BOS - Growth And Development is an album that uses a balance of positivity and negativity. Most of this album promotes positivity of growth and development in songs such as Safe Sex, Hip Hop Heavensent, and Growth And Development. BOS uses a mixture of conscious rap and hip hop on this album. BOS - Growth And Development is a forgotten EP in Cleveland rap. This rap duo from Cleveland, Ohio never fails to disappoint. For those who did not know, BOS is Brothers of Struggle.
The thing I like about the back credits is the “Unthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws.” label. BOS used their own version which reads “Unauthorized duplication will get you beat down!” You don’t get stuff like that anymore. Gotta love 90s rap.
Growth And Development is a song about keeping your mind focused. The song promotes positivity inside growth and development. Put your head up to the sky. Keep your mind. You must stay focused and maintain. Nowadays there’s too much shit in the game.
Growth And Development samples Zapp - More Bounce To The Ounce and Zapp - Funky Bounce. The whole song was heavily influenced by the sounds of funk.
Safe Sex is and ode to safe sex. The explanation for the title of this song needs no further description. Like Keith, you’ll sweat. BOS will give your pussy a big ass stretch it won’t forget. They are swift and slow in the sack. They are stiff as a dildo. You better have a couple of rubbers.
You put a rubber on your dick to prevent sexually transmitted diseases from entering in your body. Unprotected sex will have you ending up in a casket eventually. Sexually transmitted diseases and death. That is the negative side of sexuality. BOS promotes wearing condoms.
Twisted Mind uses SP1200 produced beats over a bit crushed yet smooth and subtle TKO sample. The pace is fairly slow tempo. References to slavery are mentioned throughout the duration of this song.
The song is about a young black brother in his freshman year of high school. Things are changing for the worst for this young black brother. His vocabulary changed from cuss words to street slang. Neighborhood friends are now an organized street gang. He is already rebelling and getting himself into all sorts of trouble. His grades have dropped all because of teenage rebellion. To him, school is a big waste of time. So he quit school.
This young black brother is in rival gang territory getting shot at and chased. A strong armed robbery doesn’t last long or pay enough as people in his neighborhood have it financially tough. Someone called the gang unit on him and he did an 18 month sentence. As long as his pockets get fatter, it don’t matter. He suffers a disease called the twisted mind of a native son.
Although he is no longer a juvenile, there is no change in priorities. His goal is to dodge authority. His outlook on life is a game of hangman. Served a sucker a half of bird. Now he’s got it going on. Young boys are on the corner grinding double ups. This young brother gets locked up again as history is repetitive.
Hip Hop Heavensent uses more of a hip hop sound than rap. BOS gets on the lyrical tip.
Backstreets is a gangsta rap song which is similar to Twisted Mind. The song is dedicated to the GD’s (Gangsta Disciples fka Growth and Development). Backstreets explains how the back roads of Cleveland, Ohio really are. The song explains daily life in inner city Cleveland as well.
I rate this album 4/5****.
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