Recorded 25 years ago on Sunday, this is the second album by underground hip-hop group Tunnel Rats from Los Angeles. Their first release on Uprok Records, this crew has a whole bunch of members and they spend over an hour showing off their rap skills over some simple beds of drums, bass and often keyboards but sometimes other instruments. These folks can certainly rap and the variety of voices rapping keeps it fresh. They are masters of wordplay and do a bit of hating on other rappers, but more often talking about life's struggles and bring a bit of their spiritual beliefs as well. Maybe I'm showing I didn't listen to that much rap, but I love the women who are in this crew, Elsie and Zane, as they spit powerful words and truth. But the men, Jurny Big, Macho, Raphi, Sev Statk, and Dax are also crafting interesting rhymes that I haven't listened to enough to remember, but are very good. It's a good album and it was fun to revisit after many years of not listening to this and other underground rap releases I did listen to back around the time this was released.

Release Year: 2001
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