G Precious Walk On Water Evolution Review

G Precious “Walk On Water Evolution”

Review by Daniel C. Morrison

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I’ve known Brenda for a few years now as she’s been a supporter of Hip Rock Magazine and Daniel Digs It but what makes me love this woman is her passion. I’m not talking just about her music but also how she gets through her emotional struggles, how she donates pieces of her time and herself to her community and many other things. The girl has drive, ambition, talent, and most of all, love for herself and the world around her.

Music began for her at the age of 6 with vibrant creative writing and never took a back burner to her dreams in life. The deaths of her brother, grandmother and two aunts sparked a creative streak that landed a solidly put together debut album called “On My Shoulders” where it caught my attention. Without hesitating she released two other albums (Hip Hop & Hot Dogs Vol. 1 and Abomination) and continues her streak with “Walk On Water – Evolution”. I kid you not, her lyrics and how she keeps upbeat through all of her struggles are definite inspirations on how to live life and take control. So let’s see how this latest stacks up!

LETS DIG IN!

A line by line review of the songs in the case of a 16 track album is difficult for me unless a great majority of them stick out. Most of these songs were good so I’ll make a quick review of the ones I liked.

I was thoroughly surprised by how awesome Microphone Check was to start off the album. The beat was perfect for a reminder of who G Precious is.

Walk On Water evokes deep thinking in its simplified lyrics. I don’t think I ever heard so many things to deeply consider in one song. The chorus could use more power but is pretty catchy.

Heaven presents a beautiful beat that I could sit and breathe easy to. As I listened to her call out to her grandmother who passed away I couldn’t help but smile. What would they do now if they could have a day together? Or even a phone to have a conversation? This song is intricately beautiful!

Any Minute Now changes things up as G Precious subtly sings about the long wait for love. I’m impressed here because I don’t recall her utilizing this angle of her vocal style.

Back To You presents a dance style beat but I’m not sure the power in G Precious’s voice can capture what the beat is saying.

Into My Eyez ft. Butter G. is an odd addition. A heavy guitar riff adds some attention and the way her singing sounds with his metal vocal yell during the chorus is cool and also a bit of a shock. I’m not sure if this will turn people away or not but for me I think, by the time the song was over, I liked it better than at first.

Takin’ Hip Hop Back is kind of a fun song as G Precious reminisces about her past on a funky, moving beat.

Droppin’ Stacks reminds me of the more mainstream style of Hip Hop as G Precious changes up the style a bit for a sway in her voice. It works for me. I give props as she points out the benefits of money and the give and take of it.

We On Fire ft. Arson, Kyng Solo gives a nice change in pace and provides the “jump out” power in vocals that seems rare on this album. I’d like to hear more like this to even out the attention.

Flex On Us has some of that power in G Precious’s vocals that I was looking for. It matches well with the club beat and her flow commands attention. G Precious ain’t one to be messed with! This will probably be a favorite of many. Better watch your girl if you’re in the club on this one.

F’n Crazy is another song that reminds me of main stream and puts others in their place. This will be another one that many will probably like.

I’m Your Puppet ft Kai, RISE, Keep ‘Em Clappin’. Motherfuckas and Last Confession, for me, are passable songs. Nothing really stood out enough for me to comment on.

After all is said and done 12 out of 16 (3/4) is an impressive number to like. My favorite was probably Microphone Check due to the impressive “I wonder where this album will go from here?” feeling I got from it. It was much different than her previous offerings as far as setting my mind up for what was to come. However, I’m a lyrics guy and when it came to the thought provoking lyrics I love about G Precious, Walk On Water was tough to beat. Then, how she represents the love and sorrow of her grandmother, Heaven has to be bumped up for it was truly a beautiful delivery both lyrically and musically. I miss my grandmother too and it captured the mood of wonder if I had a chance to talk to her after all this time apart.

You can plainly see though that I only commented on one’s I liked so it’s tough to say for sure which song was my favorite. In kind of a rare instance, when it comes to long albums, only 4 weren’t my cup of tea.

On one end of the shovel – G Precious evokes some emotional stimuli to situations I could really relate to. Her professionalism has improved and in some instances I was pleasantly surprised such as when she sang and when she toughened up. I won’t say they came a long way because she honestly didn’t have a long way to go for improvement as she already nailed most of what she was after. Nearly every beat was catchy giving you calm, beautiful soft beats and then a few punchy ones.

On the other end of the shovel – Often an album starts to lose its appeal to me when there are more than 10-12 songs, especially Hip Hop. There are many gems on this album but G Precious’s voice lacks a real powerful sound meaning that the variety in her natural voice maintains calmness from track to track. There were a few times I was overly relaxed so I began to get tired. If it wasn’t for my solid interest in her messages I may have fallen asleep. I wonder if it’s due to her humble nature that a thunderous voice doesn’t jump out and command immediate attention. Even though I found a few towards the end of the album that attempted to remedy this it wasn’t enough. Perhaps a different order of the songs would have changed my opinion.

How deep can I dig this?

There were an impressive number of good songs on here for a 16 track album with nearly every beat on its own being enjoyable. Although sometimes the subjects of the songs were repetitive most of them had me hanging on. When G Precious busted out in singing it changed the dynamic and further added value to my time with it. However, the tone of G Precious’s voice in the majority of the album was soft and lacked an attention grabbing power. This power came towards the end but by that time some may find themselves falling asleep unless they were hooked on the lyrics. It kind of felt like the songs at the end of the album were recorded way after the ones on the first half. I’m not sure why there was such a contrast in the “oomph” of her voice. Perhaps a different order of the songs spreading the quiet toned voice and the punchy voice would have alleviated this.
As such you might decide to skip a track here and there or come to it another time. Most of the lyrics are story told in a fashion that will keep you listening if you’re a lyric type of lover but might put you to sleep otherwise if listened too long. As such I dig Walk On Water Evolution an 8 out of 10 feet deep.