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Digital Smoke

Kurupt - Digital Smoke Audio CD

A fair review of the Kurupt "Digital Smoke" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Kurupt reviews here, or go back to the Kurupt tabs.

Band: Kurupt
Title: Digital Smoke
Rating:

Release Date: 2007-06-05
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Smokestra 2: All We Smoke 3: I'm Just Sayin feat. Roscoe & Tri-Star 4: Get It feat. Goodie Mob & Roscoe 5: I'm Too Gangsta feat. Gail Gotti & Styliztik Jones 6: Summertime feat. Y.A. & Gail Gotti 7: Digital Experience feat. Bigg Gipp 8: Smokin feat. Y.A. & James DeBarge 9: History feat. Butch Cassidy 10: Weed Types 11: Los Angeles feat. Shorty 12: Got Me Going feat. Knoc-turn'al 13: Itz Nothin feat. Roscoe 14: I Came In The Door feat. Kokane 15: Likwit Smokestra 16: Let Em Know feat. Tha Liks

Need a lift?
This was especially evident when he released solo albums -- or maybe not, because I don't know anyone that picked up ANY of his solo albums. I said a while back that Kurupt really hasn't been that great since the Doggystyle days. And after that disastrous Cali Iz Active album last year, Kurupt decided to get together with Liks affiliate J. Wells for a new offering, Digital Smoke.

If the album's title doesn't tip you off, this album is all about getting lifted. But things start to get so monotonous that you'll feel like directing them to the nearest NA meeting. This is especially obvious when looking at titles like "Weed Types", "All We Smoke" and "Smokin'". Actually, there's something else about the latter two tracks. "All We Smoke" IS pretty decent, but it's also confusing in that only the chorus is about getting high while the verses are about random stuff. And as for "Smokin'", one of the guys is talking about people ODing while the other one is suggesting that people KEEP on smoking. Which one is it?

Another thing that brings the album down is bad interpolations of classic songs during the choruses. "Got Me Going" uses the Kinks' "You Really Got Me"; and if you can't figure out what the inspiration is for "I Came in the Door", I'm not going to explain it to you. And the failed anthem "Summertime" borrows the Boys' "Dial My Heart", of all songs (but that honey singing the chorus doesn't have the greatest voice either).

Kurupt and Wells aren't that great when they change the subject either ("I'm Just Sayin", anyone?). I doubt many people have ever even heard of this album, but I'll just say that Digital Smoke should only be for digital download; you really don't need to buy it.

Anthony Rupert.

Better than you would think
I was interested, but it wasn't a top priority because of how awful Kurupts last solo (the one that came out 5 years too late on Death row) was. Finally picked this up. This is MUCH better than that. Anyone complaining about the content is missing the point. It's kurupt, what did you expect? that's like buy a Common album and complaining because it didn't turn the club out. Kurupt isn't the best he's ever been on here, but he's better than the sleepwalking he was doing a few years back. J Wells is the real suprise here. What little I had heard from him before was no indication of what he did here. This album makes him the next west coast producer to watch. His laidback, yet still hard vibe fits the DPGC crew perfectly, and he needs to work with the rest of the extended crew. The guest list is decent, and provides some variety from Kurupts tendency to drone on. It's not Kurupt's best work (Streetz is a Mutha) but it's better than several of his other solo's, and one of the better west releases of the year so far.

yeah this is what I'm talking about
man kurupt, dpg fans should cop this a g funkdafied banger here features kokane so it's really cracking typical west coast heat here.

Nice album from Kurupt and J Wells
Wells to bring you a short but nice west coast summer album for 07. Kurupt teamed up with west coast producer/rapper from the Likwit crew, J. Though I thought it be more of a collaboration album with the 2, I still think it's a good album. Of the 12 songs, only 3 have both Kurupt & J. Wells on 'em, 3 have neither on the song. Kurupt is only on 6 of the 12 songs and Wells is only on 5 of the 12, with alot of guest appearances (many form the Y. A. camp -- Roscoe, Tri Star and friends) as well. Of the 12 songs, 4 or 5 are ok, and 7 or 8 are good (a few being real good). Production is nice and definitely that classic west coast sound,a s J Wells did 11 of the 12 songs, the otehr being handled very nicely by Blaqthoven. If you like that classic west coast sound then you should not pass this up.

#2 - 8. 5 (J Wells, Kurupt, Chanz Parkman -- nice beat)
#3 - 8 (Kurupt, roscoe, tri star, nire)
#4 - 7. 5 (kurupt, j wells, roscoe, goodie mobb)
#5 - 7 (kurupt, gail gotti, styliztik jones0
#6 - 8. 5 (roscoe, bizzle, roosevelt, red rum, tri star, gail gotti, y. g. -- nice beat)
#8 - 9 (roscoe, tri star, y. g. , james DeBarge -- tight beat)
#9 - 8. 5 (kurupt, j wells, butch cassidy, kimmie)
#11 - 9 (j wells f/ samuel christian -- tight beat)
#12 - 7 (knoc-turn'al f/ j wells)
#13 - 6. 5 (roscoe)
#14 - 6 (kokane f/ kurupt)
#16 - 8. 5 (alkaholis & j wells -- good beat)

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Bonzi J. Wells
Besides the great singing from Sleepy Brown, the beat soaked in my head. It was just three years ago when I heard Goodie Mob's "Play Your Flutes," which is loved so much. It was produced by J. Wells, who I didn't know who he was at the time. That same year he produced Planet Asia's "It's All Big. " He's produced tracks before that time, but his name and beats began to grab my attention. So I pick up his Digital Master CD, and after a couple of listens, I felt he had potential to go a long way in the rap game. Plus he's been mentored by J-Ro, Battlecat and DJ Quik. He's close with west coast veteran Kurupt and legendary group, Goodie Mob. Now 2007 is here, and Digial Smoke has dropped. I highly anticipated this CD when I heard it was coming out, and I am not disappointed. J. Wells does a good job behind the boards because he has that true west coast sound especially tracks such as "I Came Tru The Door," "All We Smoke" and "Summertime. " Kurupt does his thing also with his typical gangsta lyrics. J. Wells spits also, but he's not the best, but not the worse. In my opinion his voice and delivery saves him from being a garbage rapper. What makes this album successful is because it as that summertime feel, and June 5 was the right day to drop. So when I reflect on my summer, songs off of this CD will come in my head.

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