This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
For a kid who’s barely old enough to drive, 16-year-old N.Y.C. rapper Andre Levins sure has plenty of it.
Hempstead High is his sophomore CD — he cut his first at 14. And for the most part, shorty makes the grade — especially when he gets funky and flows freely with syncopated delivery and rhymes that are wise beyond his years. He gets extra marks for bass-pumping tracks with cheeky samples from A Fifth Of Beethoven and Mr. Big Shot. Final score: He’s too green to be at the top of the class, but he definitely passes the test.
