Third album by the duo Totally Insane from East Palo Alto, California. Mac-10 and Ad Kapone handle the entire production, aided by the live instrumentation of brothers Barry, Ray and Reggie Smith, who play bass and guitar and co-produce the album: the sound of the record is minimal, scarce, funky, for a few moments acceptable, in the long run too cheap, fast, syncopated. The guests are Mr. Ke-Weed, Money Marc, Scoot Dogg, Backstreet Mentality, 11-5, Dre-Dog, Hennesy and The Nut Case, with whom the boys share normal gangsta lyrics. The drum is always too tight, even in the softer tracks, there are some honest samples, rap is never noteworthy in any way. The few random, rusty whiny synths are a sign of the time, they were about to go out of style even on West Coast records. Composed of fourteen songs and almost an hour of listening, this is their latest product released by In-A-Minute Records: the album manages to pierce the top 50 among rap records, becoming the group's most commercially successful and also their last to enter a chart.
Rating: 6/10.
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