Second collaborative studio album between San Francisco rapper Gilbert "Berner" Milam Jr. and South Gate rapper Louis "B-Real" Freese. Cozmo and Vidal Garcia are the main producers, the rest of the music set is provided by CJ Washington, Trax FDR, Dam Jams, Stinje and SAP. The guests are Ty Dolla Sign, Wiz Khalifa, Xzibit, Hennessy, Dave East, Rick Ross, Nva, Everlast, Baby Bash, Paul Wall, Cozmo, Demrick and Alemán.
Generic trap rhythms, generic deliveries, nothing really relevant here: when B-Real is inspired he manages to pull out some honest cuts ("Los Meros", "Vision"), in other cases, Berner doesn't do much to put a little of verve in this choral effort, there's not much alchemy in this duo. However, from the second half of the album, the San Francisco-born rapper changes register and finds himself finally inspired both on the single of the album, "Head Down" (generic but decent trap rhythm, good B-Real, Ty Dolla Sign to tear the cut) both on "Just Breathe", where this duo manages to bring out a rare highlights from this record: splendid female soulful sample looped tight in the background, excellent mood, dark midtempo trap rhythm, Berner inspired even here, managed to bring out a good verse also paying tribute to Wu-Tang.
"Midnight Flights" presents a fantastic beat, ethereal trap production on which the duo flows quite honestly. The end of this effort presents some other cuts rather above the medium level, on the rare songs without guests (the first arrives at track number 12): excellent jazzy rhythms, the first one midtempo with excellent chipmunk soul sample looped in the background and sax sample, the second one trap, on both joints the duo delivers well. 6/10.
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