Painting pictures - How many rap albums can you actually listen to every track without hitting the skip button over and over?There may be a few tracks I m not in love with, but on the whole, this is an amazing album.This is from the heart. This is what its like to grow up in the hood.Jim is painting pictures. You can literally see what he s talking about.There are a few club tracks, but even those are well produced and decent lyrics.It saddens me to say that the new stuff being produced by Jim Jones is nowhere near being on the level with this album.
On My Way to Church - Jim Jones administers a decent effort with On My Way to Church, but there are a few things here that are irritants and a couple of gripes I have with Jones as a rap artist. Professionally composed beats are no where to be found on this LP. All of the production sounds like it was done by an amateur producer who needs a lot more training. Also, Jim Jones delivers some very weak rhymes. No just here, but take a listen to songs he is featured on, or simply listen to his biggest hit, Ballin (We Fly High). As for On My Way to Church, I gave this album 3 stars because the better songs on here balance with the more sup bar tracks and the guests who appear on this album do a great job (for the most part), which improved a lot of the songs. The songs Jim Jones does alone are the ones to skip. Also, a lot of his songs sound like they were done on his computer, not a studio. If you listen to this album, you should be able to relate to what I m saying. Certified Gangsta is a great track namely because it is one of the few where Jones shines lyrically. Cam ron also delivers some impressive bars on this track. The production is weak, but it is befitting for the song. Spanish Fly and Twin Towers are also great tracks overall. Something isn t right here, though. How is it that Bizzy Bone delivers the best rhyme on this entire album? Bizzy is featured on Twin Towers and he blows everyone on this LP out of the water because his verse is incredible! Shotgun Fire is a lackluster track. The lyrics and production slack, and Jim Jones does a bad job at trying to keep up with the beat. Most professional rappers don t have a hard time keeping up with a beat. TI shows up for End of the Road, but why? He did nothing but make an already bad track worse with his lame verse. Overall, this album is OK, but it s more hit and miss than anything. There isn t a lick of consistency and because of that, it doesn t rank high on my recommended list. Mikeisha s Top 51. Certified Gangsta2. Twin Towers3. Spanish Fly4. Crunk Muzik5. Only One Way Up
Don t you get tired of the same song? - Don t you all really want some kind of variety in your life. All the guys in Dipset are making the exact same songs over and over on different albums. There isn t anything original to what any of them are doing. When will you get tired of hearing about what these kats bought or what they are riding in? Most people are so wrapped in what they own that they don t even look at the skills of the rapper. Then most of the time the stuff you are mesmerized by, they don t own it they just rented it for the video. These guys have no talent and are flushing decent beats down the toilet.
Street s Gospel - On My Way To Church is Jim Jones step out from home crew Diplomats as his solo debut album. This album begins with spoken spiritual words as the title track as done for the outro. Capo Status 1st Take, Capo Status 2nd Take and Capo Status Final Take are more like an introduction interlude for the flow skills of Jim Jones. The fast paced high pitched synthesizers on Only One Way Up featuring Cam ron & Juelz Santana as they flowed back to back without a hook or chorus. For a more upbeat track produced by Heatmakerz was a good display of why he s important to the Dip Set movement on This Is Jim Jones featuring Cam ron on the hook. Let s Ride featuring J.R. Writer was a dedication to Notorious B.I.G. as he switched paces with a rapid fire flow. One of the highlights of this album is Certified Gangsta featuring Cam ron & Bezel over the Boys In The Hood sample. In attempts to take this album to another level, Jamaican Joint featuring Cam ron & Juelz Santana accomplished its goal as the Southern sounds found on End Of The Road featuring T.I. & Bun B. As the album quickly takes a wrong turn with fillers, Jim takes it back to the essence of a Harlem gangster on This Is Gangsta featuring Juelz Santana & Bezel. As also found on Diplomatic Immunity 2, Crunk Muzik featuring Juelz Santana & Cam ron had given this album a fuller feel and stolen the spotlight as one of the strongest songs featured on this LP. Talking To The World is another good song which features the street verbal skills of Capo produced by DJ S&S. On My Way To Church could have been a lot stronger with more songs alone without the almost completely Diplomat sounding release, but there s some good material found here worth checking out especially if you are a Cam ron and or Diplomats fan.
Really Gangsta And Political - Jimmy Jones is a very sound man.He knows what he wants out of music.Heard to last year summer that this sold about 1.4 million so far.Congrats to jimmy and the whole dipset fam.