While a strong argument can be made concerning the integrity of artists in 2010, it’s evident that the level of respect for peers in the Rap game has diminished. Since his 2006 debut album whutduzFMstand4? and even before then, Brooklyn emcee PackFM has been an advocate of lyrics deciding the fate of a rapper’s career, not their latest brand endorsement. With his latest offering, I F*cking Hate Rappers, PackFM looks to tackle this issue head.
Without a hook, the album’s title-track 
unmistakably makes it clear that PackFM has had enough with the music being pushed nowadays. Produced by QN5 founder Tonedeff, the beat features a dark, raw backdrop as Pack spits about Hip Hop and how it has lost its cultural significance. Of course, with the amount of turnover at labels looking for the next one-hit wonder, Pack likewise belittles wannabe Rap stars with vicious intent behind his words. Alongside Dominion, their hook on “Take Our Place” drives this point home; “They wanna take our place, try if you wanna / We’ll break your face, get the fuck up outta here / Y’all ain’t rappers, y’all ain’t emcees / Not even Hip Hop, you serious? Bitch please.” Then, showing off his stage presence, PackFM treats “Here We Go (Come On)” as a high-energy record touting fan participation and response. Here we find Pack feeding off the energy of a pack crowd, much like it would be at his live show.
To merely write off PackFM’s album as a complaint-filled project would be unjustified as he backs up his words with lyrical prowess fixated on pointing out what’s wrong. His best example comes on “Wanna Know,” where his rhymes mirror Common’s “I Used To Love H.E.R.” as he spits, “What mattered was the raw, nothing less nothing more / Now that whole scenes deleted on the cutting room floor / There’s no substitute for the sound of the crowd’s roar / When they pack to the walls and they’re pouring out the door / But now you fast forward and its lost its allure / It ain’t a party it’s a wake without a body in the morgue / I used to love her till I found out that this hottie was a whore / Now I can’t wait ‘til she ain’t fucking anybody anymore.”
While some artists take them for granted, PackFM tactfully places several skits in between tracks to enforce his disdain for today’s scene. Whether it’s the outlandish fashion trends (“The Kanye Look”) or Rap shows featuring every aspiring local act and their hype man (“The Show”), Pack humorously depicts the new generation of rappers to the point that the truth becomes absurd. The album-ending skit “Closure” takes the cake though, as PackFM confronts the 2010 prototype artist at the end of a show whose new claim to fame consists of everything but rapping (UStream, blogging and cooking show included).
As a concept album, it would be best to listen to I F*cking Hate Rappers from front to back to understand PackFM’s message, and he undoubtedly has good advice. In less than 40 minutes, he shows his growth from battle emcee to an artist able to deliver a solid piece of work without sounding preachy or contrived. Even if I F*cking Hate Rappers proves to be an album that goes under the radar in 2010, years from now we very well may be talking about its significance on a larger scale.
I hate rappers too.
This CD really shows PackFM’s development and maturity as a rapper, although he’s always had an inspiring lyrical gift. The fact that he’s being reviewed on this site is a good first step, but rap fans in general should check out the whole QN5 group. If you don’t believe, come to the label show in late summer in the city, always cheap and always f-ing amazing. For the record, I’ve got no affiliation with the label, I just love what they do and if more people heard them they’d be huge. My only tattoo is the words “Complex Simplicity”, it sums up a lot of my life philosophy but was inspired by a PackFM song. Check it, if your jaw doesn’t drop please tell me I’m wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klcqns1yMaM
dope review. I missed this one but i just got it on itunes now from the review hahah. shit is funny as fuck.
I like how Pack FM stays relevant with trends today and he can make an album devoted to focusing on the whats wrong in todays rap scene. It was only 10 tracks deep and the skits were interesting but unnecessary, however this guy shows potential definetly as a mc that can control the mic….4/5
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^^^ rapper.
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I fucking hate rappers and fucking like this album. It’s good shit and the songs work well as a whole.
QN5 baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I F*CKING LOVE THIS ALBUM.
the beats are so damn tough, and the rhymes are on point! you cant go wrong with an MC like this yo!
had this album on repeat for the past week. great review, right on the money.
Pack just keeps getting better.
One of the best albums of this year, I even think this is the 2010 album I’ve played the most.
thats some real shit
QN5 is dope… Tonedeff(Most Skillful Rapper), substantial, cunninlynguists(Beats and Lyrically fantastic), and other musicians
Support them!!
yet another wanna be pop star making pop music.Anybody seen any hip hop i know it`s hiding somewhere.
what the fuck u talking bout, this is true hiphop
LOL!!
Try listening to the album before you judge it, this isn’t even close to pop.
don`t be ashamed that you like pop music.cuz that is what this is.
qn5 stay bringin that heat
Life is what you make it. Moreover, if you don’t like certain music don’t listen to it. Listen to what you enjoy and don’t knock what others enjoy.
