Warriorz [Bonus Track]

• Artist: M.O.P.
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• Release Date: August 29, 2000
• Genre: Rap

Review

The rabble-rousing Brownsville, Brooklyn crew's fourth release is a heavy machete cutting through the forest of clones of the hip-hop field. A Molotov cocktail of an album featuring M.O.P.'s brand of harmonious high-energy thuggery. The Mash Out Posse deals strictly with street life themes and is not for the weak of heart or ear but the musical element is always varied and flavorful. DJ Premier has always supported these underground soldiers and on this album he exercises his darker side on five tracks. While his influence and sound run throughout, for his own tracks Primo digs deep in his bag of tricks, deftly looping a swatch from Hendrix's "Burning of the Midnight Lamp" on "Follow Instructions" and testing out new sequencing patterns on "Everyday" and "On the Front Line." Billy Dance and Lil' Fame (Fizzy Womack) have never strayed from their military mind set and rhyme format and Warriorz recapitulates the staples of their hardcore sound. Fizzy also applies his well-trained ear in the sound booth on tracks like the gangster jitterbug "Nig-gotiate" or lifting a segment from Foreigner's "Cold as Ice" for a track of the same title. Though the tone rarely changes and the lyrical content gets repetitive, musically the album hits enough high notes to make this a nice release. [Epic's 2004 edition included one bonus track.] ~ M.F. DiBella, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Premier Intro		M.O.P.	(1:33)
Welcome to Brownsville		M.O.P.	(3:59)
Everyday		M.O.P., The Product G&B	(4:50)
Ante Up (Robbing-Hoodz Theory)		M.O.P.	(4:08)
Face off 2K1		M.O.P.	(4:06)
Warriorz (Lyrics)		M.O.P.	(4:43)
G-Building (Lyrics)		M.O.P.	(3:36)
Old Timerz (Lyrics)		M.O.P.	(3:50)
On the Front Line		M.O.P.	(3:06)
Nig-Gotiate (Lyrics)		M.O.P.	(2:26)
Follow Instructions		M.O.P.	(5:03)
Calm Down (Lyrics)		M.O.P.	(3:39)
Power		M.O.P.	(4:30)
Home Sweet Home (Lyrics)	Dominick Lamb	M.O.P., Lord Have Mercy	(3:58)
Background Niggaz (Lyrics)		M.O.P.	(3:54)
Cold as Ice		M.O.P.	(4:04)
Operation Lockdown		M.O.P.	(4:05)
Roll Call		M.O.P.	(4:03)
Foundation (Lyrics)		M.O.P.	(3:42)
Stress Ya'll [*]		M.O.P.	(3:39)

Credits

Dexter Thibou (Assistant Engineer), Tony Dawsey (Mastering), DJ Premier (Executive Producer), Curt Cazal (Producer), Trakelle Frazier (A&R), Dexter Thibou (Engineer), M.O.P. (Producer), DJ Premier (Producer), Lincoln Weir (A&R), Fizzy Womack (Producer), Parris Bowe (Product Manager), Eddie Sancho (Engineer), Kerry DeBruce (Design), Eddie Sancho (Mixing), Mark Spier (Sample Clearance), Kerry DeBruce (Art Direction), Doug Guemes (Assistant Engineer), Anders Jones (Photography), Eric Steinen (Assistant Engineer), DJ Premier (Mixing), Sarah Honda (Production Coordination)