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Chamillionaire

GENRE
Gangsta rap
RECORD LABEL
Universal
CHART ACTION
Million-selling Top-10 disc. The single "Ridin'" shot to No. 1.
REVIEWED BY
Adam R. Holz and Bob Smithouser

Chamillionaire The Sound of Revenge
"Frontin" says drugs cloud judgment. God and a tithing mom get props on "Rain," while "Void in My Life" values spirituality.

"Outro" may express trust in God, but it seems to place more faith in self and rationalizes vengeance. If only mixed messages were the disc's worst offense. Expect more than a dozen f-words. Tracks feature harsh anatomical slang ("In the Trunk") as well as guys ogling women ("Grown and Sexy," "Peepin' Me") and angling for casual hookups ("Ridin'," "Turn It Up"). Hard liquor and marijuana show up on half the album. "Southern Takeover" talks of cooking cocaine and hiring a rival's relatives to stab him to death. The project's other violent threats include "Totin' me a blaster/Send 'em to the casket," "N-ggaz talk s--- until I let that 9 bang" and "Might kidnap yo wife and daughter/Bury them down deep in Georgia." The hit "Ridin'" is all about hating police and evading the law.

Thugs who run in Chamillionaire's circles wear faith in God like a flak jacket—just in case they wind up on the wrong end of a drive-by. A truly changed soul wouldn't give a heavenly shout-out, then malign police and bow down to alcohol, drugs and promiscuous sex. The Sound of Revenge is a profane, spiritually confused misfire.



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