AAVV — We're All in the Same Gang

Not too thoughtful compilation. Inside there are, well, I don't know. West Coast Rap All-Stars means King Tee, Body & Soul, Def Jef, Tone-Loc, Above the Law, Ice-T, Dr. Dre & MC Ren, JJ Fad, Young MC, Digital Underground, Oaktown's 3.5.7 ., MC Hammer and Eazy-E have all deliver a verse in the opening track, then re-proposed at the end as a remix. The beat is decent, funky minimal and simple, the deliveries are appropriate and there's a sample of Syl Johnson to testify that this cut should be considered a classic. Minor tracks follow, with minimal funky productions, skinny, tight, heavy and hard, sometimes urgent, many functional hooks and more or less adequate and decent deliveries. In the first part, the only decent tune is that of the Latin Kings, in the second the South Central Posse is quite good and perhaps have the best track of the tape, overall, this effort is just below the threshold of sufficiency. 5/10.