Boyz N da Hood - Boyz N da Hood

Primary Artist
Boyz N da Hood
Album Title
Boyz N da Hood
Release Date
June 21, 2005 
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Review by Andy Kellman
Named after the Eazy-e song and the Ice Cube film of the same name, Boyz N Da Hood help represent the South for P. Diddy's Bad Boy label, just as Eightball & Mjg did in 2004. The Atlanta group's admiration for N.w.a members goes beyond the name; they've clearly picked up some of their ultra-violent, foul-mouthed tendencies from the pioneering group, and the late Eazy-e even "drops in" for a guest spot on "Gangstas." (Producer Erick Sermon actually recycled it from a Def Squad track.) Despite the nearly Game-like N.w.a fixation, Boyz N Da Hood sound Southern through and through, and they're definitely one of the hardest groups to come out of their region (wives are seduced, brains are splattered, bodily fluids land all over the place, etc.). Read More