Throughout Queens Chronicle, Big Noyd’s lyrics show the emcee dedication to presenting reality with a journalistic eye for detail, as he states on the chorus to “Queensbridge Thuggin’," “I don’t sell dreams / I sell crack.” Noyd raps, over mazzive drums and tinkling pianos, “Livin’ more vivid / I don’t need to dramatize” on the track “Dreams” which also features samples of Jay-Z,Nas, and Notorious B.I.G. making it clear to even the most casual listener that Noyd wants to be considered amongst those Big Apple legends, which is probably what the titular “dreams” are about. On “Where My G’z At,” over the crack of a snare, a thick bassline, and strings Noyd recalls “I started moving work at the age of 16” and then later says “Till this day I’m the same way.” Noyd’s refusal to chase trends means he is still rapping about guns and money, but at least he is still rapping about it well. Another album highlight is “Pokerface”
which contains another Nas sample and still more proof of Noyd’s eye for detail in his first verse description of a card game. The track also offers two lines: The first, “Makin’ hits since ‘96 / I don’t need a T-Pain” further demonstrates Noyd’s rejection of newer styles and the second, “If you scared get a dog / If you gully get a gun,” shows why Noyd should be allowed to kick concrete rhymes for the rest of his life: he’s great at it. The best track on the album, the joyously violent “Kilo Rap”, with a chirped-up Soul sample that sounds like Kanye West’s work circa Purple Haze, contains drug talk you have heard many times before. Again, Noyd, joined by Termanology and Ghetto, deliver their lines with bracing intensity and a “matter of fact” level of confidence: “You already know the name kid / Noyd from the fuckin' bridge / Steppin on coke / It is what it is.”
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