Amazon.co.uk Review
Despite the tired concept of gratuitous violence, this committed clan avoids one dimensional gangsta vileness, but only just. The inventive digi-noir settings, care of Irv Gotti's brutally effective penchant for crime themes and bruising beats, propel the amped verses, providing a potent platter, although it lacks any sense of subtlety.
With O-1, Tah Murder, Black Child, Chris Black, Vita and Ja Rule maintaining a malevolent mafioso membership, it's the latter pair that drop the most resonantly spine chilling verses. The raw, baritone boom of Ja Rule's ragga-worthy delivery complements Vita's sassy she-devil taunts perfectly, leaving their fellow lyrical felons for dead in cartoon gangsta land. Whether it's the epic Rocky-sampling bombast of "We Don't Give A F-ck", the dread piano paranoia of "Dem N****z" or the demonic dub of the thoroughly original "Holla Holla Remix", there's enough quality on display to cancel out the pedestrian misanthropy. Yet it's ironic that DMX's suitably sinister "Tales From The Darkside" should conclusively steal the show with its John Carpenter samples and canine homo-sapien backing. --Kevin Martin
CD Description
Irv Gotti, who was responsible for the signing of DMX, introduces The Murderers, a hard-hitting five-member crew who spit Mafia-inspired vocals over murderous beats. IRV GOTTI PRESENTS THE MURDERERS is aggressive East Coast gangsta rap. With songs like "We Don't Give a Fuck" and "Murderers", the group continues a ritualised antagonistic hip-hop convention.
However, songs like "Black And White", where Black Child flips a racial issue, and Vita's solo effort "Vita, Vita, Vita", where the only female in the organisation gets to shine, show the Murderers' diversity. Though their genre of hip-hop may sound a little archaic to some, The Murderers balancethis with some bangin' cuts.