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Lil Uno Presents Heatrocks
Lil Uno Presents Heatrocks
By Gerardo Garcia III
Just in time for the Christmas holiday and the upcoming winter season, Lil
Uno Presents Heat Rocks will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside, simply
because this album is pure fire. A compilation album of Sicko Record
artists, the album showcases the tip of the iceberg for the talented roster
that has major plans for 2007. So for those of you who don't want to use
your chimneys this season, this album will bring the heat just the same and
be a great gift for your ears as well.
The album kicks off with the lead single, "Perfect Gentlemen," a club banger
which has been tearing up the airwaives in San Diego. It features on-point
production and hot verses by Shysti as well as Lil Uno and Sicko Records
newcomer Technique. Shysti heads most of the production duties on the album
and contributes a mobster ass beat on "Some Gangsta Shit" that features
standout verses from Technique, Ant Dog, Lil Uno, and Shysti where he spits
"its been a long time since I had to raise my gun up with the vengeance/I've
been trying to raise my sons with independence/in every single sense of the
word/there's a war going on so fuck what ya heard." According to Shysti,
"One of my favorite songs on the album is Gangsta Shit and we wanted it to
resonate with the theme that we are down for our shit, even more now, that
we are fathers, business owners...etc. And that being a man is about raising
your children to be good people, being about your word, standing up for your
convictions and at the same time never taking shit from anybody."
"Let Us In" is the next single being released from the album and its going
to be the Chicano anthem for 2007. Shysti laces another heater on the
production tip with a bangin' beat and a catchy hook that's guaranteed to
make everyone's head nod. Lil Uno totally rips this track with an ultra fast
flow that could easily rival Twista or Bone Thugs N Harmony and Shysti
provides a tight verse as well as the hook "We at yo door steady knockin'
won't you let us in/ we representin' for the people cuz we Mexicans/we on
your block steady bouncin' bouncin' outside/we are the ones who taught the
world how to lowride."
The album also features Ant Dog spittin' some deep and personal lines
regarding a failed relationship on "Ghetto Love Letter" while Shysti gets
down on the keys to bring the track to life after hearing out Ant Dog get
things off his chest in the studio. Another song that arised in a similar
fashion is "Unleash the Beast" where we find the signature Lil Uno sound.
Mexican-American NFL player Jorge Cordova (Jacksonville Jaguars), a native
from San Diego and a Sicko fan came by the studio one night and said "I want
to see how you guys make a song" and Uno asked "should I unleash the beast
on him?" and they all laughed and about 30 minutes later Shysti had made the
beat and Uno had written those amazing verses. They recorded it and it was
all done, from the comment to the first mix in about an hour. Jorge Cordova
left with a copy of it. Shysti rounds out the production on another club
banger "Move," Siccmade's "The Truth," Big Young's club banger "Thas Wassup"
and "So Simple," and Technique's "For the Westside," where we find Technique
add some Puerto Rican flavor on a dope West Coast beat.
Other production on the album is found on Ant Dog's "Doin' My Thing" where
Ecay Uno provides a unique backdrop with an eerie vocal pattern. D. Moss
provides a classic West Coast beat on "How We Ride," a tribute to southern
California that features Siccmade, Big Young, Technique, and newcomer
Claudia providing sultry vocals to compliment the laid back sound of the
track. Chag G comes through on the posse cut "Sicko Soldiers" which features
standout verses from Shysti's brother, Sage, as well as Chi June and verses
from Big Young, Lil Uno, Technique, Siccmade, Ant Dog and Shysti. Also, the
album features two hot tracks from veteran producer VMF, where he cooks up
that dope left coast sound on Technique's "West Coast Style" as well as
lacing the perfect backdrop for Lil Uno at his best on the reminscent track
"Never Forget" that also features Chag G providing a melodic yet soulful
hook that amplifies Uno's deep and emotion-filled verses about lost loved
ones.
Lil Uno Presents Heat Rocks is a very solid and diverse album with equally
solid and diverse production and verses from all artists on the Sicko
Records roster. Although a compilation album, it flows well because every
session they had was dope since all of the artists were in the studio and
contributing at all times. This album showcases the talent that will be
prevalent in 2007 beginning with Shysti's solo album sometime around May
followed by Puerto Rican representative Technique's solo album sometime in
July. Ant Dog, Big Young and Sage will all follow after that so be on the
lookout for Sicko Records coming out strong in the next year.
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