Unique solo album for the musician Justin Warfield, released by Qwest Records, a branch of Warner Bros.
It opens a splendid jazzy intro with sax and flute samples, then a second intro with extravagant beat. The third song's intro is whimsical too, with a frantic funky boom bap and a slow, shouting banal urgent delivery from Warfield. "K Sera Sera" is a clear highlight, jazzy rhythm produced by Prince Paul and acceptable delivery. The rest of the record offers pretty similar tracks, with minimal production, decent samples, honest drums and average deliveries.
The lyrical choice of the artist falls on braggadocio as the main topic and the album drags on until one hour of listening time. Most of the disc is produced by Warfield himself, but it's when the keyboards are left to the external producers Prince Paul (three tracks) and QD III (half disc) that have the best musically results: the first one finds a good sample and a splendid outro for track 15, while QD III makes the best track of the disc, "Cool Like the Blues": splendid introductory sax sample, lean lively drum machine, good jazzy-funky boom bap and suitable for the performer's slow flow.
Except for a couple of Warfield-built rap rock songs, the remaining choices don't stand out: bringing an elementary and somehow decent rapping style, Warfield attempts to make a psychedelic rock album with a rap style, it doesn't go far from a decent project, however the result is swinging and bouncy. Several songs, including the seven-minute outro, are unnecessary and with a shorter time he would have retained a higher replay value and slightly increased the quality of the entire record. Some East Coast fans might still appreciate it.
Rating: 6/10.
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