On the one hand he lambastes modern politics, but then immediately flips it to show the faults in all of us: “Wait, I’ma step up, and get me a slice, / My baby momma stepped up, and got her a slice, / Everybody step up, and get you ...more
PopMatters
His voice is a uniquely expressive instrument, alternately energetic and tired, cracking around the edges and dripping weary charisma; when he turns this to deeper tracks, which he does fairly often on Blue Collar, it makes for a powerful punch. ...more
Slant Magazine
Many of Blue Collars tracks are simple genre pieces, stories about the lives of everyday Americans dealing with whatever tribulations come down the pike, but Fests gift for honesty - real honesty, not that tired "keeping it real" crap - elevates ...more
AllHipHop.com
With Blue Collar (Allido/J), Fest successfully uses his major label debut to get Hip-Hop purists heads nodding, club goers moving and everyone facing strife feeling a little better about life. ...more
XXL Magazine
With Blue Collar, Rhymefest sidesteps thug life for real life and proves that image is nothing when it comes to making good music. ...more
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NobodySmiling.com
The album is like life, there are some plain fun track and there are some serious tracks and somehow Che from the south side ties it all together to a uniform album. ...more
Guardian
Hip-hop has to be applauded for being one of the few genres that regularly features duets where one of the participating members is deceased. On Blue Collar's superb Build Me Up, which steals wholesale the chorus of the Foundations' Build Me ...more
LA Daily News
A thought-provoking opus to the working class. ...more
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