Comments on: Brother Ali – Us

By: Macedelic

Macedelic — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:54:28 +0000

I agree – excellent album!

By: A-hed

A-hed — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:40:25 +0000

shadows was the illest he’ll ever be and personally hes a better freestyler when hes not trying to preach instead of Emcee
maybe the good life made him a soft skinned preacher…hip hop is modern folk and its made to tell stories of life and success as well as the down and outs.. so i give him cred for the ish he coalesce but its not my bag
again…shadows…raw

By: sebriz

sebriz — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:22:04 +0000

i agree with kats it is a good album but def preachy not that raw soul like his older albums. my fav is shadows on the sun

By: Jonesy

Jonesy — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:08:19 +0000

Brother Ali, Usually comes out with really classic material… but this album wasn’t for me… 3/5

Jonesy

By: Eyeless Vagabond

Eyeless Vagabond — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:50:20 +0000

Great lyrics, good beats in my opinion and Ali is always smooth but… Albums a little too God heavy/preachy in my opinion idk, prefer the Brother before his victory songs.

By: Jeppe

Jeppe — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:49:20 +0000

I don’t look at “Us” as a classic either. The lyrics are pretty much untouchable, but the production just didn’t do it for me overall – sure there are some gems, as said earlier, but in my opinion, it isn’t a from start-to-end classic. “Boy Meets World” reaches spot #1 on my ‘album-of-the-year’ list

By: Jacob Broesder

Jacob Broesder — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:46:34 +0000

I wouldn’t say best of the year, I’d say in the top…umm 5, no less than 5 though. I listen to this album everyday and it is truly amazing stuff (no buts)

By: Kats

Kats — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:37:40 +0000

I really like this album, but there was something about it I didn’t enjoy as much as I expected to love a Brother Ali record…I think PeteTan got it right with this: “A voice that used to convey unbridled soul has been “refined” to being preachy”… dope album, but I think I also like his previous couple better. Maybe I just got used to how awesome Ali is …

By: Anatomy Beat

Anatomy Beat — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:26:48 +0000

This album is flawless. The production is tight and his flow is dope.

By: BeatRoot

BeatRoot — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:43:21 +0000

Sorry man I know it’s a pretty obscure word to be using. Allegorical for those who don’t know is when something is intended other than what has been literally stated…

I took Breakin’ Dawn as Ali looking at how he sees himself within the Music industry. That he is the leper (albino) cast side by his own kind who finds solace with the slaves (black community) and he learns their music (hip-hop) then the master (the major labels) invites him to their table (money/wealth/fame) when they think he’s worth something to them, but he then looks at the people he’s found solace with standing outside of the house still struggling (underground hip-hop) and that he’d prefer to sit with them than eat at the masters table….

I think that you can read it in so many ways so’s how well written a track it is..