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):
I know this is going to sound weird, but I mean it as a compliment: Orange 9MM are the McDLT of rap-metal.
Like the vintage Mickey D‘s burger that came with the patty and the fixin’s individually packaged (“The hot stays hot, the cool stays cool!”), this New York trio manage to weld heavy riffs and hip-hop rhythms without getting them all over each other. On this third outing, they bring the noize in the form of squealing, snarling axework, and give up the funk with some solid, neck-snapping stickwork. What they don’t do is dilute it with cliche rubber-band guitars, lame white-boy B-boy shtick or cheesy scratching. In other words, the metal stays metallic and the funk stays funky. And you are served two great tastes that taste great together.
