Edo.G & Da Bulldogs' second effort, which came three years after its debut, is disappointing: the Boston MC keeps various arguments and he's acceptable on the lyric side, however, it's not adequately supported by the production.
The rhythms are mainly made by Joe Mansfield and Diamond D, with five beats each, as well as Edo.G, Scott Foster and Desmond Powell. Mansfield and DITC producer deliver a typical soundscape of the period, East Coast, simple, boom bap with dynamic drums and jazzy samples to support the calm and smooth, often relaxed, delivery of the main rapper. The Bulldogs (DJ Cruz, Gee Man, and T-Nyne) are credited with rap, but often perform backing vocals and little more.
The first two tracks are good, then the tape drops in quality and fails to keep a good pace, hitting negative peaks first with a poor snare drums pattern, finally with a faded and poor uninspired commercial attempt in "Try Me", where Edo G spits something out with a slow, fluid, captivating and pop delivery, accompanied by a pop rnb hook. The album is short, coherent, acceptable, spanning three quarters of an hour, nevertheless, it releases no banger and is a commercial flop: despite the PolyGram distribution, failing to climb beyond the top 40 among rap records, Mercury Records drops the group and Edo G. decides to pursue a solo career. 6/10.
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