Categories : Music Reviews, Rap + Hip-Hop.
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Rating: 2.5/5 Released: December 19, 2006 Reviewer: Trent McMartin |
Trick Daddy’s seventh and latest release, Back by Thug Demand, offers up the usual assortment of dirty southern beats and explicit lyrics laced with profane references of alcohol use, weed smoking, gun play, booty calls, money and hustling – you know, all the proponents of Thug Life.
‘Straight Up,’ featuring Young Buck is probably the album’s most pop oriented track, referencing Stanley “Big Tookie†Williams, the convicted murderer and former Crips leader who was put to death in 2005. ‘Bet That’ is a dirty romp featuring Chamillionaire, ‘Born a Thug’ is reminiscent of Tupac and the ode to weed ‘So High,’ is a funky little number.
Back by Thug Demand features an impressive guest list including the aforementioned Young Buck and Chamillionaire, as well as Goldrush, Young Steff, 8Ball and Baby to name a few. However, instead of enhancing the overall vibe of the record, the guest appearances only add to the deficiencies that weigh down Thug Demand. The repetitive lyrical content and the familiar dirty beats sound more laboured and contrived here than on past releases. The overabundant references of booty, ballin’ and thug life quickly become monotonous early on, giving way to humor rather than the hardcore gangsta lifestyle image that’s trying to be portrayed.
Reportedly a new Trick Daddy album is slated to drop sometime this year and already the rapper is looking beyond Back by Thug Demand towards the new record. That explains a lot, because Daddy takes the easy way out with this unimaginative, lackluster, straight-by-the numbers affair that neither shocks nor inspires, but unfortunately garners only inadvertent hilarity.
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