Good Side, Bad Side

简介

Master P returned after three years with 《Good Side, Bad Side》, a double disc that's rowdy, fun, and annoyingly uneven with a concept that's unnecessary. The cover art and the individual disc titles ("Good Side" for disc one, "Bad Side" for disc two) point to the flimsy concept. What's confusing is why P's "Good Side" is the usual cheap funk with bragging while his "Bad Side" is flashy R&B with hooks and slick production (is this "Bad" in the '70s sense?). Good Side, Bad Side's run time is only a couple minutes over a CD's capacity, so with filler to choose from it could have been easily trimmed to fit. A good choice would be the opening "Act a Fool," another "No Limit's Back!" swagger of a track that gives a dull first impression of an album that gets much better. It's also the first taste of P's new partnership with the King of Crunk and fellow Southerner Lil Jon. The alliance comes off much better on "Who Them Boyz," a great call-and-response anthem that features a C-Murder rap straight from his jailhouse phone. The dark "Why They Wanna Wish Death," the party anthem "Them Jeans," and "You Don't Know Me" with producer DJ Darryl's sticky funk are other highlights from the "Good Side," but the album's standout moment is "It's a Drought," a spirited narrative about a d**e shortage in the hood.

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