Chamillionaire has finally stepped into the political aspect of rap with his highly anticipated sophomore album “The Ultimate Victory”. Initially set to be released on March 27th, Cham decided to move the date back to September 18th after receiving few compliments on the original single, “Not A Criminal”, featuring Kelis. Fans saw a glimpse of what was to come when he released his new single “Hip Hop Police” featuring Slick Rick. The track, like “Ridin”, gives an idea about the discrimination most rappers feel from cops. The next single Cham delivered was “Evening News”, and shows his ability to discuss politics while keeping his flow on par and showing a sort of swagger in his voice that means business. The third single, “The Bill Collecta”, featuring Krayzie Bone, will also reveal his business swag in a different topic, but one that Chamillionaire is known to talk a lot about: getting money. To give you a peek at the rest of the album, I will now do a little walkthrough of the tracks not mentioned above.

The album wakes you up to a fresh start with “Morning News”, another political track that touches the surface on a few topics that are discussed in “Evening News”. The third and fourth tracks have catchy beats as well as melodies, and shows that Cham Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames. > definitely wants to go hard early. The fifth track, “Industry Groupie”, has one of the best beats I have ever heard, sampling the classic 80’s song, Ch“The Final Countdown”. Chamillionaire rips this beat as well as any other as he raps about his ongoing feud with a groupie. He then goes into “Pimp Mode” with Bun B on the sixth track, bringing the popular Houston flavor to the table. Then on the seventh track, he takes a different approach as a “Rock Star”, showing up with Hip-Hop’s #1 star Lil’ Wayne. On the tenth track, “The Ultimate Vaction”, Cham goes a little softer, but only to switch it up and bring more heat one song later on “Come Back to the Streets”. The twelfth track once again shows his love for money, and has a nice melody to it, like most of the tracks that Chamillionaire sings the chorus on. The next song brings the other half of UGK, Pimp C, as Cham gets crunk once more, giving you a “Welcome to the South”. Track number 15 features an up and coming Texas rapper with the name of Famous, who can definitely spit some fire. Look for him to blow up in the future. On “We Breakin Up”, Chamillionaire expresses his feelings about someone he had to let go. The 18th track has a laidback beat with another catchy melody and features Devin the Dude on the third verse. Finally, Cham goes out with a nice thank you on “The Ultimate Victory”, summing up his view on Hip-Hop today. The stringy beat fits perfectly with his flow on the last song of the CD.

Overall, Cham isn’t focused on impressing anybody with over the top punch lines and metaphors, yet comes with the intelligence needed to give T.I. a run for his crown as the King of the South. “The Ultimate Victory” is the biggest thing to come out of Texas since the space shuttle. I highly recommend buying this album, and can guarantee any fan of Hip-Hop will love this album.

My Rating: 5.5 out of 6 shots

Track Listing:
1. The Morning News
2. Hip Hop Police Featuring Slick Rick
3. Standing Ovation
4. Won’t Let You Down
5. Industry Groupie
6. Pimp Mode Featuring Bun B
7. Rock Star Featuring Lil Wayne
8. Skit
9. The Bill Collecta Featuring Krayzie Bone
10. The Ultimate Vacation
11. Come Back To The Streets
12. I Think I Love You
13. The Evening News
14. Welcome to the South Featuring Pimp C
15. You Must Be Crazy Featuring Famous
16. We Breakin Up
17. Skit - Stuck in The Ghetto Featuring Tony Henry
18. Rocky Road Featuring Devin the Dude
19. The Ultimate Victory

Review By: Scizzor