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Loyalty

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Screwball's album is banging from beginning to end. Even tho Primo didn't supply any phoned in beats this time, production's tite and the rhymes are on point. Guest appearances (uh huh, even NORE's) make sense, especially G Rap's and MOP's. Cormega's turn on the title song is REALLY GOOD!

So yes, there is still dope hip hop out there, you just gotta know not to search for it on the radio. Screwball are not that cute looking, so they probly won't get that much play as far as mainstream magazines are concerned and their music is too good for MTV and HOT 97. But hey, it took MOP almost 10 years to get recognized, so maybe Screwball has a shot. They totally deserve it.

I copped this album without listening to it first, and when I put it in my CD player it really caught my attention from the first till the last track. Screwball proves once again why they should be named QB's finest, because they bring the real uncut grimy street hiphop that many of the others have forgotten about. It's also a good thing to see a group continue on the same quality level as their debut, which is a considerable point these days...The production is way above average throughout the whole album and personally, I couldn't find a wack track amongst them. With bulletproof production from Ayatollah, Godfather Don and others, and even a Beatnuts track, this is a prime example of what REAL thug-music should sound like (and even with DJ. Premier being absent this time). Add a few top-notch guest appearances like the mighty Kool G. Rap, M.O.P., Noreaga, Cormega, Nature and others, and you'll end up being more than satisfied with this album. I can safely say that, if you liked their first album; you'll surely like this one! QB TO THE FULLEST!

Just over a year since their classic debut the 4 man QB group is back. Like most of the reviewers said, not as good as "Y2K" (not many albums are as it's one of the 5 best rap albums ever in my opinion) but still a solid 4 star album. For fans of Screwball you know what to expect, pure grimy steet gangsta rap, nothing else (what do you expect from QueensBridge). Packed with 16 songs, you get 2 classics, another 2 that are almost classics, 4 ok songs, and the other 8 are good or great songs. Once again the guest list is straight street rappers like their debut, and they're on about half the songs. Once again each member drops a tight solo song. Production is good as well. Godfather Don does 6 songs, Ayatollah does 4, Mike Heron, SPK, Beatnuts and 3 cats I never heard of all do 1 song. Once again a must have for fans of that QB street rap.

#2 - 7.5 (kl, poet, matrix bars)
#3 - 9 (hostyle, kyron, kl, nature)
#4 - 8(kyron, kl, hostyle)
#5 - 10 (CLASSIC -- poet, kl, hostyle, kyron, M.O.P.)
#7 - 9 (kl & poet -- tight beat)
#8 - 7 (hostyle, kl, kyron)
#9 - 7 (kyron, hostyle, black attack)
#10 - 9.5 (Cormega f/ kl, poet -- tight beat)
#11 - 8 (kyron)
#12 - 8.5 (kl, poet, noreaga, kool g rap)
#13 - 8(poet)
#14 - 9.5 (hostyle, poet, kyron, kl, tragedy khadafi -- nice beat)
#15 -8.5 (hostyle -- also on his "One Eyed Maniac" album)
#17 - 10 (poet -- story about him coming up in the rap game in the 80's and disappearing & resurfacing)
#18 - 9 (kl f/ Complexsion -- tight beat)
#19 - 7.5 (poet, hostyle, kl, kyron)

POET -- W. Bass -- Queensbridge, NY
KL -- K. Lewis -- Queensbridge, NY
KYRON -- K. Jones -- b. 1975 -- Queensbridge, NY
HOSTYLE -- F. Ivey -- Queensbridge, NY

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i don't know what to say. i've been waiting for this album for maaad long and the 41st side disciples didn't dissapoint. i loved the y2k album and this blows that ish out the water.

LOYALTY is not as upbeat or as catchy as Y2K... I like Y2K better and most other people do too..

but still, LOYALTY is dope.. There is NO Premier production though and there's a song with an R&B hook that is terrible!!!!!!
Production is handled mainly by Godather Don, Ayatollah, Lee Stone, and others.. Beatnuts produced "Screwed Up"... GUESTS include: Nature, Cormega, Noreaga, Kool G Rap, M.O.P., Matrix Bars, Complexions (the horrible RnB group that did "Queens" from Capone N Noreaga's Reunion lp)..

POET dominates the LP... I wish HOSTYLE was on more tracks.. Every member does have a solo track though... "STREET LIFE" by Hostyle is one of the best...

The best tracks are "Loyalty" f/Cormega, "Where You At" f/nature, "Torture" f/ MOP, "Street Life", "Gorillaz" f/Kool G Rap and Noreaga, "When The Sun Goes Down", "Live and let die" and more..

The only LAME song is "Gotta Believe" f/Complexions... there's some filler tracks like "Turn It Up" and "Too high, too low"..but the filler tracks are even dope..

There seems to be a mix of vibes here.. One side, they are grimey QUEENS BRIDGE QB thugged out dirty project emcees while they do spit out things like "Walk like a gangsta! Talk like a gangsta!". It's like they want to be gangsta-ed out at times...

Still... it's a dope album that I find myself listening too often and getting into. Although they are loud and rowdy, the songs do not have a QUICK tempo like "F.A.Y.B.A.N." or "Take It There".

"Gorillaz" f/Kool G Rap and Noreaga is incredible... Real dope.. perfect!!!

"Torture" f/MOP is amazing.. It's real rough, loud and raw.. It will get anyone amped! It's a perfect combo collabo...

"Loyalty" f/Cormega is more like a CORMEGA song f/Screwball.. Corey handles the hook and a dope verse...

I'm glad SCREWBALL is indie now.. They give a nick "FUKK YOO" to Tommy Boy..

Where I would give Y2K a 8.8 out of 10.. I would give LOYALTY an 8.4 out of 10...
both are very dope albums!!!!

~NjP~

Screwball perhaps eclipses their previous release, Y2K. Like a Gangsta, Where You At?, Live and Let Die, Torture, When the Sun Goes Down, I Spit, Loyalty, Gorillas, Too High Too Low, Streetlife, and Screwed Up are the top tracks. The only song I didn't like was Gotta Believe, an out of place R&B song. That thing that makes this album great are the beats, lyrics, MCing, and guest spots. Production is mostly done by Ayatollah and Godfather Don, but they get help from The Beatnuts, F Bee 4, Goodie Goodman, Mike Heron, Stone, and SPK. Good guest spots are put in by Matrix Bars, MOP, Black Attack, Noreaga, Kool G Rap, Tragedy, and The Beatnuts. Overall, an excellent album.

Screwball is a phenemonal group of MCees from QB. They been kick it for a long time.Their last album was tight and they came back with a tight street album doing it the QB way.Best believe this is street.Poet lays down the history on "Bio". With guest appearances by Cormega,Nature,Kool G Rap, Nore,M.O.P.,Matrix, Tragedy Khadefi and Complexion, this is defiantly one of the best of 2001.Pick this up now. One.

Screwball is a phenemonal group of MCees from QB. They been kick it for a long time.Their last album was tight and they came back with a tight street album doing it the QB way.Best believe this is street.Poet lays down the history on "Bio". With guest appearances by Cormega,Nature,Kool G Rap, Nore,Matrix, Tragedy Khadefi and Complexion, this is defiantly one of the best of 2001.Pick this up now. One.

man screwball fell off..anyone who listened to their first album knows this. The lyrics dont even compare and the beats are beyond weak. I still say Y2K is one of the illest albums of all time.

WITH THA SONG THEY HAVE WITH CORMEGA IS THE REASON IT IS STAR NUMBER 3...OTHER THAN THAT ITS OK.