CD Details
- Released: February 24, 1998
- Label: Rhino / Ada
Entertainment Reviews:
The Source - 4/98, p.164
3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...an updated collection of mid to slow tempo low rider jams that reaches for its core audience with a passion..."
Rap Pages - 3/98, p.107
"...continues the sound and sentiment that ATL heads have grown accustomed to....With 16 songs of hard-core lyrical and musical thump, Above The Law prove that they are indeed LEGENDS."
Tracks:
- 1.Intro "Floetry"
- 2.X.O. Wit Me
- 3.Set Trippin'
- 4.Promise Me
- 5.Be About You Bizniz
- 6.Clinic Niggaz
- 7.Soliciting
- 8.Deep Az the Root
- 9.The Streets
- 10.Sumner Days
- 11.L.A. Vibe
- 12.Worldwide
- 13.Karma
- 14.Soul Searching
- 15.Adventures of...
- 16.In God We Trust
Product Description:
Above The Law: Cold 187um (keyboards); Total K-oss, KMG.
Additional Personnel: Mike "Crazy neck" Sims (guitars, bass); Gary "Sugarfoot" Greenberg (drums); Julie Griffin, Traci Nelson, Nicole Hithe (background vocals); Jayo Felony, Ha-Ha, Young T.E.N., Madd Harv Dawgg, Yukmouth.
Engineers: Donovan "tha Dirt Biker" Smith, Jay Gonzales.
Recorded at Audio Achievements Studios, Torrance, California and Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Personnel: Cold 187um (keyboards); Julie Griffen, Tracy Nelson (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Cold 187um; Donovan Smith.
Recording information: Audio Achievements Studios, Torrance, CA; Paramount Stuidos, LA, CA.
Photographer: Michael Miller .
Arranger: Cold 187um.
By album number five, fans knew what to expect from Above the Law. Legends didn't throw any curveballs; instead, it stuck to the group's regular attack with little apparent desire to expand or progress. While few West Coast gangsta groups were as skilled as Above the Law, the passage of time only shows more how Legends wasn't much more than just another album from the group. As ever, the group's production is its top asset, and the MCs, though hardly masters, remain vivid and convincing storytellers. Had this been the first or second record released by a newer group a few years earlier, it wouldn't have gone nearly as ignored -- so this is definitely a record for the devoted. ~ Andy Kellman
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