While this is excellent in terms of production quality, I agree with Spectra, this is not on par with other real good songs in this genre, even when comparing to some others on this site (Herbal Crew comes to mind).

Although our approaches have some difference, I would like to note tom tOm made some good points...I agree if the "point" of this song were to be very commercially oriented and succeed for a short length of time, it would likely be a 4.5 of 5 simply due to the smoothness and clarity of the lyrics. Although I am picky and rating this is a complete production and you as a rap music producer not just a rapper...rather than just rating your singing ability... When I think of hip-hop, I think of artists like 2-Pac or Dr Dre who, although their song DO in fact keep a common theme, have those little variations...and I think it is fair to say I have proof through history that rap songs considered classic. The second melody/mood in "California Love", for example, I still believe is part of why it's become a classic and not just a top 40 song for a month or so, same for the Fresh Prince's "Summertime" or virtually any of Run DMC's songs. Even "Baby Got Back" had separate variations: the brass section, the turntablism, the conga rolls, the cuts in the beat...sure the lyrics were killer, but there were several other elements that kept it popular. Note I agree with Tom Tom none of these song's are like jazz and I never intended to imply rap variation should be like jazz (which is part of why I said 2 main melodies as opposed to, say, 6+ melodies and 12+ chords that are in most jazz songs)... But at the same time I think there should be a happy medium IE rap shouldn't be that much more repetitive than, say, rock music...at least if it intends on becoming classic. That being said, again, this song is VERY close to being a 4, it's not on the low side of 3 but on the high side.

I disagree with part of this review, not to say that Spectra has written a bad review as it is obvious he has put in a lot of time and effort into it. But I think Spectra doesn't understand vocal music. No one enjoys a repetitive song, but at the same time, vocal music like hip-hop, needs a simple background so not to take the focus off the lyrics. Which is what hip-hop music is all about, the lyrics. You can not have someone rapping over a jazz song too well for example, because the lyrics and the horn/piano solos would clutter each other. They each need their own space to be heard. And unfortunately Spectra has not made an in-depth analysis of the made point of this kind of music i.e. the lyrics. The rapping delivery and flow is excellent King Tru, you are very talented and the sound quality is outstanding! What equipment did you record those vocals on? Probably if you didn't want your song just to be commercially orientated, and you wanted the listeners to play your song over and over and not get bored quickly, then the extra advice Spectra has given is very useful.

Thank you very much for the in depth review and honest points, I appreciate it very much! I agree with you on all points, the instrumental would have flourished a loy more if there was a beat break and then maybe a harder basline to bring back in the beat...or something like that. Thanks