Illa Ghee- Bullet And A Bracelet

The tireless MC from Sumner, Brooklyn returns with another really good mixape. Really it's so unfair to refer to this as simply a "mixtape", it's so much more. I find it to be more of a street album. It's got some unbelievably effective production courtesy of Team Demolition (which Illa gives credit to throughout the CD, gets sorta annoying) a new production team that evidently has their shit together. The overall mood of Illa's throughout is very story like, as he delves into personal experiences and translates them into gripping street tales. There are a number of good tracks throughout the beginning of this joint but I found the hardest beats and the best bars came toward the end. There's a lot on this, including some relatively intriguing interludes that find you listening to Illa as he sort of conversates with himself and the listener all at once. This is a great effort and it's so good, I think because the overall formula is a throwback to how albums used to be made; One producer and one MC for the majority of the album. It's refreshing and familiar and never does it feel dated. The only guest feature is a worthy one in Prodigy, smh, and he under excels in his verse as expected. Way to go into the booth and write a verse on the spot P! At any rate this is a must for anyone seeking somthing edgy, yet you still wanna be entertained by more than mindless thuggery throughout most of the verses and songs (see the new IM3 album, lol.)

-Dominick L.

01. Intro 00:53
02. Project Illa 03:12
03. Walk With A Shotgun (feat. Prodigy) 03:29
04. Run From Me 03:24
05. My Image 02:41
06. Interlude 1 01:29
07. Yeah It's Me (What's Up?) 02:43
08. Maintenance Man 03:36
09. Bullet & A Bracelet 03:16
10. Bomb Diggy 03:29
11. Caviar 02:49
12. Beautiful Lie 02:32
13. Interlude 2 00:30
14. Pick His Face Up 03:24
15. For The Visual 03:55
16. Illa-Ocrates 02:40
17. Lift You Up 03:43
18. Damp Ladder 03:40
19. Outro 02:47
20. Breathe 02:06

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