Select/Elektra Entertainment
Production: artist, co-produced by C. Branch & T. Kendrick
Rating: 3.5
Is hip-hop ready for an entire album talking about "b**hes" and "hoes"? Well, AMG has done it. More foulmouthed than a late 70's Richard Pryor concert film, AMG is primed to upset all women who despise the "b**h" tag. While offensive to some, AMG's "b**h Betta Have My Money" single made much noize and so should this album.
A product of the Total Trak Production crew that includes DJ Quik, 2nd II None, Hi-C, Sylk Smoov and Boss (a female), AMG is probably the best rhymer of the bunch and he backs himself with some fat tracks (with stoopid ba**) to prove it. His song topics are simple -- he talks about b**hes; how he likes 'em and what he does with 'em. b**hes, b**hes, b**hes.
The tracks range in production style to fit different tastes. "I Wanna Be Yo Ho," "Givva Dogga Bone," and "Tha Botty Up" have a up-tempo funk/club feel for the South. "Once A Dawg," "Jiggable Pie," "Mai Sista Iz A b**h" (with a fat cameo by Boss), "Nu Exasize" and "Trunk Of Funk" provide the hardcore sounds with familiar samples ba**lines and breakbeats. "Word 2 Tha D" "Backseat Queens" provide the West Coast-style funk while "D Control" is straight-up hip-house.
The subject matter gets tiring but some of AMG's production (especially on the hardcore tracks) is undeniably funky and will have heads nodding.