Poobs - Prepare For Glory (Album Review)

Poobs is part of the New Generation of D-Block and supplies a lot of the production for their projects. He has been providing D-Block with some innovative production efforts over the past few years. This new album showcases his abilities not only as a producer, but also a mediocre rapper. Poobs production is successful because it is conceptually different every track he touches, but not so much that his beats come off sounding scattered. However, he lacks a signature sound like the big guns of production such as DJ Premier and Swizz Beats. I liked Poobs’s sample choices such as the on soul singer on Miracle and the LL Cool J sample on Need Bail. He also does a decent job of rapping on a few of the tracks. Poobs shows that he has a lot of creative and original production to offer, all of which bang perfectly with the hard D-Block east coast gangster style. From a production standpoint the top tacks on here were Miracle, Need Bail, Pain, Zoom, Streets Call’Em Bully, and Hog Tied. This was a strong release from D-Block and Poobs. I will be looking for more of Poobs production on upcoming D-Block projects, 3.75/5.

01. Hog Tied (ft Styles P) (Prod. by Poobs)
02. Back On The Street (ft Sheek Louch) (Prod. by Poobs)
03. Come All (ft Bucky, Styles P, Don-D & T.Y.) (Prod. by Poobs)
04. Streets Call’Em Bully (ft Bully) (Prod. by Vinny Idol)
05. 7 Days 6 Nights (ft T.Y.) (Prod. by Mr. Potter)
06. Zoom (ft Straws, Bully & Poobs) (Prod. by Poobs)
07. Other Than That (ft Styles P & Jadakiss) (Prod. by Poobs)
08. Is What It Is (ft Don-D & T.Y.) (Prod. by Poobs)
09. Unstoppable (ft Bucky) (Prod. by Poobs)
10. That’s My Nigga (ft The LOX) (Prod. by Vinny Idol)
11. Miracle (ft Large Amount) (Prod. by Poobs)
12. So Many Things (ft Straws & Poobs) (Prod. by Vinny Idol)
13. Who’s The Target (ft Styles P & A.P.) (Prod. by Poobs)
14. Savage (ft A.P.) (Prod. by Poobs)
15. 456 (ft Don-D & T.Y.) (Prod. by Poobs)
16. Cocaine Spitter (ft Styles P) (Prod. by Poobs)
17. Need Bail (ft Poobs, Trav & Straws) (Prod. by Poobs)
18. Pain (ft Large Amount & A.P.) (Prod. by Poobs)
19. Ghost (ft Styles P) (Prod. by Poobs)

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D-Block – No Security (Album Review)

The LOX members of the D-Block gang have been grinding hard for over ten years. They still have yet to gain the mainstream success many believe they are due. All of the LOX boys are talented rappers and have their own unique styles, but most of their solo releases could have done better with better production. This new D-Block “album” is average at best. It is clearly just a random compilation of songs. There are a few good ones on here. Some of these tracks have been floating around the mixtape scene for quite a while. The original LOX crew are the only members of D-Block worthy of any mention on this. The standouts are Get That Paper, So Much Trouble, From the Block, and Hello (all of which I have heard before). If you are a fan pick this up, but if you are on the edge about D-Block I would pass on this one, 3/5.

1. So Much Trouble (feat. Sheek Louch, Styles P, Bucky & Beanie Sigel)
2. Thrilla (feat. Sheek Louch, Snyp Life, Large Amount & Tommy Star)
3. Show Em (feat. Don D, Ty & OJ Da Juiceman)
4. Get That Paper (feat. Sheek Louch, Styles P, Jadakiss & S.I.)
5. Get Ya Bounce On (feat. Large Amount, AP, Bully & Webstar)
6. From The Block (feat. Sheek Louch, Styles P, Bully, Ty & Tommy Star)
7. That’s D-Block (feat. Styles P, Bucky, Straw, Large Amount, AP & Snyp Life)
8. Round And Round (feat. Large Amount, Ap, Bully & Tommy Star)
9. Hello (feat. Sheek Louch, Large Amount, Ty, Bucky & Red Café)
10. Brother’s Keeper (feat. Sheek Louch, Jadakiss, Styles P & Bully)
11. Hustler’s Prayer (feat. Styles P, Bully & Straw)
12. Like That Ya’ll (Remix) (feat. Sheek Louch, Styles P, Jadakiss, AP, Straw & Snyp Life)

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