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Classic Album Review: Goodie Mob | World Party

The Atlanta hip-hoppers throw a millennium party we can all get into.

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):

 


This time of year, plenty of folks are making resolutions and trying to get a new start in the new millennium. Including, it seems, Atlanta hip-hop crew Goodie Mob.

This formerly sweet, lightweight crew have apparently vowed to turn themselves into a lean, mean rhymin’ machine for Y2G — presumably to compete with all the gangsta thugs and hustler-playas out there. So on World Party, the backbeats are neck-snapping, the choruses are kicking, the raps are rapid-fire and rambunctious and the vibe is vibrant. Finally, a millennium party we can get into. Now, if they can just do something about that newly ironic handle …