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It points to the unspoken undercurrent in gangsta rap that's usually mischaracterized as undirected underclass rage: Waka's aggression is the survivalist reaction of the powerless, directed toward the threats of the immediate environment. Which leads to the line that explains the entire record: 'When my little brother died, I said, 'Fuck school.'' This one lyric summarizes the attitude of a record utterly unconcerned with authority and anyone else who gets in the way. That doesn't mean he can't rap instead, Waka sells on the way his personality bleeds through his vocals and phrasing, the way his voice rolls, 'I'ma die for this, shawty, I swwweartogod,' on 'Hard in Da Paint', imprinting his vocals in the most memorable possible way: 'Mizz-ayy management, shit, that my motherrr.' Each track gives a new perspective on the same basic archetype, reducing gangsta rap to its building blocks: hypermasculine children of the drug trade, reckless fatalism, intensity, and physicality.ДЄnyone coming to this record expecting wordplay, or criticizing it for its lack thereof, is missing the point completely: Flockaveli thrives on Waka's fresh approach to the same generation gap-widening narrative that's driven street rap since before N.W.A. Instead of the word Euphanasia, the medallion has Makaveli written across the top. On the angelвЂ™s chest is TupacвЂ™s pseudonym Makaveli. Instead of bullets, it was spitting piano keys to represent that his lyrics and intellect were his weapons of choice.

There are few attempts to integrate nuance or complexities, gray-scale morality, or introspection. The logo he designed for his company was a Black angel holding a machine gun. But he's no traditionalist, either, avoiding the New York roughneck's reliance on older production styles. In gangsta rap's race to produce the hardest possible tracks, Waka seems intent on topping everyone, stripping street rap to its essential characteristics and distilling the genre into its purest form. His beats alternate between unrelentling repetition ('Bang') and unexpected, lurching drop-outs ('Hard in Da Paint').Д«ut for all the credit given to Luger- who, in fairness, has upped the bar for rap producers competing with the post-Tunnel nightclub gangster aesthetic- it's Waka who gives this record its frenetic intensity. Luger's production isn't far removed from the post-Jeezy trap sound of fellow Atlantans Shawty Redd and Drumma Boy- in fact, he's a little less dexterous than the latter- but it works perfectly with Waka's sledgehammer-subtle approach. Album Tracks California Angel, 40 Glocc Take Me Away, 40 Glocc Bullet With Your Name On It, 40 Glocc Hoe Skit, 40 Glocc Where The Hoes At. Along with gunfire effects and Waka's constant ad libs, these elements create a non-stop gut punch of aural adrenaline. The beats are confrontational, shredding up the template of early-2000s Atlanta and turning the remains into an overwhelmingly dense assault of hi-hats and gothic string pads. 'For My Dawgs' turns the record's energy into a survivalist street anthem: 'One lousy-ass bullet can't fuckin' stop me.' Waka's reckless fatalism- that sense of him teetering on a knife's edge- is the part of his persona that best fits with the approach of the album's Makaveli namesake.Д«ut it's the sound of the album that sticks out the most at first, a sonic barrageВ of uncontained hood aggression. Party' subverts the record's adrenaline into a cocktail of intoxicated cockiness and tense creepiness- a dark, twisted party jam. Certain songs jump out immediately- especially rap-anthem-of-the-year contender 'Hard in Da Paint'. There are zero attempts at crossover, no R&B choruses (unless you count Roscoe Dash's rasp over Drumma Boy's ominous marching horn anthem 'No Hands').

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R.I.P.For 17 straight tracks, Flockaveli is a furious torrent of gangsta rap id. Parish: Afeni's lover in jail, while pregnant with Tupac, Carol Crooks gave him the name Parish ** - Tupac's birth name, Lesane Parish Crooks, came from : Lesane: Afeni's borther-in-law's name, Billy Lesane Movies:Juice, Poetic Justice, Above the Rim, Gridlock'd, Gang Related, Bullet Group Albums: Volume 1, This Is An EP Relase Solo Albums: 2Pacalypse Now, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z., Me Against the World, All Eyez On Me, The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, R U Still Down? Rap Aliases: MC New York, 2Pac, & Makaveli the Don Marital Status: Divorced: Keisha Morris Engaged: Engaged: Kidada Jones

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