Eric "MC Breed" Breed made his debut in 1991 with a gangsta effort released through the independent label SDEG Records. It's the umpteenth of the season, but it's one of the first documents of midwest rap and of the Michigan scene in particular, from which no one has come out so far.
The rapper from Flint brings a production that sounds East Coast (probably divided between himself, DJ Flash Technology and Redbone, the latter is with him in the DFC group) simplistic, skinny, minimal and often frenetic, which boasts a skeletal, syncopated and heavy drum machine, on which Breed spits braggadocio and thug bars with a syncopated and decent style.
Technically and lyrically he doesn't impress, he simply does its job well: this independent project has a better first part than the second, full of uninspired fillers — "Get Loose" has an annoying, frenetic musical carpet, with a sparse and distant drum machine combined with extravagant sounds in the background, while "Guanja" is a grueling and extravagant joint, delivered slow by Breed on a slow rhythm — overall it's pretty decent.
The MC manages to make his way on the midwest scene thanks to an absolute banger, his opera omnia, "Ain't No Future in Yo' Frontin'": the rapper delivers several bars touching more topics with a light-hearted style on a rhythm that, unlike all the others, it's purely West Coast, cheerful, skinny and frenetic, with a skeletal and lacerating drum machine and excellent g-funk synths in the background. This single grant him entry into Billboard's Hot 100, into the pop albums chart and into the top 40 R&B albums chart, allowing him to create a solid underground career and to become the first Michigan hip hop artist to achieve commercial success.
Rating: 6/10.
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