*t now.

AZ advance > 2005

sh*t is ill... definitley wish it still had Serious w/ Nas n that track Let Me Know wit the Aaliyah sample but it doesnt matter the album sounds nice

Good album, but the advance still has the little promo thing so can't completely judge it yet.

shockgeez04 said: retails got 3 more tracks AZ - A.W.O.L. Tracklist 1. Intro (Produced by Heatmakerz) 2. Omega (Produced by Tone Mason) 3. The Come Up (Produced by DJ Premier) 4. Magic Hour (w/ CL Smooth) (Produced by Tone Mason) 5. No Strings (Produced by Baby Paul/BpZy) 6. Never Change (Produced by Heatmakerz) 7. A.W.O.L. (Produced by Vinny Idol) 8. AZ's Chillin (Produced by Fizzy Womack) 9. Envious (w/ Bounty k!ller) (Produced by MoSS) 10. Can't Stop Won't Stop (Produced by Frado) 11. Live Wire (Produced by Buckwild) 12. New York (w/ Ghostface) (Produced by Emile) 13. The Truth (Produced by DJ Absolut & Young Calvin) 14. Bedtime Story (w/ Slick Rick) (Produced by Jimmy Kendrixx & Baby Paul/BpZy) 15. So Sincere (Produced by Heatmakerz) 16. City Of Gods (Produced by Disco D) how u gonna rate a advance when u cant even hear half the lyrics to each song, sounds like one the better albums from anyone this year, but this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that has followed AZ's career

no the intro on the advance is track 15

silentmurder2 said: sh*t is ill... definitley wish it still had Serious w/ Nas n that track Let Me Know wit the Aaliyah sample but it doesnt matter the album sounds nice

that was off of final call
the album he said he pretty much gave the fans

AZ seems like he is doing big things in '05 but from acouple tracks I heard from the album it's hot, I don't wanna listen to it tho, I'm going to support AZ and buy that sh*t when it comes out.

Killa #4 said: that was off of final call the album he said he pretty much gave the fans

i know but so was "Omega" , "No Strings", "Magic Hour", "The Truth", n "Live Wire"

he never should have put No Strings on AWOL

this is how reviews shud be done

a bunch of old songs on here.. this isnt even going to be close to the retail..

I don't know how so many cats hold AZ in such a high regard...he's nice and all that, but people hold him in a regard as if he's one of the best rappers today...

Maybe it's just me, but AZ doesn't really captivate like that...he actually speaks some real sh*t, but he compromises his message by having to rhyme so many damn syllables per bar...

Instead of writing out a message and getting your point across you instead have to cut out and paste words to make them fit the rhyme scheme and rhyme every single syllable...I've never been a huge fan of rappers like that, because they really aren't formulating clear raps...

I think that the reason that cats are feeling this so much is the simple fact that hip-hop is in such a poor state...if he dropped this in a time where other rappers were on their game dropping excellent joints then this would be seen as average at best...

To sum it all up, AZs raps are just all over the place with his rhyme scheme...sometimes he comes off right, but for the most part he's compromising to rhyme all those syllables...1.

^^nice post agreed for the most part....u gotta respect AZ's flow, but his lyrics take a bit of a hit because of it....

...but 2005 has been sooooo bad so far for the most part that people are just lookin to get hyped up about anything.... i never really buy too many albums but im looking for something new to buy just so that i feel like im still a hip hop fan.... so maybe its overrated cause of when its dropping, but i don't care atleast its good and its new, and u can't say that about many albums these days...




edit: can't stop won't stop :wow:

Jamaro85 said: I don't know how so many cats hold AZ in such a high regard...he's nice and all that, but people hold him in a regard as if he's one of the best rappers today... Maybe it's just me, but AZ doesn't really captivate like that...he actually speaks some real sh*t, but he compromises his message by having to rhyme so many damn syllables per bar... Instead of writing out a message and getting your point across you instead have to cut out and paste words to make them fit the rhyme scheme and rhyme every single syllable...I've never been a huge fan of rappers like that, because they really aren't formulating clear raps... I think that the reason that cats are feeling this so much is the simple fact that hip-hop is in such a poor state...if he dropped this in a time where other rappers were on their game dropping excellent joints then this would be seen as average at best... To sum it all up, AZs raps are just all over the place with his rhyme scheme...sometimes he comes off right, but for the most part he's compromising to rhyme all those syllables...1.

good insight.. however i disagree with that comment about the timing of this release..

hip hop is at a low true, but there are true gems out there.. you just gotta look

hell '05 has already gave me 2 personal classics in Be and this.. and the Ye OR Little Brother hasnt even dropped!

this is a classic period

i disagree with your analysis of AZ. But hope this is a dope album.

cosign

3rdFire said: i disagree with your analysis of AZ.

some n*ggas are sleeping on AZ.. doesn't get the credit he deserve

whats AWOL stand for?