This is Michael Mixerr. Today I am going to review MC Overlord - Play To Win.
MC Overlord & True Color Posse had Play To Win released on cassette REC Music Group from Austin, Texas in 1990. The sounds from this cassette are very different from the Overlord albums you hear today. The sounds you hear are from early Austin hip hop and rap. Rap was starting to set foot in Austin in the 90s. Funk meets rap and hip hop on this album.
You're in it to win it on Play To Win! It's not about taking losses. It's about playing to win. It's about winning. That's how the game in the system works. MC Overlord takes charge lyrically as a rapper being the head MC for the True Color Posse. A funky keyboard organ is used to accomplish the hook for Play To Win. A funk driven guitar is used as well in the song.
Brick House is an MC Overlord & True Color Posse cover of Brick House by The Commodores band. It's a great cover version too! The song Brick is very similar to the song Brick by Dazz from 1976. Funk and rap meet soul music on this song.
Promises, Promises was a 3 minute track written by MC Overlord and D. Edmondson. MC Overlord takes charge lyrically as a rapper being the head MC for the True Color Posse.
[Play To Win was released on cassette only by REC Records in 1990. The album was never released on CD ever. Only a small amount of these were ever pressed. It's long out of print. REC Records is a division of REC Music Group, Inc.]
I rate this album, Play To Win, 5/5*****!
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