Mixerr Album Reviews #1,281

This is Michael Mixerr. Today I will review Wiseguys - Sneak Preview.

Wiseguys - Sneak Preview was an album sampler put out on cassette by Def Jam Recordings and Surrender Records outta Boston that was distributed with the Source Magazine in 1997. This album sampler wasn’t very well distributed despite Def Jam Recordings being a major label. Now promotion is where Def Jam Recordings dropped the ball. Def Jam dropped the ball by failing to promote this album sampler to its full potential for Wiseguys.

Every track on that cassette is a duration time of 1:30 (1 minute and 30 seconds) because these are only snippets. Now if these were not snippets, then more people would have purchased this album sampler from the Source Magazine in 1997. The beats and production were good but nothing too stellar.


Satisfaction is one of the hardest cuts on the album sampler. The track Satisfaction is a posse cut as a matter of fact. The Wiseguys go all out and do a good job at it. Def Jam dropped the ball by failing to promote Satisfaction to be a choice for a buzz single. If Def Jam chosen Satisfaction to be a buzz single, then the Wiseguys would have benefited from success. That Willie Hutch sampler was super dope!

Blowin´ Circles In The Wind as a track itself stood out despite being noting too stellar or memorable. Wiseguys production for the track Blowin´ Circles In The Wind was overall good but too mild. Nevertheless Wiseguys always came up with good concepts in their own tracks.

Relentless seems to be influenced by West Coast style production based on the beats. The beats and production were good but nothing too stellar. If Def Jam chosen this to be a single, then the Wiseguys would have benefited from success.

I rate this album, Sneak Preview, 4/5****.