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Twista - The Day After

Constant | Vancouver, BC Canada | 10/04/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"Twista returns with "The Day After" (2005). I have enjoyed a lot of Twista's past work whether it be guest appearances or albums like "Adrenaline Rush" and "Kamikaze". This album however does not appeal to me, Twista has decided to make an album full half-decent ballads to the ladies, party tracks, and cuts about pimping hoes and sex. While I don't mind these, I expect more from Twista. This album lacks the variety of his last, Twista make an album full of repetitive commercial tracks and the end result is a release lacking in depth and substance. Two tracks on this standout for me "Lavish" feat. Pharell and "Heartbeat". Twista summed up this one himself in a recent interview by saying "When I was younger, I was rappin' for the ******, but when I got older, I started hanging out at the clubs. I'm spittin' for the ladies now"."

(3.5 Stars) 'The Day After' Always Brings Regret!

Charles L. Hubbert | Milwaukee, WI | 11/02/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I have been following Twista's career ever since his Runnin Off At The Mouth album when he was known as Tung Twista, and his debut video was on The Box! Even when he revised his name to Twista and put out Adrenaline Rush, most cats still didn't know too much about him. Songs like "Get It Wet" and "Emotions" garnered little recognition for the Midwesterner. He put out Mobstability with the Speedknot Mobstaz a year later with even less mainstream buzz than the previous album. After the independent release of Legit Ballin' in 1999, Twista faded into the background and waited for the right time to take on the industry again. Jump ahead five years later when Twista pairs up with a rising Chicago native named Kanye West who has the industry by the horns. Together they finally get Twista some well-deserved respect with Kamikaze. Now Twista releases The Day After to try to retain some of the newly received attention he lacked early on in his career.



Kanye West isn't hovering all over this album like he was with Kamikaze, and you can tell this is the case right away. Twista goes for a pretty diverse approach this time around as if he was a newcomer on the scene or something. He conjures up his harder edge on songs like the sinister "Heartbeat" and the hedonistic "Check That H**." "Get It How You Live" is a hustler's anthem for 2005, while the dreamy "Lavish" and the childlike "When I Get You Home" features the production and vocals of Pharrell as well as Jamie Foxx singing on the latter song. Twista tries his hand at the 'screwed' phenomenon as well on the second half of the song "Holding Down The Game." "Do Wrong" with Lil Kim is impressive to say the least, and the breakout single "Girl Tonite" with Trey Songz brings back classic memories of songs by the curl-sportin' R&B super group Ready For The World.



Snoop Dogg brings down yet another album with his wearisome guest vocals on "Had To Call." The inclusion of Mariah Carey on "So Lonely" isn't a bad thing, it just doesn't fit with the rest of the songs on The Day After. Other songs that have no business on this album include the extremely jubilant "Hit The Floor" featuring Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, and the ridiculous "Chocolate Fe's And Redbones" with singing done by Johnny P (who should've been left in the 90's!) Twista should have concentrated on making The Day After more focused on one direction like he did with Kamikaze. Instead, you are forced to listen to a hodgepodge of tracks that go in all different directions. Although The Day After isn't a total loss, it certainly isn't anywhere near the album we were all waiting for from Twista.

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Tight

RYDIN | BIG CO | 12/23/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"ALL ADMIT, EVEN THOU THIS CD IS STILL TIGHT, IT'S NOT AS GOOD AS HIS OTHERS. HE DOESN'T COME WITH THAT FLAME OF ADRENALINE RUSH, HE PROBABLY HAS ABOUT 3 HARDCORE TRACKS, AND THE REST IS FOR THE LADIES, AND THERE'S NOTHIN WRONG WITH THAT. BUT I'M JUST USE TO THAT FIRE HE SPIT ON ADRENALINE RUSH."