The Death of Adam From 88 Keys' Point of View!!

Artist: 88 Keys

Album: The Death of Adam

Label: Decon Records

What really killed Adam, is the question that is on every Hip Hop heads mind right now. The answer will be reveal on Tuesday, November 11th when 88 Keys finally release his debut album, 'The Death of Adam'. The album includes the first single "Stay Up! (Viagra)" featuring Kanye West, who also helped executive producer the album. When asked to describe the concept of this album, 88 Keys stated "The entire album is about the power of the punani, if you will. The album follows the story line of my man Adam who passed away and basically how he died." I have to applaud 88 Keys for this one because there aren't too many artists, in my opinion, that can create an album with a storyline such as this one and be successful with it at the same time. With 'The Death of Adam', 88 Keys tells a well-written story of Adam, a sex hungry young man who’s original goal is getting a certain dime into bed, which turns out to be more than what he was bargaining for. It all starts off with Adamn catching a boner in the morning ("Morning Wood"), which later leads to some sexual activities involving a girl that Adam met at "The Friends Zone". The storyline continues when Adam decides to handcuff the young lady during sex ("Handcuffs 'Em"), but Adam later finds himself unable to perform during sex ("Stay Up! (Viagra)"), and to find out what happens to Adam after that and how he died, you just going to have to purchase the album and witness it for yourself! The concept for this album was brilliant because not only was the storyline well written, but I am pretty sure that a lot of guys, if not all, can relate to it. This has to be ONE of the best Hip Hop albums of 2008; Lil Wayne's 'Tha Carter III or T.I.'s 'Paper Trail' can't even amount to what this album brings to the table, in my opinion. If you liked Lupe Fiasco's The Cool or Nas' 'Untitled', then you'll most definitely enjoy this one as well! The production, the guest appearances, the sampling, and lyrical contents for this album were outstanding. I usually do not like albums that includes more than three guest appearances, but there's an exception for this album because each artist added his or her own unique style to this project which helped made this album that much great! My favorites were "Stay Up! (Viagra)", "The Friends Zone", "Dirty Peaches", "Close Call", "Ho' Is Short For Honey", and "M.I.L.F." The album includes guest appearances from Bilal, Redman, Kanye West, Phonte from Little Brother, and more. 'The Death of Adam' hit stores this Tuesday, November 11th, make sure you guys go out and purchase it!! The album overall rating 4.5 out 5 stars!! Excellent...I'll definitely be picking this one up on Tuesday...make sure you guys do the same!!!

Tracklist

01. Morning Wood

02. Nice Guys Finish Last

03. The Friends Zone (feat. Shitake Monkey)

04. Handcuff 'Em

05. Stay Up! (Viagra) (feat. Kanye West)

06. There's Pleasure In It

07. (Awww Man) Round 2?

08. Dirty Peaches (feat. J'Davey)

09. Close Call (feat. Phonte)

10. The Burning Bush (feat. Redman)

11. Ho' Is Short For Honey (feat. Kid Cudi)

12. No. I Said I LIKED You

13. M.I.L.F. (feat. Bilal)
14. Another Victim