Collaborative album between Boston producer Statik Selektah and Long Island rapper Bumpy Knuckles. The MC releases this project two weeks after the LP in collaboration with KRS-One, in which he keeps alive the project between rhythms and rap almost alone. Freddie Foxxx lowers his firepower for this release and delivers average bars with a calmer, more sedate delivery style than his usual, the rap is regular, decent, you can find this effort under the "hardcore" tags, but there's nothing hardcore in either the lyrics or the execution or the beats.
James Campbell's pen is lazy, as is the rhythm set provided by Patrick Baril: Statik puts in some generic boom bap jazz productions, the choices have no pretensions, and often they don't tell you anything. The title track stands out solely because the only guest of these fourteen tracks is present, Noreaga, better than usual in this song. "Blast Yourself" is another noteworthy choice, especially because of the sample, "Of Cities and Escapes" by The Poppy Family: the loop is fresh and a good rhythm comes out. Everything else is normal.
The project is originally self-released in summer 2011 in digital format with three quarters of an hour in length, then is stretched to an hour of material with the addition of five tracks in fall 2012 as a CD under Gracie Productions with the new title "Ambition". These additional tracks are as average as the previous ones, except "Mic Bless'n Gun Press'n Impress'n": it boasts O.C., spectacular on the best production of the tape, a fresh and cinematic jazzy boom bap that features a wonderful loop from unmistakable O'Brien's "Doin' Alright", song later used by Cookin Soul for one of the tracks of his exquisite "Soulmatic" (2014). In summary, the tape is decent, but it doesn't show the best of Freddie Foxxx and Statik, isn't essential. 6.3/10.
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