Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Havoc - From Now On Mixtape




After the long waiting period and the extensive leaks, Havoc, one half of the iconic street duo Mobb Deep, finally drops his newest mixtape on us "From Now On".

Supplying this heat completely free via his much-loathed bosses website, Hav injects a much needed dose of good music into the arms of longtime Mobb fans, who, lets face it, were in desperate need of one.

Starting off strong was important, and hav does just that with the first two tracks "Smells Like 9/5" and "What's That Smell", (of which the latter is far too short!) even the oft-underachieving Lloyd Banks turns in a sharp 16 bar performance on the third track "Bang Bang"....

Throughout the experience there are more than a few sorted big misses however...The over-pronounced and boring performances on "That's How You Feel" and "H Is Back" as well as the tracks that were serviced by either a weak hook, a weak guest spot or just a outright bad performance by Hav like "You Don't Know Me" and "You Take Her" really damage this tape's listenability. Nothing disappointed more than the squandered opportunity with Termanology and Freeway....don't know why Hav tried to take us down south on that with his flow, but it was no doubt a bad look....

There are some really strong standout joints on here that Hav can be proud of, but he definitely didn't deliver like one would've expected judging by the leaks...In the end your just disappointed and "From Now On" most likely will only hold your attention for a few spins. Nothing screams that you didn't really do ya thing than the fact that the two best jams are the previosuly released bonus tracks...

A dismal 4 outta 10....

-BIG D O











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