First studio album by Potna Deuce, hip-hop group from Vallejo, California. The group consists of Chezski, D.H., Rube the Rascal and Ronald "R-Beesh" Bryant aka Baby Beesh, who in the mid-2000s found unexpected and sudden solo success with the hit "Suga Suga" (certified four times platinum) under the name Baby Bash. The production is completely managed by Johnny Z, who serves as executive producer, while R-Beesh co-produces almost the entire project and one beat is co-produced by Filthy Rich. Guests are Mac Lee, Young "D" Boyz, Mr. Rob G. and Precise.
These guys imitate some of the major artists of the Bay Area and Los Angeles, with choices that look to the other Coast and some rnb additions. From the first moments, the production sounds poor due to unwarranted abuse of synthesizers and keyboards, of a bass that is too heavy and drums that prevail over everything. The music is sparse and almost inaudible: this isn't a good job offered by Johnny Z, for some reason the guys make excessive savings on the budget by giving up mixing and this affects the quality of the product. The musical choices are not able to give adequate support to the rappers' performance and their bars fall into the void, with the rap that sounds lame over music that suck for 67 minutes.
The album progresses between simplistic hooks, more or less accessible funk songs, relaxed tunes, nods to pop, choices destined for clubs and radio, tributes to the greats of the past (Sugarhill Gang) and of the present (Coolio), ballads, gangsterism, boasting, sexual excerpts, materialism, casual misogyny.
Overall, this is a poorly made, forgettable gangsta rap record from Vallejo. It's also sometimes labeled as one of the first West Coast rap mafia albums, but I personally don't see the contours to include it in that category, there are just no elements that could place it in that subgenre. 4/10.
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