Big Tymers - Big Money Heavyweight
Reviewed By: ULTIMATECDLINK
Album Rate: 4.0 out of 5 Stars
Baby aka the #1 Stunna and producer extraordinaire Mannie Fresh have been putting it down for years for New Orleans and Cash Money Records. The duo known to most of the world as the Big Tymers return for their 5th album that features Juvenile, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Bun B of UGK, R. Kelly, Petey Pablo, Gilly, Tateeze, Jazze Pha, TQ, Mikkey, & more.
1. Big Talk (intro)
2. This Is How We Do-- the lead single from the new album features the catchy hook belted out by Mannie Fresh. "This is how we do it - where I'm from - thuggin in the club until I see the sun - shine-ine - on my face, got the gun on my waist - walkin to my Escalade - tell them niggas I'm not afraid - let the nine-ine - sing out, ring out". Baby and Mannie Fresh have always been known for their singles that get stuck in your head no matter how bad you wanna hate it, and this one is no exception. The perfect first single from this album.
3. Gangsta Girls (f/ R. Kelly)-- this track sounds like a cross between R. Kelly's hit single "Thoia Thoing" and the Big Tymers hit single "Project Bitch". When you add the crooning of R&B king R. Kelly to the mix, you have a hit single on your hands.
4. We Can Smoke (f/ TQ)-- this track has a jazzy beat over a bassline and hi-hat blend. Baby starts it off with a decent verse. TQ shows why he may give Nate Dogg a run for his money when it comes to West Coast master of hooks. Mannie Fresh is up next with his style of stuttery spit verses of what seems like the first words he can think of. Baby finishes it off with another verse about smokin and drankin. TQ pretty much makes the song but overall, it's a listenable track.
5. I'm A Dog/I'm Sorry (skit)-- this track has a heavy bassline on it along with a lot of barking 'whoomp' in the background. Mannie Fresh goes solo on this one with a couple of verses sure to make you laugh. "I'm a dog, bitch - I don't care", "Scooby Doo, but I don't", and "Tiger Wood, but I won't" are all examples of Mannie's wordplay on the track. More comedic than anything you'll actually wanna bump. The end of the song finds Mannie apologizing to the ladies for making the song. He says he made it because he loves ladies but hates beggin hoes.
6. Against The Wall-- this track has a really nice beat that sounds like a slight twist on the "Still Fly" production. Mannie again handles singin the hook for the track. Both Mannie and Baby are rappin about how they ain't lookin for love in the clubs and also take time to drop some knowledge about their flashy cars. It would make a good single for the radio but not uptempo enough for the clubs.
7. I'll Take You There (f/ Petey Pablo & Joi)-- this track has a nice little beat that isn't too fast nor too slow. Baby and Mannie Fresh come thru with nice verses about the fallen homies they left in the projects, and how they chose to rap while they chose to slang dope. It's on some "I Miss My Homies" tip without the overly dramatic R&B hook. Petey Pablo provides the hook for the song. A good song worth checkin out.
8. Back Up (f/ Juvenile & Gilly)-- this track has some pounding basslines that will have your trunk thumping. Baby raps in a faster tempo with a verse about cars and flossin. Mannie Fresh raps about gunplay which is a bit unusual even for him. Juvenile reunites with his CMR brethen to drop a quick verse and it is easily the best on the song. Aside from Juve, not too much here.
9. Southern Boy (f/ Lil Wayne & Bun B)-- this track has a catchy bassline beat with lots of brass blaring. Mannie Fresh starts it off and raps with a catchy delivery that will have ya shakin your head along with the verse. Baby is up next with a verse about his truck with spinnaz and stackin G's. Bun B of UGK displays his skills next with a verse about he's all about the $$$ and those who fuck with that will be dealt with accordingly. Nice catchy song.
10. Beat It Up (f/ Tateeze)-- this track has beat that sounds like something Lil Jon would create if he were signed to Cash Money Records. The instrumental is probably the best thing about the song, which happens to be a song about what happens up in the strip clubs and that dancer who turns out to be a nasty ass. I don't wanna hear it again unless they give me a BET Uncut video for it (which isn't totally absurd these days).
