What do you find when you place the abused word "pioneer" alongside the equally abused word "forgotten"? Thousands of artists. I just said that they are abused terms. But Steady B responds coherently to both: his sophomore jinx is highly respectable and sees him improve on last year's debut. Here, the emcee maintains his own thematic coherence by releasing several brave bars delivering hardcore with a good flow on a series of bare and raw rhythms that are supported faithfully by the drum machine and simple bass lines, while the hooks are always functional. His fresh and hardcore style is superior to that of most of the cats of the period, the music sounds good with correct samples in this simple, straight, mature LP. Released by Pop Art and Jive with RCA distribution, entirely produced by his uncle Lawrence "LG the Teacher" Goodman, the effort enters rnb chart (#40) and is considered his best album. 7/10.
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