Bubba Sparxxx, Deliverance (2003)
Sparxxx comes pretty ho-hum with another attempt at dazzling the world with "hick-hop". It doesn't work, but there are a few breaths of fresh air on here worth a listen.
As we all know, anything super producer Timbaland touches has some serious bounce to it. Executive produced by Tim, Deliverance's beats are its saving grace. Down South, banjo/hip-hop tracks go reasonably well with Sparxxx' drawl. "There is no king for the throne I seek/ all by myself so alone I leap/ for the young boy daddy gone 5 weeks/ he's only 14 but he's grown by me/ 'cause he keep the heat on and his little sister fed/ with his knowledge of the land and the tools in the shed/ he could be in school but he choose this instead/ no avenue he won't pursue for the bread/ and who is there to speak for him but Bubba?/ he listens to his own, can't relate to none other/ the product of a bad hand and a young mother/ if daddy wasn't ready all it took was one rubber/ to prevent the pain that his family's done suffered/ thankfully his son is a real come-upper/ 'cause it's gon' be something on the table come supper/ there the plight of my people's uncovered," is how the Southerner attacks his third verse on Comin' Round, one of those songs about suffering and surviving. The man can really control a mic with his flow.
She Tried is a track about Bubba losing his love, Warrant featuring Attitude is a catchy tune about the long-arm coming after Mr. Sparxxx and Deliverance is the single that got some radio attention.
Then there are the hootin' and hollarin' tracks like Take a Load Off and Hootnanny which don't seem to be about anything in particular besides raising a ruckus and creating fresh noise to get a headache to.
Bubba does pull something from under his sleeve in the last track, though. Back in the Mud is one of those 'you could take a nigga out the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood out the nigga' songs in the White trailer park trash perspective. The beat is electric guitars and piano notes on methamphetamine. I turn this one up in my car with the windows down in the summer, you might too. Good song.
Rating: 7 Gold Teefs
Buy or Copy: Buy if you can find it for the right price, cheap. This can be a neat asset to a well-balanced rap collection. It's like diversifying your portfolio.
As we all know, anything super producer Timbaland touches has some serious bounce to it. Executive produced by Tim, Deliverance's beats are its saving grace. Down South, banjo/hip-hop tracks go reasonably well with Sparxxx' drawl. "There is no king for the throne I seek/ all by myself so alone I leap/ for the young boy daddy gone 5 weeks/ he's only 14 but he's grown by me/ 'cause he keep the heat on and his little sister fed/ with his knowledge of the land and the tools in the shed/ he could be in school but he choose this instead/ no avenue he won't pursue for the bread/ and who is there to speak for him but Bubba?/ he listens to his own, can't relate to none other/ the product of a bad hand and a young mother/ if daddy wasn't ready all it took was one rubber/ to prevent the pain that his family's done suffered/ thankfully his son is a real come-upper/ 'cause it's gon' be something on the table come supper/ there the plight of my people's uncovered," is how the Southerner attacks his third verse on Comin' Round, one of those songs about suffering and surviving. The man can really control a mic with his flow.
She Tried is a track about Bubba losing his love, Warrant featuring Attitude is a catchy tune about the long-arm coming after Mr. Sparxxx and Deliverance is the single that got some radio attention.
Then there are the hootin' and hollarin' tracks like Take a Load Off and Hootnanny which don't seem to be about anything in particular besides raising a ruckus and creating fresh noise to get a headache to.
Bubba does pull something from under his sleeve in the last track, though. Back in the Mud is one of those 'you could take a nigga out the 'hood, but you can't take the 'hood out the nigga' songs in the White trailer park trash perspective. The beat is electric guitars and piano notes on methamphetamine. I turn this one up in my car with the windows down in the summer, you might too. Good song.
Rating: 7 Gold Teefs
Buy or Copy: Buy if you can find it for the right price, cheap. This can be a neat asset to a well-balanced rap collection. It's like diversifying your portfolio.
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