Chingy CD Review

[Ominous]

My sister got me a promo from her store. The CD is pretty good. This is only true for open minded people who have no problem acknowledging St. Louis flava. If you hate Nelly, Ali, Ludacris, or anything with any sort of Southern flava, then don't bother.

I prefer East coast hip hop above all else but I can listen to anything. I don't care much for Nelly, but this album was good to me.

There is always a debate between sampling and playing your own arrangements and it has been coming up a lot lately. This album was heavy on the synths. I didn't see much sample listing in the credit fine print. The beats are pretty good to me. They knock nice in my truck. From what I can tell, the beats are all original.

As far as draw dropping lyricism filled with complicated metaphors and concepts, not much there. There are even a few cliche gangsta pimp lines. But he does have a lot of character which makes the music entertaining enough to over look any contextual shortcomings. Evevybody can't be Aesop Rock. But I don't like to compare artists too much anyway. As far as the overall sound, I can't really find anything to say too bad about it. Lots of beat effects and thump.

The uncut video on the CD is definitely a nice bonus.

 

[Scholar]

i think Chingy is slick. i really dont care for too much southern music but if i do listen to it, it has to be slick. his concept was nice in "right thur" he'll grow with time he has the potential.

 

[light]

I heard him and ludacris Ripped It at summer jam in washington

 

[Knock Out]

LoL

Originally posted by Goin4Broke
i his concept was nice in "right thur" he'll grow with time he has the potential.

You like the concept? What concept... the concept of hot girls and money? "Right thurr" is no different from any other song out now, (Lil Bow Wow's new shit, Nelly and P Diddy's shit,) the concept of hot girls and cars is getting old. That's why I like Gangstarr. They rhyme about that shit a little, but mostly thier stuff is something BESIDES how much dough they have.

 

[MadScientist]

Crap!!!!!!!! No hating going on over here just my opinion. Chingy is a gimmick artist like Nelly. I wonder if stating my opinion will get my posted reply deleted. It did last time. If thats the case, why have a chat forum if you can't state you opinions. (What a waste of money)

 

[BeatOff]

Chingy is trash, sounds like you've been brainwashed by clear channel. There's nothing creative about that Midwest trash like chingy with gimmick hooks.

 

[Guevara]

MadScientist sounds upset.....hey it happens to al of us from time to time...with a name like "CHINGY" does this debate even deserve thought, he is trash....its amazin how rap has changed labels are lookin for cute gimmicky rappers, rap is goin to the bitches, these rappers keep gettin cuter and cuter.....no homo, but its the truthnobodys concerned about skill anymore....hahaha son said the song had a concept...fuckin clown

 

[inrctyhoodmusic]

I think he's a smarter and better rapper than nelly....If he would have came with a banger besides right thurr as a lead single he would have been looked at a little more seriously...Nelly and his camp took that word Thurr and ran with it right into the ground....Bad marketing on his part but the video made up for a little bit

 

[dacalion]

I agree with those that say CHINGY is DINGY however the bottom line is that he's in. Not saying that he's a sellout to REAL hip hop or nothing like that because I ddont know him. Some are in it just for the money and fame. There are tons of so-called rappers who just don't have the gift of spitting in my opinion but I'm not going to knock them for their style even if I don't like it. Somebody thought they would be marketable and gave them a chance.

--dac

 

[Copenhagen]

Originally posted by MadScientist
...I wonder if stating my opinion will get my posted reply deleted. It did last time. If thats the case, why have a chat forum if you can't state you opinions. (What a waste of money)

Last time your post just said "CRAP!!!", which made no contribution to the topic and didn't include any arguement why you think it's crap...actually, you're still not making any arguements why.

Also, nobody who posted above you wrote that he was the best or anything, they just told their point of view and did so in a serious and nice way...no hype. If you then can't be serious about it also, why post something and provoke?

Personally, I don't like much midwest or southern rap either and if somebody posts that it's the best and nothing else can compete with it, being all hyped about it...then sure, that would provoke me too. But nobody seemed to do that.
We have to acknowledge, even though we may not like it, that midwest and southern rap currently has a big market and some of that market is on this board too. We have to respect them too, just like they should respect us back.

 

[Cold Truth]

CHINGY..........MUST..........GO............ ah whatever, he's gettin paid, right? i just had a conversation with a friend of mine about the same exact thing....... he was like "why are you hating the guy for gettin paid"... well, him gettin paid doent do a thing for my eardrums!!! Guerva had it dead on when he said that cats are just gettin the female votes these days.... this guy sounds so ameteur its rediculous... of course, i am still waiting for next pay day so i can pay off my moif rack, while he is gettin the play and the money, but he still sucks. to say he is a better rapper than nelly, well, THAT doesnt exactly take much, but being good and being marketable are two different things... someone mentioned gangstar... yeah they talk about the $$ a little, but the majority of Guru's content seems to be speaking about how much he doesnt, and how wack everyone else is, and howmuch skills they got as a group...which makes him just about as (un)productive as the wack mc's hetalks about (who he never seems to mention by name, he just talks "in general")

 

[bigdmakintrax]

hey man all I have to say is maybe some cats I produce for might be ummm sometimes not on the highest levels.....but look if they blow I could give less than a fugg whether or not someone thinks they're wack or not.......

 

[Ominous]

I put this up mostly as an arrow to check his CD is you are into synth beats.

Like I said in the first place, he is no Aesop Rock but he has a silly character which can help you overlook the lack of sophisticated content. The overall production is still worth studying.

I wasn't trying to dive into the political aspects of his career and artistry cuz from what I've seen you guys post so far, your personal opinions will always over rule anything else posted.

