Genre: Rap
Original Release: 11/15/2005
1. A Poet's Prelude
1:43
2. Get Up 4 The Get Down
3:46
3. Soul Provider
4:00
4. Here We Go Again
4:09
5. Cali's All That
4:52
6. Brand New Heavy Freestyle
4:54
7. Soul Is Back
4:51
8. Shadow Of Def
4:18
9. Fa Sho Shot
4:45
10. Don't Sleep (Open Your Eyes)
3:30
11. Soul Food (A Hip Hop Duet)
4:38
12. Voice Of A New Generation
5:44
13. God Complex
4:07
Def Jef followed up Just a Poet With Soul with the equally likable Soul Food, which regrettably didn't bring the underexposed L.A.-based rapper the commercial success he deserved. The CD's more sociopolitical songs are also its best, including "Get Up 4 the Get Down," "Don't Sleep (Open Your Eyes)" and the reggae-Influenced "Voice of a New Generation." But Jef is also quite enjoyable on more escapist tunes like "Cali's All That" (a duet with Tone Loc), "Fa Sho Shot" (which samples L.T.D.'s 1977 hit "Back In Love Again"), and the single "Here We Go Again." Jef may have been "coolin' in Cali," but Soul Food Read More
