Mixerr Album Reviews #1,687

2 Black 2 Strong MMG - Doing Time On Planet Earth is hardcore rap and hip hop at its finest. Queens rap group 2 Black 2 Strong released a politically album with socially conscious themes often considered too realistic and hard for mainstream audiences militant, angry MCs make the album interesting with their black power oriented lyrics and militant attitude. This is true political rap. The music is still relevant today.

Relativity dropped the ball by not promoting this album properly by not giving it the recognition this album deserved. Relativity is not all at fault. This album was released during a transition period in hip hop/rap where gangsta rap and pop rap where taking over, which lead this album to get overlooked as many albums did during that time. Hip hop was moving from political rap to more street-level gangsterism. This group was one of the obscure collectives coming from New York City (NYC). Unfortunately 2 Black 2 Strong vanished from the political rap scene.


Burn Baby Burn is their politically conscious song that garnered them controversy due to the subject matter based on flag-burning. Burn Baby Burn addresses the issues of flag burning. Chuck D of Public Enemy makes an appearance here and there.

In this song, 2 Black 2 Strong is against the colors of the American flag. So they go on a tirade to burn the American flag. The group does not believe the colors of the American flag represents them. To them, the colors of the American flag represent oppression, greed, hate, bigotry, and corruption. This was their controversial song which included the line, "Fuck the red, white and blue”.

You can feel the anger from 2 Black 2 Strong as they get bot socially conscious and politically conscious. Their anger is directed at oppression of which the American flag represents.

Now this song came from their early 1991 album/EP entitled Burn Baby Burn. The song was so controversial to where Relativity's tape manufacturer refused to press promotional copies due to the line "Fuck the red, white and blue”. Relativity's tape manufacturer flat out said no due to the offensive language used in such context.


Iceman Cometh is about police brutality. This song tends to unfairly generalize about law enforcement. Its point about excessive force is well taken.

Skulls frightening accurate song about the crack epidemic. The frightening accuracy is terrifying. This song tends to fairly generalize on the crack epidemic. The bad crack epidemic is as the plague itself. Crack tends to hit urban areas of inner cities before it hits the suburbs.

I rate this album, 5/5*****!