The Green Ghost Project Reviewed
When looking at this mixtape it certainly has the ingredients to be a great record; a DJ in the fore of the rap, a lyrically astute MC who is part one of the more notable hip-hop groups of the 90s, and some great collaborators. Also Styles P and DJ Green Lantern have been plugging this mixtape for months, DJ Green Lantern and Styles P saying:
“Styles and I got together and made a monster,” said DJ Green Lantern of the project. Styles added, “Don’t call me ‘The Ghost’ right now, call me ‘The Green Ghost.’ It’s a different
display of talent. We got together and brainstormed about it and it came out crazy.“
And I know I have been looking forward to this mixtape ever since they dropped the single Legal Money back in December. And so does the mixtape live up to its potential?
It certainly does, the mixtape is dark, and has lots of heavy beats, and is certainly a throwback to the days of 90s Hardcore. The mixtape has a haunting theme through-out; well it is called The Green Ghost Project, and this theme consists of piano beats and hollow snares. DJ Green Lantern, Alchemist, Scram Jones, Statik Selektah all contribute to the project. DJ Green Lantern looks like he carefully picked his contributors, and these makes the mixtape ‘monstrous’ through’, with all these big names on the production on this mixtape is pristine. The mixtape’s order makes for a fluid experience, even if the last song seems a small bit out of place.
Style Ps rapping is another high point of the mixtape. Styles drops some fantastic verses about his life in and out of prison, we get a deep insight into how troubled he feels towards his past, and a sense of regret lingers in each line. Also Styles P plays up to his “ghost” personality too, with lyrics that set him in situations where he is a phantom in his own life. It is not just Styles P’s wordplay, he also has great interplay with the collaborators on the mixtape. Jadakiss’s, from Lox, contribution on Invasion is one of the highpoints and the mixtape, and I hope to see Lox get back together for another mixtape after hearing this song. M.O.P., Raekwon and Noreaga all have cameos on this mixtape, each of which add a certain quality to the song.
In the end this is one mixtape that won’t be leaving my MP3 player for quiet some time.
Rating: 4.5/5
