Debut EP for hip-hop duo West Coast Sco & Melo, they released this cassette in 1994 under their owned label Stayin' High Production. The cassette consists of three cuts and their instrumental parts: "You Don't Really Know", "All Business" and "Livin' Without". The first and third are similar, they have West Coast boom baps, g-funk vibes, snare drums, a banal hook and elementary delivery from the duo; while the first track makes use of taut synths in the background, the other has a cheaper beat and a sung chorus. The lyrics stop between braggadocio and generic thug rap. "All Business" is slightly better: relaxed beat, beautiful jazzy sample, another sample from a classic, simple drum, simple hook, decent syncopated delivery. I assume there are always them in production, they did a good job here. This cassette is a prelude to their only studio album, after which, they disappeared from the scene the same way they arrived. 6/10.
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