Lil Debbie: Home Grown

Artist: Lil' Debbie

Album: Home Grown (EP)

Release Date: July 31st, 2015

Most Memorable Lyric: 
"Knock the bitch out like a Pacquiao hit, 
 Big bowls, fat blunts, I be packing my shit."
                                                ~ Hustle Hard

Can't Miss Song: Break It Down

This sexy stoner chick spits flames into the mic hotter than the tip of the joint that she just lit. Lil' Debbie is the female version of Wiz Khalifa,  possessing a unique lyrical style falling between Nicki Minaj and Kreayshaun.

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First and foremost, I just gotta say Lil' Debbie is smokin' hot (pun intended.) Okay now that that's out of the way, let's focus on her music. Lil' Debbie first gained notoriety during her stint with the now defunct group White Girl Mob. The 25-year-old California born artist's Home Grown EP is a good piece of work.

You gotta admit, she is fuc#!n hot.

What is the main topic of the album you wonder? Well, you don't need a PhD from Harvard to discover that answer. With track names such as Let's Get High, Break It Down, Rollin N Smokin, and 420 you should be fully aware... It's all about the ganja, the marijuana, the weed, the renown herb. Nothing less and nothing more is discussed throughout the album. It's as if Lil' Debbie is married to marijuana, and does not want to cheat on it by talking about anything else in life. But this is not necessarily a negative thing.

Do you take weed to be your lawfully wedded wife?

The EP offers eight tracks and is only 25 minutes in length, but offers a worthwhile listening experience. I am most impressed by Lil Debbie's delivery style of her punchlines, the smooth transitions that she has bar-for-bar and the quality of beats used throughout the EP. With lines like: "What you gonna do with all this heat up in your speakers? Leave the booth just like a furnace lighting up this fire reefer," Lil Debbie drops bars that are a mixture of Wiz Khalifa's amiable stoner mentality, mixed with Nicki Minaj's grit and sharpness. The chorus on all songs are good too.

Weed heads and college students are the ones to most appreciate this album. It is something that you can definitely listen to more than one time. Lil' Debbie has the potential to become a household name in the Hip-Hop world, and will likely do so within the next two to three years with her lyrical delivery style, 90's baby California inspired swag, and charming voice (and her stunning looks don't hurt either, let's be honest.)

Rating: 

3.5 out of 5

Chrome: Straight To The Pros

Artist: Chrome

Album: Straight To The Pros

Release Date: October 25th, 2005

Most Memorable Lyric: "Look out, here comes the gutta mane."

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The title should have been "Straight to the Garbage Bin." Chrome's album suffers severely from poor execution on every level throughout the album.

Hypnotize Minds (the group Juicy J helped start) is one of the most prominent and successful southern hip-hop labels in the game today. With a legacy dating back over 20 years, one would expect Chrome could have spit hot fire.Unfortunately, this is not the case. Chrome has more in common with a Eskimo as compared to Mario after finding a fire flower. The album is downright terrible, and even features a song referencing the old Spiderman theme song.

Chrome, your lucky I just got some from Mary Jane,
or else I would kick your ass man! Biting my Spidey Swag!

Chrome should change his name to Zero, because this is how many fucks I give about this album and how many you should give too. From the production, beats, lyrics and overall flow, the songs are just not appealing in any way. It is not a surprise that this album (and artist) never caught the ears of hip-hop fanatics.

Almost all of the 19 tracks follow the typical story we've heard in hardcore rap before; a young man grinding, trying to survive with limited resources all while dogging the police, and dicking down thots. Selling drugs, using drugs, getting through the struggle, yada yada yada...  It is done though in a very boring matter though, nothing fresh. Chrome "rides the beat" on every song, which is not good (riding the beat is when your rap pattern matches the variance of the beat on a song.) 

The only notable song on the album  is This is My Life. On the track, Chrome goes in on how he stays motivated on success and staying positive, all while haters and society try to pull him down. Even though this is the best song on the album, there is nothing really special about it.

To top of my rant of how bad the album is, let's talk about the outro. Normally, the outro typically ties together the complete album, or fills in the missing puzzle piece of the story told throughout the album for the aha! moment. Not this album. Instead,  Juicy J just shouts out when other albums are dropping for Hypnotize Minds, and that's it. I have never ran into this before! I could understand if it was a mixtape, but seriously dude? It's your album and you did not say one single word on the outro? Crazy.

Overall, this album is very forgettable, and I will never listen to it again. Do yourself a favor, and don't waste any of your precious time listening to this album or artist.

Rating: 1 out of 5