Lil' Flip - U Gotta Feel Me (CD)

All Music Guide

Having left the underground in his wake, Lil' Flip gets a little ambitious by making his third solo album a doubledisc set. Though the two discs combined only add up to an hour and a half worth of music (admittedly just ten minutes more than a filledout single disc), he still doesn't deliver enough hot material to warrant the move. Two remarkable guest appearances prior to this on David Banner's "Like a Pimp" and FamLay's "Rock 'n Roll" raised the level of anticipation for the set considerably. Though a good chunk of what's here could've been sacrificed, Flip more or less delivers. The blipfilled, Furyproduced "Game Over" ranks with his best tracks to date, and even without it, the hittomiss ratio is favorable. DJ Paul and Juicy J, PlaynSkillz, Carl SoLowe, the Heatmakerz, and the Legendary Red Spyda contribute beats; Pastor Troy, Ludacris, and the Diplomats provide guest verses. Flip isn't really saying anything that he hasn't said before, but his skills have improved greatly since ...his status as a local phenomenon. Having to bounce between two discs is undeniably problematic, though. When you reach the only track involving David Banner, at the very end of the second disc, it's like discovering the prize at the bottom of a Lucky Charms box. - Andy Kellman, All Music Guide Read more Less