Article From Vibe On Statlanta

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FIRST SHOT: Stat Quo, "Statlanta"
By: Julianne Shepherd
POSTED: 13:03 EST, June 11, 2007

A look at Stat's Shady/Aftermath debut, out this August 28. PLUS: Stat talks on Dre's "Detox"!

Stat Quo's debut album, Statlanta, is finally dropping in 2003. 2004. 2005. 2006. 2007. You think we lie. We do not lie. Stat came through VIBE last week and played us some tracks, snippets and sneak previews from his oft-pushed, much-anticipated record. He also talked about where he's been, and gave a little insight into the work behind another long-delayed album: Detox, which he's been working on with Dr. Dre in a top-secret hole in the ground somewhere on the West Coast. Not really about that last part, but as Stat put it, "We can live like groundhogs, so long as the music's crazy."

We didn't hear full songs, but an early assessment: we are excited. The man is bringing a broad spectrum of topics, feelings, smarts and pensive flows, over a strong soul-sample overlay and some of the hottest Dre beats in years. And the album includes absolutely no "snapping, trapping or crunk. No disrespect to anyone. But my neck fuckin hurts," joked Stat.

Tracks, all tentatively titled:

"Testify" (prod. Eminem, f. Eminem): A proper intro to Statlanta - replete with organ intro, clattering beat and gospel choir - that establishes Stat's preeminence.
"Next One" (prod. Eminem, f. Eminem): metallic, grindy synth with Em on a hook.
"Fire" (f. Bilal, prod. Dr. Dre): Why Bilal? "Dude is fire, and he's my good friend, even though he wears rings on his feet," Stat quipped. Dre lives up to the name of this one, with a spare, ominous piano and tambourine on the slow burn. Stat is "low, fresh, lean like a kickstand I guess."
"G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised in the South)" (prod. Dawaun Parker & Che Vicious): You know what it is: Stat puts his swagger on the Southern ladies.
"The Way it Be" (f. Scarface, prod. Dr. Dre): "This is one of my favorite songs," Stat said of the song's palette of rough life and class inequality.
"Stat Quo" (prod. Dr. Dre): He described this as an autobiography - where he came from, where he's going. It opens with the sound of pen to paper, scribbling, and lays it down on a more classically Dre-sounding, stormy production.
"Finger to Sky" (prod. Scott Storch): One of our favorites - a scorching hot club track whose chorus - "finger to the sky

[TheWeirdoIsBack]

Man this kinda stuff just gets me more pumped up for Statlanta. According to these song descriptions, it should be a great record.

Props on the news

[ZaBaX55X]

thats sounds cool as fuck i hope it dosen't flop

[codyp]

I been waiting for his damn cd since I saw him perform back in 05. It better be good.

[IceAxe]

production and features look good... gonna be a good album

propz for posting

[Tash8]

production and features look good... gonna be a good album

propz for posting

i hope and propz

[katastrophe]

i wanna hear that song about smoothies, lol

propz for the news. i cant WAIT for statlanta to come out. ive been waiting for this for so long

[BaZZ]

propz, sounds dope
and i also wanna hear that song bout smoothies lol, something different

[Rapsoldier101]

yea i would like to hear the smoothie song too lol do u think songs like that would ever get released? and it sounds like so much fun recording wit em n dre, but it seems hard too. seeing as dre n em are perfectionists, i have alot of high standards for the shady/aftermath family so i hope they reach them

[Ghst84]

thnx for the news, can't wait to hear this...

[DrRapid]

and again more news to make us feel desperate to get the album on our hands but props for this

[vermin]

it looks like a very creative, serious and entertaining album, can't wait for hear it

[Shady's_Back]

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