Raynard Howell Jr. aka MC Sugar Ray, Warm Prince Shabazz and Brian Keith Coleman aka BK The Original Bootsmoker, make up the Jersey City hip-hop trio Double XX Posse.
Their debut album is pretty generic and boring: energetic hardcore braggadocio songs, with decent delivery on boom bap East Coast hard and minimal production. The music of the whole project is handled by BK and Sugar Ray, but when the beat passes through T-Ray's hands, the best results are obtained ("Put Ya Boots On" and "Somethin' Funky Ta Step To"); The LG Experience realizes a lean, lo-fi boom bap in "Executive Class II".
The tape comes out on Big Beat, Atlantic subsidiary, and comes with a quite interesting single, "Not Gonna Be Able to Do It": another rhythm provided by producer T-Ray, boom bap lean better than usual, jazzy vibes-funky, simple hook with jazzy bridge, post-hook with other jazzy sample, skinny drum machine, fast tight and syncopated, good group delivery with hardcore, quick and syncopated style. The single achieved considerable success, coming first among the rap songs and allowing the release of a second single, "Headcracker", which features an annoying sample and doesn't get the same success. There's some commercial attempt (the reggae-style delivery of "Ruffneck") and some good accessible beats, the samples are simple, while the group maintains hardcore delivery style. Decent and honest album, but not recommended.
Rating: 6/10.
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