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Kokayi Sa-Ra Wicked Wisdom
by K. Sa-Ra
May 2006

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
This means you will be excited to hear more from this artist "ya heard".
3 = Nose
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
An underground artist really doesn't want this mark. It means that this is where you pulled that project from.
5 = Brains
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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What's the deal fam? I must say, it has been a while. Check it. I was approached by a "slim frame", who pushed a product my way. The "slim frame" wanted to know if I knew about Wicked Wisdom. Wicked Wisdom is the heavy metal group that Jada Pinckett-Smith was with. I was in the know, but not in the possession. Slim said, "to each, his reach". It is now mines to have. Without further delay, let's get right to it.

The self-entitled project really captures, and says it all folks. Wisdom is the knowledge gained through the experience of pain. If you transmit those lessons through a medium that is the hardest metal heard in the underground. You are indeed wicked. Imagine that coming at you at high volume, with high velocity, 10 tracks strong. The subject matter was painful, full of conflict, and thought provoking. For those of you who have not heard the project, I know you want me to share my thought on Jada Koren. I will say this. I was shocked, and I loved her on it. Jada could actually hold a note. Jada even had the grundge-metal growl down. That Sugar Honey Ice Tea was scary!! I imagine that this is not a publicity stunt by putting Jada on the front mic. If it was, somebody may not get their spot back. I thought that the tracks were produced well. The band stayed true to the genre, and kept it hard. I can tell that they must be wicked as hell live on stage. I would sacrifice greenbacks to see them. If you like your metal hard, you would most likely feel this.

Now, for my jabs. The creative inspiration for the project seemed to get tired at times. When I listened to the tracks one at a time, then stopped, I would feel it. When I listened to the project in total, I felt like it all meshed together. Nine of the Ten tracks were too much alike. The tracks seemed to show musical variations within itself, but not across the whole. Secondly, Jada would often get caught in a robotic, choppy-typed delivery on numerous tracks. Jada sounds great holding the note. Jada's singing talent could have been played on more in her delivery. I thought she held it down well enough to go there. This may just be my gripe, but I was disappointed that there was not a single guitar solo on the whole project. How in the hell do you have a heavy metal project, and not give the strings some!

Well peeps, I must run. Overall, the project stands well on it's own. I can tell that they are great live, but in this microwave industry, you have to grab your audience quick. Once you grab them, then you have to entertain them. This project allowed my interest to wander at times. I give this project a 2 on the rating scale, with the hopes that a follow up project will be more diversified in it's sound.

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