Sunday, March 14, 2010

15 YEARS AGO I WOULD HAVE PURCHASED ANYTHING ARTISTIK RECORDS PUT OUT. FRANKLY, THEY WERE AT ONE TIME THE ONLY LABEL PUTTING OUT QUALITY FREESTYLE. BUT THAT WAS THEN. AFTER BEING M.I.A. FOR SOME ODD YEARS, THEY ARE BACK WITH A COMPILATION OF NEW TUNES AND HONESTLY, I WISH THEY HAD STAYED AWAY. THE SONGS ARE JUST...HOW DO I SAY THIS... AWFUL! THE SOUND IS JUST DATED. THE ONLY REDEEMING SONG IS BY THE QUEEN OF ARTISTIK, MISS SYNTHIA. BUT I AM SURE THAT SHE HAS THE ABILITY TO SING THE ALPHABET AND MAKE IT SOUND GOOD. AS A ONE TIME DIE-HARD FREESTYLE, I CAN SEE WHY PEOPLE ABANDONED THE GENRE. A FAN CAN ONLY TAKE BUT SO MUCH CRAP. WITH THAT SAID, THIS SONG IS WORTH A LISTEN. 

1 comment:

MARLON said...

Wow I just got the album today and after a few repeated listens I can honestly agree with you....AWFUL!! The old Artistik compilations were, and still are some of my favorite Freestyle cd comps but I can't seem to find any good tracks on this....Ughhh!