Speak Life

Speak Life is the debut studio album by Albany, New York-based hip hop musician Sev Statik, released on November 9, 2002, through Uprok Records.

While Sev Statik, real name Joseph Evans, had released a previous studio album, Altered State, in 2001 under the moniker "Stu Dent", Speak Life is considered his debut.

Sev Statik, real name Joseph Evans, began performing hip hop music in the Albany area during the early 1990s.

[4][5] Evans has expressed some disappointment with the final song selection as decided on by the label, but concedes that the release did increase his national exposure, and that he got to work with some of the "freshest" producers.

[7] However, the website found that Sev Statik comes across as "too self-centered without revealing much about its author", and that some songs – Da Pointman", "Rock of Ages", and "Global" – did not match up to the quality of the rest of the album.

He gave high praise to the varied production on the album, and noted that while a solo project, Speak Life still has a very strong Tunnel Rats feel.