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Pastor Troy - Universal Soldier (CD)

Universal Soldier
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Album Details: Universal Soldier

Release Date:09/24/2002
Label:Umvd Labels
UPC:044006465227

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    This is Pastor Disaster's Best Yet!!!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  Sep 30, 2002 | 1 out of 1 found this Universal Soldier review helpful

    I fully recommend this album to anyone who enjoys dirty south music. Troy is doing his thang and reppin' GA to tha fullest. I feel that Universal Soldier is his best album yet.

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    well uhh huhhhh!

    By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 16, 2003

    If anybody aint feelin this album, I should hit the report abuse button on u! PT Cruiser goes hard, dont sleep!

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  • All Music Guide

    Pastor Troy's second attempt at a breakthrough album only furthers the frustration that many expressed with 2001's Face Off. The record tries to throw around Troy's beliefs and opinions without direction, which leads to songs that shoot off into tangents that have little to do with the subject matter. The fantasy thug anthems where he threatens his enemies are typical of the Dirty South genre, but often he'll contradict those threats with lyrics about his righteous devotion to Christianity. He tries to come off as a pious voice of reason on most of the tracks here, but this tactic fails when the next moment he's talking about his sexual exploits and marijuana intake. This spotty approach to lyrics really hurts certain tracks, as his religious beliefs are in direct opposition to almost everything else he raps about. His other negatives are related to the production work, as few of the producers here, outside of Lil Jon and Timbaland, do anything very interesting beyond the generic crawl... of Dirty South. Still, when he reins in these bad habits, Pastor Troy can be a fascinating lyricist. "Bless America" quotes "Real American," Rick Derringer's ode to Hulk Hogan, while blasting terrorism, which already makes it seem ridiculous from the outset. But Troy meditates over the effect that bombings have on victim's families and the psyche of the American public, giving the chorus a depth that is hard to fathom without hearing it. The lush throb of Lil Jon's "Who, What, When, Where" is another highlight, as Troy proudly claims Georgia as his home with a clever defensiveness that never strays from the topic. And when he simply leaves Jesus out of songs, like in Timbaland's awesome club anthem "Are We Cuttin'," Troy can be downright fun. It isn't that Christianity is what makes this album so uneven, it's Troy's poor judgment of when to discuss the topic. When Pastor Troy is focused, he's on top of the Dirty South genre. But the sloppy way Universal Soldier is put together reveals more of his faults than his positives, making it another average record from a rapper who shows so much potential. - Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide Read more Less

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Pastor Troy

By integrating self-consciousness and sincerity into his otherwise prototypical Dirty South style of rap, Pastor Troy stood out among the masses of up-and-coming Southern MCs trying to break nationally in the early 2000s. Perhaps more than anything, Troy's deeply religious youth shapes his ideology, which also features the usual Dirty South themes of getting crunk, livi... Read more