Scarface - The Diary

5.2

Hardcore rapper Scarface has issues. He is the self-proclaimed bad influence on the youth, encouraging them to smoke, drink, and kill. His friends are dying all around him and he has no one to lean on. He can't talk to his mother, let alone his diary. Lend an ear and the prolific 90's rapper will spit all his problems, wrapped up in dismal metaphors and rhymes. Trouble is, Scarface's problems aren't all that different from any other rapper's. Even worse, those guys are saying the same damn thing, but more eloquently.

Instead of trying even harder to differentiate himself, Scarface adapts a little of everyone's style. His flow and voice is eerily similar to Biggie's. His production and beats; Dre and Snoop's left-overs. I'm not discounting him entirely. A few gems ("No Tears," "Goin' Down") rise to the top but can't overshadow the fact that you can hear better versions of these songs on Doggystyle and The Chronic. Poor Scarface.