I first discovered Chrome when he dropped his debut album, "Straight to the Pros", which was based on the idea that he skipped playing in college and went straight to the major leagues. These days, that's not really much to brag about because people like Soulja Boy can skip high school and go straight to the top of the pros with no real talent, a silly dance, and a youtube/myspace account. Now that he has been "in the pros" for a few years and still hasn't really made a splash, how has Chrome developed?Well the real answer there is that he hasn't developed...much. His newest album is pretty unexciting. Comprised mostly of songs about the dope game and being a gangsta (see "Cocaine and Robbin" or "Brick House"). This is an album without a real banger, but the closest you can get is probably "Big Wheels" with a not so inventive hook and decent beat. This is one of the big problems with this cd, the hooks are pretty simplistic (e.g., "Mr. Mack, Mack, Mack, All dressed in black, black, black") and the beats are not very exciting. Join these elements with a poor rhyme skills and boring style and you have a mediocre at best album. Not very memorable. He's a role-player at best in the pros.
6/10
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