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Track List: Self-made

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  1. Dis Morning
  2. Umma Do Me
  3. Hustle Flo
  4. Busy
  5. Tomorrow
  6. Old Skool
  7. Priceless
  8. Like This Here
  9. That's My Money
  10. She Can Get It
  11. Snakes
  12. Meal
  13. Thugs Need Love Too
  14. Karma

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Album Details: Self-made

Release Date:
03/18/2008
Label:
Island
UPC:
602517618282

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Before dropping SelfMade, Rocko spent years in the background, writing and producing hits for others while developing the careers of Sammy Sam and Young Dro. After shopping around the demo of his solo single "Umma Do Me," he was snapped up by Def Jam in a swift maybe a little shortsighted manner. "Umma" is a hookfilled monster with just the right amount of cocky attitude bumping against a royal Drumma Boy production. It sounds great at a party, a club, on the radio, or any other place where it's the chorus that matters. That Rocko's style is an unoriginal mix of Young Jeezy, T.I., and Shawty Lo didn't matter much as the fourminute jam climbed the charts, but when he creates anything less than "Umma," it's detrimental. Past the hit, SelfMade's first half is plagued by empty, everyday party numbers, the most shameless of them all being "Old Skool," where "Umma"'s mediocre line "My ol' school cost more than your new school" is blown up into a full song. Fortunately, things pick up once the convincing club track "Like This Here" hits. The storysong "Snakes" is interesting as a Dirty South alternative to R. Kelly's "Trapped in the Closet," while the hood fantasy "Thugs Need Love Too" features some steamy Monica and Rocko interaction, which shouldn't be too surprising since they're a married couple in real life. As evidenced by the guest appearances of Monica, and even Lloyd, SelfMade would be much better if it gave some more of Rocko's highprofile friends an opportunity to put some flavor on the tracks. Instead, it stubbornly tries to present him as an allaround artist and limits its appeal to forgiving Dirty South fans who don't mind fishing for highlights.

- David Jeffries, All Music Guide


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