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Genre:
Rap
Release Date: 06/11/1996
Run Time: 51:01
Discovered by
Luther Campbell,
Poison Clan was initially molded similarly to
2 Live Crew, as evidenced by
2 Low Life Muthas' production -- executed by
Campbell and
2 Live Crew producer
Mr. Mixx -- and its mostly lighthearted but occasionally raunchy themes of womanizing, partying, and goofing around.
J.T. Money and
Debonaire broke out with this album's booming,
"Shaft"-sampling
"Dance All Night." Not terribly dissimilar from
2 Live Crew tracks like
"Move Somethin'," it's one of the few clean songs
Poison Clan released -- it's easily their most accessible, and it's also one of the best
dance-rap singles of the early '90s; some rotation of the video on
Yo! MTV Raps helped give the group some notice, but the remainder of the album didn't do a great deal to build on its success. The duo proves to be competent on the mic, but they don't go much beyond that, and
Mr. Mixx's production work rarely hits the level of his best work for
2 Live Crew.
J.T. Money briefly hits upon the gangsta themes that would saturate the remaining
PC records; on
"Bad Influence," he shows he's most comfortable with hard-edged rhymes. This decent debut comes off as
2 Live lite, an issue that would be rectified right after this.
~Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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