This hip hop group is formed in Islip, New York, by Curtis "DJ Curt Cazal" Small and the emcees AJ "AJ Rok" Woodson and William "B-Luv" Taylor. The name J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E. doesn't mean anything at all, but later, just to give it a meaning and not leave it as any meaningless group name in rap, but above all to minimize the risk that JVC Electronics would sue the group for stealing their name, their label B-Boy Records advised them to invented a backronym standings for "Justified by Virtue of Creativity For Obvious Reasons Concerning Entertainment".
In 1987, JVC Force sign with B-Boy Records, releases a couple of singles, including the underground hit "Strong Island" and drop a whole disk a year later. The group starts great with "Strong Island", track with funky-jazzy rhythm and scratches on the hook, excellent delivery of the trio, this cut is a sort of buried big banger that I have never heard of before, why?
In any case, this LP without too many pretensions, presents one of the best productions of this year, thanks to the magic of the group behind the keyboards, managing to play the different samples in their favor, and a rapping in reality pretty generic, but I don't know why it sounds fresh, flowing, accessible, clean. Sounds good, recommended among the low / underdog albums of the year for those who want to take a look at the '88 without committing.
Rating: 6.5/10.
No comments:
Post a Comment