Phonte - Chatity Starts at Home

No build up necessary, Phonte  multi talented as a singer and MC, one of the best at crafting a lyric by far. On his solo tip, Phonte blesses the Hip hop world with Charity Starts at Home. No Gimmicks, dope beats, dope rhymes, what more do ya’ll want and it will probably be slept on despite being easily one of the best releases all year and all summer and quarter. Better than most of the high profile releases and a hip hop fans wish.  And from the intro you can tell that it was going to be major, the intro sets the bar high and expectations even higher.

Lyrically Phonte is a beast and on every track he goes in, you can hear not only the creativity and attention to detail in each and every bar, but all of the focus that goes into be a powerful wordsmith. The best lyric on the album, they all dope good luck picking a favorite. The best guest spot is Elzhi who shows up big on “Not Here anymore”.

Sonically its incredible its just good music, good soulful hip hop, with head nod beats, powerful kicks, ill samples. Its not over produced to where the beats outshine the concept or the lyrics

The Production team does there things. Its good not great, so if you the type that's looking for a whole bunch beats not necessarily. The beats are ill, but with the exception of the 9th wonder produced Not here anymore , they are not radio beats, party beats and not big car stereo beats. Never the less put it in the car, jam on the house stereo and mellow out. I think that Not here anymore is also the most balanced song and best all around song on the album. Gave a lot of props to that song but every song is hitting.

The song making is also incredible . Phonte pays attention to every aspect of the songs, the hooks,  thumbs up for no lame hooks, the beats are perfectly set to his style and what the concept of the songs are, no weird moments. The lyrics speak for themselves and even the guess appearances are perfect for the song and the chemistry and respect between he and each artist matches. No forced collabo.

Its highly entertaining, especially if you require a lot from your music, if you’re intelligent and really check for and demand talent. You’ll listen to it over and over. Its original, its doesn’t sound like the last Little Brother album or Foreign Exchange Album, but its still signature Phonte.

Of course the versatility is on high as he flips flows, rhyme schemes and techniques and  handles the singing part and backgrounds. If you a fan of Phonte you know he’s versatile, sometimes to a fault of ours, because we love his verses so much we forget that there is room for both his singing and rhyming and try to box him in. But you got to respect a man for doing what he has in his heart and the talent to do. So he offers a nice balance with the r&b and rap, he gives us quality bars on the R&b tracks, which also should not be slept on.

Lastly range, he hits real life, so every subject is touched, money, women, the business, grinding, grown man stuff we all can relate to, nothing shameful or stereotypical. On top of that he’s hilarious.
If you a fan get it, if you not fake it and try it out any way, I promise you’ll like it, its impossible to not. I give it 5 stars out of 6.  There are no wasted tracks, no wasted collabos