1. Zoo Drugs (Intro)
2. Random Call (4.75)
3. Black Ops feat. Fat Ray (4.25)
4. Chewbacca feat. Roc Marciano (4)
5. The Hex (5)
6. Understand This (4)
7. Everybody, Nobody, Somebody (4.5)
8. Jahphy Joe feat. Melanie Rutherford & Danny Brown (4.25)
9. The Karate Kid (4.5)
10. Never Back Down (4)
11. Monster Babies (4.25)
12. Shirley C feat. Fatt Father (5)
13. Another One feat. Rock & Trick Trick (4.25)
14. 4 In The Box (4)
15. Outro Smoutro (Outro)
If there's anything us hip-hop heads love more than anything, it's when new groups form out of well-versed MCs. This trio's well-known throughout more Internet-savvy hip-hop fans; tracks such as "The Hex", along with a few others, hyped us up for a modern-era classic. While we didn't get quite what we were hoping for, it is a strong album for the most part. Black Milk takes care of the beats and a little bit of the rhyming; as such, the majority of the beats are excellent. In traditional Black Milk fashion, they're a mash of boom-bap, soul, and quasi-experimental synths. One thing I feel each beat does well is match the MCs and their style on each track, in terms of both tempo and instruments used. The rhyming is where I (and a few others) felt a little slighted. All 3, individually, can be beasts, but save a few tracks I didn't get that sense that they were a supergroup like Slaughterhouse. I mean, I expect Sean P to go all-out bananas on each track...but he rarely left me stunned. Black Milk and Guilty even less so. Of course, this is a more a subjective thing, and it's not a strong detractor for an overall excellent record.
Sample Tracks
"Random Call"
"The Hex"
"Monster Babies"
Beats & Production: 8.5/10
Rhymes & Lyricism: 8.5/10
Originality & Creativity: 8/10
Overall Grade: 83%
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