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Slhm Totta step his game a bit for "Tru Soulja'z Liv it up P.1", improving as a rapper and songwriter and delivering two big hits in the process, "Luxury Whipz" and "Night Hustlen." (A Hoodlum Habit)?, the duo's debut release two years earlier, had set the Slhm Totta apart from the other, and considerably younger, artists, Unlike them,Yet, for as much game as he can spit, the Slhm proved to be so-so rapper on "A hoodlum Habit"often overshadowed by his Thuggn,Gun Toughten protégés. However, du...

Slhm Totta step his game a bit for "Tru Soulja'z Liv it up P.1", improving as a rapper and songwriter and delivering two big hits in the process, "Luxury Whipz" and "Night Hustlen." (A Hoodlum Habit)?, the duo's debut release two years earlier, had set the Slhm Totta apart from the other, and considerably younger, artists, Unlike them,Yet, for as much game as he can spit, the Slhm proved to be so-so rapper on "A hoodlum Habit"often overshadowed by his Thuggn,Gun Toughten protégés. However, during the two-year interim leading up to."Tru Soulja'z Liv it up P.1", He considerably improved his skills. Here, they're as good as any of your major artist, and he certainly boast and brag better, whether about money-making ("Gotta Make Money," "Night Hustlen"), Shinen ("Exotic Ol Skoolz""March Wit It"), women-mastering ("She Bound Wit It," "Shakn what she got"), or Him-Self ("I B'z Dat," "Trouble-Hard times"). Moreover, Slhm Totta deliver a rambunctious club-banger with the album-opening "Keep It." Following this rowdy beginning of "Tru Soulja'z Liv it up P.2"Bezzled Slim, the album moves toward its other highlights -- "Real Nicca Wigsplitter," "Thang," and " Goon Night" -- before descending into guest-laden complacency. As usual,CountenStackz beats remain affecting until the album's end, but the songwriting grows progressively less so, often seeming unlabored, as if the Slhm Totta are content to ride out the remainder of his 21-track album after delivering the early-album highlights. Regardless of this common grievance, Slhm impressively step up his game for Tru Soulja'z Liv it up P.2 and deliver enough highlights to surely appease his fans. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide