It was probably necessary to include Waka Flocka Flame on the album for marketing reasons, but his contributions to “Hands Up, Lay Down” drag what could have been a good Twista/Traxster track six feet beneath the earth. Not all of his collaborations are winners though – the beat and rhyme of “2012” are fair but Tia London’s vocals are not improved by the AutoTune treatment they receive. As such Twista can go back and forth to freaknasty melodies like the Tight Mike produced “Sweating” featuring Scotty and the heavy handed Street Runner laced “Cocaine” with Yo Gotti and not seem contradictory. I’ll let you hold the camera first then I’ll hold it thenĬause I wanna see how it’s comin out and goin in”įor lesser talents this constant change of style could seem mentally or artistically unbalanced, but Twista sticks to his Windy City roots and allows the storm to surge when needed and ebb once the tornado passes. Tell her we can be in our personal cinema Kiss her neck down to her stomach and then I’ma Sexy, I wish I could film every bit of her She look better than every chick in my perimeter Got me lovin it when I’m feelin on the bootyĮspecially when I can blame it on the alcohol (alcohol) Your momma might as well call up the funeral homeĪnd there are songs like “Make a Movie” featuring Chris Brown which harken back to the freak flop flow of “Slow Jamz,” with the perfectly contradictory combination of fast slung lyrics to slow quiet storm grooves: You would think I’m poppin the rifle or Tec, I’m aimin right for the neck
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I’m historical, an oracle, an event is about to occurīecause a motherfucker put these raps in The MatrixĪnd I’m terror when I spit it on tracks full of hatredīut it’s beauty in the dark just put in your mouthĪnd the flow is mmmmm like that when you taste it “I’m about to take everybody back to the basics Thus there are songs on Twista’s new CD like “Back to the Basics,” produced by long-time collaborator Legendary Traxster, keeping the background beats both minimal and sinister in the style that allows Twista’s famous rapid-fire lingistuics to dominate easily: It’s a difficult balance for any rapper to strike, but even moreso in Twista’s case given few underground rap sensations ever became an “Overnight Celebrity” to near the degree he did. “The Perfect Storm” attempts to put Twista back on the weather map for 2010, recognizing that the legendary rapper needs to appeal to both his commercial crossover base and his hardcore fast flow fans. These albums slowed Twista’s momentum even further, downgrading him from a once powerful hurricane into a much less devastating tropical storm. Our staff writers were brutal in their assessment of these albums, but also entirely fair in recognizing these were ultimately destined for clearance bins. To be fair though these albums could be considered classics compared to misguided side projects that featured Chicago homies and his Get Money Gang familia. What followed wereunderwhelming new albums that while still good by contemporary hip-hop standards did not hold up to Twista’s previous efforts. When “Kamikaze” dropped it was hard to imagine any rapper being hotter, but for multiple reasons (including music industry politics) he was unable to maintain that momentum. In the meteorology of hip-hop Twista’s career has gone from record temperature highs to barometric pressure lows over the span of two decades.
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