With the release of My Own Worst Enemy, Edo. G rolls off the assembly line as music’s next best thing, a “throwback from the ’90s”. As if the mere mention of golden era hip-hop could simultaneously rouse a legion of old-school fans and still resonate with today’s generation. Features Tony Stark (Clothes, Armors, Arc reactor, Skins). No matter how much people pine for the good ole days, they want the future. GTA Iron Man Mod is a modification for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas with the goal of recreating the Iron Man world from the movie trilogy in the San Andreas game engine. They reclaimed history in a way that said, “Hey, I’m the modern poet part artist/part historian.Įven when rappers excavated their own history to sample from the past, they gave it urgency. I made the old new again, now pay attention.” With Pete Rock piloting the helm for seven of the 10 tracks, Edo. G (Edward Anderson) obsesses about the past and some of the rhymes sound aged past perfection, which begs the question, “Edo. G, what have you done for me lately?”Įdo. G isn’t a throwback rapper he’s a comeback rapper from the throwback days. Alongside his crew Da Bulldogs, he was spitting lyrics back when 50 cents was just a nickel. He says so on the lead off track, an ode to the mean streets of Boston (“Boston”). He describes his breezy, conversational flow as “wholesome and controversial”, which is pretty inaccurate. If he’s controversial, Niggaz Wit Attitude is intellectually stimulating dinner party music. Over Pete Rock’s introspective production, Edo. G prefers the role of rap educator to one of violent demagogue.
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