Marco Polo & Torae "Double Barrel"

Not much of a review here. Honestly, I was bumping it and it really didn't strike me as being all that great. So I was wondering about some opinions and ratings on the album.

I agree^^^^^

Cory wrote:

great beats, good scratches, better lyrics then your average willie dee

See, I'm not that sure I agree with you on the lyrics. The beats are tight. I like the feel of the album. But Torae just ain't tripping my trigger.

Cory wrote:

Alan wrote:

Cory wrote:

great beats, good scratches, better lyrics then your average willie dee

See, I'm not that sure I agree with you on the lyrics. The beats are tight. I like the feel of the album. But Torae just ain't tripping my trigger.

but we can agree hes better then willie dee

Ummmmmmm....no! lol

I guess you underrate how big of a fan of the Geto Boys I am. That and "Controversy", "I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier", "Play Witcha Mama" are all bangers. GB has classics, but his solo work is not quite classic to me. Those are all at least 4 star albums IMO though.

And when has Torae been anything more than above average? To be honest, I wasn't real big on his album from last year "Daily Conversation" when it dropped, but I think I like a few cuts off that more after listening to the new one. Shit's pretty tight, but I just don't find Torae to be that excellent.

Cory wrote:

Alan wrote:

Cory wrote:

Alan wrote:

Cory wrote:

great beats, good scratches, better lyrics then your average willie dee

See, I'm not that sure I agree with you on the lyrics. The beats are tight. I like the feel of the album. But Torae just ain't tripping my trigger.

but we can agree hes better then willie dee

Ummmmmmm....no! lol

I guess you underrate how big of a fan of the Geto Boys I am. That and "Controversy", "I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier", "Play Witcha Mama" are all bangers. GB has classics, but his solo work is not quite classic to me. Those are all at least 4 star albums IMO though.

And when has Torae been anything more than above average? To be honest, I wasn't real big on his album from last year "Daily Conversation" when it dropped, but I think I like a few cuts off that more after listening to the new one. Shit's pretty tight, but I just don't find Torae to be that excellent.

torae is average, im a GB fan as well, willie dee is just wack shit. i didnt know you where a GB fan, i just brought up willie dee because its kevs picture and i think he was a wack taste in music and overrated everything from the south

"Willie D" is nowhere close to being wack IMO. lol

I like him on all the Geto Boys material and those solo albums I listed (I haven't heard the others). I honestly don't see why Willie D gets hate period.

And I own the album Kev has got on his avatar on cassette. That may be his best one!

Cory wrote:

I was listening to The Foundation, and he is extremely wack on that.

its willie dee yall, its been a minute yall, fuck the critics yall. to me he always comes off like that

I don't think he's wack there at all, but now you're just picking on material recorded past his prime.

Alan wrote:

Cory wrote:

I was listening to The Foundation, and he is extremely wack on that.

its willie dee yall, its been a minute yall, fuck the critics yall. to me he always comes off like that

I don't think he's wack there at all, but now you're just picking on material recorded past his prime.

damn if thats no wack to you i dont see how you can call anyone average. lol i quite this forum.


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Cory wrote:

Alan wrote:

Cory wrote:

I was listening to The Foundation, and he is extremely wack on that.

its willie dee yall, its been a minute yall, fuck the critics yall. to me he always comes off like that

I don't think he's wack there at all, but now you're just picking on material recorded past his prime.

damn if thats no wack to you i dont see how you can call anyone average. lol i quite this forum.


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Well Foundation was a good record. I don't think Willie D was wack on it, but I do think he was past his prime (obviously). Like I said, you are focusing on his past prime material then making blanket statements by saying "Willie D is wack" in general. You keep changing the conversation as we go along. lol

Personally, I love the album. I gave it a classic rating upon the first spin but now I've scaled it back to 4.5 because I occassionally skip a few tracks. But it's a dope album with dope beats and above average rhymes.

Just got done bumping this Torae again.

Same thoughts as the first spin. I figured Torae would get better from his first effort, but he is actually boring the pizz out of me with his simple rhyme style. The beats hit me even less this time. It's a very tight album, but the formula is just plain tired IMO.

3.25 stars

KJ Styles wrote:

Personally, I love the album. I gave it a classic rating upon the first spin but now I've scaled it back to 4.5 because I occassionally skip a few tracks. But it's a dope album with dope beats and above average rhymes.

Damn, I'll listen to it again sometime, but I don't see my opinion changing much more than a half a star. It's like all boom bap, which I like, but without the innovation or originality.

Alan wrote:

Just got done bumping this Torae again.

Same thoughts as the first spin. I figured Torae would get better from his first effort, but he is actually boring the pizz out of me with his simple rhyme style. The beats hit me even less this time. It's a very tight album, but the formula is just plain tired IMO.

3.25 stars

I don't agree with your opinion at all. Granted, Torae's not the greatest MC but he sounds dope as hell over those Marco Polo beats. I also co-sign Cory in that he's better than Willie D, who sounds good with the Geto Boys but not so much as a solo artist.

yeah, this album is dope, but its just more of the same.

KJ Styles wrote:

Alan wrote:

Just got done bumping this Torae again.

Same thoughts as the first spin. I figured Torae would get better from his first effort, but he is actually boring the pizz out of me with his simple rhyme style. The beats hit me even less this time. It's a very tight album, but the formula is just plain tired IMO.

3.25 stars

I don't agree with your opinion at all. Granted, Torae's not the greatest MC but he sounds dope as hell over those Marco Polo beats. I also co-sign Cory in that he's better than Willie D, who sounds good with the Geto Boys but not so much as a solo artist.

I don't even know how Willie D got in this discussion, but he kills Torae. Who just makes this album too boring to listen to more than a few times IMO.

Steve wrote:

yeah, this album is dope, but its just more of the same.

More of the same what? Same boom bap formula we've heard for nearly 20 years?

Well done for this kind of album in 2009, but I'm not really interested in hearing this kind of album in 2009, it's tired, if you can't manage something fairly original, at least build on the formula in some way.

Jason wrote:

Well done for this kind of album in 2009, but I'm not really interested in hearing this kind of album in 2009, it's tired, if you can't manage something fairly original, at least build on the formula in some way.

Jason you just summed up my thoughts exactly..I could not really grasp what was it about the samples that just was not grabbing. I mean it has good beats and a decent rapper but it's just more of the same.

And all this about Willie D and Torae, where did this come from? Did Corey wake up on the wrong end of the 69 he does with his man lover? Willie D smashes Torae with or without my bias and all you damn right!

Jason wrote:

Well done for this kind of album in 2009, but I'm not really interested in hearing this kind of album in 2009, it's tired, if you can't manage something fairly original, at least build on the formula in some way.

Bullseye.

It may be good, but I'm just not personally interested in it I guess.

i give this 3.5-3.75

nothings wack on it really just not mindblowing or anything....Torae doesnt interest me long enough for a whole album

Torae is nothing special. Marco Polo kills it, as usual.

A better album is Orange Moon Over Brooklyn. Polo isn't on top like Double Barrel, but he's pretty fuckin excellent. And Pumpkinhead is light years moe advanced and interesting on the mic than Torae.

I'll give it (Double Barrel) 3.5, entirely on the production (which holds it's own with some stellar production in 2009.)