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:::Underground Music Review:::
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NOTTZ - "NOTTZ presents D.M.P:The Mixtape"
by K. Sa-Ra
September 2005
K Sa-Ra rating scale:
- 1 = Eyes, the best that you can get
- You may tell ya
fam, "good lookin'" when they drop a project on you of this rating.
- 2 = Ears
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This means you will be excited to hear more from this artist "ya heard".
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- 3 = Nose
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This rating is like when you find this mysteriously
wrapped plate in the fridge. First you look at it...then you smell it. It's as if
smelling it will clears up all the confusion. It's the same when you find clothes on
the floor. Before you decide what to do with it, you what? That's right. You smell
it. In fact, when you’re really confused, you ask someone else to smell it.
- 4 = Butt
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An underground artist really doesn't want this mark.
It means that this is where you pulled that project from.
- 5 = Brains
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The last, and most degrading rating you can receive is a 5.
This rating, I like to call "brains". Not
because it's a work of genius, but because this is what you must have been giving
someone in order to get this project out of the studio!
'Nuff said!
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Greetings, greetings, greetings fam. I?m going to step away from this
V.I.P for a minute and bend ya ear on this months installment. This
month's batter up is a group out of Virginia called D.M.P. The project
is called "NOTTZ presents D.M.P:The Mixtape". This is a 17 cut project
from a well known, and sought after producer in the game, by the name of
NOTTZ. NOTTZ is known for making some of the illest beats for artists like,
Busta Rhymes, 50 cents, B.I.G., Cannibus, Royce da 5'9", and more. The
whole D.M.P. crew is out of Virginia, and reps the vibe well. D.M.P. is
made up of Black-N-Deckah, Big Shot, Killah Khi, and Star. Guest appearances
on the project include Royce da 5'9", Famlay, Petey Pablo, and Krumbsnatcha.
Out of the 17 tracks, there are 8 heat rocks, 4 cuts of background noise,
and 3 straight sleepers. When NOTTZ and D.M.P. are hot, trust me they're
bringin' it. When they lose focus, it's simply baffling. You wanna know
what it is?
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Imagine N.W.A. as a track star, then tearing a ligament in the
knee. That's D.M.P. They're a bit quicker than most, but in a world where
M.C.'s and other industry acts are all "roided" up, they may not fair too
well. This project almost received a nose rating if it wasn't for the fact
that there were 3 songs that I put on repeat play. If you pick up the project,
check out #6: Mr. Smiff-n-Wesson Man, #7:So high, and #9:Ohh!!!. I'm waiting to
hear more from D.M.P. ya heard. This project receives a rating of 2 on the
K.Sa-Ra scale.
In the words of the disciple Fabolous, 'Holla back young'n.
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