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 Die Another Day  Over the space of four years, Slaughter (who is also the hip hop columnist for us here at GOSPELflava.com) has relocated from his New York home to the seemingly more tranquil Hampton, Virginia area. No worries though. The location change hasn’t taken away any of Slaughter’s fire, grit, or lyrical delivery. On the contrary, the emcee's production style and lyrical floetry is enhanced.Slaughter comes fifteen tracks strong with a project that blends the trademark East Coast grit with a smoothed out style that adds diversity to his presentation. Slaughter continues his partnership with producer Quest, who lends his hands to street savvy tracks such as "Die Daily" and "Rap Musik". The emcee also branches out and enlists additional production from hot track masters such as Marko Polo, Relic and Julius Diaz, who add an instrumental flava that will keep your head noddin’ and your jeep thumpin’. Check out their flava on tracks like "You Gon’ See" and "Pop Off". Slaughter’s collaborations highlight his musical maturity. Janine lends her vocals to the hook of "Love Jones", which has the emcee dedicating several lines to his young  daughter (Lyric). Jamila slams the hook "Beautiful" while Slaughter amasses a slick team of emcees, including Shabach, K-Drama and D.N.A. on "Stadium Lightz". And don’t you dare forget the slick "Block Musik" that features Lavoisier the MC (see album review).One of Slaughter’s greatest strengths is his ability to tell a story. Consider him the hip hop equivalent to Dorothy Norwood (if you can imagine), in that he can take any subject and breathes life into it with just a few rhymes. Look at evidence of that on tracks such as "Jonah in the 21st Century" and "Don’t Cry", where he cleverly and effortlessly chronicles the struggle of Job with his three friends. Without a doubt, Slaughter has a hit on his hands with Die Another Day.
Email This To A Friend Slaughter Music/Executive Music Group — reviewed by Gerard Bonner —
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