Here To Save You All Music Cd

Chino Xl - Here To Save You All

Here to Save You All      Artist : Chino XL      List Price : $9.98 USD        ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 1996-04-09      Studio : Warner Bros / Wea      Label : Warner Bros / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (54 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Here To Save You All      Weak Production!?!      Rating:      I just had to give my two cents after reading so many reviews saying this album was good lyrically, but the beats were not that great. I must be listening to a different "Here to Save You All" then these other people, because the beats are your typical, loud, east coast, mid 90's ones, which is a good thing.     Customer Reviews for Here To Save You All Cd      chino at his best      Rating:      I had this album 12 years ago and bought it now because it's that good. chino sets the tone early with the first few verses taking shots at brownstone, brandi, aaron hall, and blackstreet. since this album is from 95-96, the references are dated but having grew up in the era i could keep up with what chino was saying. chino is the greatest at taking metaphors and putting them into lyrics. he also has no conscience when it comes to attacking other people, because he simply has no fear. this is a classic album, yet many people didn't know about him then. he's scratched the mainstream surface of recent but this by far is his best work. its his best because of his dont care attitude he's free to rap about his experiences and his life. if you sit and just listen to the words you will feel like you know him alot better afterwards. its a lyrical triumph to all those in the half breed community Editorial Reviews for Here To Save You All Audio Cd      Amazon.com      Too often rap isn't about rapping at all, and it seems a shame that in exchange for a fat beat and hook many hip-hoppers forsake the vocals on which the genre bases itself. Not so former Art of Origin frontman Chino XL. The East Orange, New Jersey, rapper is a fully dedicated lyricist, and a good one at that. So good, in fact, his music suffers by comparison. The weak link in Here To Save You All, Chino's debut solo album, is no doubt its flat beats and rote backing tracks. Except for the swinging "Feelin' Evil Again" and stirring "Rise," there's a dullness that keeps the album a notch away from great hip-hop. Chino does his part, however, to keep the craft of the MC alive. With relentless, lightning-fast delivery he drops pop culture references like a ghetto Dennis Miller, naming everyone from Eazy E and LaMaze to Donna Karan and Pearl Jam with witty, outrageous insight. Into the jokes he mixes substance whether he's tackling status and materialism in rap ("No Complex") or the identity crisis of growing up half-black/half-Puerto Rican in a white neighborhood ("What I Am?"). Then, where most rappers make empty claims authenticity, Chino lets his imagination take control. He recounts lives and loves he's never had ("It's All Bad" and "Kreep"), then muses over fallen angels ("Ghetto Vampire") and the afterlife ("Rise"). Part monologuist, part short story author, Chino is an uncommon reminder of all a rapper can be. --Roni Sarig