The Piece Maker, Vol. 2 [Explicit Lyrics]

Editorial Reviews

From URB Magazine
Mixtape magnate Tony Touch earned a stellar turntable rep from loads of tapes crammed with freestyles and exclusives. His sequel to 2000's triumphant Piece Maker has plenty of unreleased fireballs from rap heavyweights, but doesn't deliver enough off-the-dome rhymes. While many of the 17 tunes are ferociously head-nodding, they don't involve much of Touch. The RZA-helmed "Rock Steady" makes folks yearn for a Wu reunion, as the lo-fi sounds evoke feelings of their landmark rookie effort with Meth, Raekwon and U-God ripping inspired verses. "Out Da Box" is another gem with crispy Pete Rock drum loops. Among tracks that Touch produced is Sean Paul's monotonous "Ay Ay Ay" and the lackluster "Spanish Harlem 2." However, Touch touches Dead Prez freshly on the unifying jam "Touch One Touch All" and provides a hype canvas for retro rhymes from Biz Markie and Doug E. Fresh on "Out of Sight."

Craig Smith

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The Piece Maker, Vol. 2
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • BAD follow up from Tony Toca
  • "Another Tony Touch classic"
  • Not As Good As the Piecemaker (1)
  • Was the wait really worth it?
  • I knew he could not top The Piece Maker Part 1.
 The Piece Maker, Vol. 2
Tony Touch
Manufacturer: Koch Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
East CoastEast Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
Pop RapPop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000AZKFE
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

  1. Tony Navaja
  2. Non-Stop
  3. How You Want It
  4. Battle Skit 1
  5. Capicu
  6. Rock Steady
  7. Dimelo
  8. Click Bang
  9. Ay Ay Ay
  10. Just Be Good To Me
  11. Spanish Harlem 2
  12. Battle Skit 2
  13. Spit 1
  14. Out Da Box
  15. Trouble On the Westside Hwy
  16. A Beautiful Day
  17. Touch 1- Touch All
  18. Como Suena
  19. Spoken Word

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars BAD follow up from Tony Toca.......2005-07-13

After a good first Piecemaker album, he comes back with some wack $h!+!! Out of the 15 songs, he raps on 10 (big mistake Tony you ain't no good as an MC), and I skip 9 of the 15, 1 is a vclassic (of course he ain't on it), 3 are good, and 2 are ok. Production is ok on some but drum heavy on most of the 8 songs Tony produced. Erick Sermon, Psycho Les, JuJu, RZA, Q Unique, Pete Rock, Sean C all did 1 song as well. I definitely would pass this by and pick up the 4-6 songs worth listening to. A disappointing album.

#2 - 7.5 (Black Rob, Tony Touch, G-Dep, Puff Daddy)
#3 - 7.5 (Keith Murray, Redman, Erick Sermon, Tony Touch)
#5 - 8 (Fat Joe, JuJu, Noreaga, Tony Touch)
#6 - 10 (CLASSIC -- Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God -- great beat)
#7 - 3 (tony Touch)
#8 - 6 (Doo Wop & bought down again by tony touch)
#9 - 2 (tony touch & sean Paul)
#10 - 3 (R&B song by: Soni)
#11 -3.5 (Cocoa Brovaz, Hurricane G, tony touch)
#13 - 4 (Q Unique)
#14 - 5.5 (Large Professor, Pete Rock, Masta Ace, Tony Touch)
#15 - 8 (Slick Rick -- good story)
#16 - 9 (Nature)
#17 - 4 (Dead Prez, tony touch)
#18 -1.5 (don chezina & tony touch)

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4 out of 5 stars "Another Tony Touch classic".......2005-03-01

..and another one! Rap music ya'll! Toca flows and always picks the right artists.
The Pete Rock produced track featuring large Professor,masta Ace and Toca himself is 'heavy'! Love it,always bang me head to it!
There is track 5 produced by Juju of Beatnuts I think.That track is pure heaven! 'esa loca,Tony toca..' Some lines on that rack are 'bad'..N.O.R.E-'catch me in Miami eating fish with Maillo"
Guys,add this one to the colllection!

4 out of 5 stars Not As Good As the Piecemaker (1).......2004-06-12

This album is good but not as good as part #1, so don't expect it to be.

This beats are good and the drums are heavy. However, on this album Tony Touch tries to MC more -- a mistake. Leave the MCing to the professionals, which is another thing there aren't the same quality of MC's contributing to this project. There is Noreaga, the Beatnuts, Raekwon, Method Man, U-God, and Slick Rick; but it still isn't as good as the previous album.

I would still recommend it for those who love overground hip-hop, it just didn't live up to the original Piecemaker.

Plus, I had to take away 1 star b/c P. Diddly is one a track.
Also, there are two stupid MC battle skits which aren't worth the space they wasted on the disc

3 out of 5 stars Was the wait really worth it?.......2004-03-05

I feel this album could have been released alot earlier! A few jams on here to make it worth while, but nothing majorly special.

2 out of 5 stars I knew he could not top The Piece Maker Part 1........2004-03-03

Tony Touch, I am dissapointed with this release. I got too hyped up and it backfired in my face. There is not even a single song on this whole cd that sticks out. When you make a cd where 99 percent of the songs are awsome it is very difficult to top that on a later cd for an artist. I don't care how good an artist's previous cds are. However, I am not going to kid myself and suggest that an artist doing better on a later release is not unheard of. It can happen, but what I am suggesting is that this is not the case with these two albums by Tony Touch, in my opinion. The beats are average at best. The production is not as good as the first Piece Maker. When you hear the first 2 or 3 songs you can just feel the lack of intensity, enthusiasm, and effort behind this cd and it just gets worse towards the end of the album. If you are a die hard underground rap fan save your money on this one. Go out and buy the new Jedi Mind Tricks, Hieroglyphics, 2MEX, or Project Blowed Presents... The Good Brothers.

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