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Track Listings
| 1. Timz N Hood Chek |
| 2. Wrektime |
| 3. Wontime |
| 4. Wrekonize |
| 5. Sound Bwoy Bureill |
| 6. K.I.M. |
| 7. Bucktown |
| 8. Stand Strong |
| 9. Shinin...Next Shit |
| 10. Cession At Da Doghillee |
| 11. Hellucination |
| 12. Home Sweet Home |
| 13. Wipe Ya Mouf |
| 14. Let's Git It On |
| 15. P.N.C. Intro |
| 16. P.N.C. |
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Quality rough stuff, typically representative of that darker, harder 'East-coast' sound, complete with laid-back beats, booming bass-lines and 'chant' chorus's. This album shuffles along at a snail's pace but never becomes boring, you never tire because the music and rhyme flow is engaging, Smif N Wessun stylishly display that curious knack that rappers have for 'picture painting' detailed events, fictional or not, about the dramas that take place within their borough.
Amongst the strongest tracks are 'Won-time' and 'Next Shit', the latter is arguably the soundtrack to a 'b-boys' weekend in Amsterdam, the former, a storming braggadocio anthem that leaves the listener running for cover.
I purchased this album in 95, didn't think much of it until I came down from the 'Wu' fever in about '97', today, its stands out as a classic.
An essential purchase for any decerning Hip Hop fan.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
this CD is a defining moment in stereotypical east-coast 'gangsta rap'. For me, this record has hit the seminal chord of black mid 90s American culture, combining both intoxicating indulgence and defensive bravado. Working closely with the guiding influence of Heltah Skeltah, referred to collectively as the Boot Camp, Smif & Wessun generate a chunk of beats and rhymes that are both effectively authentic and prophetically informative. Although generally dated in style, this album constitutes a classic hip-hop record in my collection, 'Wontime', 'Bucktown' and 'Stand Strong' forming the most obvious anthems to the record, with 'Cession At Da Doghillee' representing one of the all-time favorite underground streams of consciousness, amalgamating blunted philosophy with believable physical threat, layed out over the backdrop of innocuous melody. We also witness personal confidence in the concluding piece 'P.N.C', dedicated to a lost friend and completing the seal of authenticity essential to any ghetto narration. I see this record as one that engineered the success of marginally later groups such as Mobb Deep and Capone N' Noreaga, without being tainted by the indian sign of popularity to the masses. Compared to the sell-out generation of MCs that we witness at the millenium, this album comes as a refreshing piece of aesthetic nostalgia, rap for rap's sake, regardless of commercial viability, desirable to any true hip-hop aficionado.
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