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Looptroop » Fort Europa
Fort EuropaArtist: Looptroop
Released: 2005
Songs: 16
Genre: Hip-Hop
 | 01. Dm-87 | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 02. Fort Europa | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 03. 21 Grams | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 04. Chana Masala | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 05. Trinfidelity | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 06. Night Train | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 07. 21 Bars | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 08. Rainbow Faces | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 09. Hurricane George | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 10. Trinsanity | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 11. Sparkplug | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 12. Trrism | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 13. Carneval | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 14. Heavy Rains | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 15. Trincest | DOWNLOAD MP3 | |
| 16. Unilateral Communication | DOWNLOAD MP3 |
Looptroop’s third full-length studio album Fort Europa was released in 2005.
So, be ready! If you did not like hip-hop music at all, you did not hear anything like that, this album can change you mind forever that is if you have the slightest clue of what hip-hop music and culture is about.
It will surprise you, because Fort Europa is in English, without any funny dialects. So you should not worry about the language being the barrier for you.
What can we say about music? No doubt, the beats and lyrics are also in perfect harmony. For an example on the most "exciting" part of the album the TTT tracks ( Trinsanity, Trinfidelity & Trincest) this mentioned harmony adds a real exciting element to the experience and truly showcases the lyrical skills of the band. You can forget your cd player has a fast forward button because you will not need it when you are listening to Fort Europa. It is explaining the fact, that there are not weak tracks here, no filler material or any skits that break the balance of most albums released nowadays.
Without any hesitating we can give to the Looptroop Fort Europa th highest mark. The album delivers on every possible aspect in the book but what prevents it from being an alltime classic album is the fact that there are no tracks that really stand out. This however is not a bad thing at all and entirely positive since you're most likely going to listen to the album from the start to finish every time you put it on.
The oddest part about this album is the contrast between grave subject matter and playful execution. "21 Grams" is one of the few beats that possess any kind of gravitas. Almost completely ignoring the dark end of the sound spectrum, "Fort Europa" rides on a happy wave that at times feels irritatingly out of place. "Rainbow Faces" is meant to be uplifting and definitely succeeds, but is about the only exception from the rule. "Chana Masala" is a disgrace to the Indian plate of the same name, a stiff track always on the verge of stumbling, climaxing in a horrible hook going "DvsG's, and you cannot fuck with us," turning the David vs Goliath Records abbreviation DvsG into some odd double entendre ("Devious Gees"). "Unilateral Communication" is representative of tracks whose beats sound strangely detatched from the content. Even worse, the gleefully thumping "Carneval" degenerates from a nice touring track into a weird episode that involves babies being eaten alive, apparently to illustrate how the world eats its young and to make some lame wordplay on the song title.
If all you need from an album is great jazzy beats, great political/message oriented lyrics then consider this album a modern classic in hip-hop music. Words are not enough to describe the rare quality that this album delivers to any hip-hop fans and unless you're a communist, government official or a rapist, this album will change what you think of european hip-hop or even hip-hop in general.