Artist : DJ Masterkey Album Title : Daddy's House Vol. 3 Styles : Mainstream Hip-Hop / Club Hip-Hop / Mainstream R&B / Club R&B Label : Life Entertainment Reference Code : LECD-10003 Released : 2005/01/26 Running Time : 77:51
REVIEW >>> Daddy's Back! Masterkey is back once again with Daddy's House Volume. 3 backed by an allstar cast that you rarely see on any of today's releases. It's been a little over an year since the second installment in the series but somehow Masterkey has managed to produce for his prodige Chris, create his own clothing line and also record 20 new tracks for this album. Just as the Volume. 2 showed, releasing albums once per year is becoming the lethal injection for many of today's producers and MC's in the cold world of mainstream hip-hop. The first volume of Daddy's House was a near classic release and while Daddy's House 2 left much to be desired, the third in the series is like a mixed bag of hits and misses. Let's set things straight, Masterkey's new album is a mainstream hip-hop release with a more commercial approach to the music and whether or not you will enjoy this album lies mostly on if you don't mind a mix of commercial hip-hop/commercial club r&b and few more of the type of tracks that will appeal to the underground listeners. Since the first Daddy's House there's been a saying that only Masterkey himself can ruin his own albums since the guest spots have always been filled with big names in the game. This time around Masterkey enlists the help of artists such as Deli, Muro, CQ, Nipps, K-Dub Shine, DJ Oasis, Dohzi-T, Double, AI, DJ Kaori, Doberman INC and many others but unfortunately for the album, many of the guests end up overshining the main attraction which is supposed to be Masterkey himself. The album's balance also suffers from the half hip-hop and half r&b tracklist and the bad thing about this is that the album keeps changing from hardcore hip-hop tracks to poppy uptempo songs that never quite succeed in complimenting each other. When the album sounds good it does the job but when it comes to the weaker tracks it's hard not to fast forward because of the over-used style of the beats and the same old lyrics you can probably hear on the radio 100 times per day. For an example for few years now ever since destiny's child came out there's been the infamous independent women theme that continues on this release. Now now girls i don't mind hearing all that but doesn't it already insult the intelligence of these so called independent women when Double & DJ Kaori sing about thanking god because they were born as girls and how its *kinda* fun? Well anyway maybe it's just me hmm but maybe not. Mainstream hip-hop and r&b can be done well but on Daddy's House 3 half of the songs end up sounding like they were created while thinking how much it would boost the sales when the cold truth is that if you try to create a hit song it always ends up sounding forced and recycled because that's what it really is. You either get lucky and come up with something so great that people can't stop themselves from buying it or you end up in the "downloaded from the internet" cd collection of some wannabe hip-hop head who cares more about having a big collection of mp3's rather than about the music itself. All in all Daddy's House 3 is not a complete waste of money but with a little more effort and ambition from the artist it could have been better. In the end as i mentioned before, the production of the album works as it's own downfall. All of the albums tracks are close to being 5 minutes in length and most of the beats on the album wear out before the end of the song. However due to the more lighter approach of the album, Daddy's House 3 works as a good party album especially since most of the tracks are pretty forgettable and not so bad as background music. Deli, Muro, CQ & Nipps and even Zeebra still do a good job in keeping the album alive through it's weaker moments and the recycled R&B'ish atmosphere that is very visible throughout the release. Don't get me wrong Daddy's House 3 is a solid mainstream hip-hop release that will surely please clubbers and fans of the style at least if you like the artists featured on the album. My recommendation with this album would be to gather a group of people (more girls the better) to enjoy the night with, set your mind free and your ass will follow. Rating : Words By : Jesse Viinikainen
ADDITIONAL INFO >>> DJ Masterkey first emerged as the DJ for the legendary Japanese hip-hop group Buddha Brand and stayed with the group from the early 1990's to the start of the new millennium. Started his solo career when Buddha Brand disbanded in 2000 and became a regular DJ for club Harlem in Shibuya Tokyo, hosting his own event Daddy's House every week. Masterkey has also worked with the American hip-hop label Defjam to produce mixtapes and has also remixed artists such as Ja Rule. More recently Masterkey launched his own clothing line "Rocksmith" and helped to launch the career of his own prodige Chris under Life Entertainment.
TRACKLIST & SOUND SAMPLES >>> 01. Daddy's House Intro feat. DJ Kaori 02. Daddy Is Back 03. Don't Get It Twisted feat. GICODE 04. Strictly Business feat. Doberman INC 05. Be My Lady feat. Dabo & JiN a.k.a. Bluezy 06. サイコロ52 pt.2 feat. CQ & Nipps 07. The Training Day feat. Zeebra, Uzi, OJ&ST, KM-Markit, Chino 08. Interlude 1 09. オデマシ feat. Deli, Mars Manie, Mikris, Ken Wheel 10. Rhyme Line feat. Muro & Boo 11. In The World (for the boys & girls) feat. DJ Kaori & Double 12. Memorial Date feat. Mic Bank 13. Skit 14. One Shot feat. Dirty Sly & Miko 15. Holiday feat. Chris & AI 16. Interlude 2 17. HIKARI feat. Bamboo 18. デイ アフター トゥモロー feat. K Dub Shine, DJ Oasis, Dohzi-T 19. Hey Daddy feat. Hi-Timez 20. At Tha Party feat. Kayzabro & Big Ron 21. One Life (Won Light) Version 2 feat. Nipps, Dev Large & Suiken Album Highlights are marked with this symbol

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