D-Boy - Plantin' a Seed
1989, Frontline
1. Plantin' a Seed
2. Church Hoppers
3. Pick Yourself Up
4. When I Strut
5. Doggin' the Devil
6. King David
7. It's a Disease
8. G.O.D.S. Posse in Effect
9. Stompin' Satan
Oh look, D-Boy gets to be the very first rap album posted on this blog! D-Boy is pretty standard late 80's/early 90's hip-hop. You know the kind where everyone had overalls on with one strap hanging down? I like that kind of rap. It's fun. D-Boy is pretty fun too but I don't think his chops really show until track four. Up until then I think the rhymes aren't that great and the rap ballad (which I hate, rap should never have ballads) mucks up the momentum of the disc. It gets skipped every time. After that little hurdle, the album is quite pleasant. D-Boy's lyrics stop being so cliche and the beats are better. I like "Stompin' Satan" as it is an "accapella" beat box song with D-Boy rapping over it. It's cool.
Useless Fact: D-Boy made one more album before he was tragically gunned down. Luckily, he' in heaven and probably making better music than is humanly possible - so it's not all sad!
