This really slipped under the radar and no wonder, considering the crazy environment it came out in. It's also terribly long - over 74 minutes! Listening to it feels like hearing 6 albums in one! Sure, it didn't need to be that goddamn long. But there are quite a few tracks here which are catchy (especially the DJ Pooh cuts) and overall, it feels like you're listening to one endless mix of Snoop rapping over different beats in different ways. In a sense, more fun than the flimsy concept of the debut record. Give it a chance if you see it cheap somewhere.

The debut presented the artist in the absolute perfect scenario - producer, material, collaborators, lyrics, etc - to come up with the first multi-million selling gangsta rap album. And maybe it was too perfect. Because upon repeated listings, there are a lot of warts on this prince-from-frog, but the main thing was, it ain't no fun….Umm anyway - rap's most anticipated release from 1993 has to be deemed classic through a pleasantly fogged lens.

The debut Radio was marked by a couple of hell-raising singles, but BAD announces the Creature that is LL Cool J has arrived for real. But not completely, since a large slice of this pie could righteously be claimed by "Bobcat" Ervin's intentionally overwrought backing beats. But there's no doubt you're left with all facets of LL's heavyweight persona, at the end of this record…jack!

The follow-up May Blitz record does not have that smoked-out, echo-chamber feel, but it’s still interesting. Some of the tracks are upbeat, with a near proto-rap feel, but others are decent straight-ahead folk or just mellow rock - curiously reminiscent of another obscure Brit band, Hard Meat. You might as well pick this up if you see it next to the debut. TWO SENTENCE RE-REVIEW: I've pimped May Blitz out enough via word-of-mouth to warrant raising both albums rating a full point. The debut record alone is five careers' worth of mammoth rock groove listening gold.

This U.K. based power trio took the Cream blueprint and stretched it to deeper, darker, and more byzantine extremes on "Smoking The Day Away", a track which managed to consistently find its way on various playlists of mine for years. It's a hard act to follow, but for the rest of their debut album, May Blitz does a fairly good job, making some decent in-roads with other genres ("Fire Queen" feels like a heavier take on Mitch Ryder, "Virgin Waters" ventures into progressive/epic territory). Plus, the band's quirky sense of humor ("Squeet") matches up with the creepy album cover. This is one obscurity worth uncovering. TWO SENTENCE RE-REVIEW: I've pimped May Blitz out enough via word-of-mouth to warrant raising both albums rating a full point. The debut record alone is five careers' worth of mammoth rock groove listening gold.