When the world moves on, it’s important to remember the past. Nostalgic Rap releases have proved that. Sequels have become a bit more common after Raekwon’s critically acclaimed Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…Pt. II, but that’s not to say that emcees are biting Rae because that is certainly not the case here. This merely says that Hip Hop fans are glad to see a return from yesteryear and that’s exactly what they get with Sadat X’s Wild Cowboys II.
Part of the charm of the original 1996 Wild Cowboys was in the production and part of it was in Sadat’s unique vocal delivery. The artist formerly known as Derek X hasn’t lost the wild flow. In fact, the flow is as unpredictable as ever. His lyrics carry a knowledgeable, street-savvy flair that’s often complemented by a humoristic tone. He’s unafraid of age, adding “I might be old enough to be your dad / But I’ll beat you when I’m mad.” Who can’t smile at that? He’s also fearless in sharing his life’s problems as he briefly touches on losing his job working with children due to a conviction on the Pete Rock-assisted “Turn It Up” 
. It’s this sincerity and genuine approach that has allowed X to stay relevant and it’s what makes this album’s high points.
As stated, the charm is also in the production. The Chocolate Boy Wonder is joined by notable producers Diamond D, Will Tell, DJ Spinna and Sir Jinx, who all carry on the task of making an album reminiscent of the mid-’90s while keeping things updated. Jinx delivers one of the album’s standout cuts in “Pray,” which also features Kurupt, M-1 and Umi. “Some of my actions is questioned morally but then my heart stays pure,” X says on the introspective cut. Buckwild later flips a Nas sample to reunite Brand Nubian on “Long Years,” a strong sign of what’s to come from the veteran group. Vast Aire, Money Boss Playas, Twan and Shawn Black are all guests, but Ill Bill’s appearance on “X & Bill” over 9th Wonder’s drums is a definite show-stealer. Though sometimes there is an overload of guests, Sadat is still capable of holding his own on the mic.
This is an intriguing sequel, but not without flaws. While it has some outstanding tracks, there are also the less memorable like “Last Time Out,” which closes the album out without a bang. Although it is well served on “We Kewl,” the theme of the album is lost at times. While it would have been nice to hear more of the sounds that made the original, Sadat still manages to pull out a throwback with mid-’90s nostalgia, reminding us why it’s important (and pleasurable) to remember the past.
damn only a 3. with all of the big names on this, i was envisioning a higher score.
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sadat x is unmarketable to me, he is annoyingly stupid and his lyrics are boring as fuck, grand puba can lay some verses, he just needs some producer…this album is just a fuckin frisbee which is meant to be spinned out the car window….sorry but true…0/5
Great album… great hiphop
What the fuck?! This album was fire. Cant stop listening to it. I’m mad, only 3 stars?! Well yeah maybe not 5, but definitely 4… 4 and a half… beats are crazy and Sadat lives up to his potential, how the hell cant you agree with that?! Definite delivery to the fans right here from Sadat.
Got something to say about “Turn it up” or “Still on deck”..those are the motherfucking troop leaders of sadat’s track army on this..
Anyway, the year is 2010! He can’t do the same shit as the 96 debut(which yes, was a straight up classic, even though I get the feeling he is under-rated, very), then you “critics” would say he is still trapped in the past.. now you’re saying he is trying to remember the past.. yeah I guess Raekwon’s sequel was waaaay better than this.. not.
No motherfucking stupid intros,skits or outros. 16 full-length banging tracks. What a goddamn disappointing review… pathetic
3 stars out of 5=60%.. this dude’s shot percentage is MORE PRECISE… you are catching some imaginable rebounds right here!!
WHERE THE FANS AT?! Don’t let these hater-loudmouths say this kind of crap
What the fuck?! This album was fire. Cant stop listening to it. I’m mad, only 3 stars?! Well yeah maybe not 5, but definitely 4… 4 and a half… beats are crazy and Sadat lives up to his potential, how the hell cant you agree with that?! Definite delivery to the fans right here from Sadat.
Got something to say about “Turn it up” or “Still on deck”..those are the motherfucking troop leaders of sadat’s track army on this..
Anyway, the year is 2010! He can’t do the same shit as the 96 debut(which yes, was a straight up classic, even though I get the feeling he is under-rated, very), then you “critics” would say he is still trapped in the past.. now you’re saying he is trying to remember the past.. yeah I guess Raekwon’s sequel was waaaay better than this.. not.
No motherfucking stupid intros,skits or outros. 16 full-length banging tracks. What a goddamn disappointing review… pathetic
3 stars out of 5=60%.. this dude’s shot percentage is MORE PRECISE… you are catching some imaginable rebounds right here!
