Haystak - Portrait of a White Boy
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Artist: HaystakBrand: HAYSTAK
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2004-10-19
Music Label: 40 West Records
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Fight, Write, Die
- Dadgummit
- Broads & Alcohol
- Red Light
- Hustle & Flow
- Still You Doubted Me
- Off Tha Wall
- Girl
- My First Day
- Make Money
- Strangest Dreams
- Big
- Staks World
- Safety Off
- First White Boy
- Done
Music reviews of Portrait of a White Boy
Music Review: Big Ol White Boy doin big ol thangs...
Rating: 3 Stars
Stak has been around for a minute, being overshadowed by fellow Durrty Durrty cats like T.I., Lil Jon, Luda, etc. I heard alot of his earlier efforst and was never impressed enought to take notice. First off, he has two lables to overcome, first the "dirty South" label which can either be good or bad. but most importantly he has the "White rapper" label which, 9 times outta 10, can be a downside. Well, Stak defintely has that dirty South grimy flava, but the white thing really holds no weight. He sounds like Haystak, neither white nor black, and on this album, his flow and lyrical gunplay have improved majorly ya hurd me!! I can safely say that "Portrait" is Haystak's "Marshall Mathers LP", in other words, his swan song classic moment. Beatwise the flavor is of course, dirty dirty, nothing really like Lil Jon esque bangers, but more of a down home Memphis groove, which ain't all that but ain't too bad neither. The real magic is in Stak's EXTRA grimy, extra dirty, and quite lyrically proficient flow. sure, the dirty South nflow is slow n drawls, but he has his own thing going on. T.I., for example, has that Atlanta drawl down pat, Stak has his own brand of "Memphis White boy ISH" which is one of the best flows to come out of the South in a minute. The South, as heada may by now realize, was never a lyrical hotbed. In listening to "Portrait" you get the sense that Stak is sincere, he so Sincerre, in his craft. On the opening cut "Fight Write die" he addresses the Source's comments about him, which is something to the tune of "how on EARTH can a White boy do that there?" Well, Haystak ain't Eminem, he hasn't garnered ghetto respect, I'm sure in Memphis he is the man, but stak lets Zino and Dave Mays know that he gon do what he pleases and what! Of course, the source has been infamous as of late for race baiting...and they just come off like has beens, suckaz! Stak sounds more black but then again, he isn't exactly trying for that. He is just a big ol White Kuntry boy, and this is how he delivers. Lyricvally he is a good mc, not for a White or Black one, just a good mc. He ain't Eminem, so comparisons are pointless. If you wanna compare him to other melanin full dudes pit him up against Lil Wyte or Bubba, who are both proficient, but I feel Stak can claim fame as the South's greatest White hope right now. Now, I give this 3 and half stars actually, it has flaws no doubt, but it's flaws are lesser. "Girl" Stak's take on heroin addiction is the best drug track out right now perios. It easily blows 50 Cents' "Baltimore Lovs Story" off the map. Where fiddy goes the Common Sense route with the metaphors, speaking AS a bag of diesel, Stak talks heartfelt and serious about Heroin and methadone addiction. The result? An honest and REAL tale of drug addiction! 50 Cents is just bogus cuz it may be true what he is speaking, but come on man, does 50 have ANYTHING ELSE to speak on? Na he don't, Stak doesn't really break the originality barrier either, but this here is a nice step foward for a downtrodden white boy from that dirty dirty, and for that I commend him. For cats who just DON'T like Dirty south hip hop, this will be a dud, but for cats who like HIP HOP whether it is Ny, Atl, Japan, Missoula, or wherever, this is an album not to sleep on. He still has a ways to go but i don't see him buddying up with Lil Jon anytime soon...and that is a good thing. Stak belongs to the underground, point blank!
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Media Type: CD
Artist: HAYSTAK
Title: PORTRAIT OF A WHITE BOY
Street Release Date: 10/19/2004
Genre: RAP/HIP HOP
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