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Way back in ’86 this ‘Dog’ of sorts has been paving the way and adding flavor to the rap game. As a key member in the group Cypress Hill or the front man of the band SX10 Cuban-born Senen Reyes, Sen Dog, has shown the industry just how easy it is to make an impression and have it stick. Ever since those first few hits of a bong on the and learning how he could just kill a man, it seems that his rap career has slowly been building, escalating to this point where he has brought us this: “Diary of a Mad Dog.”

Going from making an album as apart of a group this time he’s stepped outside of the box and gone about this project a little different. He’s making this one a solo effort. Even though it has been more then two decades in the game, mulitiple platnium/gold records, millions of albums sold, and he’s survived more in the rap rat-race more than a fat kid in a deli, this album is in fact his debut album as a solo artist. Releasing it on Suburban Noize Records this album has seem to have found the ideal place for it to have been made, a camp full of misfits where cultural lines are blurred into one and all music is just music.

Now I personally have not really gotten into Cypress Hill(B-Real or Sen Dog) besides the few songs they’ve collabed with Kottonmouth on or those that were major hits and had airtime. This was the first time I could actually hear an album by one of the two and hear it for what it is. This album marks a turning point in this Mad Dog’s life and he’s not afraid to hold back from showing what it is that’s bothering him. With the opening track “Fumble” the pace of the ablum is set. It seems quick and spastic in some parts, but then again in other parts it slows a bit to break it down and show the listener what is what.

The album sounds very personal talking about his early life, gangbanging, what it’s like as a “superstar” according to the media, and even suffereing a heart attack of sorts.

“I’m not going to have an agenda on this; I’m going to jam and record whatever is fun to me.”

It seems he got that across on this album and whether or not you like Cypress from back in the day or just like hip-hop music in general give this album a taste. If you’re not a fan of either I do not know why you are here and neither do you probably. All I can suggest is, is that you go get yoruself a copy of this somehow and wait to see this Mad Dog on tour reading scriptures from The Diary.

Websites

MySpace.com/SenDog
SuburbanNoizeRecords.com

Record Label:

• Suburban Noize Records

Release Date:

• 09/30/2008

Reviewer:

• Whipstick