It’s official Chamillionaire’s debut album, Sound of Revenge, has gone platinum and Cham is ready to celebrate. He has announced that he will be throwing an A-List party in New York City on June 5, 2007. I wonder who that A-list includes?

Chamillionaire has earned his first #1 record which is something that fellow Houston rappers Mike Jones, Paul Wall, and Slim Thug, are still trying to accomplish. “Ridin’ Dirty” featuring Krayzie Bone went to Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart this week. The song was aided by several regional remixes which included guest vocals form UGK, E-40, Papoose, and Jae Millz.

Chamillionaire’s album continues to move 35,000 copies a week. Congrats to Chamillionaire for doing his thing and making it this far. I will be waiting to see what he comes out with next.

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Paul Wall’s new album, Get Money, Stay True debuted at the #8 spot on the Billboard Top 200 Chart last week. The Ice Man was able to move 36,000 copies this week, but it slips out of the top 10 and lands in the #13 spot.

Ron King of DallasPeeps kicks it with Paul Wall at Eargazum CD shop and gets some answers from Mr. Ice Man on the questions that the fans have been dying to ask.

Paul Wall talks about his grillz and his new album entitled Get Money, Stay True. Check out the video and let us know your comments.

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Especially when it shine like dis… dis
It’s that H-Town baby and you know what is!

The latest single from Paul Wall is the first single of his new album “Get Money Stay True“
Whips. Rims. Grillz. I’ma Break ‘em off real bad.

“It just encouraged me to have fun and go out and do my thing and that is what I did with the album. You can hear that through the music,” Paul Wall noted in a recent interview with Melanie Cornish on HipHopDX. He stated that this album gave him the opportunity to have fun again.

There is definitely truth in that. While many may complain that the album lacks depth or substance, it cannot be said that it lacks fun. With plenty of catchy hooks, thumping beats, witty (albeit simple) similes and his overall charismatic flow, you can’t truly knock the fun he’s having.

However, you can knock the weak efforts. That Fire, a horrid Trina-assisted track is one that will leave folks looking for that fire department to put this out right quick. Tonight (featuring Jon B) is another example of this, offering up a sappy, trite love song, below the standards set by Oh Girl, which wasn’t bad at all. Aside from this, some of the production and topic selection gets repetitive and other tracks including Get Your Paper and How Gangstas Roll are about as generic as their titles would suggest.

Still, as we mentioned, when having fun, he shines like one of his custom made grills. The infectious nature of his flow, mixed with some of the beats provided by Mr. Lee offer up serious catchy hits welcomed in clubs, radio stations and cars. Call Me What U Want, I’m Throwed, Break ‘Em Off, Bangin’ Screw and I’m Real, What Are You?(Featuring Juelz Santana) deliver said goods.

Guests also add a bit to the mix. Freeway, Juelz Santana, Jermaine Dupri and Snoop Dogg all provide something extra, while Young Redd and Lil’ Keke get outshined every time they appear. Travis Barker also shows up to produce Slidin’ On That Oil, as 1/3 of Expensive Taste. Wall flows freely over Barker’s drums and the style actually helps build anticipation for their collaboration. At the same time, the final 1/3 of the crew, Skinhead Rob, makes that track very hard to listen to.

In the end, I’m sure you just want to know; what it do? Well, with fun on his mind, Wall certainly provides a fun record. It definitely needs more substance, you can only listen to wood grain grippin and candy paint drippin for so long. Calling a spade a spade, Paul is usually very good at what he does. Unfortunately with his second major label LP he didn’t do it all that well and delivers an album a clear notch down from his debut.

Author: Andres Tardio
Via: HipHopDX