Ace Hood - Gutta reviewed

Gutta Ace Hood We The Best Music, Inc. / Def Jam Rating: 2 stars (out of 5)

On a debut album, a rap artist can impress with thought-provoking lyrics, with diversity in flow or he or she can fill his or her disc with enough guests and hard-hitting beats and leave the rest unaddressed.

Ace Hood, a Florida native and DJ Khaled affiliate, brings his debut album, Gutta, not with variety, but rather tale-old rhymes of a street hustler and arrogant playboy.

He boasts about money and guns, with a boisterous and ferocious delivery that's intermittently appropriate.

On high-octane songs like "Get 'Em Up" or "Can't See Yall," Ace's flow matches the beat, leaving heads and cars swanging and bopping along.

When the pace slows down, Ace doesn't. "Top of the World" has Ace celebrating his newly found success while accompanied by a chorus of children's voices and playful keys.

But missed attempts, like "Stressin'," are too ordinary and off the mark for this newcomer to be anything more than another ace in the crowd.

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