Review by Loose Cannonz

Evil Empire - Be South 2

Evil Empire's first Be South wasn't reviewed, but it was a sure purchase. The unfortunate part of the sequel is hearing the same joints on Smallz discs, as well as the newly-reviewed Envy & Tapemasters Inc. joint. For example, "Back Then" from Mike Jones-the album dropped this week-appears on many of the mixtapes I've recently reviewed. I'll run the gamut of exclusve material: Lil Flip and highly-underrated Z-Ro get at that kid T.I. (they've brought all their Stonecold/Triple H parking lot imitations to a halt since); Deep proves not to be too much so alongside Slim Thug on "That's What's Up," which isn't; Styles P's "So Serious" produced by Lil Jon is finally revealed as a The All Stars joint, so crunk haters have nothing to fear for Time Is Money; Young Jeezy continues to impress on top the Castlevania synths and rolling congas of "We Jook"-bangin as all hail; too bad the man he chilled "Icey" too on said classic, Gucci Man, ain't the "Trap Star" homie think he is; and aside from his studio punch-in freestyle, Lil Keke's "All Ready" with Bun B and Mike Jones reminds me of some of that good ol Orleans flav we got from Ca$h Money in the day when funk licks, rolling hi-hats, and dreary, slinky synthesizers spooked haters from contesting. Remember Tela? "Shake It For Daddy" continues Jazzy Pha's smooth excellence behind the boards. Sani G and Devin's "Pussy" cops a similar feel (no homo). I think Evil Empire went too far in bringing in unknowns, ya know, like Lil Boosie-how many got-dam Lil's we gone have?-it's hard enough for the East to accept some of the bigger names nevermind cats like Young City tryin to appeal. After all Evil Empire is in fact NYC's South Supplier. Supply the people with what they gonna be drawn too, dawgs.

RATING SYSTEM
	Trash
	Step Ya Game Up
	Diehards only
	In the Deck
	Straight Crack
	Among Year's Best
	Mixtape Classic