Composition
In a 2010 interview with HipHop DX to commemorate the album's 15th year anniversary and its re-issue by Traffic Entertainment, Lord Finesse discussed the making of the album.
Concerning "Put It On", he stated:
wanted something with a hook that would be kinda catchy, and something they could get radio play with. Like, everything did was dark, and it was gangsta, and it was . . . what was the ? Horror-core. So they needed something bright, something friendly. And "Put It On" just matched everything perfect."
Concerning "M.V.P.", he stated:
That song came about because L wanted a commercial, R&B loop that everybody could recognize. And me remembering that record, and also remembering how Kid Capri used it way back when he did – I forgot which record he did, but he had that, and I’m like, "Damn, well maybe we could reinvent that right there." And L heard the loop and was like, "Yeah, that’s it!" But, Diggin’, we had to have the right drums, the right everything, and we dressed it up in a way where we tried to keep it Hip Hop.
Concerning "8 Iz Enuff", he said:
With that L just thought he had to do a track with the rappers from his hood. And he definitely wanted to put on … We looking like, "How you gonna put eight niggas on one track?", "Don’t worry, I got this."
Speaking about "Danger Zone", he said:
At the time it was somebody by the name of David Kahne . He was like the person who was responsible for getting L signed, and he loved all that devil’s son shit. "Oh wow, this is great!" It’s like, "Are you serious?" Because we had to make change a line in "Devil’s Son" because it was, "You’re too out-of-order." What was the line . . . "I’m killin’ chumps for the cheapest price / I’m rollin’ with Satan," it was "F Jesus Christ." But we made him change it to "Not Jesus Christ." like, "Yo, what the fuck are you doing?!"
Commenting on "Street Struck", he said:
That was Sony ., "You so dark on this album, we need something positive we can push. This album is too dark: you got "All Black", you got "Danger Zone", you done came out with "Devil’s Son". We really don’t wanna push that as your image. You have to do something that’s gonna balance it." And that’s we started doing more conceptual, conscious songs like "Fed Up Wit The Bullshit", "Street Struck", and "M.V.P." and "Put It On."
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