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| Their sleeper debut. The Choice Is Yours, Flavor Of The Month, U Mean I'm Not, Strobelight Honey, La Menage, Similak Child, etc. |
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| 1 Intro |
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| 2 U Mean I'm Not |
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| 3 Butt in the Meantime |
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| 4 Have U.N.E. Pull |
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| 5 Strobelite Honey |
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| 6 Are You Mad? |
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| 7 The Choice Is Yours |
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| 8 To Whom It May Concern |
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| 9 Similak Child |
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| 10 Try Counting Sheep |
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| 11 Flavor of the Month |
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| 12 La Menage |
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| 13 L.A.S.M. |
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| 14 Gimme the Finga |
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| 15 Hoes We Knows |
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| 16 Go to Hail |
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| 17 Black With N.V. (No Vision) |
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| 18 Pass the 40 |
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| 19 Blunted 10 |
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| 20 For Doz That Slept |
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| 21 The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) [*] |
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| 22 Yes [*] |
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Album Review
Playfully satirical, witty, and incredibly imaginative, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" introduced one of the freshest talents in early-'90s rap, a self-produced duo who caught the tail end of the Native Tongues family. Though Dres and Mista Lawnge didn't match the brilliant wordplay of A Tribe Called Quest or De la Soul, their topics were well-chosen, presented in a hilarious context, and backed up by strong productions and great rapping. "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" wasn't a comedy record, but it was difficult to tell the difference between half-serious or half-joking, especially since they were often the objects of their jokes. They poked fun at many aspects of black music and culture of the early '90s, everything from the persuasive gangster mentality ("U Mean I'M Not") to groups obsessed with the Afrocentric viewpoint ("Are You Mad?"), and sex raps ("La Menage"), as well as a amusingly incorrect response to feminism ("L.A.S.M."). They also dropped a few of the best hip-hop club tracks of the era, including insanely catchy items like "The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)," "Try Counting Sheep," and "Flavor Of The Month." (Another smooth dance tune, "Strobelite Honey," was dreadfully honest about girls who look better under the lights than on closer inspection.) Polar opposites to the ranks of somber political rappers, and deftly counteracting the indulgence and self-seriousness of many alternative groups, Black Sheep hit a height with their debut that few hip-hop acts ever would. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide
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