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Album Review by Bradley Christensen
Ludacris – Word Of Mouf
Record Label: Disturbing Tha Peace / Island Def Jam
Release Date: November 27 2001
About eight months ago, specifically in December of 2016, I reviewed rapper / actor Ludacris’ last LP, 2015’s Ludaversal. I remember when that album came out, but I didn’t really care about it, because I wasn’t into hip-hop. Well, I wasn’t into hip-hop as much as I am now, and because of that, I wasn’t too crazy about most rappers and albums, but I’ve been dipping my toes into a lot of styles, artists, and albums in the last couple of years, and I’ve been getting more and more into hip-hop. I find myself gravitating to the genre every once in awhile, and now is a very good time to get into it, because it’s the most popular genre in the country. More people than ever are listening to it, and for good reason, because there’s a lot to enjoy. People (read: tr00 rawk fans / metalheads) underestimate the genre, and act like it’s all the same, but it’s not. There are a lot of different kinds of hip-hop, and it’s funny, because hip-hop is the only genre in which where you’re from matters. I mean, you can make any kind of music you want, no matter where you’re from, but a big thing in hip-hop is that you want to represent your home state or region. It’s the only style of music that has different sounds that correlate to different regions. Midwest hip-hop, East Coast hip-hop, West Coast hip-hop, and Southern hip-hop are all very different, and that’s fascinating to me. You have a lot of other kinds, though, especially in more detail. Horrorcore, G-funk, jazz-rap, pop-rap, crunk, and tons more sub-genres, inhabit the genre, and it’s not all the “mumble rap,” which is a dumb ass name (coined by people that clearly don’t like it), that people claim to be what hip-hop only consists of all nowadays. My point is, regardless of everything, is that it’s interesting that so many kinds of hip-hop exist, but people that aren’t familiar with it, let alone write it off, assume that it all sounds the same. People might think that metal or rock sounds the same, so what’s the difference with hip-hop?
Ludacris, in particular, is a southern rapper. He’s one of the biggest in the game, right up there with OutKast, UGK, and stuff like that, but he’s also an artist that I’m mixed on. Ludaversal was a good record, and it showcased Luda’s strengths, but the album did have a few issues, namely that nothing was outright great on it (Luda’s flow did come really close), the lyrics got a bit old after awhile (despite how funny and clever they were), and there was a weird tonal shift in the last third of the album, where Luda went more in an R&B-esque route, as well as trying to be deeper with his lyrical content. It didn’t work, though, because that’s not the kind of artist that Ludacris is. He’s very much like Future, whom I just talked about, in which Future is good at one thing, so whenever he goes out of that “thing,” it doesn’t work as well. Ludacris is good at one thing (well, in his music, anyway, I’m not sure how he is an actor, because I haven’t seen him in anything), and that’s very energetic, bombastic, and charismatic southern rap. When he does that, he does it well, but when he ventures into other ideas and styles, the attempt is admirable, but the execution doesn’t work as well as he thinks it does. I’ve wanted to listen to more of his stuff, either way, and the only album I could find was 2001’s Word Of Mouf. The reason for that, most likely, is that this LP is his breakout album. It’s the only one that people remember, I think, and for good reason, because it does feature two of his biggest tracks, “Area Codes” and “Move Bitch.” I knew what to expect with this LP, at least when I went into it, because it’s not like he switches up his style a lot. That can be an issue for people, and I’ll admit that it bugs me a bit, but like I said, he’s good at this one thing. I don’t mind listening to an entire album of him doing this sound, because it works well for him, even though it can get a bit old after awhile. Word Of Mouf is very similar to Ludaversal, at least in terms of how I feel about it, and even its sound, too.
Ludaversal, however, is a more modern take on Luda’s sound, which I kind of like, but even then, this LP has held up quite well over the last sixteen years. It’s not a classic, or anything like that, but it’s a very good album. I don’t know if I like this one or Ludaversal better, though, because this LP has its own set of problems. The things that I like about this record are very similar to Ludaversal, too – Luda’s flow is great, charismatic, and a ton of fun, his lyrics are clever, witty, and funny, and the overall sound is energetic, intense, and bombastic as hell. There is some diversity here, but only in the sense of some R&B sex jams that, like on Ludaversal, don’t work all that well. The songs themselves are fine, but Ludacris trying to be “sexy” doesn’t strike me as a good idea. It just sounds awkward, weird, and uncomforting. When he’s doing his thing, he sounds awesome, as he’s known to be. He’s got a wicked flow, some clever lyricism, and some hard-hitting instrumentation. The thing is, though, the R&B songs cut into the tone of the album, as well as not quite working as well within Luda’s wheelhouse. I’m enjoying them fine, but like Ludaversal, those songs just don’t fit within Luda’s sound. The thing that puts me on the fence with this album being better or worse than Ludaveral is that it’s very, very long. That album was only 49 minutes, and it was a quick listen, but this is 79 minutes. It’s a half hour longer, and I don’t know if that works or it’s a disadvantage. In a sense, it works, because the songs that are good, well, they’re pretty damn good, but the R&B cuts that appear later in the album, they do halt the album slightly. I find myself being into a lot of the album, especially the first-two thirds. That’s exactly what I said about Ludaversal, too, and I guess you could say that I feel the same way. The length of this LP is the variable here, but overall, I like the album. Ludacris is one of the most recognizable southern rappers, and if you’re looking to get into this style of hip-hop, he’s not a bad rapper to start off with.
