A Long Red Hot Los Angeles Summer Night

Blu teams up with Madlibs brother Oh No for this Masta Ace style story record. The Lost Angels Anthem starts the album off with Blu floating on a dark and groovy beat. Blu uses a dope new flow on this song and throughout this album,...

where he repeats a word over in the next line, not rhyming them but using the same word for added effect. This album has a good mix of bangers like Round Bout Midnight and Pop Shots, and smoother songs like It Never Rains in South LA and Champagne. The story starts picking up...

in the middle with The Robbery where Blu raps about getting robbed and then Liquor Store where they rap as if they’re talking on the phone about the robbery. Oh No’s production on this album is cinematic, helping add to the story that Blu is spitting. Facing Time and Fresh Out...

have beautiful beats, perfect for Blu’s character to think about life and his decisions that he made over the course of the album. There’s a few too many features for my liking but overall this is one of the best concept albums of the decade.

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