Hook off

Hook off
Studio album by Cappadonna
Publication (s)	17th June 2014
Label (s)	God Love Family Entertainment Protect-Ya-Neck Records
Format (s)	CD, download
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	17th
running time	55:40
production	Cappadonna ( exec. ) J-Clyde DJ Intrigue Vocab G Dot Beats Cruise for Bugatti Beatz Big Lin
chronology Eyrth, Wynd, and Fyre (2013) Hook off The Pillage 2 (2015)

Hook Off is the eighth studio album by the US American Wu Tang clan - rapper Cappadonna . It was released on June 17, 2014 via God Love Family Entertainment, the album was digitally distributed by Protect-Ya-Neck Records. A special feature of this album is that it completely dispenses with choruses.

background

According to Cappadonna, the concept of Hook Off consists of the focus on the lyric, so he completely omitted the chorus. He explained this in the following words:

“ Most hip-hop songs are only remembered because of the catchy chorus, but without the chorus, the listener has no choice but to get involved with the lyrics of the rapper with whom this album is equipped. "

- Cappadonna

Track list

#	title	producer	length
1.	Soul Food (feat.Turnpike Ike & Desert Eagle)	Vocab	3:23
2.	Raw (feat. Amar Divine, Lounger Low & Don Shae4)	J-Clyde	3:21
3.	Vegan (feat.Amar Divine & Turnpike Ike)	J-Clyde	2:50
4th	Natural Disaster (feat.Amar Divine, Lounger Low & Wonda Woman)	J-Clyde	3:12
5.	Adams & Eve (feat.Wonda Women, Amar Divine & Solomon Childs)	J-Clyde	3:49
6th	Vibes Cartel (feat.Wonda Women, Desert Eagle & King Magnetic)	J-Clyde	3:01
7th	1 & 9 (feat.Unique, GQ & Don Shae)	Cruise for Bugatti Beatz	4:36
8th.	Famous Aimers ( feat.Amar Divine, Don Shae & PMD)	J-Clyde	3:05
9.	Help the Brovas (feat. Amar Divine & Spliff Star)	J-Clyde	3:14
10.	Alumni (feat.Amar Divine & Don Shae)	J-Clyde	3:04
11.	Spiritual Love (feat.Amar Divine & Nakeeba Amaniyea)	G dot beats	3:00
12.	Genoside (feat. Don Shae)	J-Clyde	1:36
13.	Feed My Folks (feat.Nakeeba Amaniye)	J-Clyde	3:43
14th	Aluma Knotty (feat.Amar Divine & Show Stoppa)	DJ Intrigue	3:21
15th	Project Kids (feat.Amar Divine & Show Stoppa)	DJ Intrigue	3:23
16.	CAPPA (feat. Amar Divine)	Big Lin	2:23
17th	Parkhill Avenue Crew (feat. Chunky & Kash Verrazono)	J-Clyde	4:39

criticism

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
examiner.com
rap-essence

Alex Dionisio from examiner.com described Hook Off as a "typical East Coast album " with refreshing, hard and rough lyrics. The content is about problems and violence in the “ everyday ghetto ” and about “making money” . Thematically this is nothing new, but Hook Off is "unique" because of the renunciation of the chorus . He praised Cappadonna and his guests and described their lyrics as " wise " and " poetic " .

Hook Off also received three out of five possible points for rap-essence because, as Mike Scheumeister found, the album contained many good songs, but also some “fillers” . The beats are either good or bad (quote in the original: "hit or miss" ). While Scheumeister praised the rappers' poetry, he criticized the large number of guests who sometimes made the album sound like a mixtape . In conclusion he wrote that Hook Off was good, but on the verge of "Can you forget" , and that the album was a little bit better than its predecessor Eyrth, Wynd, and Fyre .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} DODGERONDECK: WU-TANG'S CAPPADONNA SET TO RELEASE HIP-HOP ALBUM WITH NO HOOKS . The Source. April 15, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
2. ↑ Alex Dionisio: Cappadonna and friends focus on lyricism in 'Hook Off' . examiner.com. November 27, 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2015.
3. ↑ Mike Scheumeister: Cappadonna - Hook Off (Review) . rap-essence. 2014. Retrieved December 3, 2015.