The Reunion 2000 Album

Capone-n-Noreaga

Nore was once again let down by his partner with this release, as Capone got in trouble with the law before this album went out, just like he did with their debut, 'The War Report'. 'The Reunion' kicks off with Carl Thomas singing one of my favourite songs, Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come', made kind of relevant I guess as the rappers add in some vocals at the end about it being a long time since they've dropped. From there the quality is fairly consistency and Nore makes up for his poor solo project prior to this album in which he admits was "half-assed" on the DJ Premier produced 'Invincible'. - "Yo, yo Melvin Flynt drop, my whole collasso stop / I can't believe I fucked up and made a half-ass album / My excuse is, my pops just died, and I ain't wanna make music / My pops just died / My fans stuck with me, my shit still went gold." Everything is better on this. While I don't find the rapping from Capone or Nore amazing, Nore is more engaging to listen to spit and is helped by the slightly better production and the extra voices including Nas' on 'B EZ' where he steals the show. The following 'Gunz in the Air' is one of the catchier moments as well thanks to the hook and energy from the MCs. If you love and two rappers and/or the well received 'The War Report', you'll get more out of this than me. There aren't any great songs and there are some songs like 'Full Steezy' that drag on. Beats: ★★★ Rapping/Bars: ★★★ Hooks: ★★★ Best Tracks: Invincible, Y'All Don't Wanna, All We Got Is Us, B EZ, Gunz in Da Air, Don't Nobody