he did this interview and then that interview in the source where he looked like an animal on the cover and he was talking about "returning to murda mase" and getting back to his real persona instead of the one puffy made for him to sell units. of course he ended up retiring i believe right around the time that issue of the source dropped which rendered all of that getting back to his gritty roots meaningless. from summer 98 to summer 99 was a bad year for harlem with L dying, Cam flopping and Mase retiring. L dying hurt my soul and Cam and Mase beefing over money then both of them dropping mediocre ass albums was disappointing.
and as far as double goes, from scratch was the only song on there with any replay value but it honestly was just a lesser rip-off of "24 hours to live" with lesser mc's. it might as well have been called "24 hours to live part 2".
edit - here's that cover.
face on.
yeah, i remember that too. to this day, that album is still a favorite of mine. naw, it ain't harlem world but it's a damn good album
so many favorite tracks on that album... same nikkas, another story to tell, stay out my way, make me cry, from stratch, get ready, fukk me, fukk you, blood is thick, you ain't smart, all i ever wanted etc. really the whole damn album
what i respect about that album is parts of it was where ma$e was really at, at that time in his life. so it's like hearin' the music that's was shapin' those very moments. i can remember when he retired and when it made the news on the radio. i couldn't believe it because at that point he was my favorite rapper in the game. he could do the street records, the club joints, and then even the more accessible r&b records like with brandy and brian mcknight. he made it look all too easy, like it was nothin'
Aint u a Vado fan
Magic Johnson was his manager
that was a glorious time to grow up in.