A-Team
Album : Lab Down Under
Release Date : July 8, 2003
Label : Phantom

customer review :
Tight album. Track two has some sick flows and rhyme schemes. The production by Meta Bass on track three is innovative and kind of dramatic. I can’t say I quite understand another reviewer’s comment about "I found myself cringing everytime [sic] I heard that aussie [sic] accent trying to rap." That’s superficial nonsense. Accent has no bearing on the skills unless for some reason you have an irrational hatred of the speech patterns of Australians. That would even more arbitrary than a lot of other prejudices that folks have. As far as the skills of the Australian artists on this joint go, they’re not up to par with Aceyalone but then, not many are, no matter origin or manner of speech. Maya Jupiter represents well here making me think her debut album might be one of the next I pick up.

Best I’ve heard yet from Ammbush the Savage on the track "When I Spit". His flow is tight and the rhymes sweet as he proves his battle cred. Canadian Moka Only shows up on track twelve but lacks a lot of the intensity that his freestyle is known for. MC Trey is just ok. Her lyrics are solid but the flow just doesn’t have any energy. Not really bad but not exceptional on the two tracks she appears on. Lotsa artists new to me here, Good Brotha Eddy, Phoenix, Maya Jupiter. As far and Acey and A-Rude go, beyond reproach. The rhymes are wicked and the flows golden. Album recommended as well for some of the production on it. Quite a bit of driving bass with all kinds of swinging overlay. Some tracks a bit quieter with some sax and lighter effects filling them out. Best tracks : "Show’em a Better Way", "When I Spit", "What Time Is It ?" and "Record and Perform". Cop this one and enjoy it.

No profanity, or inaproppriate remarks.

> A-Team "Lab Down Under", by Tha Talent Show [2006-03-14 20:29:57]

I want to know who these dudes is yo, cuz it’s another group called the A-team from Jersey that’s really killin’ mixtapes right now and I wonder if these niggas ever heard of each other cuz somebody gon be pissed off. I fucks wit the A-Team from Jersey but, these dudes is from Austrailia and I don’t even know what to expect