Balance | 
| Creator: Swollen Members
Label: Jazz Fudge
Category: Music
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 839551
Format: Extra Tracks
Media: Audio CD
UPC: 017533207127
EAN: 0017533207127
ASIN: B00003L9IM
Release Date: November 23, 1999
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
MYSTERIOUS October 6, 2003
joel (miami, fl United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
YO THIS CD IS WHAT REAL UNDERGROUND HIP-HOP IS ABOUT, I DIDNT EXPECT THAT FROM SOME CANADIANS BUT MAN ARE THEY DOPE, I LOVE THE LYRICS ALONG WITH THE BEATS AS WELL, MADCHILD JUST RIPS IT WHEN HES ON THE MIC. WITH HIS DEEP SYNICAL LYRICS, AND PREVAIL WITH HIS UP-BEAT RHYME SCHEME. ITS DEFINATELY SWOLLEN MEMBERS BEST WORK OF ALL TIME, ITS A MUST BUY.. ONE!
Swollen Members : Balance January 15, 2000
Aaron Gordon (Ellenwood,Ga)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Every hiphop head's dream is to obtain an album containing gem after gem. Release after release, we're let down. Balance wont let you down! This is the dopest overall hiphop album put out in a long time. Has collaborations with Dilated Peoples,Aceyalone,DeL,Everlast and many others. The first track is very pleasing and sort of sets the tone for the rest of the album. Track by track you're blessed with the lyrical wizardry of MadChild. He's very deep. Prevail also packs a strong punch. Overall.. I recommend this album for any listener of underground hip hop.. real hip hop. Thanks MadChild and Prevail for blessing the earth with such a great album.aaron g
Canadian Hip-Hop at its finest May 8, 2001
Douglas C. Reinhardt (Lake Forest, CA United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Swollen Members is inneed a phat crew and they prove so with their album, 'Balance'. Madchild & Prevail deliever fast and furious battle rhymes that reminded me a bit of a cross between Evidence from Dilated and Prodigy from the Infamous Mobb Deep, while creating some dark, medieval imagery. Some of the Left Coast underground scene's finest drop a few verses on the record such as Del, Dilated, Everlast,MixMaster Mike, KutMasta Kurt, Divine Styler, Son Doobie of FunkDoobiest and Aceyalone of the world famous Freestyle Fellowship. The production is tight, although the tracks produced by the Alchemist give the group a more 'thuggish' and darker tone to their lyrics. Stand out tracks include: 'Lady Venom', 'Out of Range', 'Bottle Rocket', 'Counter Parts', 'Committed', 'Left Field', & 'Assault & Battery'
Completely Seductive... March 14, 2002
Golden Angel (Vancouver, Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I totally prefer this CD over their new release (although "Bad Dreams" is also an amazing piece of work). Every song on this disc throws you deeper into a seduction. Don't ask me why or how, but it does. I was grabbed by this CD right away and I have a hard time going a day without listening to it. Another reason I prefer this CD is because it was in fact their first release, and I think Mad Child and Prevail had a lot more creative freedom with this disc. I feel the new one was written with pleasing the general public in mind. So anyways, if you're looking for a trip, this disc will do what you need it to. Be prepared to be seduced, assaulted, offended, empowered, and all around messed up all over...Best Tracks: "Lady Venom," "Assault + Battery," "Out of Range," "Valentine's Day Massacre," "Horrified Nights," "Battleaxe Experiment," and "Consumption."
Incredible June 23, 2001
Shram A (Seattle, WA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The mix of underground hip hop and the dark, menacing imagery are engrossing and infatuating. It's really remarkable. Listen to it.
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