When Armel starred on the GZA album in 2002 and later signs with his Liquid Swords Entertainment label, his group Ancient C.O.I.N.S. (acronym for Calculating Old Into New School) recorded enough material to release a couple of CDs, but he never got the chance to. In 2003, Armel publishes a project with Liquid Swords in an attempt to revive the Ancient Coins, but the effort falls under the radar, passing unnoticed. The right opportunity comes when Shaka Amazulu the 7th decides to dust off the recordings and give the group the opportunity to put together something to publish it through his Black Stone of Mecca. Entirely produced by Life Exists, with a beat provided by Masters Of The Art Production for the bonus track "Ahhh!!!", the album consists of 38 minutes of material recorded between 1996 and 1998 by the group formed by the main rapper Armel, present in every track, Destroya, the late Got Flow, Holy Smokes, Spanky Splash, J.R. Spoons and High Price. Makeba Mooncycle is the main guest with two appearances. There are a couple of honest melodic tracks ("Droppin' Mics" and "The Starters") and the Makeba spots are good, the rest leaves a little to be desired, these guys have good will and Shaka Amazulu has cleaned up a bit the beats in the remastering, but if you don't listen to it you don't miss anything.
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