Awwww, yeah! This is the type of music that I'm talking about! No offense to anyone else out there, but Tariq L. Got some dope ass production that I am feeling. I mean, no, its not "hey, everybody lets hold hands and change our lives" beats. However, there are two things that you can actually say about the production: 1.) It's smooth like homegrown green elevation. 2.) It has the right amount of knock supplied from the basslines and the drum patterns are nice. They aren't overdone at all. With that said, let us get into the weight of the album. This project has the feel of a poetry night filled with people that know each other and vibe on a consistent basis. "Beaming" is the joint that gets things started off on the right foot. With the harmonious singing and the whole vibe that is resuscitated by the lyrics that are flexed on this ditty, it will have you feeling it. Wildseed rips the microphone something nicely. She is nice! "Watch My Water" is a poetry piece performed by Jessica Care Moore, of Def Poetry Jam fame. What it is she is actually trying to say? I do not know, because it is out of my frame of reference. However, she covers a multitude of things dealing with the nature of the black woman, and you cannot hate her for bringing this type of artistic expression on CD. "Again" is a soulful R&B composition that covers struggle and the hope of the goodness of life, while "Medaphyre" is the lyrical lashings towards the origin of man, woman, child: Africa. The funny thing is that he keeps repeating "The origin!" all the time. It seems to be overdone at times, but the song works.....especially with the Richard Pryor sample. The other songs on the album, through the Hemisphere rhyming all the way up to Khari's singing, does not disappoint. I was impressed by the offering that Tariq L cooked up in his musical kitchen. I wonder just how far he could take us with a little bit more experimentation. However, what he cooked up for us tastes good enough: all nutrition, and little preservatives. - Darcwonn