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“After a stunning debut with Nocturnal, Rock and Ruck put out a rather mediocre sophomore album with Magnum Force. While Rock seemingly disappeared, Ruck aka Sean Price was busy in 2004-2008 becoming one of the premier rappers of the last 4 years. Punchline after punchline and smack after smack pretty much defines a Sean Price verse and it was hard not to find him on a track in that time frame, everyone wanted him as a feature. Rock is back and reunited with Ruck as “Da Incredible Rap Team” to commit verbal murder over some high impact boom bap beats provided from a variety of producers. Hopefully D.I.R.T can save the album from rather inconsistent production.
Lyrically you will get exactly what you expect; wit and comedy combined with verbal slaps to the face of the industry, people in the industry. Granted, the subject matter and content take back seats to the consistent jabs like “when I fucked Rihanna, ain’t wear no umbrella/if the bitch have twins we’re naming ‘em both Ella” or ”you niggaz are Jill Scott, in the way, gun clear the lane like Pro-active cleared Diddy’s face.” The latter line comes from the first single, “Everything is Heltah Skeltah”. Illmind produces a banger, but the same force isn’t delivered on his second track “So Damn Tuff.” Khrysis has a pair of joints that both knock the roof off and allow Rock and Ruck to damage the tracks including the Sean P gem: “Fuck rap riddles, get riddles with shells yo/ I’m a beast, you a bitch like Tickle Me Elmo” on “The Art of Disrespeckinazation.” Khrysis‘ second track, “D.I.R.T,” bangs so much that my lamp actually fell off the table. The flow of P and Rock are masterful over the retarded beat. It’s an eargasm of sound, flavour, and gritty NY lyricism.”
Overall Score: 74/100
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