Everything sounded good. The name of the group and the album - the RRA are from Manchester, as they make sure you realise from the first track onwards. But there's something in this one which was just lacking and whilst I enjoyed it, I don't think I'll be going back to it anytime soon.
There's a fair amount in common with the Cookie Crew, but there's way less polish - in terms of rapping and production. It's pretty much straight out of the Public Enemy school of layering up sound and samples. One thing they do really well, is incorporate spoken parts into their samples: Law of the Jungle (the stand out for me) illustrates this perfectly. A melange of movie quotes, leading into some tight drums, scratching and solid rapping. They do a track which samples The Message, with singers doing the hook which is good but the rapping's not great.
It's good but not great - even the track called "Three The Hard Way" which should blow everything out the water is somewhat tepid. The iTunes version adds loads of Norman Cook remixes which is, as you would expect, dull as dishwater with a very small change.
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