O.C. - Bon Appetit

[claaa7]

01. Intro
02. Back 2 Cali
03. Soul to Keep
04. Dr. Know
05. Bounce Mission
06. Bon Appetit
07. Doin' Dirt
08. Get it Dirty
09. Utmost
10. Respect Tha Drop
11. Drinks & Weed
12. Paradise
13 Psalm 23
[*] Bonafied

[claaa7]

damn this album is horrible, OC's 2 previous albums represent greatness but this is really weak. he is starting to sound like the rappers he dissed on "Time's Up" with the flossy rhymes and his flow is most definitely dumbed down; large parts of the LP sounds like he's just freestyling.
when looking at the production credits you would think this is a typical D.I.T.C. album (Buckwild with additional beats by Lord Finesse and Ahmed) but even the beats is commercial sounding. "Bon Appetit" is a disgrace to OC's debut and sophmore album and the only thing stopping me from giving it strictly 1/5 is cuz there are about 3-4 tracks that's actually decent; "Respect tha Drop" has a nice concept and a fitting beat, "Psalm 23" is a nice tribute to Big L but way too short and the hidden song "Bonafied" featuring Jay-Z is nice as hell (though it had already been released 2 years prior to this album). the "Weed & Drinks" track with A.G. is decent as well..

1.75/5

[FasterBlade]

yo this was crazy wack, it was odd too because like claa said he used cats he used on his first two, but obviously was looking for a totally different style from them. Dr. Know is one of the laziest Lord Finesse tracks ever, this was his attempt to crossover and it failed

1.5/5, Paradise is the only great song, with only a few others even being worthwhile

[CharlesJones]

Bon Appetit wasn't that bad. It's better than Word Life album.

[claaa7]

^^ damn you are UN-FUCKING-BELIAVABLE...

[CharlesJones]

I know hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. I got my opinion and you got yours.

[claaa7]

^^ ain't nothing wrong with that; but based on the albums you usually praise and the albums you usually hate on this opinion is extremely contradictary. "Word...Life" captures the perfect mid-90's sound and "Bon Appetit" could just have been a bunch of Jermaine Dupri beats with OC going soft with some basic freestyles over them.

[Ghost_Deini_]

srsly, how can you possibly like this more than word life. id have a hard time saying jewels is better than word life and thats still pretty close..

[CharlesJones]

My bad. Word Life is better than Bon Appetit. I'm gonna have to listen to Bon Appetit again because I haven't heard it in a long time. OC trips me out with these wack albums he's made after Jewelz LOL. So sad considering he's a good rapper.