WHERE THE FANS AT?! Don’t let these hater-loudmouths say this kind of crap
What the fuck?! This album was fire. Cant stop listening to it. I’m mad, only 3 stars?! Well yeah maybe not 5, but definitely 4… 4 and a half… beats are crazy and Sadat lives up to his potential, how the hell cant you agree with that?! Definite delivery to the fans right here from Sadat.
Got something to say about Turn it up or Still on deck..those are the motherfucking troop leaders of sadat’s track army on this..
Anyway, the year is 2010! He can’t do the same shit as the 96 debut(which yes, was a straight up classic, even though I get the feeling he is under-rated, very), then you “critics” would say he is still trapped in the past.. now you’re saying he is trying to remember the past.. yeah I guess Raekwon’s sequel was waaaay better than this.. not.
No motherfucking stupid intros,skits or outros. 16 full-length banging tracks. What a goddamn disappointing review… pathetic
3 stars out of 5=60%.. this dude’s shot percentage is MORE PRECISE… you are catching some imaginable rebounds right here!
WHERE THE FANS AT?! Don’t let these hater-loudmouths say this kind of crap
What the fuck?! This album was fire. Cant stop listening to it. I’m mad, only 3 stars?! Well yeah maybe not 5, but definitely 4… 4 and a half… beats are crazy and Sadat lives up to his potential, how the hell cant you agree with that?! Definite delivery to the fans right here from Sadat.
Got something to say about Turn it up or Still on deck..those are the motherfucking troop leaders of sadat’s track army on this..
Anyway, the year is 2010! He can’t do the same shit as the 96 debut(which yes, was a straight up classic, even though I get the feeling he is under-rated, very), then you “critics” would say he is still trapped in the past.. now you’re saying he is trying to remember the past.. yeah I guess Raekwon’s sequel was waaaay better than this.. not.
No motherfucking stupid intros,skits or outros. 16 full-length banging tracks. What a goddamn disappointing review… pathetic
3 stars out of 5 = 60%.. this dude’s shot percentage is MORE PRECISE… you are catching some imaginable rebounds right here!
WHERE THE FANS AT?! Don’t let these hater-loudmouths say this kind of crap
What the fuck?! This album was fire. Cant stop listening to it. I’m mad, only 3 stars?! Well yeah maybe not 5, but definitely 4… 4 and a half… beats are crazy and Sadat lives up to his potential, how the hell cant you agree with that?! Definite delivery to the fans right here from Sadat.
Got something to say about Turn it up or Still on deck..those are the motherfucking troop leaders of sadat’s track army on this..
Choose your words wisely.
yo best album of the year so far !
yo best album so far
I thought this album was really good! I was worried, cause sequels of classic have tended to be wholly unremarkable (with notable exceptions in the last year, OB4CLP2 for one…). But I was really surprised and happy about this one after I gave it a couple of spins. I’ve always been a huge fan of Sadat, and his somewhat unconventional lyrical style, and while there are some sorta-throwaway songs on here (Swerv, Last Time Out), I’ve gladly thrown most of the album on the iPod so I can listen to it wherever I go. Sadat’s been putting out a lot of decent material in the last 5 years, and it’s good to see somebody remain consistent, and still step it up and come correct on a classic method when they feel they need/want to.
Notable favorites for me were “Turn It Up” (yeah, big surprise…), and “X & Bill”. Both of those beats just kill shit for me.
Word.
I love Brand Nubian & Sadat but this album is bad. Great names behind the board but not even one good beat on it.
And they have to stop with their part 2 cuz this shit is corny as hell…
Nice album cover borrowing from the classic Robert Shaw thriller Black Sunday!
Love Brand Nu so gonna try to get a listen or buy!
Actually Thomas Harris wrote Black Sunday.
Aye alright he wrote it but the acting legend that is Robert Shaw starred in it!
Great 70s thriller and Bruce Dern was mental in it too! Word up!
Good album i always support sadat
THAT PETE ROCK JOINT IS MEAN
sadat is whack i’m sorry lord lamal can spit but sadat….urgh!
Sadat X, Chino XL suck dick, If they had beef with Shakur, They still have beef with me. I’ll slay thee lyrically
You are an absolute idiot, kid.
Chino would murk any rapper you listen to.
What is wrong with you people?? Album is fire. Please don’t be hating like this, Sadat been in the game for 20 years and rips everything apart with this LP..
I still think “Fire In The Hole” is there best group album.
Not a popular opinion at all. Interesting.
Not a worthy sequel. Buy the single, leave the rest of this album alone. I was genuinely excited too… but this kinda reminds me of Puba’s album last year, though this is a lil better.
this is really boring
there are no good features like lil wayne or t pain
fuck youª!
shut up, fool.
sadat x is saved mostly by the production on this one. hes a vet but i think hes one of those vets that needs to take a rest after this one, unless it is a brand nubian cd. he cant really hold it down by himself to well. overall its still a decent effort.
