Lord Jamar’s “The 5% Album” is in one word;
Religious. And with that said anyone who
is not a 5 percenter or Muslim, will be
turned off by this 21 track album filled
with religious raps with guest apperences
by RZA, Raekwon, Grand Puba, Papa Wu, Reality
Allah, Prodigal Sunn, and Sadat X, just
to name a few.
With one look at the CD case you will
know what you are getting, no pictures
of Lord Jamar, just the universal Islam
sign, a moon with a star and then a 7
on top, with no pull out book, or track
listing on the cover or the CD itself.
You really don’t know what to expect until
you pop it into your CD player and realize
that this CD has 21 songs.
Lord Jamar does have a nice flow, and
although I probably wouldn’t go out and
buy the album, he does have some intelligent
things to say. Tracks that standout are,
Deep Space feat. RZA, a great intellectual
song that has a nice beat with a catchy
chorus, and “The Corner The Streets” feat.
Grand Puba a great track that makes fans
of Grand Puba, happy to see he still has
it. “Supreme Mathematics” a nice track
with two different mixs on the CD and
both are good, although it doesn’t make
sense that they needed two different mixs.
Overall the CD is way too religious and
will turn anyone off that is not open
minded and not willing to take the time
to listen before they judge. With many
guest apperencnes by great MC’s, Lord
Jamar has the star power, but that’s all
he has, because when you segment your
music into the religious realm you segment
your audience. |
Nas 
Keak Da Sneak
Lord
Jamar
They
can lock him down and try to knock him down
too, but they can’t quite stop the wrath
of Prodigy. With his blog being the topic
of discussions on the daily, P isn’t letting
anyone forget about him anytime soon. And
that was the theme at his album release
press party at Smash Studios in Manhattan
last week
