38 Spesh makes an interesting mixtape, gathering around twenty underground rappers and providing them with some of the best rhythms of '94, updated by the Rochester producer.
The first cut is built from the beat of "NY State of Mind", left to breathe, RJ Payne opens the track with a slow smooth delivery, Che Noir destroys the beat with a confident, velvet, slow, flawless delivery. Final intro of 38 Spesh to the album. El Camino and Ty Farris perform on Biggie's "Warning", the Buffalo rapper has a slow and smooth delivery, while the other MC provides a quick and hardcore style. Fred the Godson and Rain910 spit on DJ Premier beat for Gang Starr classic "Mass Appeal": the soundscape is a bit modified and modernized by Spesh, made more digital, always splendid. There is still Premier, on the third beat on four tracks, for the next piece, "Supa Star", hit by Group Home: Rome Streetz immediately tears the cut, Daniel Son does well too. Eto and Black Geez worthily flow over the dope rhythm of Keith Murray's "Most Beautifulest Thing in This World", while Flee Lord and Musalini both struggle over Preemo production in Jeru the Damaja's "Come Clean".
The seventh choice is composed of the rhythm of MOP's "Rugged Neva Smooth", the hard and pounding drum machine supports the delivery of the emerging Rasheed Chappell and Street Justice, who perform with a raw and slow style. "Time's Up" is an OC classic, but Jamal Gasol and Jai Black don't adequately exploit the goodness of the instrumental. Similar speech for Grafh and Cory Gunz in "Bring the Pain", RZA rhythm for a hit by M-E-T-H-O-D Man, before his second hit, "PLO Style", again produced by the RZA: there's a gorgeous jazzy bridge, Planet Asia and Flashius Clayton perform fairly well, but the hook sounds bad. Ampichino and G4 Jag are called to spit something on "Born to Roll", Masta Ace song and one of the less good rhythms among these classics: snare drum, poor boom bap, decent delivery of the rappers. Rim da Villin and Hus Kingpin raise the album, before the finale, with a good smoothness performance on the jazzy rhythm of "Stress", a song by Organized Konfusion. The latest track is a Griselda posse that pays homage to the tape's only south track, Scarface classic "Never Seen a Man Cry": Benny's unstoppable smooth delivery, Conway follows with excellent style, 38 Spesh closes the project with a slow, smooth, dope flow.
Thirteen cuts, about 38 minutes, honest tape: the first part is quite solid, then it drops in the central section and in the second part, up to the high peak concluding with the posse Griselda. There are excellent underground rappers, however their performances are often simply discreet, adding nothing to the original tracks.
Highlights: "NY State of Mind", "Warning", "Mass Appeal", "Supa Star", "Stress", "Never Seen a Man Cry".
Rating: 7/10.
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