Magnum Force [EXPLICIT LYRICS]

Heltah Skeltah

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 13, 1998)
• Original Release Date: October 13, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Priority Records
• ASIN: B00000C2G7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #77,047 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
For all its pistol-packing pretensions, Heltah Skeltah's Magnum Force strikes more like a .22. It's a perfectly decent hip-hop album, but decent is about as exciting as it gets. The duo of Ruck and Rock are blessed with two of the more distinctive flows and voices in the rap world, but neither they nor their motley crew of producers are able to capitalize on it to any degree. Songs like "I Ain't Havin' That," "Magnum Force," and "Gunz 'n Onez" might peak your interest for a quick minute, but they quickly fade into obscurity. Ironically, some of the best moments on the album come in the form of skits like "2 Keys" and the hilarious "Call Tyrone" (following up on Erykah Badu's notorious song of the same name). --Oliver Wang

Vibe
Arguably two of the gruffest voices in rap, method Man and Rock combine on "Gunz 'N One'z (Iz U Wit Me)" for a battle of the deep chest cavities. In the end, Magnum Force reaffirms that Heltah Skeltah's die-hard loyalty to the streets is, in their Eshkoshkan slang, "word is Bon Jovi."

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Heltah rips but not like on "Nocturnal", August 27, 2001

By	Rich-Zed (Red-Blue City, Hungary) - See all my reviews

Heltah sophomore album "Magnum Force" is a slight disappointment for me. Telling the truth, I copped this CD first then "Nocturnal" and I gotta admit this one wasn't as good as the 1st. The strength of the album comes from Rock (he got a unforgettable voice... whoaaah!). There's so many bangin' tracks on the album like 'Worldwide', the Meth collabo 'Gunz 'n onez', the Tribe Called Quest sampled 'I ain't havin that', the rugged 'Sean Wigginz', the gun-totin' "Magnum Force' and the BCC-MFC impressed 'Gangz all here'. There's a really deep inside showing track on the album 'Hold your head' (I digged it). But there's some drawbacks on this CD. For example the Dogg Pound influenced garbage 'Long Beach II Brownsville' and 'Chika Woo'. The Dogg Pound collabo sounded like a average DP song with no rugged beats... you feel? And 'Chika Woo' was like a average Jay-Z stuff... you know? But in addition, I digged this CD. Heltah worth buying. It's not a "Nocturnal" but really rep.s what these MCs is stood for: beats, rhymes and verbal battles. If you like Duck Down, you gonn dig it, too. But be cautious: Duck Down is able to do better!!! Told!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars off the hook, June 6, 2000

By	bennytheburp (Minneapolis, Minnesota) - See all my reviews

whooooooo! I haven't given that many albums a four star rating so far, but this one easily deserves it. Chicka woo and hold your head up struck me as the two standout tracks, while i aint havin that and magnum force held the disc together. i probably would have given this disc a five-star, but there are two or three songs that really kill the momentum of the cd in my opinion. Like the song featuring the dogg pound for example. It sounds like every other dogg pound song that has come out recently, pure garbage. aside from that and a couple other bruises this album is outstanding. be sure to check out ogc, the fab five and anything w/ the name boot camp clik on it. Any of those selections will satisfy a hungry hip-hop fans appetite.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars RAW, nasty, gritty, grimy, straight up blunt smokin BEATS!, June 18, 1999

By A Customer

Ruck and Rock break it down somethin nasty! This is by far one of my favorite albums to jam ANYTIME. Not because every track is bangin, because it aint. But because the jams are real deal J-A-Ms. "Worldwide" and "Magnum Force" are probably my 2 favorite tracks, though "I Aint Havin That" is bangin! Watch out for Rock, though. He's so grimy and so raw, that you may have to wash your ears out w/ soap! Non-stop, Rock needs to appear on everybody's album FROM NOW ON! Takes me back to "Blackout,". Ruck aint to be forgotten, either. "The Diary of Shawn Wiggins" is definetly also one of the tighter tracks on this disc. The MFC has also not wasted time on their intros/outros. Listen close, and you too might have "Beef with Bleu Cheese?"