Mixerr Album Reviews #2,511

Samm - Enemy of the Street is a No Limit album that never was that could have been a hit. Many fans had anticipated that this No Limit album would be released in 2001 but that is not the case. The album was kept unreleased because Master P shifted towards releasing albums with more of a commercial pop rap sound from him, Lil Romeo, and 504 Boyz. Lyrical gangsta rap had been an underground thing then. So his promising debut album was ultimately shelved. This album should have been released because Samm was a hard spitta. His verses were extremely lyrical. Too bad nothing came out or was ever released. Sadly he was and remains overlooked.

Another issue was Master P playing basketball for the NBA. He couldn’t help artists promote their music as much while playing for the NBA. His NBA career hindered many artists success rate and prevented their albums from being unreleased. Mac’s unexpected incarceration was also a factor which prevented this album from being released.

The album was completed and finished. 20 songs were recorded for Enemy of the Street. However the all the DAT tapes with songs recorded for his Enemy of the Street album had got lost during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Even the backup files were lost as XL lost everything. XL is still looking for the DATs for this album to this day. He has only found a few DATs for the songs to the Enemy of the Street album but not everything. Songs such as Rise, Ride, Paradise, and They Murdered Me were recorded for the album. Enemy of the Street has songs from albums that were mostly scrapped or lost.

XL did a bulk of the production as he produced 15 songs for the album. KeNoe produced 2 songs for the album. The album had production from outside producers as well.


Now the album had that hot New Orleans bounce sound over street savvy, provocative, and gritty raps which No Limit albums were internationally known for during that time. That Dirty South rap sound is prevalent throughout the duration of his album. Think pure lyrical gangsta rap but with more lyricism. Samm strayed away from the commercial pop sound that was trending at that time even though that was the sound and style Master P was trying to cash in on to promote for his No Limit label. Enemy of the Street drew influence from Soulja Slim and MAC. That makes sense because XL had been producing songs for them.

The album cover has Samm standing in front a wall of fire with two cobras depicted on both sides of him. Hands are going out of the ground on all sides. Now the album cover for Samm’s album was designed by Pen N Pixel as all No Limit album covers were during that time.


The song Rise dealt with the controversial issues regarding crime and how crime is around in society. The song Rise is one of his more darker songs with a socio-political edge of awareness.

They Murdered Me was one of those songs which XL produced in 2001 for his. The album had that hot New Orleans bounce sound over street savvy, provocative, and gritty raps. This song explains how this brother had the worst of luck as he ends up getting murdered through an act of slaughter. They Murdered Me featured Samm, Magic, and Mac.

I rate this album 4/5****!