Urban D - The Immigrant

Saturday 1st May 2004
Urban D - The Immigrant
Urban D - The Immigrant

STYLE: Hip-Hop
RATING 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
OUR PRODUCT CODE: 9355-9061
LABEL: Fla.vor Alliance 26297541620
FORMAT: CD Album
RRP: £14.99

Reviewed by T A Sutherland

Urban D, who, if you don't already know, is the pastor of the pioneering hip-hop Crossover Community Church in Tampa, Florida, brings us another offering from the fold, hot on the heels of DJ Lopez’ 'Crossover Cypha'. This album contains mostly his own stuff, though many of the Fla.vor Alliance crew make appearances at times. In the main the feel is serious East Coast with flashes of the Latino that has now become Urban’s signature. So what's really in it? There's a fair bit of filla and a couple of odd tracks, but some great highlights. “813 Green Cards” is a kind of open mic track that pumps it loud and proud, a big and varied percussive sound. “The Immigrant” and its remix is a whirlwind Latin-laced party anthem that ploughs unstoppably through the best part of 10 minutes of the proceedings. Very large and acoustic, just the way I like it.

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Sample Track Listing:
1. Welcome To Ellis Island [Listen]
2. Fresh Of The Boat [Listen]
3. The Immigrant [Listen]
4. The American Dream Ft. Cory Red & Precise [Listen]
5. Our Culture [Listen]
6. Street Vendors [Listen]
7. I Won't Change [Listen]
8. My Corridor [Listen]
9. The Value Ft. Monica [Listen]
10. FLA. Migrants Ft. Los [Listen]
11. 2nd Generation Ft. DJ Morphiziz [Listen]
12. Immigrant's Praise Ft. Harmony, Beyond Skillz & DJ Morphiziz [Listen]
13. The Passport Ft. Pettidee [Listen]
14. Peace Of My Time [Listen]
15. What You Talkin' About [Listen]
16. 813 Green Cards Ft. The Fla.vor Alliance [Listen]
17. The Old Country Ft. 813 Mafisio [Listen]
18. The Immigrant [DJ Lopez Remix] [Listen]
19. Broken English Ft. Priscilla & Melody [Listen]
20. Wait [Listen]
21. Eternally Alive [Listen]

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Reader Comments

Posted by Tommy D in USA south carolina coast @ 22:39 on May 23 2007

Urban D is cool man. He is the perfect replacement for Eminem who sings about the opposite worldly stuff all cussin and negative, urban D sings about our Lord Jesus Christ boldly and his music is cool man!



Posted by Ruthy in Paraguay, South America @ 16:55 on Nov 27 2006

I like the Immigrant song!, I just heard it once in a christian music program here in my country and I really like it, good stuff!
Que Dios los sig bendiciendo a uds y a traves de su ministerio con el Hip Hop...
Un saludo,
Ruthy



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