The 3rd Weapon
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Release Date: 01/2006
Artist: Beatmonstas Artist Roster / Various Artists
Format: CD / Digital Downlaod / 12″ Vinyl
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Recent Buzz about the Beatmonstas’ boom-bap soundscape & golden age swagger has garnered press coverage from Elemental Magazine, Okayplayer.com, Platform8470.com, RapReviews.com, GroundLiftMag.com & MVRemix.com.
This group of four Chicago emcees first released The 3rd Weapon in the US in late 2005. Since it’s release the record was licensed to UK record label Mindlab Recordings / SRD and re-released in 2006 in the UK & Ireland.
Track Listing
1 Intro (skit)
2 Paradise
3 Class Division
4 La La La
5 Tha Warning
6 Overdrive
7 Four-four
8 Wake Up
9 Have a Word W/ U
10 Where U @?
11 Telephone Call Away
12 Crazy
13 5th City / 211
14 Talkin Sh!t (skit)
15 Let’s Talk About Love
What the press is saying…
Two elements clearly link the album’s thirteen cuts: a commitment to street-wise, no-frills song-writing and muddy, banging beats. On tracks like “Class Division,” “Four-Four,” “Wake Up,” and “Where You At?,” the MCs dig into street corner politics and issues of urban life with a strong combination of intelligence and directness. - OkayPlayer.com 2006
With a variety of strong beats, the production provides the necessary backbone for the album. A prime example is the stunning piano loop of “Paradise,” which the Beatmonstas ride perfectly to spit their pimp games to the perfect woman of their dreams. Also outstanding is “Tha Warning,” as the crew constructs a vicious beat and a golden hook that will stay permanently burned into your brain for days. - Low Key, MVRemix.com
‘The 3rd Weapon’ is a promising effort with a variety of songs goin from soulful to grimey but always remaining true to the school of Boom-Bap. Variety also in lyrics; besides a few solo tracks, most of the songs have a line-up of crew members who fit amazingly well, only betraying the fact that they’ve been rappin for a long time already. However the first thing that will attract you is the production. The piano stabs of ‘Paradise’ stand out and outshine the singing in the chorus pretty much, the lyrics are sharp and playerish, - Platform8470.com