’10 Underrated Albums: #1 Waka Flocka Flockaveli

Tuesday, January 04 2011 6:00 PM EST | Posted by: B.Dot | Posted in: Album Reviews, Blog

Surprised? Oh, quit your jibber jabber. Waka himself would probably admit that he’s no wizard of poetry. But for what he lacks in skill set, his debut Flockaveli makes up for in entertainment value. Produced majorly by Lex Luger, the project is buoyed by hypnotic drum and horn patterns. Ironically, the tracks are more effective individually than in their sequence, ie: the album’s big three:, “O Let’s Do It” , “Hard In The Paint” and “No Hands.” Really, it’s Waka’s simplicity that keeps him engaging. Whether he’s letting his burners (“Live By the Gun”) or onomatopoeia do the talking (“Bustin At Em”), Flockakveli maintained a presence and produced hit after hit after hit. If you can’t RESPECT. that, than, well, you know the rest. Blaow!

Previously: #5 Pilot Talk 2 | #4 Darkside Vol.1 | #3 Apollo Kids | #2 Hunger For More

Comments (112)

  1. Hahaha says:

    DEAR RAP RADAR,

    ARE YOU FUCKING HIIGH?

  2. Yooo says:

    Big surprise there, Elliot sucking Wacka’s cock. GTFO of here. Some of the shit you’ve posted lately has been nothing but retarded,

  3. TRUTH says:

    A JOKE….THIS NIGGA & HIS ALBUM TRASH AND I DONT CARE WHAT KINDA EXPLANATION OR RATIONALITY YOU TRY TO GIVE IT RAP RADAR. JUS BECAUSE YALL INFACTUATED WITH HIM AND PUTTIN HIM ON RESPECT COVER ETC DONT MEAN WE FOOLED.

    STOP IT!

  4. meezy says:

    ’10 Unnecessary Albums: #1 Waka Flocka Flockaveli

  5. belly says:

    1st 100k fishs and 5000 birds drop out the sky and wash up dead, and now Waka had the most underrated LP in ’10….. the end is near….2012

  6. Mr October says:

    Annnnnddddd the song Syllables is represented in this post. Thank you B.Dot

  7. NYC says:

    lol his album cant be rated , its trash

  8. Hahaha says:

    Lmao all the 10 Dissapointing albums YOU listed>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Flockavelli
    I don’t hate…but I will let you know a horrible album when I hear one, and THIS is one.
    I bet you my IQ dropped after listening to this.
    Not all rap albums have to be “smart” or tell stories, but DAMN…at least make sense!!!
    is there a song on there that makes any fucking sense!?

  9. BTKilla says:

    SMH that’s all I have to say

  10. Poindexter says:

    False… I checked it out and it wack… Lloyd Banks HFM2 is million times better than this wack niggas shit

  11. p.dom says:

    get the entire fuck outta here!!!

  12. mexi-CAN says:

    @belly
    the end is not near my son.
    but high school dropouts went up almost 90%
    B. Dot being the first one…Hahaaa

  13. GUARE says:

    yo belly funny as hell..i dont know bout the album.. but maybe underrated is not the word.. but im surprised.. he doing what he doing.. i would of thougth he would of dissappeared by now.. and i be rockin to the joints he got with french montana.. so i am surprised he still around and actually hot on the scene rite now.. i dont know bout underratted though..i doubt this album is better then that banks.. i feel like that banks album was truely underrated

  14. Cudder says:

    I’ve been saying this was a solid freshman effort.

  15. mdot85 says:

    It could be the #1 mindless no lyric turn the bass up album of 2010..but “underrated” I gotta disagree wit..if the 3 singles are greater then the entire sum of the album then fine put him up for hottest singles of 2010..and this is comin from the biggest Wacka hater out there..but were his singles popular even if I hate them..YES..but for the entire album to be underrated nah and for it to be the #1 underrated nah…its all bout opinion and I respect ur bdot..but imma 100% disagree lol

  16. xtrajordinary says:

    beats on that shit are crazy

    he does his thing. his sound isn’t supposed to be lyrical or perfect. these cats trash on every guy who doesn’t rhyme like rakim, but that’s not waka’s thing. he’s got a whole different target market. i couldn’t agree more with the rating.

  17. E.P says:

    B. Dot, I respect you and agree with a lot of your opinions, but straight up homie..you get a cmon son for this one.

  18. Albrecht44 says:

    You mean overrated right? No? Ya’ll just went full retard with this one.

  19. Joshua says:

    HIP HOP WAS MEANT TO HAVE DIVERSITY. WHEN YOUR AT THE CLUB YOU DON’T WANT TO HEAR THAT SUPER LYRICAL RAP. YOU WANT TO HEAR THAT IGNORANT SHIT. EVERYBODY HAS A LANE IN MUSIC AND CAN PLAY THERE PART. I LOVE COMPLEX RHYME STYLES, THEN THERE ARE TIMES I WANT TO DUMB IT DOWN

  20. gus says:

    B. Dot you enjoyed this more than the other underrated albums? Thats one tough list man. respect it though. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Personally PT and PTII are my most underrated.