Ok first i’m a big brand new fan followed there whole career! This album is trash i just like 2 songs on it hate to say this but the producers u used r using old ass beats that sound tired get try but this is wack.
Haven’t heard the whole album.. the pete rock track, however, is fairly tough.. just missing something.. the hook is extra weak.. pete rock is at his best when he let’s the beat talk.. “my name is pete rock, the chocolate boy wonder, never had a song on the level of T.r.o.y., my career plundered… ” Sadat needed a little more time investment.. he’s the first version of Talib Kweli.. “still getting mine 1-9-9-9 was the passing of the torch.. ” It’s just too bad when rappers try to be the “be all” of rap.. sadat’s an emcee.. stick to the script.. don’t commercialize anything.. you don’t do club joints.. you don’t rap.. just emcee.. this pete rock track is a throwaway song.. no disrespect, just grew up around the same time, and this isn’t the quality Brand Nubian or any of it’s members are best known for.. “don’t let it go to your head”.. unbelieveable track.. take time and marinate tracks like that one.. no member of the group is talented enough to walk in the studio and blaze tracks for days and come up with quality music.. that’s why the brand is tarnished.. quality’s up and down like a rollercoaster.. just sayin
I love Brand Nubian’z In God We Trust and X’s original Wild Cowboys LP, so I waz lookin’ forward 2 seen’ them tonight (30/3/2010) in London. But like so many rap gigz planned 4 da UK (EPMD, Big Daddy Kane), it waz cancelled due 2 Visa issuez. I still love thoze guyz, especially X, so I’ll cop Part II soon.
THIS ALBUM FUCKIN SUCKS AND DOESN’T HAVE ONE GOOD TRACK. SADAT X HAS A LOT OF GARBAGE HE PUTS OUT AND HIS VOICE IS ANNOYING AND TOPICS ARE JUST FUCKIN WEIRD…I GIVE THIS A 0 OUT OF 5. THE PRODUCTION ALSO LACKS ANY REPEAT LISTENS…MORE ALBUMS LIKE THIS WILL JUST BURY HIP-HOP COMPLETELY AS IT IS ALREADY DYING OUT FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, BUT THIS ONE IS JUST ANOTHER WEAK RAPPER GOING AT IT WITH NOTHING TO SAY OR NO STRONG WORDPLAY.
BOTTOM LINE: THIS ALBUM IS BULLSHIT.
IT HURTS TO LISTEN TO THIS ALBUM EXCEPT FOR THE 9TH WONDER TRACK…I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE SOME OF MY FAVOURITE PRODUCERS MAKE SUCH SHITTY BEATS…..YEAH THE PETE ROCK JOINT WAS BLAND AS FUCK…..9TH WONDER EASILY HAS THE BEST BEAT ON THIS ALBUM….I WAS TOTALLY MISSLED BY THE ALBUM TITLE….BOTTOM LINE THIS SHIT SUCKS LAMMA BALLS
AND WHAT THE FUCK WAS DAT X THINKING USING THAT WACK ASS BEAT ON THE TRACK WITH RHYMEFEST?…DAMN X
THIS ALBUM ALONG WITH RUSTEE JUXX, INSPECTAH DECK AND MOST OF THE WU MASSACRE ALBUM HAVE NOTHING SPECIAL IN THEM…FUCKIN GARBAGE QUALITY AND HIP-HOP IS CONTINUING TO DIE OUT CAUSE OF ALBUMS LIKE THIS!
you fools dont know real hip hop
real hip-hop doesnt mean any artist that filters out bling, bitches and whatever should be legendary…the production on this seems garbage and the rhymes are just fuckin boring straight up! Sadat X has potential and he can hold down some rhymes here and there but he just tosses out albums fast, dude had like 8 albums in 5 years and they were not even worth listening to, he sucks, he is like a talib kweli, he has no quality control and just puts out anything as long as the net gets it…I use to like sadat, but nowadays I think he is too old and weak and is another guy who is killing this fuckin ‘real’ hip-hop you goofs stress about…lot of rappers are flopping now, what gives?
a lot of faggot ass trolls in here. in fact I’m willing to bet it’s just one dude posting most of those retarded comments.
decent album… sounds a bit rushed though. nuclear bomb is dope as fuck!
This isn’t nearly as good as Wild Cowboys but there’s some nice tracks on this. Better than most hip hop these days.
AS GOOD AS PUBA’S LAST ALBUM!!!
Nice sequel to Wild Cowboys, very under-rated and pretty cool. Good beats and
some dope tracks on here especially Pete Rock’s Turn It Up – great joint!! X represents with some good rhymes and overall quite enjoyable.
saying last time out was not memorable and not a good outro is talking out of your backside
still in the game collect paper on a side bet