Menace To Society’s Ink Town Posse EP is an obscure dope hip hop/rap EP which overshadowed by music coming from Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, and Grand Rapids. This EP is filled with dope hip hop cuts such Back To The Basics, socially conscious songs such as Words From The I.T.P., and love songs such as The Feeling Mutual.
Menace To Society’s Ink Town Posse EP was the only EP they released under the name “Ink Town Posse”. This was because the term “posse” was an outdated term by 1992 in the world of hip hop/rap. That’s why you see the name Menace To Society on credits to the vinyl and that’s why Ink Town Posse changed their name to Menace To Society. This obviously worked in a musical sense because the trio was able to release more albums under that name.
Ink Town Posse was gangsta rap trio from Inkster, Michigan which formed in 1988. Ink Town Posse changed their name to Menace To Society in 1992.
Words From The I.T.P. is a dope hip hop cut where members of Ink Town Posse share some knowledge and keep the public informed about social and political problems which affect their community. For example, Ink Town Posse sheds some knowledge on Words From The I.T.P. about the high death rate of Inkster. Unsurprisingly the high death rate of Inkster can attributed to drugs. Inkster had the highest murder rate caused by drugs in 1992.
One of the members share some knowledge and share awareness about the high death rate of Inkster the lyrics. Read the lyrics below to get a better understanding.:
Ink City is full of drugs
Thank the media
Do the people really care?
Stop for a minute
Or pause for a second
Put the mic in full effect
And check it!
Inkster ain’t nothing but a city worth of coroners
With a lot of violence
A very high death rate
But it’s my hometown
Ink Town Posse searches and asks for a solution as how to end crime in the middle of the song. Read the lyrics to get an understanding.
Garden Boys are on one side
Saigon is on the other
Pimp Posse is in the center
Shooting at each other
How can you stop the crime in the streets today?
Words From The I.T.P. samples N.W.A. - Gangsta Gangsta, Cybotron - Clear, Beastie Boys - Brass Monkey, and Nemesis - Get Ya Flow On.
Honestly this song sounds much older than a song that was recorded in 1992. The synths give that away. So does the bass. The song sounds like it was recorded during the late 80s. This could be the reason why the music always sounded older than it was.
Back To The Basics takes things back to the basics with simple and basic rhymes. The synths and harmonies are quite forgettable. The rhymes are too simple.
Here is an example of some simple basic rhymes used in this song. “My homeboy’s out there making paper/Struck into the girlies and the girlies catching vapors” “When you go to jail, you’ll look the other way/You caught her all day, all night”
Honestly this song sounds much old than a song that was recorded in 1992. The synths give that away. So does the bass. The song sounds like it was recorded during the late 80s. This could be the reason why the music always sounded older than it was.
The Feeling Mutual is a long sappy love song about mutual love. Nothing too special unless you’re interested in romantic love songs. It’s a mutual feeling.
I rate this EP 4/5****!
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