In his only album, Morgan "Breeze" Rodriguez (L.A. Posse) offers thirty cheerful and joyful minutes, after appearing in King T album "Act a Fool" (1988). The cover shows how the title is a backronym to Tyson. LA Posse produces the whole record, DJ Pooh is the beatmaker of "Goin' Through a Phase". The set is based on simplistic beats, decent and minimal funky rhythms and guessed samples (Zapp, James Brown, George Clinton, Temptation, Earth, Wind & Fyre, JBs, Lyn Collins), while Breeze's rapping is clean, regular, with some acceleration ("Pull a Fast One", "Watch the Hook"). The opening cut is seasoned by a crazy festive intro, Breeze starts with an excellent and pleasant cheerful mood and immediately delivers hardcore and fast above a minimal funky rhythm with skeletal and vibrant drum machine: it's one of the best tracks on the record. A couple of singles lead the LP, "Great Big Freak" and "LA Posse" (#8 in the rap chart, later hailed as one of the best Los Angeles rap songs by Complex), released by Atlantic, it doesn't have a particularly happy trajectory in the charts and this anticipates the end of his career in the recording industry earlier than expected. Listening recommended, don't pay too much attention to the lyrics.
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