Thyme Randle aka Future Prophet - Young Man's Blues
Reviewed By: ULTIMATECDLINK
Album Rate: 3.75 out of 5 Stars
Thyme Randle aka Future Prophet is the latest artist from Birmingham, Alabama to make waves on the underground. After an appearance on Kenny Thomas' lastest album, Future Prophet drops his new album. It features Kenny Thomas, Blackface, Sno Yoda, Mac Vibe, Mizfit, Dre Gotti, Ree'Al, B-Nasty, & more.
1. Basically-- this track has a slow laid back piano beat over a bassline. Prophet raps about how it's his turn to drop his solo and how he's not a gangsta rapper but rather an MC wreckin the M-I-C. Tight beat by Ty Cutta and nice song to intro with.
2. Young Man's Blues-- this track has a deep down south reminiscing type beat to it. Prophet raps about what it's like to be him growin up in this world as a young black man. It's not that bad of a song but Prophet shouts most of his verses and it probably would have been better with a laid back flow.
3. You Don't Wanna Fuck Wit Us (f/ 3Ft-Deep, Mac Vibe, & Kenny Thomas)-- this track has an 80's rockin the mic beat. The hook is sung in a laid back style and goes "you don't wanna fuck wit usssss/you don't wanna fuck wit us." One of the nicest lines goes "these niggas think that rap is what they see on MTV/my nigga rap is what I shit, eat, sleep, and see". Nice bumpable song.
4. Thinking (f/ Mac Vibe)-- this track has a beat reminscent of old school Southern rap. Mac Vibe starts it off with a sound similar to Mystikal's older style on the first No Limit albums (minus the rapid fire delivery). Decent song but could've been better.
5. Welcome To Bama-- this track brings back the memories of the Alabama church bombing incident during the height of the civil rights movement. Prophet basically introduces us to Alabama in the present by exploring the past.
6. You Gonna Get It (f/ Mizfit & Ree'Al)-- this track has a simple bassline beat. The hook goes "all I want is love & life (you gonna get it)/money and a house that's nice (you gonna get it). The song is about chasin that dream and becoming successful in life. It's a decent track worth checkin out.
7. Summer Ride (f/ Sno Yoda)-- this track samples the beat and hook from Faith Evans "I Love You". This is one of the best songs on the album. Sno Yoda definitely has a tight flow and shines on the track. Future Prophet comes nice on the mic as well. One of the tracks that you need to peep cause it's bumpin.
8. Do For Me (f/ Blackface, B-Nasty, & Diedra)-- this track has a synthesizer beat over a bassline. The song starts off nice with good verses by Blackface and Prophet and sorta tails off and drags along as the song ends. The hook isn't that great either.
9. Foolish Gul-- this track has a midtempo beat over a simple bassline. Prophet raps about his girl who burns her bridges with him and finds her ass out the doors. It almost has that updated DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince "Parents Just Don't Understand" feel to it.
10. Emotions-- this track has a piano beat over a bassline with a lot of scratchin givin props to the 80's hip hop style. Prophet comes with a couple of tight verses about how his words are basically his emotions and his way of gettin his feelings off his chest. I'm feelin this one.
11. Who Said The South-- this track is a song that needs to be released so that eevry narrow minded hip hop head can listen to it. Basically, Prophet tells it all with the hook "Who said the South ain't got hip hop". Prophet brings the lyrical flow of an East Coast vet but reps Bama at the same time. Nice song.
12. In Progress-- this track has another old school feel with it's beat and hooks. Prophet raps about how this nation is still a work in progress because we still have poverty and black-on-black crimes. So while the US is a world power, until we correct the problems at home, we'll never achieve world domination. Nice message on this track.
13. Hit Em High (f/ Mac Vibe, Mizfit, & Dre Gotti)-- this track has a live blues band beat that isn't that tight to me. The flows are decent but overall, I'm just not feelin the song.
14. Hard Rain (f/ Nadia Tellis)-- this track has another laid back beat. Prohet tells the story of one fuckin bad rainy day and describes every event that went wrong. It's a decent track worth checkin out.
15. Don't Waste Your Time (f/ Ree'Al)-- nice tight beat on this one. Prophet raps about how things are great when you and your girl have a great relationship but once things are sour between you and you're girl, it all falls apart quickly. Basically a relationship type song and how the girl always believes their friends over the man.
16. Politic-ing-- Prophet spits about life back in the 80's when things were a lot simpler than they are now but how we gotta still live our lives because we can't really change our fate now. Nice song but the beat by Ty Cutta could've been a little better.
17. Heavy Load-- this track has a beat and hook that sounds sampled from a song that I can't place at the moment. Prophet brings nice verses to the track. Nice track that's one of my favorites.
18. Stikuhbush Freestyle-- Prophet drops some nice verses on this one where he basically tells people that they'll be sorry they doubted him and he gives a bunch of shout-outs to his Bama crew at the end.
Overall, the production on the album is pretty good. Future Prophet is a Southern MC that in itself, breaks the mold of the what is typically stereotyped as Southern rap. It continues to amaze us that a major label has not signed this group of Alabama rappers like Kenny Thomas, Ty Cutta, Blackface, DJ Stikuhbush, Future Prophet, etc. because a few years from now, they will be household names. And aside from our website and Murder Dog Magazine, they get very little publicity outside of Alabama. But soon the majors will have to catch on and give these guys a serious look because they are the future of Southern rap.
Thyme Randle aka Future Prophet - Young Man's Blues