11. Big Money Heavyweight-- this track has a funky bounce beat with the snares clappin on the bassline. Baby and Mannie Fresh rap about gunplay, movin weight down south, gettin fucked up, and flossin. That pretty summed up their rap career in one song. The song is listenable but after a while, it gets extremely tired. This is one you can skip and not miss a bit.
12. Down South (f/ Ludacris, Lil Wayne, & Jazze Pha)-- this track starts off with a piano laced beat before the pounding basslines kick in. Ludacris starts it off with some nice wordplay on the verse about how the South is takin over. Lil Wayne is up next in a laid back, whisper style of rap. Mannie Fresh and Baby finish it out with nice verses. If you are a fan of Dirty South rap or live in the South, this one is for you because you know what they are rappin the track and what makes livin in the South so special. One of the best songs on the album.
13. U Are Not A Pimp (f/ Gilly & Tateeze)-- this track has a deep brass beat similar to the style David Banner has been bringin lately. Tateeze drops the first verse with a mediocre verse. Baby raps about what makes a playa a pimp while each bar is ended by "u not a pimp". The hook goes "u not a pimp - u just a wimp - u not a pimp - u ain't never had lobster and shrimp". It's a decent song that's bumpable.
14. I Need Help (skit)
15. To Be Played-- the Big Tymers are lettin the hoes out there know that they ain't the ones to come to for money even though they are more than willing to spend the dough on new vehicles. Decent song but personally, not one of my favorites on the album.
16. My Life (f/ Mikkey & Joi)-- this track has a bit of East Coast flavor on the beat with it's sped up soul samples with the difference being that basslines are way tighter in the Dirty. Mannie, Baby, and Mikkey take time to look back over their lives up to this moment and reminisce about how they got to where they are now. From the projects to the mansions. The American Dream, Big Tymers style. Nice laid back flows go with the beat perfectly. It's hard to find anything wrong with this song at all.
17. No Love-- "it's a beautiful life, I got colorful ice, flys to hold, spending the night - I'm a Tymer baby, all my shit be designer baby..." Once the song starts off, you know that the Big Tymers have returned to the verses about flossin and all the shit that comes with being the #1 Stunnas...the ice, Cadillacs on 30's (yep I said 30's). Nice song if you into the flossin rap style.
18. Got Everything (f/ Tateeze)-- this track has a really nice laid back beat that is similar to Jazze Pha's beat for Field Mob's hit single "Sick Of Being Lonely". The Big Tymers rap about they got everything they own, from the cars to the ice, by hustlin the music and they are proud to floss because it shows they were successful. Good song.
19. Dirty D-Boy (f/ Gilly)-- Gilly Da Kid, formerly of Major Figgaz, starts it off with a nice verse. Baby is up next with a laid back flow about bussin heads and not trustin niggaz with his millions. The track is broken up with a short "screwed and chopped" sample in the middle. Mannie taunts the DEA and the IRS by declaring that the "only dope I got is dope beats" and all his shit is in his mama's name (in that "Still Fly" sing songy voice). Nice way to end the album off.
20. Real Talk (Outro)
Overall, the production by Cash Money Records in-house producers Mannie Fresh and Jazze Pha are on point for most of the album. You can tell they took the time to bring the nice beats that seemed otherwise rushed off the last efforts, "Hood Rich" or Baby's solo project "Birdman". The knock on the Big Tymers is often that they only rap about flossin, cars, and ice. Other rappers rap about the same material but they aren't as up front about it as the Big Tymers are. But the Big Tymers bring a bit more variety on this album so don't let all the talk fool you. Granted, Baby and Mannie Fresh are loaded and they wanna let everyone know about it so you can't really hate on them for it because it's the life they live now. If they rapped about the grimey lifestyle they left behind, people would hate on them for not keepin it real. The new album really suprised me and it actually is one of the better Cash Money Records album of recent memory. Plus no birdcall on the entire album is a plus. "Big Money Heavyweight" is worth pickin up if you're a Big Tymers fan.
Big Tymers - Big Money Heavyweight