Loaded with hooks, weekend anthems for thugs, and bright J.U.S.T.I.C.E.
League productions, Death Before Dishonor rocks the house, but as a debut album, it fails to lay the groundwork for a long-term career.
Newcomer 2 Pistols is offered the same style of beats his Florida brother and fellow J.U.S.T.I.C.E.
League subject Rick Ross receives, to the point where you could pitch the raps down a bit and pass this off as Port of Miami, Vol.
2.
The slick and infectious "She Got It" single is practically a T-Pain track, while the feel-good "Been Throwin Money" borrows everything great about Ross' "Money Make Me Come" and ends up a swagger-jacking success.
The League can't lose when they update Mad Cobra's reggae hit for "Flexx 2008," and the minimal "We Run It" scores thanks to U.S.D.A. members Blood Raw and Slick Pulla's allegiance to street music.
The excellent "Robbery" (which is refreshingly written from the victim's point of view) also suggests the album should have traded some of the polish and high-profile guest stars -- Ray J, Trey Songz -- for more gutter tracks, while the hungry and convincing closer, "From the Bottom," displays Pistols in top form, telling his story in a vivid manner.
Way too little, way too late to call this a compelling debut, but just like any given Ross album, Death Before Dishonor has singles to spare and enough of that Florida flavor to keep fans happy.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Intro | 2 Pistols | Play | 00:59 | 2 MB | 6 MB |
| 2 | Death Before Dishonor | 2 Pistols | Play | 02:08 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | She Got ItA. Smith, T-Pain | 2 Pistols, Tay Dizm, T-Pain | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 35 MB |
| 4 | Been Throwin Money | 2 Pistols | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 28 MB |
| 5 | Gettin Money Mane | 2 Pistols | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 6 | Let's Ride | 2 Pistols | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Flexx 2008 | 2 Pistols | Play | 03:50 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 8 | Eyes Closed | 2 Pistols | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 9 | Phone (Skit) | 2 Pistols | Play | 00:21 | 0 MB | 1 MB |
| 10 | You Know Me | 2 Pistols, Ray J | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 11 | We Run It | 2 Pistols, Slick Pulla, Blood Raw | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 12 | That's My Word (Intro) | 2 Pistols | Play | 00:31 | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| 13 | That's My Word | 2 Pistols, Trey Songz | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 14 | Robbery | 2 Pistols | Play | 03:15 | 7 MB | 22 MB |
| 15 | Lookin Down on Em | 2 Pistols, BMU | Play | 04:37 | 10 MB | 33 MB |
| 16 | Candy Coated Diamonds | 2 Pistols, Tyra B | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 17 | From the Bottom | 2 Pistols | Play | 04:12 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 55 mins | 126 MB | |||||
| 55 mins | 397 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent Absher | Engineer |
| 2 | Tyra B | Primary Artist |
| 3 | Blood Raw | Primary Artist |
| 4 | BMU | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Leslie Brathwaite | Mixing |
| 6 | Dane'sha Bullard | Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Coni Cone | Producer |
| 8 | Ja$mine Conner | Vocals (Background) |
| 9 | Tay Dizm | Primary Artist |
| 10 | Ashanti Floyd | Violin |
| 11 | Andre Grell | Marketing Coordinator |
| 12 | Corey Harrison | Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Honorable C.N.O.T.E. | Producer |
| 14 | Justice League | Engineer, Executive Producer, Mixing, Producer |
| 15 | Imran Majid | A&R |
| 16 | Jonathan Mannion | Photography |
| 17 | Nicole Morgan | Creative Coordinator |
| 18 | Ray J | Primary Artist |
| 19 | Gillian Russell | A&R |
| 20 | Glenn Schick | Mastering |
| 21 | Slick Pulla | Primary Artist |
| 22 | A. Smith | Composer |
| 23 | T-Pain | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 24 | Justin Trawick | Assistant |
| 25 | Trey Songz | Primary Artist |
| 26 | 2 Pistols | Executive, Primary Artist |
| 27 | Finis "KY" White | Engineer |
| 28 | Young Chu | Vocals (Background) |
| 29 | Yung Chill | Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |