Boot Camp Clik and Heltah Skeltah member Sean Price doesn’t like you. And he’s not worried about it, either—because if you’ve picked up his album, chances are you’re in search of hard-hitting, clever lyricism with a heavy coat of grime. With Mic Tyson, the artist formerly known as Ruck steps back into the ring to deliver a series of haymakers that’ll sate the most bloodthirsty of fans.
“Genesis of the Omega” serves as an intro of sorts before Sean gets into the aptly-titled Bar-Barian, with Jesus Price unapologetically celebrating his true school approach to the game: “I don’t wanna Dougie, I just want money / Studied under the understudy, the one-twenty / Young dummies, can’t spar / No life, my flow tight, like your pants are / … jewelry, what jewelry? / I took this from another rapper, slapped him with the toolie, G.” The rhetoric isn’t new territory, but it resonates nicely with Price’s gruff delivery.
“Pyrex” is lovely in the most ‘90s of ways, with the minimalistic key-and-vocal-sample combination giving Price plenty of room to flex over. Ruste Juxx joins in on “Price & Shining Armor,” which hits home with cinematic samples and unsubtle warnings courtesy of Sean: “Vests protect chests, but never your neck, duke. “STFU, Part 2” is an ode to one of Price’s favorite phrases over eerie industrial production. “Hush” serves as a good example of P spitting entertaining and clever street raps while commenting on other emcees in the game: “I be watchin’ these niggas watchin’ the throne / Watch me take they wristwatch and watch me go home.”
Fellow Duck Down artist and all-universe emcee Pharoahe Monch joins in on “BBQ Sauce,” but his presence ends up being a disappointment. More specifically, his lack of presence is the problem. The majority of the song’s chorus consists of Monch re-rapping a line from “What It Is” off of his 2007 release Desire. It’s never a disappoint hear more rhymes from Price, but Monch could certainly have been used to greater effect on the track. Additionally, some of the album’s production falters at times. For example, “Solomon Grundy” finding itself a little too rooted in apocalyptic, Killah Priest-esque territory, which chips away at Mic Tyson’s cohesiveness. Overall, though, there’s plenty that will have listeners hitting rewind.
Over the past several years, whether through album covers depicting him doing battle with gorillas, his signature “P!” ad-lib, or his rugged rhymes, Sean Price has created an almost mythological Rap persona in the best way. He manages to shift between a purposely sloppy, raw delivery (third verse in “Pyrex”) to surgical rhymes seamlessly, which accentuates each style all the more. He is living proof that “old school” concepts can exist and sound fresh in 2012. It’s a matter of execution, and in that regard, fans will have little to complain about.
Sean Price isn’t almost a mythological rap persona.
Sean Price IS a mythological rap persona.
If the Greeks had Hercules, the Norse had Thor, then Hip-Hop has Sean Price.
raw
Amzing album amazing beats this is BAR BARIAN Music
The album is great, best wordsmith in the game, the way he fips words till sentences in a grimey poetic way is incredible and highly entertaining. Punchline massacre!!
P! >>> all of Slaughterhouse
i got both of their new albums.. they are both good
Really good album, unfortunatly less than monkey barz. More hits on the monkey barz album, 4\5 seems a fair play.
Another P banger!
Quote “If the Greeks had Hercules, the Norse had Thor, then Hip-Hop has Sean Price.”
Monkey Barz is still the best. I think this review is really accurate/fair.
I’m absolutely still gonna buy. Sean P > other rappers.
idk, I think Jesus Price Superstar was the best
i agree with chicago rilla on this. Jesus Price is super slept on… Monkey Barz is that kill too tho
Pure Hip hop!! Great album..
Best albums of the year so far… Nas-Life Is Good, Killer Mike-Rap Music, Vinnie Paz-God Of The Serengeti, Sean Price-Mic Tyson
forgot about lupe fiasco’s and macklemore’s albums
Kendrick Lamar – GKMC >>>
Hardcore bangers! P !!!
Hardcore Hip HOP!!!!
