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| | Shadows On The Sun | | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Rhymesayers | | Release Date : | | 2003-05-27 | | Store Price : | | $17.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $17.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Room With A View
2. Champion
3. Star Quality
4. Prince Charming
5. Win Some Lose Some
6. Pay Them Back
7. Blah Blah Blah feat. Slug
8. Shadows On The Sun
9. Prelude
10. Forest Whitiker
11. Bitchslap!
12. Back Stage Pacin'
13. When The Beat Comes In
14. Missing Teeth
15. Dorian
16. Soul Whisper
17. Picket Fence
18. Victory! (Come Forward)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Near Perfect Album
Submitted on: 2009-02-15 |
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| Rarely do you hear such a mix of emotional candidness, artistic vision, skill, and ego. He delves into extremely personal territory, his albinism, but it never comes off as whiny or overly sappy, there is a genuine strength to every word. He kicks those braggin' raps with force, and he does it with the sense of a real battle rapper, not falling into the trap of overly complex wordplay as many underground rappers do. It's straightforward and hard hitting. He paints visions of the streets that his window looks out to, a la Nas, with understanding and empathy. He flexes his storytelling skills. He doesn't sound out of place in any of these modes, thanks to his careful writing, and nuanced delivery. And he does this all accompanied by the best and most immediate sound compositions Ant has ever put together. A true underground classic. |
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 Slept on
Submitted on: 2008-08-02 |
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| Brother Ali might be the most "slept on" M.C. alive. I saw him last night at N.Y.CS waterfront seaport for free. His flow was tight as usual; he had good stage presence as well. He might have been a little hoarse and the sytem wasn't the best. But he vibed well with the people. The venue contained some small children so he couldn't go all out as far as explicit lyrics is concerned, which was a good thing. I think the "undisputed truth" was slightly better than this C.D. However (4) Prince charming, (7) Blah blah, (10) Forrest Whitiker, (13) When the beat comes in, (?)Dorian, and the last two were pretty sharp. My favorite might be the "prelude" so reminiscint of the late J.B. don't know who it is but I listen to it over & over again. The baddest unknown and underated M.C. around. LoOking forward to that new material promised at the concert. |
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Inspirational & Powerful
Submitted on: 2007-10-02 |
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| No other musician has ever received so much praise in my music library. I have my favorite artists and then I have Brother Ali. Ever since the first song I played from his album, his lyrics and beats surpassed my expectations. His lyrics are amazing and powerful. Makes me want to go further than I feel I've gotten in life. 'Shadows of The Sun' is definately worth purchasing. Some of my favorites from all his albums are 'Picket Fence', 'Dorian', 'Freedom Aint Free', 'Forest Whitaker', 'The Puzzle', 'Uncle Sam Goddamn'. |
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ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS....EVER
Submitted on: 2007-03-13 |
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Minneapolis is a hip hop hotbed of Talent and iam proud to say iam born and raised, SOUTHSIDE!!!!
We have the best rappers in the nation and its easy to see that with this CLASSIC release from "BIG..BAD" Brother Ali. This is one of the best debut albums ever. Every song on this album is full of feeling and emotion and pure skill.
Ali can spit with ferociousness and he can come soft on a serious tip. Its early to put him up there with Rakim and L but the man is on track to become one of the best rappers of all time. Ive actually met the man a few times now and all i can say is the man is humble as hell. I talked with him about his new album and he told me the "UNDISPUTED TRUTH" is completely done by ANT once again and it would come out soon( I gave him some crap about the long break in between LP's)
I could say a million words about this album but ill only say a few
BUY THIS ALBUM, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT DOWN |
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I bow down to Brother Ali....
Submitted on: 2006-12-13 |
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This guy is phenominal. I first heard him on "Champion", the track "Rain
Water" to be exact. I was floored. I could'nt get "Rain Water" out of my
head. I was like a crack fiend. I purchased "Shadows on the Sun" and my
respect for Ali only grew. He has crazy flow and some deep lyrics. If you
want to hear about spinners and bling you'll be dissappointed. Brother Ali is like nothing you've ever heard before. Buy the damn cd and give
props to the one and only, BROTHER ALI |
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