The Download

After 12 years, countless delays and borderline harassment on MySpace, hip-hop’s Black Sheep is finally back. The digital-only re- lease (available at emusic.com), 8WM/Novakane, feels like a class clown’s high school reunion. Lyricists Dres and Mr. Lawng have gotten older, but they still know how to ham it up. “U Mean I Don’t?” kicks back to the duo’s breakout debut, and “Hey” twists tongues with Das EFX alliteration. Sure, the album isn’t exactly time-capsule material, but it’s a good enough reason to give the You can get with this, or you can get with that track a rest.
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