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December 14, 2000

M.O.P. Prove Hip-Hop's Fiercest Warriorz

Brooklyn's mean streets reflected by M.O.P.

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Warriorz

Lil' fame and Billy Danzenie, of the Brownsville, Brooklyn, duo MOP., have been drum majors of hip-hop ruggedness since they asked the pointed question, "How 'bout some hardcore?" on their inaugural single, in 1993. On Warriorz, they continue mixing assault-and-battery vocals with head-rattling...

2000 RS: 3of 5 Stars

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How about some hardcore? It's all you get from this punishing Brooklyn duo. Made up of Billy Danze and Lil' Fame, M.O.P. spent the better part of a de-cade refining their raw, punishing brand of hip-hop. Mainstream rap's pendulum has swung between thugged-out street drama and fantastical materi-alism, but M.O.P. has always remained the same. Harkening from the same generation as Nas and Notorious ...

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