Artist: London
Album: War On The Streets
Articulation: King Acklin
War On The Streets is a pre COVID-19 release from London. We still wanted to shine light on it. London is a Louisville, KY artist, by way of Birmingham, AL. Owner of London’s Barbershop in Louisville where it looks like he has dope cuts, but what about the music? I can tell you I wasn’t familiar with London’s work before this album and after listening to his album I still not sure what impression it left. What I do know is that if all London needs is One Life and a Million to get right then War on The Streets might not get him there, especially when comparing his music to 2Pac’s.
The album isn’t bad, it just isn’t anything to run and tell someone about either. It reminds me of just an “OK” haircut. I mean its cool, but “OK” ain't what you wanted for that event you were headed to this weekend. Or “OK” just wasn’t crisp enough for you. All is not lost though, again, its not bad. On Pressure, London is giving us examples of some real-life pressure situations. The Post Maloneish like feature on this one can help you visualize this pressure and relate. All you skaters might love the skaters anthem Sunday Night. London calls out Louisville’s Robben’s Roost and skate spots in other cities like Nashville and Naptown along with some of their skate teams too.
Now I must admit, London does have talent and the production is on point. If She Knew and Riding Heavy are back to back joints that are competing for my favorite track on the album. They both deserve to be played on repeat but I lean towards Riding Heavy slightly as my favorite because you can just fall into the groove of this one while riding out. These joints start the 2nd half of the album and if you were looking for something to make this album stand up a bit then that’s were War On The Streets picks things up a bit. Definitely stronger towards the end, with the track selection and placement as things seem to line up a bit better. Moving forward heat like Riding Heavy, and Pressure will be a great spring board for the type of content London should continue to make, as these are his best and brightest moments. Capitalizing on your best work and building upon it only leads to elevation in your latter work. That's exactly where London could be headed if he follows that blueprint, elevating to new levels in 2021.
Bottom line and question of the day; is It Dope Tho? The answer is, it’s definitely a Solid effort. The project is a 6 on the Dope Tho Scale. Listen now and thank me later... #DopeTho #YouWelcome
Dope Tho Rating: 6
Key Dope:
Pressure
If She Knew
Riding Heavy
Dope To Rating System:
1-3 = Nope Tho
4-6 = Solid
7-9 = Heat
10 = Rated Dope Tho