Rishi P - Take A Look Inside

I honestly had never heard about this guy before, he asked if I would review his album. So Upon looking into it im glad he did. This is A quick little review of the album.

1. Intro-
Like I say everytime these come up I dont personally like intro's/outro's/interludes, but I get why they are there. In this intro you have A guy im assuming is Rishi P talking about who he is, pretty simple.

2. Take A Look Inside-
The title track to this album, I like the fact that it is very emotional and piano driven. It is A song that I personally find almost empowering to listen to. I feel like it is kinda almost A anthem for outcast's in it's own way.

3.I'm Sorry-
This song in the first five seconds listening to it I fell in love with it. The Lyrics and beat mesh together so well. I feel for the fact that the beat is kinda A slower hip-hop beat (which I really like).

4.Free My Spirit-
The one thing that instantly stood out for me was how quick he brought you up to speed in what you would hear in this song. I was not really feeling the beat in this song, However I really enjoyed the lyrics so that made the song listenable. Definately not my favorite song, but not completely horrible.

5.She Should Know-
I instantly fell for the beat, it made this song POP! in my ears. The lyrics are very fitting to the beat. The song is A full fledged story which im A fool for stories so it won me over.

6. Bars Of Pain-
I feel personally the vocals were just A bit too fast for the beat, but not horribly noticeable (I only noticed because I always listen for that so I know what im listening for). I feel it is not one of the best song's on the album, but not the worst either (intro and annoying skit).

7.Dreams-
This song had to be one of my favorite's. I loved the beat and lyrics and the fact that they meshed just fuckin perfect. This song actually gave the album A lil bit more of A overall rating to me.

8. Tear It Up (Feat. Danchise)-
The first collab on this album and it worked well. The two (Rishi P & Danchise) work very well together. They both let out wonderful lyrics over an equally wonderful beat.

9. Alone With You-
This song to me could not have been on any other album. I feel like this song kinda tied the whole rest of the album together. It is another one of my favorite's. The beat and lyrics clicked together well.

10. Annoying (Skit)-
This skit fits it's name (annoying). It kinda temporarily killed the album's vibe for me, but not for too long.

11. Keep It Real-
This song instantly gave me chills. The beat is super fucking dark, darker than the lyrics. The lyrics did not fit the beat too well. The beat kinda made me want to listen to MGK's D3mons (Feat. DMX).

12. Friday Night-
This song was clearly the party song of this album. The lyrics meshed well with the beat. This song is just A fun song to listen to and be in A good mood.

13. The Difference (Feat. Shadowless)-
First thing that caught my attention was how awesome the name of the guest star was (Shadowless). Then when I actually listened to it I found that I really dig this song. It is A little more upbeat than most of the album plus Shadowless brought A nice touch to the song. Most of this song is talking about what make's A rapper different than an MC.

14. Changes-
Every hip-hop album need's the full depression song in it and this is the one one for this album. The lyrics and beat are very dark. This song is definately one song im glad is on this album. This song lyrically reminds me of the darker side of Eminem.

15. Can't Be Stopped-
This song is also needed. Every hip-hop album need the egotistical song. This song show's how cocky Rishi P is (not A bad thing). In my oppinion all rapper's should be cocky, it make's for A better album. The lyrics go along perfectly with the beat (which im A sucker for beats as you can tell).

16. Moving On (Feat. Shadowless)-
This song brings on the end of this album,but it brings on one thing better, the return of the man with the awesome name haha (Shadowless). I instantly loved the dark lyrics not so dark beat competition (I say competition because the beat and the lyrics kinda fight each other, but that is something I like). Rishi P definately stood out more in this song to me. If more song's in hip-hop are kinda like this I might listen to it more. Overall this song was A perfect closer to this album.

This album was released as A free download (which im gonna post the link). I feel that is A free album and not A mixtape. I feel like the difference between the two is that if A free album was in stores I would buy it, A mixtape I wouldn't. So everyone who may read this review should really check this album out.
http://thefnspot.com/site/main/archives/2752

Overall: 3.5/5