01. Triple F Intro (Feat. Wooh Da Kid)
02. Let Dem Guns Blam (Feat. Meek Mill)
03. Round of Applause (Feat. Drake)
04. I Don’t Really Care (Feat. Trey Songz)
05. Rooster in My Rari
06. Get Low (Feat. Nicki Minaj, Tyga & Flo Rida)
07. Fist Pump (Feat. B.O.B)
08. Candy Paint & Gold Teeth (Feat. Ludacris & Bun B)
09. Cash (Feat. Wooh Da Kid)
10. Lurkin (Feat. Plies)
11. Clap
12. U Ain’t Bout that Life (Feat. Slim Thug & Alley Boy)
13. Power of My Pen
14. Flex (Feat. Travis Porter, Slim Dunkin & D-Bo)
15. Triple F Outro
16. Inky (Feat. Slim Dunkin & Wooh Da Kid) (Bonus Track)
17. Chin Up (Feat. Slim Dunkin) (Bonus Track)
18. Everything I Love (Feat. Future & Trouble) (Bonus Track)
My 2nd Hip Hop album review. My 1st was for the new album by the Jacka of Mob figaz - The Sentence & one article later i'm finding out what a good opportunity writing reviews offer. Especially because i'm opening my ears up to a few of the albums that before i wouldn't bother with. For Example - This Review - My Review of Waka Flocka Flame's - Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family. Not a rapper i really know that well, but he isn't someone either who i've been very encouraged to listen to - I mean the name says it all doesn't it - Waka Flocka, but actually he isn't someone that I am in any position to dislike because for a start I haven't listened to enough of his S**T. So here it is my review taking it as i hear it. All 18 tracks of it.
18 tracks which begin with the Triple F Intro track feat. Wooh Da Kid. A track with a beat which kind of sounds like one of those lullaby things you put over a babys cot/ crib. The only difference is Waka Flocka singing "Do ya wanna see me dead or get locked up". I wouldn't mind either to be honest, but continueing on the album drops into the dark sounding 'Let Them Guns Blam'. A Meek Mill assisted cut which i assume is about shooting people. Not very enthusiastic i know, but i said that i'll write this review, and god damn it I will. So track three now, and this one features Drake, and is called 'Round of Applause'. The beat is a bit lighter, and is about making that Ass clap apparently - so yes it is slightly hilarious. It's followed by the Trey Songz assisted cut 'I Don't really Care' which actually is a little bit better on Trey Songz behalf, but as for Flocka he's mainly just repeating the same lines over, and over. So nothing new there, but i'm not throwing the Towel in yet because before i do I've still got 'Rooster in my Rarri' to listen to, which actually i'd love to see a video for because I'm assuming that it's about driving round with a chicken in a ferrari - which hang on makes sense now putting it like that, but hang on - isn't a rooster a male chicken ? Doesn't matter - Next track.
So one of the big tracks for guest appearances, this one features Nicki Minaj, Tyga & Flo Rida, and to be honest it probably might aswell not even feature Waka because it's not really his type of track, well he doesn't sound terrible, but he's hardly in it. So i mean if your a fan of Nicki Minaj or Florida you'll probably like it, but if you're checking it especially for Flocka then i'd skip it after the first 30 seconds because that's it really. More of a track aimed at new listeners checking the album purely for the features, but don't worry everyone he's back in full swing for the next track 'Fist Pump' feat. B.O.B. A track about uppercuts i assume and clenching your fist - a well balanced track between the two artists. Which is followed by another big featured track 'Candy Paint & Gold Teeth' Feat Bun B & Ludacris. A track actually that ain't too bad, and i'm loving the lyric "Have a party with my people, and if their ass get hungry than the old folks gon feed you". Maybe the only track i like so far, and not just for the features, but carrying on. I'm now on track nine. Halfway through, and i am now bumping 'Cash' feat. Wooh Da Kid. Which sounds oddly familiar to a lot of the old Gucci Mane/ Waka Flocka tracks, but non the less something for the die hard Waka Flocka Flame fans. It's about Hustleing, and is right in Waka's comfort zone, as is track 10 Lurkin feat. Plies. Another dark kind of typical sort of Waka Flocka track which i will admit for what it is, is okay. Cool also because of Plies and especially for when he says BRRRRRRRRRR!!
Cool nearly as the next track - 'Clap' which actually alike track 5, another one of Flockas solo tracks, is so far one of the albums highlights, and especially for this rather sexist lyric "Slap her in the booty - Flocka, Flocka - For Some Money". Very LOL worthy, but moving on next up is 'U Ain't Bout That Life' feat. Slim Thug & Alley Boy. A little more serious, but basically about Fake Gangstas who unlike Flocka aren't slapping Booties for money, or as Alley Boy puts it Like a Young Frank Lucas. A good track actually, and in fact i am starting to think this album is half descent. Maybe worth actually purchasing, and what doesn't hurt this opinion is this next track 'Power of the Pen'. A quite serious track, and with good lyrics - that don't repeat, but most surprising is that it's the third and final Flocka Solo track. It makes you think don't it? Maybe he should have done a few more like this. Carrying on. Next up is the possee cut featuring Travis Porter, Slim Dunkin (R.I.P) & DBo (out of the friday films i believe) It's called Flex, and it's the penultimate album track minus the three bonus tracks. An okay track which breaks into the emotional Triple F (Outro) which i would say is the albums best track, a fitting tribute to fallen comrade Slim Dunkin, and a good place to finish, but i said i'd review the whole album so before i finish there's still three bonus tracks.
First up is INKY feat. Slim Dunkin (RIP) & Wooh Da Kid, and is about Tatoos i think. Something i'd say is reminiscant of the type of tracks on the Flockavelli album. Which i'm not sure if it's an unused cut or not, but anyway contiuing on next up is 'Chin Up' featuring for the second track in a row Slim Dunkin (RIP) & it sounds a bit like the old 80's song 'The Final Countdown'. Not sure what it's about other than the title, but anyway last track. This one's called 'Everything i love' and it features Future & Trouble. I would describe it as a dark sounding typical waka flocka track with a lot of shouting. It's alright i'd say and the albums better with it than without it.
So my evaluation now i've finished writing i'm going to give a 6.5/10. I would say it's worth buying, but i wouldn't say it's a solid album, but then again Waka Flocka isn't somebody i'd normally listen to. Overall i would say that i have a new respect for him as an artist, and i would say i would like to listen to this album again, and that i'd be less reluctant to check out his other releases.
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