Warriorz [Audio CD, Explicit Lyrics]

M.O.P. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 10, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Label: Relativity
• ASIN: B00004WF8B
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)

Track Listings

1. Premier Intro

2. Welcome to Brownsville - M.O.P.,

3. Everyday - M.O.P.,

4. Ante Up (Robbing-Hoodz Theory) - Funkmaster Flex, M.O.P.

5. Face off 2k1

6. Warriorz

7. G Building

8. Old Timerz

9. On the Front Line

10. Nig-Gotiate

11. Follow Instructions

12. Calm Down

13. Power

14. Home Sweet Home - Lord Have Mercy, M.O.P.

15. Background Niggaz

16. Cold as Ice

17. Operation Lockdown

18. Roll Call

19. Foundation

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

For some hip-hop fans being hard core means snarling on cue or adopting the thug pose of the week in order to impress the heads and scare the kids. True fans of the rugged know that such machinations may translate into pop success, but those hits often come at the expense of the hard-earned cred that rappers live and die for. M.O.P are far from household names, and even though they might offer in interviews that they would like to, if not grab the brass ring, at least touch it, you get the feeling that being grimy underground heroes suits this revered Brooklyn duo just fine. Protégés of the always superlative DJ Premier, M.O.P's bite is bracing and fierce, and even when the duo aims for some accessibility (à la their raw but hook-laden single "Ante Up" or working with R&B duo Product G&B on "Everyday") their sound and stance is still unrefined and unrelenting. Warriorz might be the Brownsville champions' most commercially accessible offering, but if you're looking for sing-a-long melodies and rent-a-roughneck drama, look elsewhere. Even when these guys play nice they still can't play by the rules, which means that the faithful will be happy indeed. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "ANTE UP"!!!, October 12, 2000

By	Varian (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

Again M.O.P. has blessed us with another banger. Buy this CD and feel the lyrics, there flow is so raw. Track 14 "Home Sweet Home" is one the illest songs to ever come out, this CD is not for the clubs or the radio it is for the streets. Switching over to Loud Records was an A-class move and hopefully they will get the props they so long deserved. If you consider yourself a fan of Hip-Hop than pick this up ASAP. Warning, this CD will bring the Warrior out of anyone who listens to it, that's how real it is......

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 star classic easily, October 17, 2002

By	goofy (halle, belgium) - See all my reviews

This album is great why does everybody give's it only 3 stars it is at least worth 4 stars but i gave it 5 stars because it was my first m.o.p. album and it wouldn't be the last. I knew about m.o.p. before from hearing them with gangstarr, i liked them but they where too hard-core for me. Then i've heard the song "ante up" which is one of my favorite songs, so i went to the store and i byed it without even listening. At first i didn't liked the song "everyday" because m.o.p. is not R'n'B but after a few listenings i started to like it(even love it). The baddest song is probably "g-building" but i don't think it's bad. After hearing this album i wanted to buy another m.o.p. album but i couldn't find another-one(in Belgium you only find the super-commercial hiphop-albums: p-diddy, snoop dogg,...). I've found this one because of the song "cold as ice". I will continue looking for other m.o.p. albums. The only message i'm giving to you is too buy this album.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They'll kick all yall a$$ with the same pair of boots, January 7, 2005

By	Richard Eicholtz (Baltimore) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The best part of MOP is they dont change and the never sound the same. Listen to their other CDs and you always get that same gritty hardcore real account hip hop. Some guys you listen to say things and you know they haven't really done what they say. No studio gangsters here. Billy Danze & Fizzy Womack hit the nail on the head and drive the hammer through the concrete.

Warriors is the culmination of all their great works into a front to back classic for any fan of real hip hop I say again real Hip Hop. If you dont like MOP you must be a fan of that crap music that rules the airwaves nowdays. BUY ALL MOP'S especially this one. ANTE UP