by Black MilkBlack Milk is a producer with a ton of talent. He most frequently gets compared to J Dilla - he uses nice, soulful samples and loops, and they both hail from Detroit. His drums sound a little like Dilla, but they have a unique, upbeat quality to them.
His first solo album has a number of nice beats on it. In fact, I think I would play an instrumental version of this album way more often than the proper release. The reason for that is that the lyrics here are rather pedestrian, and the song topics are dull. I'm not going to say Dilla was much stronger as a lyricist, and Black has shown some steady growth in this department, but this release is definitely marred by some poor choices of words, phrases, and topics.
The stand-out songs on here though, really do stand out. 'Danger', with T3 and Phat Kat is a fantastic song; 'So Gone' anticipates the "Tronic" album nicely. "Swing Dat Far" is a pretty song, while the title track, with Fat Ray and Elzhi, is a banger. I think my favourite song on here though is "Eternal", with the last of Slum Village to appear on the album, Baatin. This song more than any other shows the potential that Black Milk has, and is continuing to grow into.
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