This is a modern day Clo other album of 2012 is touching this. Nas Was Good, JJDoom was ill, But this is SICK You heard from me… Cop This Right Here
Boooo!!! we waited all this time for this shit??? wack ass beats: one beat from 9th? one beat from khysis? I was honestly thinking they were gonna contribute at least 3 or 4 a piece. those two joints from Eric G from the soul council were terrible aww man they were so bad. khrysis track “hush” was dope, amps beat “pyrex” was dope…why not more amp??? those evidence beats..garbage!! those two beats by beat butcha were just that butchered…terrible. stubangas frankenberry: terrible. alchemist was cool 3 out of 4 aint bad. the beat by wool was mix tape worthy 9th wonder dope as usual ..album beats sound like whoever was willing to give him free beats or a beat for a verse is what he was gonna use..
Sadly I have to cosign a majority of snuff’s comment. I had high hopes for this and the beats were lackluster. The production credits look good on paper, but this could have used more 9th and less Ev. 9ths got like 1000 projects so I can understand if there was a scheduling conflict. Back to Monkey Bars………
wack beats? oh you want those mmg strip club beats
THIS THE HOTTEST JOINT OUT THIS YEAR…P THE ILLEST…I REALLY RECOMEND THAT YOU CHEW A DICK…
no I didn’t want mmg beats I wanted a quality album .I don’t understand he could’ve got 3 from 9th, 3 from khrysis, 3 from amp, 3 from alchemist, 1 from ill mind 1 from marco polo and 1 from black milk thats it…album would’ve been on par with monkey bars and jesus price superstar. btw… pharaoh monche thats the second time he dialed it in… he gave a very very lackluster performance on phonte csah if he doesn’t blaze his next feature I’m done with that ” fuck stick”
This album is a disappointment. Point blank PERIOD. It ain’t wack, but it’s a disappointment. I love P! But i can’t just blindly claim this to be that dope, because it just isn’t. And to make cats wait 5 years for an album full of completely over the top (even for P) punchline raps….weak.
Go change your tampon.. ALCHEMIST IS THE TRUTH AND SEAN P IS NO JOKE! Mic Tyson beats are raw and grimy..EXACTLY what REAL Sean P fans wanna hear him rhyme over. All you girls crying about how his beats are a disappointment are little bitch made hoes.
fuck 9th wonder’s boring ass production. this album is exactly what i needed it to be fuck outta here.
Best of 2012
pure hip hop right here
“Its never a disappoint hear more rhymes from Price”
Might wanna fix that line DX.
Also album was a crazy letdown. P is still dope though
Dope beats, rhymes, witty delivery and wordplay, definitely what I expected after the Kimbo Price tape. Salute!
I really thought this would be much better.
The album has mostly terrible beats.
Delivery and rhymes are on point, but can’t stand these beats.
He should have done this with Premo beats only.
You DUMBASS..When has P ever used Premo beats? Another retarded comment from a fake hip hop fan.. SEAN P IS ONE OF THE LAST REAL RAPPERS LEFT!!! MIC TYSON Album is a classic!
Go listen to gaybach music. Fuckhead.
Definitely one of the best of the year. Not as dope as I had hoped, but I would say it’s on the same level as his previous two, & that’s not bad whatsoever. 4/5 is pretty accurate to me. P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m always looking forward to P’s work but this project hasn’t caught on to me as much as Jesus Price or Monkey Barz. I think it has to do with the production tho. It feels as if it was rushed…even though is last CD came out 5 years ago. His lyrics are always on point….clever lines that make you laugh. but just not feeling the production as much as the previous 2. …………….SHUT THE FUCK UP!
its pretty much exactly what i wanted from P.
You idiots complainin about the beats, THIS IS NOT MMG MUSIC, stop comparing, this is a different genre of rap, you will not hear these songs in the club, it’s not built for that.
Now if you appreciate RAW HipHop, then take your Drake out of rotation and put in some PPPPPP!
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DICKRIDIN REVIEW, THAT SHIT WASNT THAT GOOD
You chump..You must like that weak, soft bullshit..Go pick up a Wale album or sum shit..Sucar. You probably used to get your milk money stolen and cookies smashed on ya head. SEAN P MIC TYSON – BEST ALBUM IN A LONG TIME
sickness…. Solomon Grundy is that ish. The whole album flows perfect if u ask me… Hardcore punch your baby’s mom’s mom in the face- shit!!! 4/5
lol….yall only gave it 4 because He’s on the site lol
Shit’s dope. Correct rating, didn’t read the review though.
sean price n the price is cheaper only splerge on iceberg nikes n reefa…..P!
