First, only and last effort for hip-hop duo Boodah an da Bandit, composed by T. Moore (Boodah) & J. Eatman (Da Bandit), hailing from Hempstead, Long Island, New York. The album is released by Tuff City Records, the historic label of Spoonie G and Grandmaster Caz, which should have launched them, but if you don't know who they're yet, maybe things haven't gone too well. In any case, the producer of the tape is Sha Harry, linked to the label: the boy provides excellent relaxed and simple jazzy boom baps, with a slow and quiet drum machine, sometimes pounding but always lightly, nevertheless the boys don't deal with these rhythms with due self-denial. With a more energetic style, they would have been close to making a typical '93 East Coast album, instead they choose a slower and slightly flowing style. The Christmas bells on "Mary Jane" are reminiscent of that kind of NYC production, and the final remix features a sound that isn't very different from the original, perhaps with a trumpet added. Honest tape, with generic lyricism and good production, recommended for East Coast fans, but not essential.
Rating: 7/10.
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