War Zone Revisted
Black Moon
Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Heather B., M.O.P., Cocoa Brovaz, Louieville Sluggah, Teflon, Rock
Producer: Da Beatminerz
Duck Down Records, 2005
1 CD
Catalogue #: 2025
EAN: 0693461202528
UPC: 693461202528
You save: 25%
Black Moon: Evil Dee (rap vocals, scratches); Buckshot, 5Ft. (rap vocals).
Additional personnel: Busta Rhymes, Q-Tip, Heather B., M.O.P., Cocoa Brovaz, Louiville, Teflon, Rock (rap vocals); Le Beatminerz (various instruments); Mark Brown (guitar, bass); Rockwilder (keyboards).
Engineers include: Kieran Walsh, Dejuana Richardson, Leo "Swift" Morris.
Five years after their groundbreaking debut album, a reunited Black Moon deliver their eagerly awaited follow-up, WARZONE. As they did on ENTA DA STAGE, Buckshot, 5Ft. and Evil Dee return rap music to its old school roots. The fourteen tracks here sacrifice neither new school beats nor true school lyrics, however. Black Moon gives hip-hop the raw elements of emcee skills and full-frontal production that rap music often trades for commercial success. On the lead-off single "Two Turntables & A Mic," Black Moon prove their integrity by paying homage to the elements on which hip-hop was built.
None of this is stale--even though the three are cooking with an old recipe, the result is still fresh and new. With WARZONE, Buckshot upholds his reputation as a well-respected lyricist while the 5Ft. MC helps heat up the tracks with performances like "Anialation." Other tracks worth a shout out include the Cocoa Brovaz-blessed "Shake Your Frame" and the club-rocker "Showdown," featuring Q-Tip.
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Black Moon
The Brooklyn trio (DJ Evil Dee, 5FT, and Buckshot) broke ground with their 1993 debut, ENTA DA STAGE--a low-budget masterpiece that paved the way for 1990s acts like Wu-Tang and Mobb Deep. Evil Dee's loop-heavy production, which varied from soulful and upbeat to jazzed-based and moody, combined with the hard-edged vocals and violent lyricism of 5FT and Buckshot, and introduced a new form of underground NY hip-hop. A six-year hiatus followed before Black Moon's sophomore LP, WAR ZONE, dropped in 1999.
