Album(s) Review: Chaos Legion I & II

Dynamics Plus-Chaos Legion I & II-10 out of 10

"There may not be in the world an example of another genius so universal, so incapable of fulfilment, so full of yearning for the infinite, so naturally refined, so far ahead of his own century and the following centuries".- Hippolyte Taine, 1866,

famous French critic and historian, regarding the exploits of Leonardo Da Vinci.

 The same can be said for Lenzmen MC Dynamics Plus. Throughout his career, he's crafted numerous quotables, jaw-dropping concepts, and shown lyrically supremacy on each song on his albums. For his latest work, Chaos Legion I & II, the Lenzmen MC puts you in a world where a Saturday morning cartoon, role playing board/video game, and hip-hop collide into one gem of a project. The poetic tools on each give me a full understanding of this universe and this Chaos Legion, and each track is a 10 without a doubt. I consider it one of the best Hip-Hop albums in the last decade because of it's originality, but most importantly, the talent Dynamics Plus has to not let a strong concept overshadow his talent, but to let the talent reinforce the concept.

Album Release: Out Now. Go to www.thedynamicuniverse.com/

Album Review: Only Built For Cuban Linx II

Raekwon-Only Built For Cuban Linx II-6.5 out of 10

After waiting 14 years for one of my favorite  hip-hop albums of all-time(my personal top 3), I expected it to do something that most motion pictures fail to do-top the original a la Godfather II. Sadly, it didn't. The feel of the tracks were not their and didn't flow as the 1995 version did, as each track seemed caught in three eras: 1995, 1997, and 2004. I understand it's a different time and you cannot recapture the emotions of a period, but this entire piece gave me a feeling of just another album, not the sequel to Only Built For Cuban Linx. "Criminology 09", the sequel to "Criminology", lacked that intensity that Criminology should have.The gems on this album are "G-Hide" which I give a 10 and brings me back to that era I wanted to recapture on this record; "Ason Jones", a touching tribute to the late, great ODB; "We Will Rob You", and "Penitentiary", which I also give a 10. Those four tracks each give you a different feel, but also serve as what the album should have fed off of and what it could have sounded like it did. 

I'm not saying that Raekwon should try recreate each track of the original Cuban Linx, but instead he should have realized which album he was working on: Only Built For Cuban Linx II

Album Release: September 8, 2009

THE DEMI$E OF PROFE$$IONAL $PORT$ IN AMERICA PART 1

AS A YOUTH, MY FAVORITE ATHLETE WAS MICHAEL JORDAN(I’M SURE I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE), AND AS THE TORCH IN THE NBA HAD BEEN PASSED ALONG FROM GEORGE MIKAN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO JORDAN, THE FLAME BLEW OUT.

WHAT MADE THE BIG FOUR SPORTS LEAGUES IN AMERICA (MLB, NFL, NBA, AND THE NHL) SO GREAT WAS THE FACT THAT WINNING MATTERED MORE THAN ENDORSEMENTS AND SALARIES.THE TOP PLAYERS IN THOSE LEAGUES WERE MOTIVATED BY WINNING AND WOULD HAVE PLAYED FOR NOTHING BECAUSE THEY TRULY LOVED THEIR RESPECTED SPORTS, AND IT KEPT THEIR LEAGUES COMPETITIVE. ENDORSEMENTS AND BIG CONTRACTS WERE THE BY-PRODUCT OF THE PREVIOUS HARD WORK THESE ATHLETES LAID DOWN IN THEIR SPORT,NOT A WAY OF BANKING ON THE NEXT “IT ATHLETE.”

FOR EVERY JOE MONTANA, YOU HAVE A RYAN LEAF, AND THE INCENTIVE TO WORK ISN’T BEING SENT IF THE ATHLETE IS GUARANTEED MORE MONEY THAN THEY COULD EVER IMAGINE. DO I BLAME THE ATHLETES? THE ANSWER IS NO. I HATE TO SAY, BUT THE MAJORITY OF US, THE FANS, WOULD NOT BE MOTIVATED EITHER. THE ONLY MOTIVATION SOME WOULD HAVE IS TO SUBSTAIN THEIR HEALTH SO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANOTHER BIG PAYDAY IS THERE. IF YOUR CAREER ON AVERAGE LAST ONLY 3-7 YEARS ROUGHLY, WOULD YOU BE THINKING ABOUT WINNING OR MAKING SURE YOUR FAMILY AND YOU AREN’T IN WORSE SHAPE THAN Y’ALL WERE WHEN BEFORE GETTING TO THE BIG TIME?

THE AMERICAN SPORTS FAN IS STILL LIVING WITH AN IDEAL AS OLD AS AMERICAN SPORTS, AND CAN’T SEE THOSE LEAGUES FOR WHAT THEY REALLY ARE: REAL ESTATE. REAL ESTATE (INSIDE JOKE)

WELCOME TO HELL-EYE MAGAZINE

HELL-EYE MAGAZINE BLOG NUMBER ONE: I WOULDN’T LIKE YOU IF I KNEW YOU. SOME TIPS I’VE PICKED UP ON MY JOURNEY FOR SURVIVAL:

1. A RANDOM HOOK-UP ISN’T RANDOM IF YOU SET YOUR PREVIOUSLY SET YOUR SIGHTS ON GETTING ASS .

2. I MAY NOT BE THE BEST LOOKING GUY, BUT I WILL FUCK THE BEST LOOKING GUY’S GIRL, AND…………

3.WHILE I’M WITH HER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME TYPE OF SKILL IN THE SACK. 

I’M NOT SAYING A KAMA SUTRA PRACTITIONER, BUT SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T MAKE FEEL LIKE I’M GETTING PUSSY FROM A DEAD CAT.

BUT THE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTION I HAVE IS WHY THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS IN A CATATONIC STATE WITH IT’S FEMALLE POPULATION.