Collaborative effort between Brooklyn rapper Shabazz the Disciple and Canadian producer from Vernon, British Columbia DJ Extremidiz. The disc should look like a concept about the rules for survival in the hood, revolving around street and spiritual themes, similar to his previous CDs. In addition, there are excerpts against the government, the Bush administration, the US agency FEMA and the closing is a sequel to "Diary of a Madman" ("Page Two"), a song by Gravediggaz released in 1994 which sees Shabazz among the protagonists. The production of Extremidiz is compact, discreet boom bap that relies on different melodic and jazz samples, and has only one beat wrong ("Brooklyn Niggaz", unlistenable). There's also what may be one of the last collaborations between Shabazz and Hell Razah in "The Sun of Man Must Suffah", together with Aslan (to note that "R.I.P. Thug Angelz" was recorded prior to the release of this LP). The performer spits bars with a calm, sometimes hardcore rapping, going to place 15 skits in 29 tracks, which is over the top. He considers this his real debut, having released a "mixtape that's not a mixtape" in 2003 and a "street album" in 2006: it's not a bad LP, but it's no better than the previous two. 5/10.
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