You might have noticed that so far, I have only reviewed albums that I thought were good and that I would quickly recommend to any hip hop fan, Elzhi’s The Preface is no different.
After listening to this album a couple times I have pretty much decided to put it just below J-Live’s Then What Happened on my list. Elzhi has tremendous creativity which he incorporates with good flow, nice beats, and witty wordplay.
Literally, I would even go as far as to say that every song on this album is hot. The guest artists are great and the theme is apparent. Plus, most of the album was produced by Black Milk who is great. This is one of my favorite albums of 2008 so far.
If you are a hip hop fan you owe it to yourself to listen to this album.
Track Listing
01 Intro (The Preface)
02 The Leak f. Ayah
03 Guessing Game
04 Motown 25 f. Royce Da 5′9″
05 Brag Swag
06 Colors
07 Fire (rmx) f. Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, Fatt Father, Danny Brown, & Fat Ray
08 D.E.M.O.N.S.
09 Save Ya f. T3
10 Yeah f. Phat Kat
11 Transitional Joint
12 Talking In My Sleep
13 The Science f. Fes Roc
14 Hands Up
15 What I Write
16 Growing Up f. A.B.
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