1.Life Is Good
2.Mic Tyson
3.Food And Liquor Pt.2
4.Good Kid,m.A.A.D City
The most illest albums of 2012
reks-rebelutionary?
And don’t 4get abt. Rapsody’s Beautiful Idea.
Hell yeah I’m in agreement w/ 1&2 spots – My #3 is O.C. & Apollo Brown: Trophies. Still waiting 2 hear this new Saigon shit next week to see where it’s gonna stand.
This album is straight up dope rhymes and dope beats, no filler. No songs are over 4 mins which is great. Every song is fire but the best are:
1. Pyrex
2. STFU Pt 2
3. Price & Shining Armor
4. By The Way
5. Remember
THIS ALBUM IS STRAIGHT UP RAW, GRIMY, BEATIN YOUR ASS WITH BRASS KNUCKLES HIP HOP! ANYONE WHO DISAGREES IS NOT CUT FROM THAT CLOTH…EAT A BOWL OF DICKS IF YOU WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS ALBUM. DEFINITE CLASSIC!!!! P IS BACK
“I’LL SLAP YA SNAP-BACK OFF, FA TRYNA SNATCH THE GOD BACK PACK OFF!”
If you don’t fully understand that line 100% then this album isn’t for you!!!
FIVE STAR ALBUM FROM ONE OF THE LAST REAL RAPPERS LEFT
This album wack as fuck.Yall need to take Sean P. dick outt all yall mouth.Tried of these stupid ass Stans saying a album is classic bcos it didnt sell that much.Fuck all yall.HHDX gave it a good rating bcos Sean P agreed to be their guest editor.FUCK U LOT IF U DONT AGREE.BUNCH OF FAGGOTS.And dont waste ur bloody time replying this cos i aint gonna read ur stupid replies.Go hang urselfs…BITCHES
Stay in britain ducksucka.
Tell them why you bloody man son!
P!
What kind of production were you chumps expecting? This is Sean P, not Gucci Mane. He doesn’t make shit for the club. Raw beats, raw rhymes. Dope album!
P!
Sean P delivers another solid album, one of the best this year. Hardcore rhymes and grimy beats to back them up. Can’t go wrong.
Sean Price with another banger! P!!!
This Album is exactly what you should expect from P ten fold. The Production is gritty and actually goes just right with the cover art and title. 5 fucking stars for exceeding the expectations of my purchase. Match it with The Rza , Kendrick, Ab-Soul, Action Bronson, and KA’s last joints for the perfect playlist.
Thing that bothers me bout this album is the lenght of tracks. They’re too damn short.
Yo i swear to god hip hop is fucking back. I have not felt so good about hip hop since like 1999 type shit. Like the kid Kendrick Lamar said the “The Jig is up” niggas. That bullshit aint gon last to long and the labels won’t have no choice but to take this pure hip hop back.
Sean Price great shit, hardest shit i heard since Styles P back in 1999.
This one’s gonna be a classic!
Listen
All I do is grab the rhyme
I dont know today is math
dont you track the time
universal beat down, beat down the universe
Sean P AKA you the worst.
The best rapper, the worst rapper,
the skat clapper, the purse nature
the next slapper, the earth slapper.
This your bad Sean
the opposite of a fucking Duran Duran song
that nigga saw with the rap shit
my rap slap the earth off with the access
you tender with the mother fucking bar shit bastard
niggas die when Im raising my voice a retch
mother fucker do you for my fan cast respected
posted on you too,
P I sway together that you ride
Sean press the great trapper but live
shut the fuck up
Shut the fuck up to anybody that think that Sean price is wack!!!!!!!
