Illegal Business? [Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued]

Mac Mall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Original recording reissued
• Label: Bayside Distribution
• ASIN: B00005BIXZ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,068,140 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Crest Side Playah

2. Sic Wit Tis

3. It's All Good

4. I Gots 2 Have It

5. Cold Sweat

6. Nathan But Game

7. Versatile

8. Crack da 40

9. Da Bank Heist

10. Don't Wanna See Me

11. Young N da Game

12. $$ on da Dank

13. My Opinion

14. Illegal Business?

15. Pimp Shit

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF BAY AREA'S BEST ALBUMS EVER... A CLASSIC!, December 14, 2000

By 

Philip Y. (Israel) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Illegal Business (Audio CD)

This album dropped in 1993 and it presented us a young Vallejo rapper - Mac Mall. On this album, which is his debute, Mac Mall completely ripped sh** up, commin' out with some raw hardcore raps serving us with nuthing but game. His lyrics are always original and fascinating, telling stories about life on the streets, the rap game or growing up in today's society. The album was done more than 7 years ago yet is sounds much fresher and newer than most of the albums that come out today. Why's that? Because of the producer of this album - the one and only Khayree! His beats are untouchable and noone has his production style. He's just a genius and the music on this album is so original and so different than any other producers you've heard. On a certain song you've got an amazing beat all over, and suddenly on the 3rd verse, Khayree drops a WHOLE NEW BEAT, totally new and even TIGHTER! And you're like "Daamn! It's incredible!" . The album is a classic and it started the label "Young Black Brotha" which came out with other classic albums by Ray Luv, Mac Dre, Dubee and Young Lay. One of the Bay's best albums, you gotta hear it to believe it! People fail to realise that Mac Mall was 15 years old when he recorded this album. Can you get this?... 15 years old!! Can you imagine a little industry punk like (Lil') Bow Wow or Lil' Romeo writing and performing songs like those there?...ever? Hey, they won't be able to be on Mac Mall's level even 15 years from now. They haven't got the talent, the skills, the ability, the hunger - plus - they haven't been through sh**, and they aren't from the streets anyway. There isn't enough that could be said about this masterpice! Jamall Rocker a.k.a. Mac Mall is a legend, and his debut is the first one to show you why. He represents Crestside to the fullest, and is one of those (together with Mac Dre and his crew) to put it on the map. Mac Mall's talent is just something so rare, that you've got to hear this album (recorded when he was a teenager) to believe it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars simply the BEST album EVER, August 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Illegal Business (Audio CD)

If you want the tightest album of all time, if you want the tightest and most original beats, if you want a lyricist who drops insane game which makes bass heads drop cane, if you want a quick and thorough tutorial of pimpology and a degree in mack-a-fram-a-lam-a, if you want to be weak in the knees as you bump these beats, if you want more chassi than your stable can handle................. BUY THIS ALBUM! Only rivaled by Ray Luv (Forever Hustlin) Mac Mall is the new black bossalini, the new pimp of the year, the mayor of the city of dope, and the Bill Clinton of the rap game--seriously though buy this album, open up your wallets and pay this pimp some tokens for his amazing talent.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic bay area, April 20, 2005

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Kd - See all my reviews

This review is from: Illegal Business (Audio CD)

Yeah, this is the sh#t. That bay area sh#t. Heavy tracks with deep bass by khayree, and tight rapping from mac mall. This was one of the tight, tight albums of 93'. Start to finish, its cool all the way through. I will never let this go missing or get fu#@ed up. If you like bay area or rap altogether, then you need to know about this and have it if you don't already. Later!