Hurricane presents

KILLERTAPE VOLUME 1:

Now Or Neva Movement

Hurricane, the one from Tripple X Amsterdam (The Netherlands), brings forth a compilation tape with
underground MC's. Take one thing in notion: never judge a book by it's cover. Or a tape, in this case.

The cover of this tape is a cliché and makes the tape weaker instead of making it stronger. Learning and working with Malcolm X's filosophy doesn't mean to copy a picture. While braggin about Malcolm X knowledge, everybody has to agree that it's really stupid if you put Malcom instead of Malcolm on the
cover.

On the tape we can hear Deams, Rowdy, Unique, Evil-Son, Kain & Large Leader, Ready C, Q, Apacolypse, MD, Nashman, Cane and in a freestyle with Cane Old Dirty Bastard.

Deams gives us the rugged intro bassed with influence of the song 'Killers' he did for the copilation album
Dutch Masters from 1995. Only the first one was stronger. Deams comes with the most rugged flow you can have. You can compare it with M.O.P.

One of the roughets diamonds from Amsterdam is Rowdy. We didn't hear from him for a long time and 'out of nothing' he drops 2 mad tracks.  It's sad that we don't hear from him as much as we would like. He comes with the song No Mercy. Talkin' about how he dwells on the XXX streets. "I stick with the niggers that I survived with". It's a strong number with a low tempo beat with a heavy bassline. Added with low piano
samples. "I gots to make my money/ no matter what they claim." With Ready C he delivers a second song: It' s A Mess. Still strong but Rowdy doesn't come as strong as he should be.

Unique spills his lyrics in Fake Superstars. He definetly doesn't like them. The only question is: since when
has The Netherlands superstars? Probely we are missing the clue or Unique had some bad experience with some artists that came to The Netherlands. His flow is good and the beat dope.

Cane and MD deliver Triple X-Files. The master piece on this tape. The flow of Cane (Hurricane) is heavy, rugged and smooth all in one. MD's smooth and heavy. They talking about the people that are or want to talk behind their backs. "Do not ever underestimate Amsterdam/do not walk trough my hood like your the man" a simple but good warning to all artists who are not able to give a good show. The beat is slow and heavy with a hook sung  by the MC's themselfs. Cane also drops a solo joint Batiboy. It's the best track on the
tape. Slow, bass and a mad flow. Lyrics are punching. This whole song just says it in one word: DANGER!

Evil-son with a quick rough flow and up-tempo beat. Pure battlin'. Represents the Rotterdam Docks.

Kain and Large Leader "Ladies and gentlemen you're now about to witness incredible sounds…" O.K. everybody who has this RnB intro as flavor: get the hell outta here! Skip it and trow it away. Oh, what follows is a tipical cliché 'west-coast' song.

Old Dirty Bastard and Cane Freestyling at the Dutch Masters radio show. Old Dirty Bastard drops a freestyle that you could also hear on one of his songs. So freestyle, nah Dirty. And Cane put him in his place with a rough rhyme. Cane: "You better recognize, bitch!"

Apacolypse delivers a nice song: Miniseries. Telling their vision about life and the streets. "Don't fear the
gun/fear the knowledge behind one" and "a short life/ a long death/ better obey the street rules" give a good idea what the song contains. Just a nice song.

Q: Y'all Know The Deal. "Ain't got a gun but got lethal raps". Mid tempo pumping beat, big bass and a hook sung by the MC and co himself.  Here to represent Amsterdam. So thats also the subject for the lyrics.

Nashman past away. It's sad, he got killed. So it seemed to be a good idea to reminice him by putting an interview with him on the tape recorded at the Dutch Masters radio show. "Kill'Em a song for people that are looking for money." says Nashman. The hook goes: "Nashman Kill'Em". How bizar.

MD talking about Nashman in the song Slum Slum City. Slow tempo beat with keyboard samples. MD got a good flow and lyrics. "We all sit down and listen to your tracks". It will be a strange compliment but this track is a lot better then the track of the person MD is talking about.

Cane made it possible to make this tap. So he takes care of the shout out. Only thing that can be said about the outro: Cane is from the Tripple X and not from the USA. So there is no reason to curse, he's too smart for that.

Overall a real killer tape. Only the lack of recording quality in the sound is of some songs is less cool.