Debut album for the Corey "Threat" Brown, LA rapper who brings out an interesting and unfairly overlooked album, released in a particularly hectic time on the circuit. The lyrics are superior to your generic gangsta record and the guy boasts good storytelling, good voice, and slow, competent delivery to carry all of these fifty minutes alone, split into sixteen, often short, pieces. Production is mostly done by DJ Pooh with Bobcat (both Boogiemen), King T and Suede: these guys weave funky boom bap rhythms, sometimes festive, energetic, dark and jazzy. Often, the presence of Suede in production coincides, perhaps by chance, with a beat that sounds cheap and simplistic. Ultimately, it's a good gangsta album, solid, flowing, featuring a better second part than the first section, a bit cumbersome, especially in the early songs. Recommended to West Coast fans.
Rating: 7/10.
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