| tracklisting |
| 1. Intro |
| 2. Watcha Need |
| 3. Energy |
| 4. Triplets |
| 5. Don't You Cry (Interlude) |
| 6. Funk Keeps B |
| 7. This Kid |
| 8. Envelope Pusherz feat. Siah |
| 9. Breeze (Interlude) |
| 10. PimpFloMein |
| 11. Chedda Chasers feat. J-Hon |
| 12. Midtro |
| 13. Turn It Up |
| 14. The Main Attraction |
| 15. Remember (Interlude) |
| 16. Properly Done |
| 17. La Calle (The Streets) |
| 18. It's Only Right |
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| The rather remembering "Whatcha
Need" is followed by the better
"Energy",
that kicks in with a cool beat and entertaining
braggadocios lyrics. For "Triplets"
Yesh turns down the speed of the beat, stripping
it off the gimmicks, and only keeps the rough backbone
of a bassline and a drum, with the chorus receiving
a little more. The bass is still one of the dominant
players on "Funk Keeps
B", that however features more elements
to result in the gritty funk it is. And you can
imagine the two spitters pace up and down a stage,
as this demands an audience of more people than
that fit in a regular size living room. The lyrics
don't go for the head heavy rhetoric, thus they
fit the beat well. Next up is the single "This
Kid", where DJ Bless again comes
through with a dope beat, that is made into a completely
dope song by the story that Ken and Yesh tell. It's
about this tragic and ever too often taking place
career of the dope cat that can't turn his talent
and street rep into solid major label gold. |
| Then we are happy to note that
the rumours can't be fully true, and that Siah has
not yet given up rhyming forever, as on "Envelope
Pusherz" he steps to the mic and
teams up with Yes over an extraordinary Xtraordinaire
beat. Listening to this, you need to yell "EP
re-release" and "follow up" at the
top of your lunge. The Yesh solo cut "PimpFloMein"
then goes a straight up turn back the time to ten
years ago, as he hooks up a three part beat, with
the beginning being fast, the middle lounging and
the end mighty dope. This tells us a story of women
evils, what is followed up by "Chedda
Chasers" that features J-Hon and
words degrading gold diggers. "Turn
It Out" is another immediate neck
exerciser, while the second single "The
Main Attraction" will get your whole
body vibing. Yesh manifests himself as a more than
solid producer who's able to seamlessly incorporate
the funk, that at times is a little similar to the
one from the kids lurking under the stairs. |
| Allowing a non-member to produce
a beat, they opt for the almost always dope DJ Eli
who does something proper for "Properly
Done". This allows the Yesh and
the Ken to again get their boasting going, as they
must feel that they haven't yet had enough time
to remind us of how good they are. This paths the
way for the Ken Boogaloo solo cut "La
Calle (The Streets)", that is warning
finger in the direction of those loitering in the
streets. And it then brings us to the last track
on here, "It's Only
Right", where DJ Bless makes sure
that we don't just hand the props to Yesh, but that
there are some thick slices served to Bless too.
Ken concludes "there's no denying us",
and our conclusion shall go a similar way: |
| While this may surprise a couple
of folks, due to it not apologizing for all the
funk and good times, that's hardly an argument against
it. So must have been GrooveAttack's thinking, who
are re-releasing this album in Europe (hence the
late review). They dig it, we dig it, can you dig
it? |
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tadah |
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