Sigel tears his verse to shreds, and Bleek manages to sound like he knows how to rap. I do appreciate the beat switches for each artist. And I would never like to see Memphis Bleek "get low" in either my own or your lifetime, thanks. The title may be the polar opposite of "I Get High", but Just Blaze's beat reminds me of "Do My.", and since that song only happened two fucking tracks ago, it's too soon to reminisce. Look past that, and you'll find a song that doesn't completely suck. Try to avoid the roads whenever Bleek is driving, if you can: he readily admits that he likes to light up while behind the wheel. The beat's attempt to become the next big club banger is thwarted by Bleek's rhyming: I've heard better line deliveries at high school play auditions. "The album is here/Now who the fuck want it?" I realize that Bleek isn't actually asking who the fuck wants the album, but since that's what it sounds like in context, the answer is pretty simple, no?Ĭalm down, you two. Whether or not it actually deserved those sales remains to be seen.
The Understanding also sold enough copies to keep Bleek from having to accept that overnight position at Wal-Mart just to keep his lights on. In predictable fashion, Memphis Bleek chose to give his audience more of the same, meaning that Malik recorded his interpretation (and, ultimately, his misunderstanding) of a Jay-Z solo album, with a mixture of street tales and club bangers (often employing similar producers and guest artists), with varied results. Regardless of how the album managed to sell any copies, the fact remains that Bleek released his second disc, The Understanding, in 2000, one year after his debut. As the album itself was devoid of anything remotely resembling either a "good song" or a "radio hit" (at least, a "radio hit" that would earn spins anywhere outside the greater New York area), my theory is that everybody who bought the album naturally assumed that Roc-A-Fella bossman Shawn Carter (or Jay-Z, which is how his name is embroidered in his Underoos) ghost-wrote the entire album (not unlike his past work with Foxy Brown and Bugs Bunny), making Coming Of Age a brand new album from Hova. Malix Cox's first album Coming Of Age, recorded under the alias Memphis Bleek, inexplicably sold enough copies to earn the man a golden plaque to lean against his front door, keeping it open so as to let cool air in when the A/C breaks down (again).
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