Classic first albums are a bitch, I don't even need to explain. Heavily-blaxploited cult hip hop group Camp Lo recently released their third installment Black Hollywood. It's aight though, still immensely overshadowed by the first, not as awful as the second. Some songs are pretty dope but none quite matching the memorability of Uptown Saturday Night gems (luchini, black nostaljack, sparkle, black connection and coolie high are my personal favourites). I'm kind of missin' the "relax yourself and let the sugar lo flow" feel they used to have on most of the songs emcee-wise and beat-wise (although Skibeatz is still responsible for the soundscapes).
But don't worry, technically their flow is still the shit and as usual you don't even need to try and understand the lingo. Most of the beats could still capture that classic "billie holidayin' the foxy browns" feeling too. So forget about it, I'll just let you in on two of the songs I'm digging from this latest album - >"soul fever"< . and >"sweet claudine"< . The former treading familiar grounds with a good ol' soul brotha party track catchy chorus included, SOUL FEEVA! MOW DIVAS! The latter something we don't usually get from the Lo-ah lyrically (which is pretty sweet to me once in a while as it will remind me that these guys are infact actual human beings), putting down the slang barrier and their diamond crook with guns visage then getting quite heartfelt with it. BTW, Pardon me just randomly inserting terms from their lyric sheets in or out of context. End.
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