M.O.P. - To The Death 2xLP -2022

2xLP - 2022 - Get On Down / Tuff Kong Records 

"The legendary Brownsville duo of Lil Fame and Billy Danze followed up their first group single "How About Some Hardcore" with their first full-length studio album, To The Death, in the Spring of 1994, and they haven’t let up the pressure since.  While some solo offerings came earlier - most notably Fame’s appearance on The Hill That’s Real compilation- the classic aggressive energy the two emcees exhibit while trading rhymes back and forth is what street-rap fans have come to know and love from the group.  If you are not into the that smash-ya-face-in style, then simply put, the Mash Out Posse is not for you. 

The album was produced entirely by DR Period, except for track "Guns N' Roses" (produced by Silver D), and it solidified what has become a successful 30 year career for M.O.P.  Fame and Danze haven’t waivered from their grimy, crimey, high-energy boom bap style to this day, and the songs on this album established that fact early on.  Tracks like "Rugged Neva Smoove", “Blue Steel”, “Guns N’ Roses”, and the robbery-story driven "Heistmasters" are early indicators of the ruckus they would later bring on anthems like “Stick To Ya Gunz” and “Ante Up”." - courtesy Of Get On Down

 

A1. Crimetime 1-718 

A2. Rugged Neva Smoove

A3. Ring Ding 

A4. Heistmasters

B1. Blue Steel 

B2. Who Is M.O.P.?

B3. To The Death 

B4. Big Mal

C1. Top Of The Line

C2. This Is Your Brain 

C3. Drama Lord

D1. F.A.G. (Fake Ass Gangsta) 

D2. How About Some Hardcore 

D3. Positive Influences 

D4. Guns N' Roses

Available on Opaque Orange wax via Get On Down, and also available in Europe on Turquoise wax via Tuff Kong Records... 300 copies each.