As a fan of rap music in general, when I think of Down South rap music, 3 things come to my mind right away: Scarface & The Geto Boys, Outkast & UGK. When any of these groups are getting ready to come out with a CD, I highly anticipate music from any of these people. The original "My Homies" was a classic. As a Scarface fan you wanted to hear him on every song but even the songs that Scarface weren't featured on were songs that you could listen to. This time around, however, that wasn't the case.

A few weeks earlier Scarface dropped a CD along with The Product, which are composed of Willie Hen and Young Malice entitled "One Hunnid". "One Hunnid" has alot of songs worth checking out including "G Type", which was produced by The Alchemist, the current single, "I'm A", "Get Out" and even a song with Scarface only on the chorus entitled "Dead Broke".

I figured with "My Homies 2" coming out, that this CD would be just as good or even better than "One Hunnid". Unfortunately, that isn't the case. However, Scarface isn't to blame for this, it is his "Homies" who are expected to carry the weight, who end up ruining the party.

"My Homies 2" gets off to an excellent start with the "Intro". This is the Scarface that everyone has come to know and love. Street rhymes of tales from the South and a dark, eerie beat in the background. The next track, "Definition Of Real" has Scarface matched up with Z-Ro and a Don Mega less Ice Cube to make a tight track over a nice N.O. Joe track. Anyone who is a fan of Scarface knows N.O. Joe for his many production credits on Scarface's solo CDs from the past. My favorite track on this CD has to be the remix to "Never Snitch". I heard the original track with 3 Scarface verses on a mixed CD. This version includes Scarface on the 1st verse, Beanie Sigel on the 2nd verse and Game on the last verse. Now I will admit that this is an unlikely combination but the 3 MCs ride the Tone Capone and Scarface track until the wheels fall off. When Scarface makes a CD entitled "My Homies", this is what I expect. The "Homies" that are included on the CD should make quality contributions. This occurs again on "Street Lights". Scarface features Yung Redd & Lil Ron on this track. Although, I am not familiar with these artists they actually make a quality contribution to the song. Tone Capone, Scarface and Mike Dean contribute together to produce the smooth and laid back, "Gotta Get Paid". This track is one of the few tracks without his "Homies" which is why this track is one of my favorites. "Pass The Itchy" has a reggae feel to it and is the other solo track that Scarface has on this CD, while the lyrics are on point, Scarface fans will enjoy "Gotta Get Paid" better.
"My Homies 2" closes out with the Tone Capone & Mike Dean produced "My Life" which features Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick Bill". This track is off the hook. Anyone who is a fan of the Geto Boys earlier CDs with tracks like "Gangster Of Love" and "Mind Of A Lunatic" will like this track. The only bad thing about "My Life" is that the track is better than any other song on The Geto Boys' last CD, "The Foundation" other than the single "Yes Yes Y'all" and Scarface's "G Code".

The problem with "My Homies 2" is that the tracks that only feature "The Homies" and not Scarface are ridiculous in most cases. The best track without Scarface ends up being "Southern N_____" which features Mr. Lee, who did production on Slim Thug's "Already Platinum" CD and Bun B's "Trill" CD, Rell, 8-Ball, E-Rock, Lil Keke & Slim Thug. This is the only song that is on "My Homies 2" that I can honestly say that I can listen to that doesn't have Scarface on it. I can appreciate Z-Ro's remake of Scarface's "I Seen A Man Die" entitled "Man Cry" but some things are better left alone. I would rather hear Z-Ro do something original than to remake a Scarface track on his own "My Homies 2" CD. Bun B and Chamillionaire do their best to try and save "Platinum Starz" but Lil Flip's weak verse and Bigg Tyme's cheesy sample take away anything good from the song. That surprises me because Bigg Tyme had a nice beat on the "Intro". You can atleast attempt to listen to "We Out Here" which features The Ghetto Slaves and Skip of UTP. However, you were already tired of the sample that Mike Jones used on his track "Cuttin'", so you definitely won't want to hear it again on "We Out Here". Spade R.I.P.P.E.R.'s "Always" is just plain ridiculous. This song definitely qualifies as the worst song that I have heard in the year 2006 so far. "Club Bangaz" has a decent beat produced by KLC, who was in Master P's "Beats By The Pound" back in 1998, but the song can't even be saved by a nice Juvenile verse. Partners N Crime add nothing to the song at all.

Overall, the songs that feature Scarface will be the reason why you buy "My Homies 2". Scarface makes it perfectly clear that he has not lost any of his skills and in my opinion, he is and will always be The King Of The South, whether he wants the title or not. The problem with "My Homies 2" is when his homies give lackluster performances which take away from the overall quality of this CD. If you have all of the other Scarface CDs like I do, "My Homies 2" is still worth having in your collection. You'll just wish Scarface would have left some of his "Homies" at home this time around. You should also pick up Scarface's CD with The Product entitled "One Hunnid".

