An Album I Care About Today: H.N.I.C. 2

Here’s what an average hip-hop artist’s career cycle looks like (the long-standing ones, at least):

–> Starts off with 1 - 2 supa dupa album(s)
–> Gets stuck in a creative rut for 2-5 years
–> Bounces back with 1 exceptional album to hush the haters
–> Hits creativity wall again…You get the picture.

P’s bounceback album was the appropriately titled Return of the Mac, arguably one of the Top 10 albums of 2007. Thankfully, he keeps the creative juice flowing throughout H.N.I.C. 2. He sounds more mature, more articulate, yet more irreverent than ever. Now, all that will probably change after he goes to jail. I can’t think of too many rappers that have been able to drop a decent album after being locked up. Must be that jail food.

Tracklist and Production Credits:

1. Real Power Is People (Produced by Sid Roams)
2. The Life (Produced by The Alchemist)
3. Young Veterans (Produced by The Alchemist)
4. Illuminati (Produced by The Alchemist)
5. New Yitty (Produced by Sid Roams)
6. ABC (Produced by Sid Roams)
7. Click Clack (Produced by Sid Roams)
8. Veterans Memorial Pt. 2 (Produced by The Alchemist)
9. Field Marshall P (Produced by Havoc)
10. 3 Stacks (Produced by Sid Roams)
11. When I See You (Produced by Apex)
12. Dirty New Yorker (Produced by The Alchemist)
13. I Want Out (Produced by Havoc)