YWF Posse released a fresh hip hop EP on cassette in 1990 called We Love to Rob Dopemen. Their whole EP is an anti-drug PSA with songs such as 1990 Take One and Simple which have a good message inside of the music. (2 songs are mostly anti-crack PSA’s to be exact.) Their EP was influenced by the sounds of old school hip hop with some good old school beats. Of course the audio quality of this cassette is very low quality seeing as how YWF produced their debut EP in 1990.
Their EP sounds similar to a novelty comedy rap act due to the front cover depicting YWF Posse jacking a dopeman while he is on the ground. You don’t see that everyday. The cover is real funny due to the dopeman on the ground.
Today the YWF Posse - We Love to Rob Dopemen cassette is considered very rare and collectable among music fans and fans of Cleveland hip hop/rap. That is why you sometimes see this cassette sell for hundreds of dollars when put up for sale, auction, or bid online. This is the recording the group YWF Posse ever made which is also why this cassette is considered to be a very rare EP.
1990 Take One is a classic hip hop song which is a fan favorite. 1990 Take One is a song laced with thin old school beats with hip hop flava.
One of the dopest lines was “I drop bass but I don’t need a base pipe” This line tells us we do not need to use crack pipe or cocaine to live our lives or to drop dope lyrics. You need to stay away from drugs to live a healthy lifestyle.
The fakers have faded and the makers have made it. The rhymes YWF wrote are addictive. Not to mention dope. They’re here to stop the madness doormen created. Rhyming, design, and entertainment is what Yes We’re Fresh Posse is about. So there is no need for drugs nor violence.
JWIB Feelin' has a reggae vibe and feel. Reggae meets hip hop on JWIB Feelin’. Samples used were Eric B. & Rakim - Move the Crowd and Biz Markie - Vapors.
JWIB Feelin' begins with one of the members talking in a Patois accent as if they were from Jamaica, Belize, or Haiti. This lasts for the first 16 seconds. Their accents go back to normal after this.
Hard work pays off but smart work works further. If you are smart about how you work harder, then all of your hard work will pay off if you are smart about it. However smart work pays off in the end more than hard work. That is the message of this song.
Drug dealers are suckers for the prison industrial complex in the United States of America. They are setting themselves up for failure to become prey to the system.
Kick up the bass and turn up the treble as it’s simple on the track Simple. YWF Posse plans to keep things simple here. The shit is funny yet very sexist. One of their most notable lines is "Take your girl because I don't need her/I'll treat her like a pet but I won't feed her" Simple samples Eric B. & Rakim - Move the Crowd.
The very beginning of Simple takes place during a lesson in class. The lesson about plight of the underachieving negro in a socioeconomic structure overwhelmed at an ever present masochistic drug influenced culture. Situation of this is very complicated and diverse.
When a kid looks up to a drug dealer, they wonder what they could do. Selling drugs to your own people isn’t the right way. YWF Posse tells us to say no to marijuana and cocaine. Stay true to yourself and stay away from drugs. Making lots of money is simple. Having crazy talent is simple.
*YWF means Yes We’re Fresh.
*YWF Posse was also known as Yes We’re Fresh Posse.
*It is well known that YWF Posse were a one time hip hop act from Cleveland, Ohio during the early dawn of the 90s.
I rate this album, 3/5***.
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