Track listing:

1) Intro
2) Definition Of Real- Scarface, Z-Ro & Ice Cube
3) Never Snitch (Remix)- Scarface, Beanie Sigel & Game
4) Man Cry- Z-Ro
5) Street Lights- Scarface, Yung Redd & Lil Ron
6) We Out Here- Skip Of UTP & The Ghetto Slaves
7) Gotta Get Paid- Scarface
8) Club Bangaz- Partners N Crime & Juvenile
9) Platinum Starz- Lil Flip, Chamillionaire & Bun B
10) Always- Spade R.I.P.P.E.R.
11) Tryin' To ____ Something- Vicious & Scarface (on the chorus)
12) Pass The Itchy- Scarface
13) Southern N_____- Mr. Lee, Rell, 8-Ball, E-Rock, Lil Keke & Slim Thug
14) My Life- Scarface & The Geto Boys

James' Top 5

1) Never Snitch (Remix)- Scarface, Beanie Sigel & Game
2) My Life- Scarface & The Geto Boys
3) Gotta Get Paid- Scarface
4) Street Lights- Scarface, Yung Redd & Lil Ron
5) Definition Of Real- Scarface, Z-Ro & Ice Cube

I am a huge scarface fan i have been for a long time. he is one of the originaters of southern rap along with outkast and ugk. if i had to pick a real king of the south it would be scarface. the album is great for the most part. the strong deep almost out of breeth voice of face is something i always enjoy on his cds. he has a great cast of features on this cd. basicaly all the down south names and some surprises. the best traqck is the single put out on the cd that is def a street anthem called never snitch. game and beans feature on this song and its a def ten. even though the songs without scarface were hott they were missing the godfather of southern rap. there are good ones like the remix z-roe has "man cry" and "platinum stars" wit bun chamili and flip. this song is a tight summer song with 2 greats on it over a many beat. although it is old and has been on like evey sothern mixtape for the past yr. i was hopin it would be a remix or face would spit but he didnt. its still a tigh song chamillinaire and buns verses are ofcourse thight and flip adds his touch to it which is kind of tight. definition of real with z-roe, face and cube is real hard of course with the three of them on a track its imposible to not be grimy. southern niggas is tight with an all star southern cast of new comers and some ogs. but again the same problem face isnt on the track. the cd is great but its in a way a little bit of a let down for real face fans who want a ful length face record. if it was a mixtape i would give it a 5 but i give it a 3.5 just bc he is not on all the tracks it is still very worth buying and i no im being harsh but i wanted a full scarface cd its still a great souther cd.

18 years since he came in the rap game, 6 years since his last My Homies album, 3 years since his last solo, 2 weeks since the last album he was part of, The Legend and real King of the South (not these sweet candy A$$e$ claimin the title) Uncle Face is back. Of the dozen or so albums I have with Face as part of them, this is defintiely on the lower half (slightly worse then his first My Homies album). Much like that one, Face is on slightly over half the songs (8 of the 14, with 3 being solo's). It has 2 almost classics, 2 I skip, 4-6 are good, 4-6 are ok. Guests are on a lot of the songs and ar emostly southern rappers.(all but 3). Production is decent and handled by the usual. Bigg Tyme does 3 songs, Tone Capone, Mike Dean and Scarface each do 2, Mr. Lee, KLC, N.O. Joe and 2 others I never heard of all do 1 song. It slacks off alot after the first half of the album but it's still solid. A nice album for his fans to have.

#1 - 8 (Scarface -- short intro)
#2 - 8.5 (Z-Ro f/ Scarface, Ice Cube)
#3 - 9.5 (Scarface f/ Beanie Sigel & The Game -- about never snitchin --- nice beat)
#4 - 9.5 (Z-Ro -- redo of Face's classic "I Seen A Man Die" -- tight beat)
#5 - 8.5 (Young Redd f/ Scarface, Lil Ron)
#6 - 5 (Ghetto Slaves f/ Skip of UTP)
#7 - 9 (Scarface -- about hustling)
#8 - 7 (Partners-N-Crime f/ Juvenile)
#9 - 7.5 (Lil Flip, Chamillionaire, Bun B)
#10 - 4 (Spaide Ripper)
#11 - 7 (Vicious f/ Scarface)
#12 - 7.5 (Scarface)
#13 - 7 (Mr. Lee, Rell, Eightball, E-Rock, Lil Keke, Slim Thug)
#14 - 8 (Scarface f/ Willie D, Bushwick Bill)

Brad Jordan -- b. 11/9/70 -- b. San Antonio, TX moved to Houston, TX

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Scarface is heads and shoulders above all the other rap artist. They need instruction from him on how it should be done. 3-six, Ludacris, etc. sound like noise and dirt after sampling the clean crisp sound of scarface. But wait--Wisdom? Indeed! Something from this guy should be in everyone's collection!

Alot of these southern reviews kill me. Nowadays everybody claiming to be the king of the south. Did face fall off? Don't think so. Before you be shouting I'm king of the south, better recognize top the dude that paved the way for this new generation of H-Town rappers. No one , I mean no one will ever lay it down as face did thru his entire career. I been listen to face/ Ghetto Boys Since I young and nobody can top face. Yall need to sit back and take notes from Scarface the realest to ever touch the mic.