Fredro Starr-------Made In The Streets

Fredro Starr-Made In The Streets-----(2014)

Artist: Fredro Starr

Album: Made In The Streets

Label: Independent

Producer: Audible Doctor

It’s no surprise that the front runner of the infamous group from South Suicide Queens Onyx Fredro Starr made his mark in hip hop. With various group albums including the hip hop classic album Bacdaf*cup and All We Got Is Us and Shut Em Down and his solo albums under his belt, Fredro Starr knows about song structure and how to bless the microphone whether solo or with a group. Also an acting career under his service jacket, Fredro Starr made sure he is constantly working. When Fredro Starr spits, his commanding voice grabs the listener to listen to what he has to say. Fredro Starr teams up with producer Audible Doctor on their latest project Made In The Streets.

            This album is entirely produced by the Audible Doctor supplying the Onyx front runner with an array of beats that match the intensity of the album. Starting off with the blazing first single Everyday Hell displaying a moody piano based feeling where Fredro spits about the everyday rough lifestyle people go through. The head nodding That New York is a commentary track where Fredro Starr went ham describing the grimey streets of Queens from his truthful lens. The Truth calls out wack rappers who can’t hold it down which Fredro shows how it is done while the storytelling track This Ain’t My Day is where Audible Doctor flexes his production skills with the violin strings and the heavy drum patterns.

            As the album progresses, Audible Doctor brings the golden era essence feeling with boom bap drum patterns and scratching Big L voice to Holdin’ It Down where Fredro gets an assist from the rapsy voice of Makem Pay and Ain’t No Other Kings where DJ Nelson provides the awesome scratches that matches Audible Doctor’s production. Fredro continues with the raw narrative stories that keep people up on their toes such as Polo Wars and the best descriptive of his former and current stomping grounds on Suicide Queens. One thing with Fredro is he knows how to bring the essence of the streets to light as he teams up with Philly Swain on Hit Man 4 Hire where Audible Doctor provides the hiding singing into this cinematic beat enough for the two hit men to body the track.

            Made In The Streets brings out the best of the tag team duo of Fredro Starr and Audible Doctor. The music chemistry between Fredro and Audible Doctor is a great tag team where they pull each other within their own role. The production on the album brings the energy out of Fredro Starr with a span of beats that matches his lyrical charisma. One thing with Fredro Starr is that he can make a song that paints a picture in the listener’s mind. It’s not always about spitting a dope sixteen, it’s who can bring life into a song and Fredro Starr knows how to puts the pieces back together like a jigsaw with tracks like Polo Wars, Suicide Queens and Made In The Streets (Remix) to name a few. This is a well put together album where the golden era 90’s hip hop feeling mixed with a little contemporary flair to give it that extra bounce. We will see more work from the dynamic duo that is made in the streets.

            Strong Tracks: “Everyday Hell”, “That New York”,” This Ain’t My Day”, “Holdin’ It Down”, “Suicide Queens”, “Hit Men 4 Hire”, “Polo Wars”

            Rating: out of

Go download Fredro Starr and Audible Doctor Made In The Streets on Audiomack