#MAC SHELL SHOCKED CD MAC#
I remember every day playing that album but I would really only play those 3 songs (not really going through the album, I would literally just play the soulja song or the song with mystikal on it, the very 1st week of having the album but I wasn't really sold on Mac as the artist Mac, maybe because I was not familiar with him. Tank Dogs, NO Party, Murda Murda Kill Kill, I can remember being played at all of the parties attended. I will say that (in real time) I wasn't too much of a fan of Mac, I wasn't very familiar with Mac before his album came out, but funny and very strange, that album SS was played heavy when I was attending my HS when it came out. Can U Love Me is one of my favorite songs OAT My bruh loved Father's Day since he grew up without 1. Mac brought more introspective lyrics, more maturity and a smarter approach in general, besides the threatening cuts with P and Magic (thanks to the Pastor Troy controversy, CMR cheap shots n general dislike against NL because of their success and lack of quality control in 99). The bass on Genocide, guitar on That's Hip Hop or all the different snares n hi-hats, well done. I agree that SS has crazy highs (Be All You Can Be, Can I Ball, Slow Ya Roll, The Game, Beef, Callin' Me), but some filler too (Soldier Party, Nobody Make A Sound, Camoflauge Love), also like Mac said in a 1999 interview, mixing/editing wasn't done properly because of time issues (he named Meet Me At The Hotel specifically) SS made me a Mac fan, one of the first NL albums I bought after giving it a spin at the record store (remember those days? ) and loving some of the songs instantly But I also feel like WW3 was a potentially greater foundation for artistic longevity. I did feel that the highs of SS were higher than WW3, and Shell shocked was a great exhibition and introduction to Mac. I can’t truly say which is best, only my favorite. It’s like arguing between “Nevermind” or “in utero”, Illmatic or it was written”. SS is my favorite, of the two, but WW3 isn't far behind it. His verse on “We riders” made me a Mac Stan. My favorite Mac song is “assassin nation”. The grimy fun found on “shell shocked” would appeal more to a emotional high energy me. If anything, I feel that the lyrics of WW3 would appeal to a more mature introspective me. There was definitely a period of personal growth between albums that I also loved. Less of the skillful finesse found on WW3, more of an audio sledgehammer.īoth albums feature some of my favorite songs of all time. I also feel, regardless of the bloat, that SS just hits harder. I always felt SS could have been trimmed down just like “give it to em raw”. What it didn’t have was the same inexplicable NL energy (probably beats by the pound) that SS had. I definitely love SS more than WW3 but I feel that WW3 was more efficient, consistent, and had more overall lyrical/conceptual depth. I do agree with many of the arguments throughout this whole post. I was probably the only Mac Stan in school, though all my friends were NL stans since 95-96 lmao.
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