WHAT YOU THOUGHT WE WEREN'T GONNA REPRESENT THE VETERANS ON THIS LIST??? GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE, LIKE IT OR NOT THESE ARTISTS ARE THE REASON DRAKE CAN RELEASE HIS OVER-HYPED WACK SHIT NOW BUT NOBODY'S CHECKING FOR BUMPY OR INCLUDING HIM IN ANY YEAR END LISTS WHEN 2011 HAS BEEN ONE OF BUMPY'S MOST BUSIEST YEARS TO DATE, FIRST RELEASING TWO MIXTAPES OF RECENTLY RECORDED BUT PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL IN "LEAKS VOLUME ONE" & "LEAKS VOLUME TWO"
IT WOULD SEEM THESE 2 COLLECTIONS WERE RELEASED TO BUILD ANTICIPATION FOR THE COLLABORATION ALBUM BETWEEN FOXXX & KRS-ONE "ROYALTY CHECK"
WHILST ON FIRST LISTEN THE ALBUM DIDN'T REALLY SEEM TO DELIVER THE IMPACT THAT WAS EXPECTED, PERHAPS BECAUSE BOTH EMCEES HAVE SET THE BAR SO HIGH ON PREVIOUS COLLABORATIONS BUT ONCE YOU PUT ASIDE YOUR PRE-HYPE IT REALLY START'S TO COME ALIVE AFTER A FEW LISTENS!! BUMPY HANDLES THE MAJORITY OF THE PRODUCTION WITH A SOUND HE'S COME TO LABEL "BLOCK ROCK" PLENTY OF STAND OUT MOMENTS INCLUDING THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER OPENER "STREET POISON (STRESSED OUT MIX)" WHERE BUMPY HAS THE CLOSING VERSE WITH BARS OF VENOM
"IT'S ALL BULLSHIT, STOP ME FOR A TAIL-LIGHT,
AND WANNA THROW ME IN JAIL FOR A WHOLE NIGHT,
I HATE THE FACT THAT YOU CAN CUSS ME THE FUCK OUT,
‘HANDS OUT THE WINDOW, NIGGA, GET THE FUCK OUT”
AND ON "WHO IS IT" WHERE HE SPITS,
“EMCEE FROM THE ELEMENT, STOMP LIKE AN ELEPHANT,
BOTTOM LINE, IF YOU REAL, YOU RELEVANT,
GUNSLINGERS REALLY DON'T RHYME, THERE'S ONLY A FEW,
I’M ONE OF THEM, THE OTHERS NOT YOU.”
BUT BUMPY'S FINEST WORK OF 2011 CAME IN THE FORM OF "LYRICAL WORKOUT"
A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN HIMSELF AND BEATSMITH STATIK SELEKTAH!! BUMPY KNUCKLES KICKING THAT REMINISCANT REAL AS ONLY HE CAN OVER 14 TRACKS OF DJ PREMIER PUPIL STATIK SELEKTAH'S PRODUCTION, THIS IS POSSIBLY HIS FINEST WORK SINCE "INDUSTRY SHAKEDOWN" BUMPY LET'S HEADS KNOW HE'S BACK RIGHT FROM THE JUMP ON THE PIANO LADEN OPENER "STILL GOT IT"
“FUCK RAP MUSIC, I SAY THAT EXCLUSIVELY,
I COME FROM HIP-HOP PUNK, GET USED TO ME,
FAKE PUBLICITY, YA'LL NIGGAS AIN'T SHIT TO ME
I’VE BEEN NICE WITH THE MIC, SINCE MY DJ WAS VICIOUS LEE”
AND THE ALBUM DOESN'T LET UP FROM THERE WITH MANY STAND OUTS INCLUDING "BEAT IT UP" "ANIMALISTIC & TITLE JOINT "LYRICAL WORKOUT" WHICH CARRIES THE ALBUM'S ONLY GUEST ARTIST NOREAGA!!
THE KEY THING TO BE NOTED IN ALL OF BUMPY KNUCKLES WORK RELEASED IN 2011 IS HIS UNAPOLOGETIC REFUSAL TO CHANGE IN ORDER TO CATCH THE EAR OF THE MODERN LISTENER, HE CONTINUES TO MAKE HIP-HOP THE WAY HE LIKES IT AND IF THAT AIN'T THE HIP-HOP YOU LIKE, PERHAPS YOU SHOULDN'T BE LISTENING TO HIP-HOP AT ALL!!!!
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