The bandcamp of the group, which publishes through Mello Music, one of the labels that have become a reference for the underground hip-hop circuit in recent years, just below the tracklist it places a long sort of laudatory review on what you just listen to, so, in case you are satisfied with the music proposed by this duo, I would have nothing to add to that text.
The group is formed by the Chicago rapper Verbal Kent and the Ghanaian rapper Recognize Ali, the record is produced by Lord Beatjitzu. The duo's project looks East, far East, towards Shaolin temples, from the name to Bruce Lee's skits, from battle tracks to hardcore rapping, from beat selection to song titles, it's all a tribute to a certain Staten Island crew.
Part of the credit for the warm welcome received by the album goes to Lord Beatjitzu, he creates the rhythms as if at some point Dom PaChino and ShoGun Assason have to jump into the tracks, the production has that atmosphere, rough, muddy, kicking beats, pulled up from the street, born for exactly that kind of emcees. Verbal Kent and Recognize Ali have good chemistry with each other, they spit hardcore competently, they are doing nothing beyond ordinary bragging, which is why comparisons with Roc La Familia, Heltah Skeltah, M.O.P. and Wu-Tang might even make you smile. I'm listening to "Supreme Clientele" as I write, we are not there.
Even after a few years, the album seems to be limited to the appreciation of a small circle. The three authors manage to free themselves from the meshes of an unrealistic Wu asceticism that could have limited and harnessed them, as happened to other artists in the past, and they make a quality effort by doing what they know how to do well.
Rating: 7/10.
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