Warriorz

Description

Warriorz might be the Brownsville champions' most commercially accessible offering but if you're looking for sing-along melodies and rent-a-roughneck drama, look elsewhere. MOP are far from household names, and even though they might offer in interviews that they would like to at least touch the brass ring, you get the feeling that being grimy underground heroes suits this revered Brooklyn duo just fine. Protégés of the always superlative, DJ Premier M OP's bite is bracing and fierce, and even when the duo aims for some accessibility (à la their raw but hook-laden single "Ante Up" or working with R&B duo Product G&B on "Everyday") their sound and stance is still unrefined and unrelenting. Even when these guys play nice they still can't play by the rules, which means that the faithful will be happy indeed. --Amy Linden