| Monster Maker | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Studio album by Sharkey & C-Rayz Walz | |
| Released | July 31, 2007 |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Length | 40:05 |
| Label | Babygrande Records |
| Producer | Sharkey |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllHipHop |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ [2] |
| HipHopDX |    [3] |
| IGN | 9.7/10 [4] |
| JIVE Magazine | 4/5 [5] |
| PopMatters | [6] |
| RapReviews.com | 8/10 [7] |
Monster Maker is a collaborative studio album by Sharkey & C-Rayz Walz. It was released on Babygrande Records in 2007.
Sharkey describes the title of the album as the breaking point in day-to-day life. He says, "I feel like the world is the monster maker and I feel like everyone, no matter how good of a family you've been raised by, or how good of a person you are, is capable of being that person that is sitting in the middle of bumper to bumper traffic for an hour one day and on the verge of going out and blasting people. Everyone has that seed in them where they're capable of doing something monster-ish." [8]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Birth of Ratto di Laboratorio" | 0:38 |
| 2. | "This Ol' Twisted World" | 3:26 |
| 3. | "My Way" | 3:18 |
| 4. | "Pain to the Picture" | 3:41 |
| 5. | "Jumping Off at the Jump Off" | 3:36 |
| 6. | "Electric Avenue" | 3:41 |
| 7. | "Might She Shoot" | 3:49 |
| 8. | "We Speak Animal" | 3:03 |
| 9. | "Forgotten" | 3:25 |
| 10. | "Loss of Niche" (featuring Zooks) | 3:53 |
| 11. | "That Moment Before Crazy" (featuring Vast Aire) | 4:20 |
| 12. | "Slim Chances" | 3:17 |
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