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With his coarse voice and claim to be "A-Town's Hannibal," rapper Gorilla Zoe came on the scene as a fine alternative to Rick Ross. His breakthrough single, the thug anthem "Hood N****," made perfect sense, but then a guest shot on Yung Joc's quirky hit "Coffee Shop" seems to have knocked something loose. At its best, his sophomore release Don't Feed Da Animals is a bold, "Coffee Shop"-inspired attempt to try something different within the realm of gangsta rap. At its worst, it's redundant, or more likely, cringe-worthy. While "Hood Clap" and the handful of other attempts to re-create "Hood N****" are easy enough to ignore, it is tracks like "S*** on 'Em" that really hurt with their "I doo-doo/I pooh pooh/I s*** on 'em" choruses. Elsewhere "They give me no answers/Following the wise/But they're walking in Pampers" drags down "Lost," a heartfelt song about loneliness that would work splendidly if it wasn't for the diaper talk. Things heat up in the second half as "Man I" does the Mike Jones and "Back Then" thing in style. Then there are the three Drumma Boy productions, two of which -- "I Got It" and "Watch Me" -- are the usual club crushers, hook-filled and infectious as always. It's their third collaboration, the ambitious, Akon-sized closer "Echo," that really satisfies and makes the listener wish the previous set of admirable but flawed tracks had been given one more rewrite, preferably with fewer references to doo-doo and pooh.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Daniel Johnson, Writer - Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Kane Beatz, Producer - JC, FeaturedArtist - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Tre' Stylz, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Alexander "Big A" Prado, Engineer - Justin Crowder, Writer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Zaytoven, Producer - Rick Ross, FeaturedArtist - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Xavier Dotson, Writer - Tre' Stylz, MixingEngineer - Kirk Young, Writer - William Roberts II, Writer - Alexander "Big A" Prado, Engineer - Kollosus, FeaturedArtist
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Thomas "Tom Cat" Bennett, Engineer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Tre' Stylz, MixingEngineer - Alexander "Big A" Prado, Engineer - Rodney Richards, Writer - Don Vito, Producer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Composer, Writer - Ebony Love, Composer, Additional Vocals, Writer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Charles Gholson, Composer, Producer, Writer - Alexander Prado, Engineer - Anthony Reyes, Electric Guitar, Bass - Thomas Bennet, Engineer - Glenn Schick, MasteringEngineer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. 2008 ℗ Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Jesse Wilson, Writer - Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Thomas "Tom Cat" Bennett, Engineer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Tre' Stylz, MixingEngineer - Alexander "Big A" Prado, Engineer - Corporal, Producer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Zaytoven, Producer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Xavier Dotson, Writer - Tre' Stylz, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Alexander "Big A" Prado, Engineer - Thomas "Tom Cat" Bennett Jr., Engineer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Cedric Williams, Writer - Gorilla Zoe, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Tre' Stylz, MixingEngineer - Alexander "Big A" Prado, Engineer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Radric Davis, Writer - Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Gucci Mane, FeaturedArtist - Zaytoven, Producer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Otis Williams, Jr, Writer - Xavier Dotson, Writer - OJ Da Juiceman, FeaturedArtist - Tre' Stylz, Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Charles Gholson, Producer, Writer - Tre' Stylz, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Alexander Prado, Writer - Big Block, FeaturedArtist
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Thomas Brown, Writer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Tre' Stylz, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Christopher Miller, Writer - Crack, Producer - Reginald Davis, Engineer - Yung Chris, FeaturedArtist
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - K-Rab, Producer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Tre' Stylz, MixingEngineer - Alexander "Big A" Prado, Engineer - Richard W. Sims, Jr., Writer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Derrick Jones, Writer - Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Ebony Love, Writer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Tre' Stylz, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Alexander "Big A" Prado, Engineer - Sparkz Tha Trakman, Producer - Roxy Reynolds, FeaturedArtist - EbonyLove, FeaturedArtist
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Zaytoven, Producer, Engineer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Xavier Dotson, Writer - Tre' Stylz, MixingEngineer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Alonzo Mathis, Writer - Drumma Boy for Drum Squad, Producer - Gorilla Zoe, Vocals, MainArtist - Charles Gholson, Writer - E. Mills, Writer - Tre' Stylz, Engineer, MixingEngineer
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records, LLC. Manufactured and Distributed by Atlantic Recording Corporation, A Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Album review
With his coarse voice and claim to be "A-Town's Hannibal," rapper Gorilla Zoe came on the scene as a fine alternative to Rick Ross. His breakthrough single, the thug anthem "Hood N****," made perfect sense, but then a guest shot on Yung Joc's quirky hit "Coffee Shop" seems to have knocked something loose. At its best, his sophomore release Don't Feed Da Animals is a bold, "Coffee Shop"-inspired attempt to try something different within the realm of gangsta rap. At its worst, it's redundant, or more likely, cringe-worthy. While "Hood Clap" and the handful of other attempts to re-create "Hood N****" are easy enough to ignore, it is tracks like "S*** on 'Em" that really hurt with their "I doo-doo/I pooh pooh/I s*** on 'em" choruses. Elsewhere "They give me no answers/Following the wise/But they're walking in Pampers" drags down "Lost," a heartfelt song about loneliness that would work splendidly if it wasn't for the diaper talk. Things heat up in the second half as "Man I" does the Mike Jones and "Back Then" thing in style. Then there are the three Drumma Boy productions, two of which -- "I Got It" and "Watch Me" -- are the usual club crushers, hook-filled and infectious as always. It's their third collaboration, the ambitious, Akon-sized closer "Echo," that really satisfies and makes the listener wish the previous set of admirable but flawed tracks had been given one more rewrite, preferably with fewer references to doo-doo and pooh.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:54:42
- 1 Digital booklet
- 3 Video clip
- Main artists: Gorilla Zoe
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Bad Boy Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States. ℗ 2009 Bad Boy Records LLC for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States.
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