★★★★★
Usually mixtapes billed as "Album Before the Album" don't warrant coverage since fans are only interested in the album that should follow. But when a year passes and Lil' Keke's "Loved by Few, Hated By Many" looks to be nowhere in sight, you realize that the "Album Before The Album" just turned into the album...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Pick up your unabridged regional rap reference pocket PC and look up the term "prolific." Okay? Cross-reference that word with "Houston." If you don't get "Lil' Keke" back as a result, toss that piece of shit in the trash and go get a new one...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
There are certain mythical albums in the hip-hop game. Albums that were pushed back so much, shelved for so many years, forgotten by so many, that their very existence is called into question. Cormega's "Testament" was one of those albums until bootleggers and an official copy leaked the CD. KRS-One's "Maximum Strength" falls into that category and even his "Maximum Strength 2008" release didn't answer those questions. In this digital age, it's harder for albums to get lost in the shuffle...
- rapreviews.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
The majority of music fans outside of Texas don't know who Lil' Keke is, and with little to no promotion by the record companies, it's not odd that they wouldn't. Hailing from Herchelwood neighborhood on the southside of Houston, "Don Ke", as he is referred to, is anything but a newcomer to the game...
- www.urb.com
2009-07-21
★★★★★
Big ballin' Lil' Keke announces his dominant position atop the Houston rap scene on Commission and comes out of the gate fittingly with "Southside," his biggest runaway down-South anthem yet. DJ Screw makes a notable appearance here too, screwing "Still Pimpin Pens," Keke's big hit from his previous album, Don't Mess Wit Texas.
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28