Considering the main lead of this group was Inspectah Deck (ex-Wu-Tang), I finally heard this album (first) and... It's okay. Using comic themes regarding heroes and villains as lyrical material has been done before by others but this album just doesn't have anything relatively "original" when compared to other (certain) hip hop albums attempting the same feat. One, ironically being the Operation: Doomsday by MF Doom. Credited there are some very good tracks on this album (Red Alert, Junkyard Dogs, When Gods Go Mad, Ka-Bang! [feat. MF Doom] and Sinister), I just feel most of these songs will not hold up after "x" years later. Lyrics involving "celebrity" events, trivial social media references, and the flair rap (i.e. boasting) only make lyrics imo unimaginative. With all that said, most of the second half of this album makes up for the first. After hearing BOTH albums, this be the lesser of the two, this still stacks as a STRONG 3! Or... A very light 3.5/5, considering how the "concept" was still on-going.
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