producer: fel the enigma, nex millen, a-dam bomb, jahee

guests: el da sensai, diamondback from deadly snakes, planetary, sak one

It seems to be a new trend to sound like your record came out the 90's. The People Under The Stairs even state just that, whenever they got the chance, Ugly Duckling made a name for themselves doing it, and others keep it more on the hush hush, like a Lost Island or a Nuthouse. Now as we all know, the 90's were a good time, and a time we don't mind to revisit. And so the questions of innovation shall be left out at the moment, as Nuthouse is providing us with something to nod our head to, something to pump when we will try to impress our homies with some b-boy dance steps we learned 8 years ago, and at the end of the day we are about the 'make it banging and we don't complain' too.

"Introducing...Deez Nutz", a combination of a scratching beginning and a Rascalz like sounding beat and handing the mic back and forth battle exhibition, this does take us right back to years past. But it's the can shacking sound of "Tagz, Throw Ups & Pieces" that reminds us of other great graff songs, like "Wrong Side Of Da Tracks" by Artifacts. Speaking of Artifacts: El Da Sensai does not hesitate to provide his styling to this cut, as does a Sak One. The beat by A-Dam Bomb is a little monotone though, as it does not change, not even during the chorus, where Rakim's 'I write my name, in graffiti on the wall' is scratched. But that doesn't mean we are knocking this track, as we always give love to a cut that is shedding some light on one of the other elements, especially if it's pulled off skillfully.

We are also not knocking "Forget About It", cause Jahee hooked this cut up with a dope horn section, as well as a bare piano. The emcees flow over this sound carpet with one punchline after the other. Taking the chance to throw some blows in the usual suspects direction, this offering is just keeping us very satisfied. On the forth cut on here, the forth producer is providing a beat. Fel is taking a single guitar string pluck, and puts it to some booming bass. The emcees are on some trading the mic tip again, going "introducing, us, the Nuts is in the house, causing the greatest emcees ever to have doubts". Jahee then smoothes things out again with his vibey "Yeah!!!". But even such calm sounds don't calm the emcees down, or at least make them any more humble, as they spit "I'm kinda like the Jordan of recording". As if we'd have expected anything else.

The Nuts then connect with Diamondback from the Deadly Snakes and Planetary, to do "Correct Technic". Nex Millen uses this chance to hook the word spitters up with a melodic beat, that mingles in okay with the rest, but with a completely different rhymes style being spit over this, while dope, it still asks for a different approach, as this sounds more serious as the humorous rest. What leads us to "The Proposal", a drum guided track, that gets us back to the braggadocios tip that dominated the earlier tracks. And last but not least, "Infinite Potential", gives us another dope horn, hooked up by Fel, that does not over-utilizes it, but he gives it short breaks, so that we can hear the sparkling piano/xylophone effect better.

Listen to this and let it put you back on memory lane. And while this is not some next level ish, this is funky hip hop, made by people that like it fresh, that enjoy their rhymes to be punchy, their lyrics to be bragging, their beats to be booming, and none of all these elements to be flashy. That's cool like that, as long as it does not want to be more, and not claims to be more. And so, if you don't want to listen to your worn out Hard 2 Optain or Double XX Posse albums, then put this on instead.