Brooklyn, New York emcees Rock & Ruste Juxx teaming up for a model new collaborative LP. One in all whom is a member of the Boot Camp Clik in addition to the now defunct subgroups Heltah Skeltah & The Fab 5 alongside the late Sean Worth whereas the opposite was a protege of Ruck making his debut on Heltah Skeltah’s sophomore effort Magnum Drive. They’ve crossed paths with each other numerous instances within the span of 26 years & to commemorate virtually a decade of Sean’s passing, they’re getting collectively to take us by way of Crownsville.

The title monitor is a morbid increase bap opener representing Brownsville & Crown Heights respectively whereas “Black Out” has a soulful flare to the beat proudly carrying the borough that made them on their sleeves. “Vehicular Manslaughter” produced by D-Block Information in-house producer Vinny Idol works in additional kicks & snares laying out a few of their hardest verses on the album previous to “Crash Ya Whip” aggressively making y’all select one of many 6,000,000 methods to die.

After the Bernadette Worth Speaks skit, “Sean Lives On” serves as a honest tribute to P with a ghostly increase bap instrumental whereas “B-83” sorta dabbles with lure feeling like an open hand palm slap to allow them to flex their standing as nuclear bomb threats. “Ruck Down” brings a rap rock vibe to the desk due to Bumpy Knuckles representing Sean’s independently owned Duck Down Music Inc. subsidiary Ruck Down Information, however then “Change Nothing” that includes Frankie Storm finds the trio linking up advising the listener to not switch-up.

“Mud Pan” has a enjoyable back-&-forth chemistry from Rock & Ruste cautioning that your complete staff will get swept fucking with them for roughly 135 seconds whereas “Kings County” pulls inspiration from rock music once more instrumentally shouting out the titular Brooklyn county. “Wotcha Name Energy” by the Boot Camp Clik finishes Crownsville by having the collective reuniting for the primary time since 2007 for a high-energy 6 minute nearer that The Arcitype laced.

Figuring out each artists’ particular person historical past with Sean Worth, it’s solely proper that they joined forces all through a complete album & one that may make Sean proud if he was nonetheless with us immediately. Rock & Ruste elevate their chemistry over the course of 33 minutes aside from a pair company backed by the sounds of increase bap, a touch of lure & in fact samples of rock & soul music.

Rating: 8/10