1. The Boomin' System
2. Around The Way Girl
3. Eat 'Em Up L Chill
4. Mr. Good Bar
5. Murdergram
6. Cheesy Rat Blues
7. Farmers Blvd. (Our Anthem)
8. Mama Said Knock You Out
9. Milky Cereal
10. Jingling Baby (Remixed But Still Jingling)
11. To Da Break Of Dawn
12. 6 Minutes Of Pleasure
13. Illegal Search
14. The Power Of God
How does this album not have a thread? It’s LL’s finest hour lyrically, but the production is also perfect thanks to Marley Marl. Whether I’m 13 or 20 I still break my neck like a maniac whenever I hear Murdergram. That was my favourite LL track of all time at one point.
The balance is what makes the album fantastic of course, he's got the tracks that show people why he's one of the greatest MC's ever (aforementioned Murdergram, The Boomin' System, Eat Em' Up L, Jingling Baby, Cheesy Rat Blues).
He had the hardcore anthems that had everybody from the student to the gangsta talking & bobbing their heads (Mama Said Knock You Out, Illegal Search, Farmer's Blvd, To The Break Of Dawn) and of course it's not an LL album without the ladies getting their due (Around The Way Girl, Milky Cereal, 6 Minutes of Pleasure). Of course he also kicked some knowledge on The Power of God.
To this day there are people out there trying to match what LL accomplished with this record. Maybe it's the nostalgia but there aren't many current releases as complete and satisfying as this one was. Show some respect people.
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