Debut studio album for Los Angeles hip-hop group Mad Kap, a trio formed by Motif, Damon "Coke" Daniels and Josef "Dr. Soose" Leimberg, the latter is also the trumpet player of the group.
The production is provided by James Broadway, he brings back a typical soundscape of the East Coast: boom bap simple, sometimes cheerful, extravagant, eccentric or energetic, skinny syncopated and tight drum machine, most of the time slow and pounding, but in some track also hectic, and decent jazzy samples. The lyricism of the trio is abstract, extravagant and braggadocio, mainly functional to the rhythms themselves with their slow and smoothness flows; there is a long skit at the end of almost every song. The second part, blessed with several guests including King Tee, Daddy Freddy and Tha Alkaholiks (at the debut in the rap game), is more solid than the first, however the disc is quite coherent and good, unfairly forgotten.
Side note: the title of the album is one of the most representative of hip-hop history. "Look Ma, no hands", classic, prelude to a semi-fatal accident, comes at a fundamental moment in the life of a child, the last flash of childhood and the first viaticum to the hell of adolescence, everything changes, the smells are different, the flavors are different, you start learning what a drive-by is and how to charge a 9mm. These guys don't even try to bring that magic back to you, and how could they? Good record in any case.
Highlights: "Proof Is in the Puddin' (Escuse Me Brutha!) (Jeff-Self)", "Beddie-Bye", "Dopest Verse".
Rating: 7.5/10.
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