Dem Franchize Boyz - On Top of Our Game

On Top of What?!

Similar to screw music and twisting to their respective areas, the snap sound has probably been around ATL for years before it went nationwide with groups like Dem Franchize Boyz and D4L. The problem with a regional sound is that once it hits the mainstream, fickle fans get sick real quick. Luckily DFB provides enough variety on On Top of Our Game that redundancy isn’t an issue, but quality is. The songs that you’ve heard on the radio are all you need to hear on this album.

The album is kicked off with My Music and a featuring from the southern legend Bun B. Ridin’ Rims is probably the best on the album that gets no radio play, but that’s not saying much. It’s entertaining; it makes for a nice flossin’ song and almost anything is right with a touch of JD. Lean Wit It Rock Wit It is the song that teaches you how to do that ATL snap dance that everyone is doing right now. The beat is simple yet sufficient to get you leanin’ and rockin’, but two Fat Joe references in the same song? Step your rap game up. As if the album weren’t bad enough, DFB drops the gem Stop Callin’ Me. This track is perhaps the most ignorant noise that I have heard in a long, long time. I would say listen to it once so you get my point, but really it’s not worth your time.

Hands down, JD makes hot songs. But he can’t make artists that aren’t hot, hot. And the one problem that DFB has is the bane of being horrible. So really, if you want to hear DFB, continue to listen to the radio, continue to watch MTV and BET, but whatever you do, don’t buy/get/illegally obtain/listen to On Top of Our Game. Another thing they’re not.