My point simply was, if you wanna hear some synth beats that are blowing up the spot right now instead of sampled beats and dry remakes, then download his album. Hell I know none of yall bastards is buying CD anymore anyway. : )

 

[Guevara]

here we go wit this puttin down the samples again.....oh fuckin boy..i cant wait to hear an ominous track...fuckin clowns

 

[Beatz 101]

Yeah i'd give chingy props cuz he makin' his money. But the man is weak. Anybody can do what he does. Thats what it came to. All you need is "the formula (money, hoes, n' gunz)" and you a hit.

the fact is people dont buy real hiphop anymore.

 

[Ominous]

Apparently you haven't heard ANY of my beats cuz all I do is cut up samples.

I couldn't play a good sequence on a keyboard if my life depended on it. I don't give a shit if the beat is samples or synths as long as its bangin. You can't read or something. I didn't knock samples...I said dry remakes. And I wrote...

"If you hate Nelly, Ali, Ludacris, or anything with any sort of Southern flava, then don't bother. "

But you did bother. Why? I guess to hear yourself talk? Some people in this thread are actually trying to get better at this by studying other production techniques. That was the whole point of this thread. - Listen to the CD to hear some different synth beats. - Here you are, slamming the man, and all you've heard is one beat from watching the video. Hmmm....Chingy recognition = bookoo, Guevara recognition = nada.

And then it had to get even better. A personal attack.

You gonna call my name out on my thread?

And thrash my beats...that you never even listened to?

You don't walk into the wrong hood wearing the wrong flag son. That's how you get bodied. Phuk all this unneeded jibber jabber. We can handle this in the next showcase. You can't wait to here an Ominous beat...July 29th, step into the showcase and get bodied.

By the way, REVOLUTION is spelled with a "U", not an "I". An obvious psychological slip showing how much you are in love with yourself and your opinions.

 

[Guevara]

oooh how i love a good conflict...BooKoo??? hmmmmm

insecurity is a bitch aint it, nobody trashed your beats and nobdy called u out, your probably refering to the "fuckin clowns" remark that has popped up in other threads not including u, its an expression my man....and a pesonal attack usually sounds something like this ahem..
"Fuck that Bitch ass nigga ominous he aint shit ill fuck him up" endquote
i dont remember typing that, and im not a violent guy.
whats being an internet thug goin to prove???
Flags??? that gang shit is so junior high school get a life dog.
u were talkin about people gettin tired of hearin tired cover songs and samples and dry remixes, u over here tryin to be siskel and ominous or somebody wit all the critcism i simply said i wanted to hear somethin u had....niggas so emotional on here i tell u.
aint that a bitch i did spell revolution wrong, its nice to know somebody reads that thing and to think nobody had the courtesy to tell me, i usually catch those...
im still confused about the BooKoo remark
i wish i coulda seen this text without the editing, seems like copenhagen is the illmuzik censor
July 29th sounds like a good day for me, fuck one Put up TWO beats my man, i aint never claim to be the best but ill show i got skills.
it seems i dont have any friends, people dont understand that i feed off this shit, i guess it comes wit the territory
its funny cuz as i started to read this i actually thought that u would handle this in a cool manner without assumin u had taken my statements to heart, like everyone seems to do around here...the u start talkin some ol off the wall space shit that dont even make no sense. and i had hope...ah well, im rambling maybe its cuz i like to hear myself talk, or im so inlove wit my opinions that i dont know when to let them go....
i got your REVOLiTION tucked right by my nuts bru..and im NOT changing it.

Originally posted by Ominous
Apparently you haven't heard ANY of my beats cuz all I do is cut up samples.

I couldn't play a good sequence on a keyboard if my life depended on it. I don't give a shit if the beat is samples or synths as long as its bangin. You can't read or something. I didn't knock samples...I said dry remakes. And I wrote...

"If you hate Nelly, Ali, Ludacris, or anything with any sort of Southern flava, then don't bother. "

But you did bother. Why? I guess to hear yourself talk? Some people in this thread are actually trying to get better at this by studying other production techniques. That was the whole point of this thread. - Listen to the CD to hear some different synth beats. - Here you are, slamming the man, and all you've heard is one beat from watching the video. Hmmm....Chingy recognition = bookoo, Guevara recognition = nada.

And then it had to get even better. A personal attack.

You gonna call my name out on my thread?

And thrash my beats...that you never even listened to?

You don't walk into the wrong hood wearing the wrong flag son. That's how you get bodied. Phuk all this unneeded jibber jabber. We can handle this in the next showcase. You can't wait to here an Ominous beat...July 29th, step into the showcase and get bodied.

By the way, REVOLUTION is spelled with a "U", not an "I". An obvious psychological slip showing how much you are in love with yourself and your opinions.

lookin back on my post that "started" all this, howd u get all THAT...

Originally posted by Guevara
here we go wit this puttin down the samples again.....oh fuckin boy..i cant wait to hear an ominous track...fuckin clowns

...from this???

 

[Ominous]

^^^...jibber jabber. Beats do the talking. That is the cool manner in which to handle this.


July 29th, 2003. GAY DAY baby.

You say you feed off this. Eat it up and see me there for the battle duke. I am interested to hear what you got to represent the Bridge.

My name Ominous is right on the middle of:

Ohh fuckin boy = sarcasm

Fuckin Clowns = personal attack

Why would you think I wouldn't see this as an attack?

 

[Guevara]

Gay DAy??? ok
Who said i was from the bridge???
sounds like somebodys been "psychologically analyzing" my previous post a little too hard

 

[Ominous]

I think this thread we're in is a waste. You telling me I misunderstood you? Then I apologize. You aren't the first to get at me and I ususally don't say anything.

I'm still dropping songs in the showcase, just like I'm dropping my senseless beef with you over words.