It’s not all a bed of roses as you see it. Rap is competition, don’t expect hippie mentality. None taken
Listen to the fucking album and understand why we all hate rappers
I strongly recommend ______ B l a c k W h i t e D a t e * C o m ______ to you where I just found my interracial boyfriend! You know it is a great place to meet black men and beautiful women. What’s kind of relationship do you want?
the Support group intro is DOPE!!! this album sounds like its gone be fun to listen to.
“nasty” is a badass song
haha shit wack bitch souljaboy tell em best ever. sob gang
grammar fail?
Yea every one that likes horrible rappers will hate on shit that they have never heard and have horrible grammer on comments
Damn good album!
Been bumping it for a few now.
Dope album!
I Fucking like everything!
DO U LIKE MY COCK IN UR MOUTH?
i guess niggas with tongue rings really are all gay
Pure dope’ness
I strongly recommend ______ B l a c k W h i t e D a t e * C o m ______ to you where I just found my interracial boyfriend! You know it is a great place to meet black men and beautiful women. What’s kind of relationship do you want?
those of you who havent bothered to listen to the album in full are the ones bitching about it being some “mad rapper” shit. it’s completely the opposite. the album is a concept and its funny as hell. the beats bang and pack comes with sick lyricism. this shit’s an instant underground classic.
i cosign this heavy. this one of the few albums i heard that has such a cohesive vibe to it.
i f*ckin love everything
about this album
My favorite songs are Flux Capacitor & Here We Go (Come On) Pack takes it back CORRECTLY! Dope review and like many said before me, Pack just keeps getting better. Real Music FTW
qn5 always brings the dope shit
Best hiphop album this year so far, son!
Dope album, PackFM does not disappoint.
I heard the album and I think it’s dope too. I got the Rage package which contains a bunch of extra shit most notably the fantastic blow up of the cover in the form of a poster drawn by the dude at http://www.crackpixels.com. Cop the album. Will not disappoint!!
Shit is fuckin CLASSIC!! DX pointed out perfectly how good Pack really displays the “patheticness” and absurdity of hip hop music currently. Those skits are fuckin priceless, they’re so hilarious! That skit with the local rappers and shit..That’s exactly how it is nowadays!! “Hold up, you rap too?!?!” Hahaha, Pack you a fuckin monster, and even though this topic has been talked about repeatedly, you actually went into way more detail and showed up the exact reasons why hip hop is the way it is today. Classic shit! BY the way, “Flux Capacitor” is a bananas!!! J-Zone produced that track! It’s good to hear J Zone beats again, it really is! That dude is a fuckin legend in my eyes! Most original sound ever!!
“Not me. I make beats!!” Hilarious is an understatement. The album is lyrically impressive. Complete project. Much respect to Pack FM. aka, FUTURISTIC MASTERMIND aka FINALLY MADEIT
This album is everything i expected and more, PackFM and QN5 never disapoint,
Buy the album. You won’t be disappointed
got this on itunes a couple weeks ago. dope
excellent!
sick
the albums flow from track to track is perfect, no filler.
the albums flow from track to track is perfect, no filler.
cant get enough of this album
I love this album, one of few albums to come out lately i can play from beginning to end repeatedly, and the skits r too funny, my nigga Pack came through.
Best album of 2010 so far.
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9 on the beats 10 on the rhymes…. 10 on the skits. Nuff said.
And also Pack showed that he was more than a battle rapper with whuduzfmstand4.
we need more albums like this. album of the year IMO
BAM
Wanna know…Amazing, kno is a beast.
Closure is funny stuff good album
Never rated. Excellent album.
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haha def not anywhere near the next eminem. thats insulting to compare this kid to eminem. maybe the next soulja boy if hes lucky. hahaha. dudes wack as fuck. no lyrical skills whatsover. iv heard all of those weak ass rhymes a million times. terrible music. dude sucks. and im glad hes in love with himself, cuz with those songs hes gonna be the only one in love with him.
you sure you talking bout packfm??
this album fucking BANGS! i played it in my car and im never taking it out LOL
boring
Fucking sick album lyrically, skits are funny but the production isn’t 100% IMO
5 for the skits, 5 for the lyrics, 5 for the originality and 4 for the beats.
Honestly he raps hip hop verry well with this album. If we want this great culture to progress and if we don’t want to loose our selves we need to support more artists that are willing to speak the truth, even if they have to diss a few on the way.
Yeah you need that Kanye look,
… That Kanye Look? What… You mean gay?
Great concept and great execution. Good day for me, purchased Recovery and this album and will play both a while I’m guessing. 😀
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Haha, good shit!
Album of 2010 so far
funny ass skits on this album . the best ive heard since the deathrow days .
kany west gay skit , step on my shoes skit , closure skit . etc
good hip hop right here
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GOOGOO24’s mother is a slut
wow the snippet is impressive
i liked everything
Witty dude. This will no doubt be among the album of the year choices when the time comes.
The kanye shit had me roling.
Yup! says a lot of real things on this album! I love the parodies! the kanye look lol
LMFAO @ the Kanye Look
classic