Coming of Age

Coming of Age Artist: Memphis Bleek
Label: Roc-a-Fella
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731453899124
EAN: 0731453899124
ASIN: B00000K26Y


Release Date: 1999-08-03

Coming of Age


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Tracks:

  1. Pain In Da A*s Intro
  2. Who's Sleeping
  3. Memphis Bleek Is...
  4. What You Think Of That
  5. M***a For Life
  6. You're All Welcome (Pain Interlude)
  7. Stay Alive In NYC
  8. You A Thug N***a
  9. N.O.W.
  10. Everybody
  11. I Won't Stop
  12. My Hood To Your Hood
  13. Why You Wanna Hate For
  14. Regular Cat

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Album Details

The Debut Album from the Artist who Describes Himself as 'a New Improved Jay-Z'/.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Not for everyone..........2006-09-17

I have to admit that I do like this LP. It kinda grew on me throughout these years. Lyrically he does have his moments. Overall, this is the only record from him I think you should check out.

3 out of 5 stars Is he the new and improved Jay-Z? .......2006-02-03

Memphis Bleek looks at himself as the new and improved Jay-Z. As far as the general fans are concerned, he has the potential to be, but as far as this album goes, it doesn't seem he be will anytime soon. Unfortunetly, this album lacks the same presence that Jay-Z gives us with his records. Memphis Bleek does possess the same swager and infactuation with drugs, money, women and guns, but unfortuntely it lacks substance. No real standouts in this one, but the gems on this LP do keep the record spinning and have you listening to what this young man's all about, with some decent production work. Sorry Bleek, better luck next time!

4 out of 5 stars Lyrics need some work.......2006-01-03

Memphis Bleek has a lot to offer but he doesn't show it when he limits his lyrics to only a few things, Women, Money, and all the other flashy stuff people crave. Now he does open his mind up on some tracks letting you know his potential. Besides that this album has some great production and that's where Bleek unleashes the real Bleek. Tracks like Stay alive in NYC, You a thug, and Regular cat. After hearing this album you start to realize in his more recent albums Bleek relies on his production to much but not on this he was hungrier and more aggressive than he is now. This is a nice album to have it's got mediocre lyrics nothing that stands out like his verse on Jay z's coming of age. Some songs wear on you and some start to get on your nerves but all together this is a decent debut.

5 out of 5 stars Memphis Bleek - Coming of Age.......2005-02-24

After appearing on Jay-Z's 1998 multiplatinum album, "Vol. 2: A Hard Knock Life", the first rapper signed to the ROC, Memphis Bleek released his first album, "Coming of Age" in 1999.

1. Pain in da A** Intro

2. Who's Sleeping (Featuring Reb) - Nice beat, Bleek has a real nice flow, Reb comes good on the hook - 4/5

3. Memphis Bleek Is... - Not feeling the beat, Bleek comes good, hook is good - 4/5

4. What You Think of That (Featuring Jay-Z) - Good beat, Bleek and Jay rip it, hook is good - 4.5/5

5. Murda 4 Life (Featuring Ja Rule) - Good beat, Bleek and Ja come nice, Ja has a good hook - 4.5/5

6. You're All Welcome [Pain Interlude]

7. Stay Alive in NYC - Nice beat, Bleek comes real hard and grimey, hook is good...really bangin track - 5/5

8. You a Thug N**** - Good beat, Bleek comes hard again, hooks pretty good - 4/5

9. N.O.W. (Featuring Da Ranjahz) - Good beat, Dark Half and Wais got the first 2 verses then Bleek comes last...they all sound nice over the beat, hook is good...another good track - 5/5

10. Everybody - Nice beat, Bleek comes good, hook is alright - 4/5

11. I Won't Stop (Featuring Dark Half) - Nice beat, Bleek is tight on his verses, Dark Half does the hook which is also good - 4/5

12. My Hood to Your Hood (Featuring Beanie Sigel) - Good beat, Beans and Bleek go back and worth and both come nice, hook is good - 4.5/5

13. Why You Wanna Hate For (Featuring Noreaga) - Real hard beat, Bleek and N.O.R.E. come pretty nice, not feeling N.O.R.E.'s hook at all - 4/5

14. Regular Cat - Another hard beat, Bleek doesn't disappoint on his verses, the hook could have been more energetic and faster... - 4.5/5

Overall: 53/60

4.5 Stars

Bleek really impressed me with this album. He's not as talented as Jay-Z but he's definitely got a great flow and voice to match up with the beats. His hooks aren't bad either. It always puzzles me how people hate on Bleek so much...people just need to kick back and give him another try!

5 out of 5 stars Classic Debut - possibly 4.5 stars.......2004-12-17

With almost 4 years in the rap game under his belt, at the time labeled as the future of the ROC, Bleek, displays the lyrics of an old head, and he just turned 21 a month and a half before this debut album dropped. With 12 solid songs (none on here that I skip), it has 3 classics, 5 to 7 good or great songs, and 2 to 4 average ones. Half the songs have guests on them. Production is handled by 10 different producers. Irv Gotti does 3 (2 w/ Mr. Fingers & 1 w/ Lil rob), J_Runnah does 2, and Pat Viala, Buvkwild, Swizz Beats, Haph, Omen, Big Demi, Burn Unit all do 1. Amust have rap album and one of the best of 1999.

#2 - 8.5 (f/ Reb)
#3 - 10 (classic w/ great beat)
#4 - 10 (another classic w/ a great faster beat -- f/ Jay-Z)
#5 - 9 (f/ Ja Rule --- also on Ja's "Venni Vetti Vecci")
#7 - 10 (CLASSIC -- great beat and story -- one of my all time favorite songs)
#8 - 7
#9 - 8.5 (f/ Da Ranjahz)
#10 - 8
#11 - 8 (f/ Da Ranjahz)
#12 - 8.5 (f/ Beanie Sigel)
#13 - 9.5 (f/ Noreaga -- great song)
#14 - 6.5 (slower/deeper song)

Malik Cox -- b. 6/23/78 -- Marcy, Brooklyn, NY
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