Sunday, January 17, 2010

Monsta Island Czars - Escape From Monsta Island
















 


1. What's The Name Of This Place?
2. M.N.Y.A. (Kamackeris, Rodan, Kong, Megalon)
3. F@#k Y'all Ni@@#s (Kamackeris, Megalon)
4. Witchcraft (Rodan, Megalon, Kong)
5. 1,2 . . .1,2 (Kong, Megalon, Rodan)
6. Scientific Civilization Skit
7. Mic Line (King Ghidra)
8. Poizon Windz (Megalon, Rodan, Gigan)
9. Under Pressure (Spiega, Megalon, Rodan, Kong)
10. Became A Monsta (Spiega)
11. There's A Legend Skit
12. Out My Mind (King Ceasar, Kamackeris)
13. Warning (Kong)
14. Make It Squash! (Kong, Megalon, King Ceasar, Rodan)
15. Gunz N Swordz (Gigan, Megalon)
16. Sumthin' To Prove (Rodan)
17. Live Son of A Bitch Skit
18. Comin' At You (Megalon, Rodan, Kamackeris, Kong)
19. Take Control (Kamackeris)
20. Escape From Monsta Isle (Rodan, Megalon, Kong, Spiega)

Here we go folks, this is the big one, the one and only official MIC album. This is the only lp the original lineup (save for MF GRIMM who doesnt appear here) put out together before parting ways. Production is handled by MF DOOM and X-Ray and is easily some of the best beats either has ever turned in (you'll recognize the DOOM beats because they were later re-used by Ghostface on his Fishscale lp). The mc's are all in top form, feeding off the energy of one another and ripping every track to pieces, there isnt a weak verse to be found on the whole lp, each mc just keeps elevating the track until there's simply no more that can be done with it, then the Monsta's move on to the next beat to feast all over again, its the never ending hunger that keeps this album moving and on track. The song 'Under Pressure' sums up the album perfectly, the beat is amazing and the MIC simply destroy the production to the point where no other mc would dare to fuck with it.


I could gush for days over how amazing this album is but for the sake of not losing your interest i'll keep it short, simply put this is one of the BEST underground albums ever made, MIC was at its peak when this was put together and it shows, the music is perfection. The one and only fault I can find is the lack of verses from MF GRIMM, I recall reading in a old interview with Grimm that he said he did indeed record on the album but that DOOM had removed his verses while Grimm was in prison, why this was done we may never know and we're left to wonder just how much more amazing this could have been with Grimm on it.


1 comment:

  1. Thank you. I had lost this and agree this is just simple, great rhymes and beats. Thanks again

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