Here we are at the last Back Drop Bomb album I will be covering for a bit. It will be a while before I can grab my copy of The Ocracy, and it might be a while longer than that before I can reach for copies of 59days Preface and Loftinaction. In any case, this is the last album that BDB released under Toy's Factory, and how does it stack up to their awesome comeback album Breakdawn? Well, it might be a bit unfair to call this the Nipsong to Breakdawn's Micromaximum, since it isn't nearly as bad as Nipsong, but it is another somewhat unfocused album after an excellent and cohesive album. I really hope that isn't the case with The Ocracy and Loftinaction...
Don't get me wrong, there are lots of things to like about this album, whether it be from the sweet guitar solo that "The Light 'N' The Dark" rides out on, or the great instrumental that is "The Knight", or "Great View", which is an excellent track to open on. But throughout the album, there's a recurring feeling of incohesiveness and a lack of focus that draws up flashbacks of Nipsong. It's awesome that BDB continues to get more eclectic in their musical output, but there are times when it can get too eclectic for its own good, and those times happen pretty frequently on this album. What I can give this album credit for in spite of this, at least, is that the album doesn't feel barren in its mixing, so those bits of reduced focus come off smoother.
The packaging is something I really love about this album, though, and made me a little disappointed that graphic design this awesome wasn't housing an album that quite matched it. Just about all of the printing on the front cover/liner note booklet, back cover and obi strip is holographic, and printed on an extremely glossy, semi-thick paper stock. It feels great to hold them, but it does make them a pain in the ass to photograph. Thanks to my usual flash photography, the covers and obi all come off less colorful and less bright than they actually are, as I've seen occasional cover scans look. But rest assured that every bit of this CD's packaging is gorgeous.
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Intro
2. Great View
3. Tokio On The Horse
4. Don't
5. Nobody Gets It -The Beginning Of Conga-
6. The Light 'N' The Dark
7. Far To Go
8. The Knight
10. Not Never
11. Anything
12. Losin'
13. Outro
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