First and last album for Tracey Adam Horton, a boricua from Harlem (later moved to the Bronx) who signs for Giant Records thanks to Tone. This latter guy, with Poke, forms Trak Masterz Production, producers of the entire Horton solo album, which performs under the name of Pudgee tha Phat Bastard.
The rapper makes no mistake in these 44 minutes, broken down into 14 short joints (rarely beyond four minutes), and makes use of a braggadocio lyricism and a decent rapping style, smooth hardcore, not too impressive. The album is pleasant and honest, Trak Masterz create an overall valid, jazzy, clean musical carpet, which resonates clearly and energetically East Coast without falling too much into the commercial temptations that will pervade them in the following years.
All tracks are solid, while not particularly striking in the record: if you want to find a weak point, the hooks are predictable, but are offset by the excellent watertightness of the boom bap provided and by the excellent samples chosen by the beatmakers. The drum, dry and poor, continues to hammer even when the few guests start to arrive, G Rap easily dominates with his patented flow, MC Lyte destroys the boom bap jazzy dope of "Lady in My Life", perfect sample, perfect drum, while FM and Snagglepuss look good in one of the closing choices on a skeletal beat. Among the many songs present, due to the title, stands out "Life's a Bitch", with a chorus that recalls the eponymous legendary cut of Nas & AZ; the drum is perfect, lean fast and tight, the hardcore delivery of the MC less, the simple chorus is dope somehow: probably the young man from Queens thought he could do it better, he succeeded.
Rating: 7/10.
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