Gon' And Jig Wit' It (Dorrough - Dorrough)

Member Name: XICripZ

Product:	Dorrough - Dorrough
Date:	12/08/09 (52 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Lots of big dance tunes

Disadvantages: A few weak tracks

The Dallas, Texas rapper Dorrough made his debut in 2009 when he released "Dorrough Music" as his first official album. The record includes his hit singles "Walk That Walk" and "Ice Cream Paint Job"; tracks which have him displaying a Dirty South style that supports expectations from rappers from the Dallas area, and also draws similarities to other southern such as Lil' Wil, Soulja Boy and Hurricane Chris in the way he comes up with mostly dance rap cuts for the younger listeners.

1. "Boy I Grind"

He gets things going with some rough Dirty South material to take listeners right into his world and to the south that he knows as he takes it to the Dallas sound (a style that is seen to use the low pace of Houston) and sharp snares that are more commonly seen in somewhere like Memphis or Atlanta). It is a good started and has him coming through with some hardcore material as he talks on his continual hustle.

**Four Stars**

2. "Ice Cream Paint Job"

He suddenly moves things on as he gets into his breakthrough single, a track that I really could not have done without as it seems to take from the last artist to have made some sort of impact from this city (Lil' Wil) and uses the kind of beats from "My Dougie" to construct a Dallas Jig jam where he lets everyone know just how fly his ride is and how no others can match the quality of it's paintwork.

**Five Stars**

3. "She Ain't Got It All"

I knew that although his singles were strong, he wasn't going to keep it up for long (when you consider that only The D.O.C. has ever made an impact coming out of the West Coast; and he did it as a West Coast rapper at the time). Here you see that his lack of lyrical skills becomes apparent through the very basic structure as he rhymes about a girl who simply thinks she's 'all that' and he disagrees.

**Two Stars**

4. "Hood Song"

He moves things on by changing up the themes of te msuci and tunrign things towards the streets by rappign about some expected things. However I have to say that I was impressed by the fact that he didn't jusy go into a clichéd tune, and instead he chose to do a kind of "today Was A Good Day" type of thing where he just lives a regular day where everyone does what they do, but he is seen to be enjoying himself regardless.

**Four Stars**

5. "Flashout"

He comes though with a dance track here and one that uses the perfect structure to get your 'dougie' on to as he comes out with more of the Dallas Jig material and does so with a bit of a cartoony recording and the kind of tune that is easy for haters (of the Dirty South) to complain about, but I was enjoying it for its danceable elements and how well it all seems to come together for him.

**Four Stars**

6. "Never Changed"

With Todd Hamburger on the beats here, you get a tune which has him the producer coming up with one that seems to take on the soulfully funky style of the Dirty South (and the style tha is seen as the alternative to the type that is rooted in the Crunk style, but I didn't feel that his rhymes were strong enough to carry such a tune and so it didn't really seem to come together as well as it should have and has him rap about things that people (at this stage) probably won't be bothered about.

**Two Stars**

7. "Feel This Way"

Here you find that the subject mater of the last one seems to carry itself through into this one too and you also have the same beat maker behind the thing. The fact that it was so similar and saw so little progression really put me off and seemed to show how he doesn't really know where he's at yet (as he sings for half of the thing) and does one that deals with the usual hardships that the low quality rap album debuts tend to have.

**One Star**

8. "Piece & Chain Swangin'"

He manages to get back on track as he gets into this one and performs a tune that is all about having fun as he talks about just how hyped he gets over his long chain. He gets some decent backing here as you find that he gets Houston's Slim Thug to rhyme with him for a lively club tune that uses all that came with his big singles and keeps you in that sort of mood so you can't be annoyed by his average flows.

**Four Stars**

9. "This Time You Was Wrong"

He gets into another of the funky track here with Todd Hamburger on the beats, but in this case I felt that the things were different for him as instead of allowing himself to lose the flow by letting the pace dominate his music, he comes out with one where he comes out with a fluid rhyming set that makes you connect his rhymes as he does things towards his girl (who assumes he's been cheating) and makes a rather effect tune.

**Four Stars**

10. "Walk That Walk"

He moves into the lead single for this one and gets down to one that uses the Snap Music of Atlanta for basis before taking introducing much more complexity to the mix to give it the Dallas Jib style. It is a fly dance tune and one that force you into a Dougie sway from the get-go and so is good at what it does and one that you can't really mess with as it does just was it is supposed to and forces you to have fun.

**Five Stars**

11. "Wired To The T"

He performs another club-suited tune here and comes out with some beats which seem to take from the early-mid 2000s) Crunk style as it sues synth that has been adapted from Ciara's "Goodies" and takes connotations of that one to enable him to make another dance cut that doesn't need any specific moves (as he one prior to this one does) and just finds that you get loose to its liveliness and energy.

**Five Stars**

12. "Trunk Bang"

Tum Tum comes to raps with him here as you find that the moves onto some material that is designed to bang in the 'hoods as you see that this one features heavy 808 bass hits and uses a loose Crunk structure with a screwed hook to take you down in the Texas style and appeal to those who prefer the harder side of his music and not the light Snap Music elements that have some through elsewhere.

**Five Stars**

13. "What's My Ringtone"

Appealing directly to those who enjoy he tracks such as Soulja Boy's "Kiss Me Thru' The Phone" and others that use the Snap Music structure and are designed for the female listeners to have as their ringtone. It is designed well and I felt that it was a good direction to take his music here. it is the kind of tune that requires some time to really enjoy, but would be big if it got mainstream airplay at some point.

**Four Stars**

14. "A Whole Lotta"

This is a fly tune and another on the release that is just there for you to escape with. It is one that you can't really complain about (although Hip Hop purists that dismiss Dirty South would find a way) as here he just performs one that is a bit of a chill out one where he takes the time to take in all that he has achieved and enjoy all the money that he has brought in from his mixtape years as he worked his way up to this point.

**Four Stars**

15. "Caramel Sundae"

The album ends with the rapper coming trough with one of the better ones, and so a good one to reflect upon the album with as he comes through with a tune where he takes the time to speak on just the kinds of girls he likes to some Q Smith beats, and he comes out with something that takes on a nice mix of various Dirty South sub-genres that sounds very current and will do where in his area as he works with Fat B.

**Four Stars**

This is a surprisingly strong debut for Dorrough, and one that sees him making sure that he doesn't just sound like all the rest in his area as he is seen to keep things clean (in terms of keeping out any Gangsta Rap themes) and so it makes for an enjoyable, feel-good listen. There are a few weak ones thrown in there, but he had to show some variety, so the types of things that he introduced were expected from it.

Summary: Dorrough's debut album