Debut tape of Boston hip-hop group The Almighty RSO, formed by Raymond "Ray Dog" Scott, Marco "E-Devious" Ennis, Jeffrey "DJ Deff Jeff" Neal and Anthony "Tony Rhome" Johnson. The group was born in the mid-eighties, in 1992 gets a contract with Tommy Boy, but due to their single "One in the Chamba" — here courtesy of Tommy Boy Records — the label abandons them. They move on to the Flavor Unit, and finally sign with RCA.
Their EP consists of a total of 25 minutes divided into five pieces plus a skit. "Hellbound" boasts a dark mood, with samples from "Aces High" by Hugo Montenegro, a song taken from the soundtrack of "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly": light rhythm, tense strings in the background, slow flowing group delivery, with simple hook. The title track boasts a funky and raw boom bap, slow and essential drum, annoying sample, wacky hook, and smooth slow delivery of performers. On the third track, on a funky boom bap, with slow syncopated and pounding drum machine, the group provides a synthesized hook and slow rapping, then Freddie Foxxx comes in and smashes the joint with a heavy, raw, hardcore, smooth, dope delivery.
"One in the Chamba" is track number four of the edition: inspired by the murder of two boys by the police, it convinces Tommy Boy to leave the group, after The Almighty RSO is denounced by the Boston department. Vibes dance on funky boom bap with light and vibrant drum. The skit leads to the final track, a posse featuring Beef, Big Roscoe, Mody, Buddha Man, Kool Gsus, Fly Ty, Mass Murderer Mike, ACE and Tangg the Juice. Good production, funky boom bap with jazzy samples and slow drum pounding, none of these dudes stand out in these six minutes. This tape presents good production performed by Ray Dog, energetic rapping, hardcore and raw, mainly braggadocio, from Boston: the album, adequately promoted by the label, reaches the last places in the hip-hop record chart.
Rating: 6/10.
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