Ace Hood has been around for a few years, he's had 2 albums "Gutta" and "Ruthless", but for a lot of people the first anyone heard of Ace Hood was his song "Hustle Hard" Ace Hood's first monster hit, and it was a monster hit for a reason...it goes hard. "Hustle Hard" produced by Lex Luger is a really unique song, with a crazy beat, and a wild flow from Ace Hood, the song was very fresh and made a name for him in mainstream Hip-Hop. The ironic thing however, is that while "Hustle Hard" goes hard more than half the tracks on his new album "Blood, Sweat & Tears" are mid-tempo sort of slow tracks, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, just unexpected after the lead single.
Obviously both the original "Hustle Hard" and the remix are great songs, and there are other songs that go hard, like the second single "Go N' Get It" which is a pretty good song as well, but has a very similar feel to "Hustle Hard" both tracks were produced by Lex Luger, the opening track which features T-Pain called "King of the Streets" is a really good song, another really good song is "Memory Lane" which features Kevin Cossom. But that's about it for the up-tempo "club" tracks, everything else as I said is mid-tempo, slower track, like I said it's not a bad thing, the best song on the entire album is a slower song called "Letter to My Ex's" the song was produced by Cardiak, the beat is cool, but simple, lyrically the song is funny and honest, and has a unique sound to it. However the song "Body 2 Body" featuring Chris Brown is boring, unoriginal, slow and nothing new, I understand what Ace Hood was going for on this track, but it just didn't work and brings the album to a slow halt.
While the album wasn't exactly what I expected, it's still quality, of the 12 tracks all but 1 range from quality to great, as I said before "Hustle Hard" and "Letter to My Ex's" are great songs, I liked the opener a lot, "Memory Lane" was the most up-tempo track on the album, and very good as was "Errythang" which features a strong verse from Yo Gotti, and "Bitter World" was another good song.
One thing for sure about Ace Hood's lyrical content, the dude is very honest about himself, this isn't the typical post-Biggie "Rags to Riches" album, the album tells Ace Hood's story about survival by any means, and in case you haven't heard the other 2 Ace Hood albums "Lord Knows" is a good introduction song.
"Blood, Sweat & Tears" may not be what a lot of people expect from it, given both the lead and second single (Go N' Get It) but it's a really good album none the less, definitely worthy of picking up. It's funny to me that this week the Past, the Present, and the Future all have new albums coming out, of course Jay-Z (Past) and Kanye (Present) have a collaboration coming out Friday (or tomorrow on iTunes) but the future belongs to guys like Ace Hood, and with the future of Hip-Hop in the hands of Ace Hood, I think Hip-Hop is in pretty good shape.
Also, make sure to check back for a review of the Kanye West and Jay-Z collaboration "Watch the Throne"
Obviously both the original "Hustle Hard" and the remix are great songs, and there are other songs that go hard, like the second single "Go N' Get It" which is a pretty good song as well, but has a very similar feel to "Hustle Hard" both tracks were produced by Lex Luger, the opening track which features T-Pain called "King of the Streets" is a really good song, another really good song is "Memory Lane" which features Kevin Cossom. But that's about it for the up-tempo "club" tracks, everything else as I said is mid-tempo, slower track, like I said it's not a bad thing, the best song on the entire album is a slower song called "Letter to My Ex's" the song was produced by Cardiak, the beat is cool, but simple, lyrically the song is funny and honest, and has a unique sound to it. However the song "Body 2 Body" featuring Chris Brown is boring, unoriginal, slow and nothing new, I understand what Ace Hood was going for on this track, but it just didn't work and brings the album to a slow halt.
While the album wasn't exactly what I expected, it's still quality, of the 12 tracks all but 1 range from quality to great, as I said before "Hustle Hard" and "Letter to My Ex's" are great songs, I liked the opener a lot, "Memory Lane" was the most up-tempo track on the album, and very good as was "Errythang" which features a strong verse from Yo Gotti, and "Bitter World" was another good song.
One thing for sure about Ace Hood's lyrical content, the dude is very honest about himself, this isn't the typical post-Biggie "Rags to Riches" album, the album tells Ace Hood's story about survival by any means, and in case you haven't heard the other 2 Ace Hood albums "Lord Knows" is a good introduction song.
"Blood, Sweat & Tears" may not be what a lot of people expect from it, given both the lead and second single (Go N' Get It) but it's a really good album none the less, definitely worthy of picking up. It's funny to me that this week the Past, the Present, and the Future all have new albums coming out, of course Jay-Z (Past) and Kanye (Present) have a collaboration coming out Friday (or tomorrow on iTunes) but the future belongs to guys like Ace Hood, and with the future of Hip-Hop in the hands of Ace Hood, I think Hip-Hop is in pretty good shape.
Also, make sure to check back for a review of the Kanye West and Jay-Z collaboration "Watch the Throne"
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