FOR THE FAM
By Teddy Breakfast.

Intro
- Beat is bananas, this is a siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick beat.
- Flows are not quite on – Clay’s a little bit better
- Mixing is butt
- Work on the flow
- 2.5/5

Handling Business
- The beat again is siiiiiick.
- Flows off again. There’s definitely passion from both of you, which means it should be able to get better, you just gotta work on it.
- Hook is good. Hook is definitely on point
- Are y’all brothers?
- 2.5/5

L Run
- who the FUCK produced this album
- beats are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiire
- flow is a lot better on this.
- Cool cadence
- Short though
- 3/5

Gettin’ It Crackin’
- the mixing on this one is kinda wack.
- Cool topic
- Ahh at the flow
- Just out of curiosity, what kinda response are y’all getting around the way?
- 2nd guy is better flow-wise – but not significantly
- this is well produced
- songs need to end a little cleaner
- 2.5/5

Freestylin’ At the Party
- Cool Beat/Concept
- Good flow on this (maybe you need to stay with the organic sounding old school type BPMs & drums)
- Cool beat
- Simple yet effective
- 3.5/5

Hutchyoudoin
- Beat is bananas
- Wowza.
- Okay on the flow
- There we go.
- Clay’s cadence on this is on point
- Flow is way better from both
- Beat is inkwell than a mug.
- Dope hook (it’s functional and FUN! Lol, na, it works!)
- 3.75/5

Expect the Unexpected
- Beat is banaramas
- Who is this first guy?
- Lil’ Mike, yo is dope.
- Hook is dope
- Nice track
- This is the best shit on here by far.
- Your flow is way better on this too, but still needs improvement
- Clay is better (than before) on this too.
- Way better
- 4/5

Feel Good Music
- My man bogod sampled this before
- *dances in chair*
- flow is better on this
- I think the way to make the flows better is to just cauterize your style/individuality
- Hook is sick
- *it’s a shame-shame when you mess around on the man!*
- 3/5

After the Storm
- beat is mellow. Dope
- I can’t get over the production on this
- Cool, just cool.
- The transition works well on this.
- The only thing y’all our lacking is a real on point/ consistent flow. Keep at it you could drop a fuckin’ bomb.
- 2.5/5

Ms. Fat Wod
- Beat. Damn.
- Flows are ehh again
- I mean, they are passable, but in most cases, barely.
- Cool track though
- 2.5/5

American Holocaust
- damn @ this beat
- kinda figured on this topic
- definitely passionate
- cool topic.
- 3.5/5

This Moment
- I think this song should be banned from being sampled
- -dead- @ “did you eat dinner?”
- hook is a little bit of a break up
- ehh. I could do without this.
- 2.5/5

Bitch Girl
- Beat is sick again
- Lol @ the sample
- Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
uuuuuuuuuck @ this sample.
- Beat is doper than 9 gophers having a cocaine orgy
- The flow is aight
- Work on it though.
- Concept is cool
- Clay brought it
- 3.5/5

Lock that Door
- where did you find these beats?
- beats on this shit fuckin’ own.
- Flow is better on this…
- I can guess where this is going…
- Of course….
- Beat is certifiable fire-pie…
- This is quite good
- 3.5/5

Alaskin Assasin
- hook is ehh.
- Beat is also sub-par (comparatively)
- Lyrics are decent though
- Flow – you know this needs to be better, but this is actually decent flow-wise
- 3/5

I will remember
- Ha @ the beat, this is dope…
- flow is progressing through this, it sounds like you recorded these in order.
- Cool concept
- Good out
- 3.5/5

Total: 3.07/5

Review of Dru-P & Clay’s “For the Fam“
By Dave Rockstar

If albums were made classic by production alone, Dru-P & Clay’s “For the Fam” would be a legend.

Unfortunately, this is not the case. “For the Fam” is a melodic and exciting audio journey through the thoughts and musings of a pair of typical Alaskan guys as they traipse through the harsh land that they call home – but it leaves something to be desired, and that something is the polished sound of industry and/or underground veterans.

I mean, I’ll be honest – flow isn’t EVERYTHING (although it’s been a big deal to me for the last couple reviews). You have your artists who have obscure, if not annoying voices and odd-ball cadences. Some are genius – like Aesop Rock and Pharcyde – others – like MF Doom – not so much. But the strain that holds these artists together is their adventure away from the norm, which isn’t really something that it feels like Dru-P and Clay have attempted here.

In the department of conceptual tracks (see “this moment,” “lock that door”) the album lacks creativity (though “American Holocaust” is informative and richly neo-political), and in the “drop-it-like-it’s-hot” department, the album lacks the grasp of technique (see: Juelz Santana) required to shoulder such AMAZING PRODUCTION.

The standout tracks of the album are “Bitch Girl” and “Expect the Unexpected.” On Unexpected we once again see how an artist with better technical capacity can improve those around him, a la Michael Jordan. Lil’ Mike does a great Job of making Clay and Dru-P sound and feel more comfortable. As far as Bitch, the beat is just too incredible to not mention.

Saddling up for the task of production on most of this album is Dru-P – who certainly has a career in the music industry ahead of him. The crispness of the samples as well as the second-to-none drum kits really make you wish he was producing for you too. Regardless of how good your current producer is; this makes Dru-P EASILY the most under-rated producer here, because if you’re not checking for him, you’re really missing something special.

This album is I’m sure, a shining gem on the Alaskan hiphop scene. The production alone is enough to get others ignored, and the skills of the two emcees featured certainly show capacity (and through talks with Dru, willingness) for improvement. The passion of Dru & Clay is evident throughout, as they just love making music, and if their passion conveys to practice, and honing of their craft, the duo won’t have any problems.