Album Review: The Greatest Story Never Told by Saigon

If you were into BPD and Public Enemy 20 some odd years ago then I think you'll like this album.  Saigon is going back to revisit a lot of those themes and I find it sad to think that 20 years removed life for poor inner city kids is still filled with violence, drugs, and self loathing. 

For 80 minutes Saigon manages to keep focused on his theme and he's helped by the production work of Just Blaze who does a great job of musically matching the path that Saigon is following.  It makes for a fully realized and very thoughtful album. 

One thing I find interesting about the focus Saigon is taking is that unlike BDP and Public Enemy who looked so angrily at the outside, Saigon takes a lot of the focus and turns it into the neighborhood itself, even so far as to go after preachers who he feels take advantage of the downtrodden.

Musically it's consistent and lyrically it's smart.  That makes for a good combination on a rap album and makes this one of the best albums I've heard so far this year.

If you're in the mood for some solid hip-hop give this a try.

Following the Rhapsody rating method I give it 3 out of 5 stars for Pretty Good.