PRO - Black Out
PRO's new album should be out soon. So to get you Just as excited as I am for it I thought I'd review his last album. I Love this album. I been playing it since I got it. Today's rap artist (especially the secular ones) will drop mixtapes that go harder then their album. But my man PRO don't play that.
Who is Pro? Is a very confident emcee that bites his tongue for no one. And whats one thing I like about him and his music. Some people mistake his confidence for arrogance, so his soon to be released “Redemption”is designed to help fix that and clear things up.
If you were to take the social consciousness of Common, the flow of The Game, The theology of The Cross movement, and some west coast, southern seasoned beats you would have PRO's debut album. That's right fam, this is is first joint. That means the best is yet to come. And it blows me away how he put together project that has something for everyone musically yet the album still contains unity. Nothing sounds out of place.
From the begaining PRO says a lot of the things I had on my mind like rappers front'n on wax. On the first song he gets gets it in spit'n...
“Where all the guns at?/I ain’t heard a glock pop/I walked through ya hood and I ain’t never been shot/And all that talk about you hangin’ where the dimes be/I seen your baby mama/Man she ain’t a dime piece/Where that advance money?/Show me just a little proof/And if you a deal, Mother Goose signed you/Because you specialize in fairy tales very well/We see through you homie/That’ll never sell…” Thats what im talking about. PRO takes shots at the thugs and trappers thought out the project. This is not a new thing. But not since the Tunnel Rats have I hard a christian artist attack secular artist while matching or even out doing their flow and production.
Songs like “Without You” feat Coko Korrine, show you that PRO has more then a solid spit game. He is nice behind the boards. Normally artist don't come with production this sick out the gate but he is not alone. He has of Doc Watson and Young Vizzy A Dot to help hold him down. Special Guest appearances include Soul P., Pettidee, Kingston, Willie Will and more. Shut It Down, which features Pettidee,
One of my favorite joints is“Bring It Back,” featuring Willie Will, is ode to when rap was a more raw and true. Back when it was more about skill and less about gimmicks. Checkout verse two:
“Everybody’s a baller, everybody’s a hustler/A million dope dealers and everybody’s a customer/Everybody’s a pimp, everybody’s a gorilla/He don’t pay that homie, everybody’s a killer/When the microphone’s off and the camera on pause/Let’s still keep it real/What about ya’ll?” Other notable tracks include “Bet I Bounce Back,” “Yeah,” and “What I’m Working Wit.”
I feel christian hip hop can be divided into three areas.You have music that is more doctrine heavy ( The Crossmovement, Reach Records) and that's cool but real talk, that's not for everyone. Then you have music that has more of an “underground” Flava ( Mars ill, Deepspace 5), and then you have those on a mission take the gospel to the streets. That what PRO gives you. This is a fire album you can knock in your ride without compromising GOD's Word. On the real, PRO does talk a lot about how nice he is on the mic but he is quick to give GOD the glory and show you GOD is the source of his talent and skill.
Label: C.L.E. (Christ Like Entertainment)
Release Date: November 2008
Tracklisting
1. Intro
2. Birth of a King
3. That Real
4. Let Me Know feat. eYe Q
5. Shut it Down feat. Pettidee
6. Without You feat. Coko Korrine
7. Bet I Bounce Back
8. Where You At feat. Brothatone
9. More feat. Dorian Lee
10. Hate Me More feat. Kingston
11. What I'm Working With
12. Bring It Back feat. Willie Will
13. I Bet He Lying
14. Hot in Here
15. You Know the Deal
16. If I Don't Wake feat. Soul P
17. Yeah
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