Give It 2 'Em Raw

Editorial Reviews
Los Angeles Times
The New Orleans rapper's debut taps tried and true street topics.... Master P appears on five of the 20 cuts, adding his signature moans and groans to an album that revels in its rawness.

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Give It 2 'Em Raw

Give It 2 'Em Raw
Give It 2 'Em Raw
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Slim's debut is his best album - R.I.P
  • A few notches above the average for No Limit
  • one of best no limit cds
  • soulja a real legend
  • A Diamond in the Ruff
 Give It 2 'Em Raw
Soulja Slim
Manufacturer: Priority Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000064QY
Release Date: 1998-05-19

Tracks:

  1. From What I Was Told
  2. Street Life
  3. Wright Me
  4. At the Same Time
  5. Only Real N...
  6. Pray For Your Baby
  7. Head Buster
  8. Me And My Cousin
  9. You Got It
  10. You Ain't Never Seen
  11. Anything
  12. Imagine
  13. Takin' Hits
  14. Wootay
  15. Get High With Me
  16. Law Brekaz
  17. What's Up, What's Happening
  18. Hustlin' Is a Habit
  19. Getting Real
  20. N.L. Party

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Slim's debut is his best album - R.I.P.......2007-05-12

The years is 1998 and No Limit is the sound of the south pumping out 2-3 cd's a month and Soulja Slim's time came. As far as quality, like most of the No Limit albums I have (about 20), its a 4 star album, probably in the upper half of the labels albums that I own. Packed with songs and label mates as guests,(like all No Limit albums of the time), Slim delivers 20 songs for you. Guests are on 15 of the 20 songs so you don't get a ton of Slim. 3 songs I skip, 4-7 are ok, the rest are good - a few being real good. Production is nice like most of the No Limit albums that the Beats By the Pound Crew do. Carlos Stephens and KLC each do 6 songs, Craig B does 4 songs, Mo B Dick & O'Dell each do 2 songs and DJ Darryl does 1 song.

#1 - 9 (nice beat)
#2 - 8.5 (f/ Master P, Silkk the Shocker, O'Dell -- nice beat)
#3 - 8 (f/ O'Dell)
#4 - 7.5 (f/ Snoop Dogg)
#5 - 6.5
#6 - 8 (f/ Master P & Trinity -- dedicated to their moms)
#7 - 7 (f/ Big Ed (R.I.P.), Mr Serv-On)
#8 - 7.5 (f/ full Blooded)
#9 - 7.5 (f/ Mia X)
#10 - 8 (f/ Master P)
#11 - 5 (f/ Mia X)
#12 - 8.5 (f/ C-Murder & Mac -- nice beat)
#13 - 8.5 (f/ master P -- nice beat)
#14 - 4.5
#15 - 4 (f/ Mystikal & Trinity)
#16 - 8 (he raps real fast)
#17 - 8.5 (nice beat)
#18 - 7 (f/ Steady Mobbin)
#19 - 8 (f/ Fiend, Full Blooded, Silkk the Shocker)
#20 - 7 (f/ about 16 No Limit rappers)

James Trapp -- b. 9/9/77 d. 11/26/03 -- New Orleans, LA
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3 out of 5 stars A few notches above the average for No Limit.......2007-01-16

No Limit albums are like baseball cards. They're mostly interchangeable, but once you buy your first, a funny urge to collect them all wells up in the back of your skull. Of course, music as pure product has it's own issues. I wouldn't bother reviewing most of the No Limit output from the late nineties, simply because I doubt I could string enough words together to make it worthwhile. "Give It To 'Em Raw" stands a bit above it's peers. Sure, Beats By The Pound handles full album production, and yes, the booklet is filled with advertisements for upcoming discs. It has a standard Pen & Pixel cover, and the usual filler that clogged all rap albums at the time is present. The difference is Soulja Slim buried some gems here amongst the rubble, and even if Southern rap doesn't appeal to you, this is one record from below the Mason-Dixon Line that might be worth a spin or two.

"You Got It (II)" has those really whiny synths that Dr. Dre used to great effect on "Efil4Zaggin". Now, BBTP isn't Dre by any stretch, but they manage to conjure the same hazy menace. In fact, the thickness of Slim's accent, the fact that most of us Yanks won't be able to catch every word he says, makes it all the more unsettling. Another standout is "Anything", with Slim and Mia X trading sex rhymes over a dark bass-and-synth driven beat. "Law Brekaz" is downright claustrophobic, and Slim's paranoia about being robbed or killed is so palpable it could ride shogtun with "My Mind's Playing Tricks on Me". Sadly, paranoia is occasionally justified, as Slim was murdered just a few years after "Give It To 'Em Raw" dropped. It's hard to keep that out of your mind even on the lighter tracks, like the Parliament derivative "No Limit Party". No less than sixteen emcees (and that's being kind to some of these cats) tear through eight bars apiece in about five minutes. Works perfect as a closer.

There is a lot of midi-sounding junk. Most of the lyrics outside the highlighted tracks tend toward the "streets are dangerous/stay strapped/dealing/using/I'm negative because of my screwed up childhood" variety. Public Enemy or Main Source this isn't. However, I'd gladly take negative mental baggage over mindless boasting of material goods (Baby, I'm looking atchoo) any day. $20 bucks for a used disc is ridiculous, so try rooting around at your friendly neighborhood flea markets. RIP Soulja Slim. Thanks for the music.

4 out of 5 stars one of best no limit cds.......2005-10-17

one of the tighter no limit cds from its era, soulja slim was one of the best rappers master p ever signed up there with c murder,silkk,mac,and mr.serv on,this cd is one to pick up, check out the following songs, after you listen to these i think you either will agree, or buy the album. 1.from what i was told, 2.street life,7.head buster,8.me and my cousin,12.imagine,14.wootay,18.hustlin is a habit,20. n.l. party, street life is the best song on the cd though

5 out of 5 stars soulja a real legend.......2005-01-07

i think this one soulja slim's best albums the beats are great and the lyrics are great if you a soulja fan you should pick up this album R.I.P soulja slim a.k.a. James Tapp

4 out of 5 stars A Diamond in the Ruff.......2004-12-08

Master P didn't know who he had at the time until it was to late for P to sign him to the label in 01'. I knew of Soulja before this album came out and so naturally I had to get this album. Soulja's songs were different from the No Limit roster it wasn't the same i'm a soulja line, he translated the streets in real time talk and didn't hold nothing back. When C-Murder and Mac appeared on this album it was bananas. You could have had an instant group.

GIVE IT 2 'EM RAW IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL

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  4. Hidden Stash, Vol. 2 : The Kream of the Krop [Explicit Lyrics]
  5. Hurry Up & Wait...
  6. Hustler's Convention
  7. I Changed My Mind [CD-single]
  8. In da Club [CD-single] [Enhanced] [Explicit Lyrics] [Import]
  9. In the Mist of Guerillas [Explicit Lyrics]
  10. Instrumental Icons: Crunkstumentals

Soul Music

soul music

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