Trina's turn

If words are the game, find out what the Miami-based rapper is saying ...

GLAMOREST LIFE

Glamorest Life comes as Trina's trilogy. This album compared to her first two, Da Baddest and Diamond Princess, is focused more on a Trina that has lived and learned a lot about the business.

Trina was born and raised in Miami. Perhaps life just can't be as glamorous as she makes it look, but she knows that it's her job to do so.

REVIEW

Except for Reach Out, Trina features many well-known rappers on her tracks such as Dre, Lil Wayne, Kelly Rowland and Snoop Dogg, which is probably the fact that makes this album intriguing.

However, it only makes me wonder if Glamorest Life would have survived if it was only Trina on the album.

This doesn't change the fact that this album is solid all the way from beginning to end. All beats and tunes are "tight"; however, I would prefer it if she would stop referring to herself in an abusive manner all the time.

HOT TRACKS ON IT

- I think that the hottest tune on the album is Here We Go, which features Destiny's Child Kelly Rowland. It?s about how a relationship can go wrong even if you put so much into it! Trina comments that Here We Go is from "a real-life experience".

- Other hot tunes on this 13-track album are: Don?t Trip, Sum Mo and It's Your B-day.

- As a matter of fact, if given a chance, I think that It's Your B-day is a potential UAE music chart topper. It features Jazze Pha and contains samples from Funk You Up.

If you are a hardcore rap fan, the album definitely comes highly recommended! The Princess will definitely keep your feet stomping!

THE BEST RAP and HIP-HOP ALBUM 2006

The Best Rap and Hip-Hop Album 2006 is exactly what the name states! It is a compilation of all the best tunes you have or may have not heard.

Overall, I am satisfied with mostly all the tunes on this CD; however, I am a bit disappointed by some of the tracks.

The first track in the album is Sean Paul's We Be Burnin'. It is an old tune and instead of it, they could have added any of Sean Paul's more recent hits such as Temperature. Rupee?s Tempted to Touch is another track that I was shocked to find on this 2006 album.

HOT TRACKS ON IT

- My favourite in the album is Missy Elliott's track Teary Eyed. It?s calmer than her usual tracks and perhaps it?s the catchy melodic tune that attracts me to it.

- Other hot tracks on this amazing compilation album are Fat Joe's Does Anybody Know, M.I.A's Galang and Dilated Peoples' Back Again.

Expect to hear most of these tracks on your local radio stations and if you are truly a rap and hip-hop music fan or a DJ, you would definitely want to add this hot album to your collection.

And the Rami goes to ...

A really impressive tune worth checking out on The Best Rap and Hip-Hop Album 2006 is Majid's track My Struggle. It?s a fusion rap track depicting Majid's point of view of today's events. What also impresses me in this track is the fact that he raps in Arabic towards the end of it. I believe that all Arabic rap singers who produce their tracks in English should take My Struggle as an example. See you all next week!

WE ASK: Do you like hip hop?

"I like Hip Hop. I am more into soul music though."
- Sharbil Ra?ad, human resources, Middlesex University Dubai

"I am into Hip Hop a bit. I like the singing."
- Abid Abdul Kader, business management, MGU

"I like the clothes of Hip Hop singers. The music and dancing are not bad."
- ChaRles Bobby, business management, MGU

- The writer is a hot new DJ on the UAE scene just out of university, who parties as hard as he loves the turntables