“Dolla$, TX” was the 2008-released debut album from the Texas rapper Lil’ Wil. The artist broke through as a Soulja Boy Tell’Em affiliate in early ’08 as he dropped his dance tune “My Dougie” to capitalise upon the Snap Music phase of Southern Rap reaching its peak as it had reached the global ... Read review
Advantages: A couple of big tunes Disadvantages: Generally weak
“Dolla$, TX” was the 2008-released debut album from the Texas rapper Lil’ Wil. The artist broke through as a Soulja Boy Tell’Em affiliate in early ’08 as he dropped his dance tune “My Dougie” to capitalise upon the Snap Music phase of Southern Rap reaching its peak as it had reached the global market.
1. “Dolla$, TX” (Intro)
2. “Money On My Mind”
Getting things going here you see that we drop straight down ... ...see how Dallas seems to differ a little from the Houston seen with a much more Atlanta-esque style being adapted to it, and I felt that it really aided it to support the fact that he is aiming for appealing dance tune for the clubs here.
**Four Stars**
3. “Move It”
You have a little something different early on in the album with a summery tune which has Papa Reu helping out in order to give with a bit of ... more
“Dolla$, TX” was the 2008-released debut album from the Texas rapper Lil’ Wil. The artist broke through as a Soulja Boy Tell’Em affiliate in early ’08 as he dropped his dance tune “My Dougie” to capitalise upon the Snap Music phase of Southern Rap reaching its peak as it had reached the global market.
1. “Dolla$, TX” (Intro)
2. “Money On My Mind”
Getting things going here you see that we drop straight down into the popular style of Texas Rap here as we see how Dallas seems to differ a little from the Houston seen with a much more Atlanta-esque style being adapted to it, and I felt that it really aided it to support the fact that he is aiming for appealing dance tune for the clubs here.
**Four Stars**
3. “Move It”
You have a little something different early on in the album with a summery tune which has Papa Reu helping out in order to give with a bit of a Dancehall twist to things. I felt that it came across well with him taking it out more towards the female fans with a light groove allowing him to bring something which could appeal to anyone.
**Three Stars**
4. “Straight Up”
The Caribbean-inspired work appears to persist through it here with more collaboration with artist who come with a style taken directly from the area (and are clearly not actually from there). It is a nice way to show how the music can merge different genres, but it didn’t really make for anything all that special.
**Two Stars**
5. “Keep A Pistol On Me” (Lude)
6. “Look At What The World Made Me”
This was a track on the thing which I wasn’t really that impressed with as he attempts to get into something which shows him moving things on a but to much more socially-aware subjects being brought up, but the way it is done really didn’t fit in with the way things had gone up to this point and it didn’t make for anything which anyone is likely to really have any sort of connection to.
**Two Stars**
7. “Stacks On Deck”
The club music returns to really undermine everything which you had on the track prior to it, and so you completely forget about it and get right down to things to warm it up before we lead into the lead single. I thought that it was a pretty strong transitional tune and it is one really shows his Atlanta style better than anywhere else.
**Four Stars**
8. “My Dougie”
Featuring Lil’ Spain this is a fly cut from him and has him working his way towards the Snap Music work with a tune designed to get you on your feet as he describes exactly why his ‘swag’ is superior to that of anyone else in his area. It is much more relaxed that the Snap work form the likes of Soulja Boy, Dem Franchize Boyz or Lil’ Jon and so I felt that it took a little while longer to get into, but it is a fair one.
**Four Stars**
9. “Grown Man”
With some freaky synth and percussion backing him up you see that he moves on towards some two-stepping music o add to the variety of the thing and I was really surprised to get such a thing from him, but it really made big things happen here with it displaying his ability to do more mature club music in addition to the typical high-tempo work.
**Four Stars**
10. “Thug Thang”
With the choices in featured artist, this one appeared to take on a much more commercial style, and this was something I expected to get from him as he moves towards your general Rap/R&B link-up and I felt it jus sound very generic and added very little to what you get from the album, and doing more to dislike what he does.
**Two Stars**
11. “Bust It Open”
This was the second single from him and it has him taking thins towards the strip clubs for one which take son a structure which really supports what the Houston sound is about and so I believe that this led to the success it would eventually receive. It is a fun tune from him but amongst the most explicit you will get.
**Four Stars**
12. “Focused”
The plain raps return to it with more of the predictable work and I felt that it wasn’t really all that appealing for it as it mean that it seemed like another filler to pad-out the record after delivering essentially all of the tunes which he knows will make some sort of impact. This offers very little and I can’t see any real appeal in it.
**One Star**
13. “I Feel Like”
Ending it off here you find that we get a tune on it which has him going about things in a very laid-back manner as he decides that it is time to just kick back and let loose on whatever is on his mind. It is just as weak as what you got just before it and so it doesn’t do well to leave a positive final impression of the thing.
**One Star**
This does contain a couple of decent dance cuts; the majority of what you get from it is far from impressive. I couldn’t really find any reason to recommend it with so many weak tracks and it just sits as a pretty plain Southern Rap album.