  21. Niyemortal says:

    I know sometimes that things are posted for the discussion or controversy it could bring, but there are classier ways to do it. A Gucci song is by default better than a Waka song and for Gucci to be on the disappointing list but Waka be number 1 on the underrated is beyond logic. If anything, Id say Banks’ album was the most underrated by far. If you felt the need to put Waka on the list, it should have been at 10 at least.

    I still respect your site though.

  22. happy new year haters! says:

    Get mad! For those of us that don’t always take music seriously and like to dumbout and get krunk, this album did its job. Will it go down in history as a classic next to the chronic, makeveli, illmatic, or ready to die? Hell no, but that ain’t always the goal. Wakka gave me precisly the kind of album I was lookin for from him. I got this album somewhere next to thug motavation 101, get rich or die trying, and world domination. I think his audience slept on this one

  23. rAND says:

    So Waka gets most underrated album and is also on the front cover of B.Dots boss magazine. Concidence? I think not payola a$$ nigga elliot wilson. Fuck outta with that bullshit

  24. CDub says:

    Yo B.Dot this is some bullshit u know it is??? U can honestly sit there and listen through each song from beginning to end and call it underated….Yo ass need a reality check with this one GTFOH

  25. NotoriousRambo says:

    **BITCH SLAPS B.DOT** YOU AN YN NEED TO EAT A DICK! RAPRADAR BECOMING JUST LIKE THE REST OF THE BLOGS SMH

  26. Reasy F. says:

    If the music doesn’t have substance, then I can’t fuck with it. The rest of you can bump that mess and I’ll still be playing “In My Lifetime Vol. 1″.

  27. D-manded says:

    Put the pipe down B no good for u

  28. jflyy1555 says:

    your a fuckin crackhead

  29. cmyers says:

    omg this must be a joke u guys really fucking suck wacka flocka is the wackest nigger alive

  30. Whowantwhat says:

    This post just shows why XXL fired YN dumb ass!

  31. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    The whole Rapradar Staff needs to be at mental hospital with GUCCI MANE SMH.

  32. Mars says:

    Ya’ll gettin paid to post shit like this?

    C’mon son.

    Ya’ll got Distant Relatives and this mixed up.

  33. ZoomZoomDad-Otis says:

    Banks album should be the #1 underrated album of 2010.

  34. Belize says:

    @Rap Radar: Yall, have been hacked haven’t you? Well I hope yall get access back to it and edit all the stupidity that’s been posted with all the most________album of 2010. smh

  35. mac attack says:

    I will return as long as i see the author of this under the “blackout” section for the remainder of 2011..

  36. tr says:

    I still haven’t checked it…

    But I agree that he definitely had some hits this year. Hrmm…maybe I’m missing out?

    Not that it matters but P4K rated it 8.0 so maybe B.Dot ain’t so crazy.

  37. cokane says:

    fuck this noise this is the biggest load of shit ive eve seen in my life

  38. fuk.i.care says:

    this has to be a SHOCK POST. there is no way a respectable hip hop site really believes this bs. if your goal was to be contraversial, then mission accomplished, but you are killing your credibility.

  39. Chan says:

    I agree with a lot of the rating, in fact I even enjoyed the reviews, but Flockavelli as most underrated? NAW! Hell No to be exact.

    BOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

  40. j-tang says:

    is this to give credibility to the RESPECT magazine cover?

  41. masa says:

    obviously somebody is on wack-a floppa’s dick
    are you serious? underrated? you must be joking.
    Shame on you “Rap Radar” for even acknowledging this clown.

  42. Chan says:

    To confirm my opinion on my previous post I just went to Itunes to listen to Flockaveli. As I previously stated the album sucks. Its terrible. I understand the simpler style rap that mainly talks about women, money, and drugs. Thats okay if your into that but lets let the rappers who excel in the genre get the notoriety. Gucci Mane is a perfect example of one of those artist. His beats are all very similar and his raps are more simple than, lets say Ghostface but he is still good. Waka Flocka Flame is why many people are saying hip hop is dead.

  43. Bigga Boi says:

    10′ Bestist Albem for Reetardds: Waka Flaka Fag

    I hate this fucking brain dead bitch he doesnt even rhyme half the time. RapRadar has jumped the Shark officially

  44. Bigga Boi says:

    10′ Dumbest fucking blogger: B.Dot

  45. Bangers N Mash says:

    Rap Radar is soon going to lose respect from a lot of cats if they continue postin shit like this.

    WHat the fuck were yall thinkin?

  46. RJ says:

    I bet niccolo machiavelli is rolling in his grave with waka titling his album “flockavelli.” I know Tupac actually read and understood machiavelli (neither of which I’m sure Waka can claim). just smh

  47. justmyopinion says:

    @ B. Dot

    Get out the basement

    *After Detox drop, F rap ya’ll can have it back*

  48. Yung Silv says:

    elliot fuck that shit this is elliot’s opinion not b. dot. Banks album shoulda been number 1 most underrated no comment on this fucken idiot waka. deb antey is hotter in the rap game than him

  49. Damn Homie says:

    What the fuck is this cat on.. underrated really? #1

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