both of these albums were released during a period where i had gone kind of estranged from the Wu for a few years and when i finally returned and went back and checked out the releases i had missed out on, i never gave these 2 a chance. now i listened to the Black Knights album "Every Night is A Black Knight" a couple of weeks back and thought it had dope verses by Doc Doom, disappointing appearances by Holocaust, and whatever verses from Monk... but what really tuned me off from it was the generic production, save for a few joints (including RZA's lone contribution which is actually really good) I don't ever want to hear this album again.
with all the Christ Bearer hoopla lately i actually went back and checked out the Bobby DigitalPresents North Star album and while it's not outstanding it got enough hot joints to justify it's existence. Armand VanHelden delivers two bangers with "Luv Allah" and "Nuttin", featuring Dom Pachino, 9th Prince and Tekitha, respectively. i used to bang some of AVH's house music back in the day, has he had any other placements on hip-hop albums? on the flip side of that it has one of the worst RZA produced tracks ever with "See Me", featuring Free Murder. it is hardly a disc i will be revisiting much but it is a much coherent album than the Black Knights disc and it also does a much better job at combining a West Coast sound with a Wu-Tang vibe.
with all the Christ Bearer hoopla lately i actually went back and checked out the Bobby DigitalPresents North Star album and while it's not outstanding it got enough hot joints to justify it's existence. Armand VanHelden delivers two bangers with "Luv Allah" and "Nuttin", featuring Dom Pachino, 9th Prince and Tekitha, respectively. i used to bang some of AVH's house music back in the day, has he had any other placements on hip-hop albums? on the flip side of that it has one of the worst RZA produced tracks ever with "See Me", featuring Free Murder. it is hardly a disc i will be revisiting much but it is a much coherent album than the Black Knights disc and it also does a much better job at combining a West Coast sound with a Wu-Tang vibe.
