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Saturday, October 15, 2022

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.

Friday, February 4, 2022

Da Punisherrs - Run - 1994

12" - 1994 - Nexx Level Ent.

Here is the only official single released by Da Punisherrs, a duo comprised of Rhyme Recka & Overlord Guess who were original members of the legendary Brooklyn-based Nexx Level Click.

"Run" came out in 1994 on the B-side of Smoothe Da Hustler's first single "Hustlin'" and was produced by D/R Period for Nexx Level Entertainment. No need to introduce D/R Period after all his work done for MCs or groups such like M.O.P, Flatlinerz, Smoothe Da hustler, Trigger Da Gambler, Shyheim, just to name a few... his 90s hardcore productions are highly recognizable and he highly participated to the birth of Horrorcore Music.

An unreleased Punisherrs album fully produced by D/R Period entitled "Capitol Punishment" was recorded by the group, but it never saw the light of day and from what I know it seems that all the masters are lost. A rip of the demos exists ... It comes from an old tape dropped by OverLord Guess on Soundcloud with a very bad sound quality but it's better than nothing...