4/5….expected more
Pyrex is the best track on the album
5/5 SOLID ALBUM, VERY SOLID, GUYS LIKE PRICE, ROC, BRONSON, ASIA, CHINO XL, PAZ, APATHY AND STRONG SPITTERS FROM AOTP AS WELL AS GUYS LIKE EL DA SENSEI, GUILTY, CAPPADONNA, GZA, ILL BILL ETC BRING SHIT WE CAN LISTEN TO AND APPRECIATE
Better than the Kendrick. This grew on me hard after a few listens, then I went out and copped it. The Kendrick, I was feeling, but I like less the more I listen to it for some reason. Feeling schoolboyQ can make a next album better than Kendrick.lol. so far Sean P is holding down 2012 until wublock and Roc marciano drop…
and now in english please.
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Love Sean P, but this album is a 3/5 for me. I was expecting a bit more, Mic Tyson is not as good as Jesus Price, and its certainly not as good as Monkey Bars. Most of the songs are short, it sounded more like a mixtape then an album. It doesn’t even sound like P is putting any effort into most of the verses. Decent album but a bit of a let down for me.
where is the Chino XL “Ricanstruction” review??? Yall whining that this Sean P album is the best album of 2012? LOL Go listen to Chino XL… That album has 34 tracks and they’re all 5 mics!
People still suckin’ Chino XL’s dick in 2012 ? Wow…
yup…..i got his album and it’s nothing that special….P!’s album blew it out of the water and its not even half as long
impressive album
Yo, my Brownsville Bredren did his thing on this album. Had an album release party on his behalf right after Sandy. P!
P!
CHOW YUN FAT RAP, GAT TO YA TEMPLE
mr hyde if it bleeds we can kill it 5 stars if not better than his second lp
BUY IT !
Now If you expecting a club banger or a fan of your local rap station, you’ll likely not feel his album. But if you a fan of grimy beats, clever hardcore lyrics,humor and a artist who persona you can feel in every track…cop this!! 3.5-4/5
Love this shit, Sean Price never lets me down. Great album, real raw hip hop.
Yo at first i thought it was just average and now i can’t turn this shit off. Sean P does it again. Those alchemist beats are grimy as hell and P rips em to shreads. Only complaint: Need a black milk beat on here. you know that woulda been crazy.
“Since the weight gain I had to double my dosage of drugs that i take a nigga stay toasted”
I love Monkey Barz and Jesus Price, i got ‘m both. But Mic Tyson just sounds like a mixtape. On most verses P sounds uninterested. I hoped he would really go all out on this one.
this shit is booty in comparison to his other work..i waiteed all these years for this?
real music
p
like real hip hop? check out these beats. similar to El-P.
http://soundcloud.com/knowselfzone
4 stars
I m a big P fan and i was waiting like all of you for this album.. But unfortunatly it is not what i expected.. Bad choice of beats, not that typical P rap.. Too much breaks inthis one.. Short tracks.. Its like a mixtape, but not as master p or donkey sean.. Far off.. Sorry P but .. I dont know what to say .. Disapointed.. Hope nextone could touch jesus price or maybe monkey bars.. Hope there us a next..
Same topics and same bars as in “Monkey Barz”, but without the passion and energy. No thanks.
It’s rawer than Jesus Price and Monkey Barz and for that I like it better. P keepin’ it grimey.
Co-Sign
shits aight
It took a few spins… but this stuff really grew on me. Always nice to hear Sean P rhyming about kicking some whack rappers ass.
Top Tracks: “Barbarian”, “Hush”, “Hardest N***a out”, “Straight Music” … and most of all “Bully Rap”, this is ILL!
4 Stars, a very entertaining and fun listen!
4/5, nuff said.
yup
Love anything Sean Price drops
It’s Mandela Pa! That Bully Rap go hard!
This shit is so hard. Title Track is that Gorilla rap. P!
Batterin bars & beats with smash you in the face snares. DOPE.
WTF
IVE BEEN SLEEPIN ON THIZ ALBUM
5 !!!!
The Album is a perfect Hip Hop Album Made for real Hip Hop addicts Raw Rugged & Uncut
P!
Illest
!!!
Overall this album got to be in my Top 5 in the 2010’s so far!! As far as being “Real” meaning True to his self. This album is a perfect reflection to what I feel he represents!!! Only P. can do what he do which makes him unique and very relevant!!!