"(Formerly the Lordz of Brooklyn) This Hip Hop, Punk, Rock fusion group is fantastic. You can chill to "The Brooklyn Way" and really rock out to tunes like "Outlaw" and "Let's Go." These guys are going to be huge!
Billboard has also given this album a great review!"
Album of '06!
Bklyn Cyclone | 07/13/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"When MC's rhyme over rock, it's usually a disaster with images of that douche Fred Durst in your head, but The Brooklyn Way is on another level. Kinda Ramones, kinda The Clash and even kinda Go-Go's! I've never heard an album like this before, and certainly not one with this kind of flavor. Great tunes too. My faves are "Outlaw," "Uh Oh" and the Stonesy "It's Alright." Get this...doesn't matter what you listen to."
The Lordz CD
R. Preston | New York | 08/19/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This CD is great- would recommend to anyone!!! It has an interesting twist of R&B and funk to it, fun to listen to, not to mention that the band itself is great... pass along to everyone!!!"
Great album... people grow up
LethaL1z | Queens , NY | 05/09/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Lordz grew up and this is proof. They aren't little kids hanging out on a corner anymore dropping rhymes. They are adults, they are parents. This album is really great. And I was very happy to see that Everlast had his hand in it also. The Brooklyn Way is a great song. Kinda reminds you of the way NYC used to be. Friends forever, be proud of your borough and rep it forever. 5 Stars! Good going guys."
An Underrated Gem!
Jay Gaultieri | Philadelphia, PA | 09/10/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Brothers out of the Italian-American enclave of Bayridge in Brooklyn, the Lordz are two of the last links to the original era of hiphop. Skateboarders who spent their summer vacations leaving their spray painted tags on the subways where they met up with the B-boys and the breakdancers, Kaves and Ad Money (aka the Mcleer brothers) started rifling through their family's old record collections to rhyme over. Whereas the Black kids from the South Bronx were using their parents' R&B albums, the working class white boys used the records they grew up on--classic rock like the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and Aerosmith.
Over the course of three albums the Lordz musical output has evolved from that of early Beastie Boys AOR sampling to singer-songwriter Everlastish songs to what Kaves refers to as punk-rock hiphop. "The Brooklyn Way" is drenched in nostalgia for the Brooklyn of the 70s and 80s back when New York was dirty and gritty, with constant lyrical references to cruising down the Avenue under the elevated subway, spraying graffiti on subway cars, looking up to neighborhood wiseguys, old friends hanging out on the front porch of tenement buildings, and close family ties to people who would do anything for you. The early thumping street beats and sampled guitars have evolved into Rolling Stones swagger, raw pogo West Coast punk, New York hardcore, acoustic guitar-based songs, and good-old fashioned power pop. Standout tunes here include the title track with features Everlast singing the chorus, "Outlaw" featuring Tim Armstrong of Rancid, "Runaway" with Jarred Reddick of Bowling for Soup; and an instant classic called "New York Groove", an uplifting celebration of the Mcleer brother's hometown over a Bo Diddley beat meant to be blasted from car stereos and over the loudspeakers at sporting events.
In a pop music culture where careers are over before they begin the Lordz of Brooklyn have remained a fixture of the hip hop underground for years and years out of sheer love for the music. Perhaps with their reality TV series on the MSG network, years of playing the Vans Warped Tour, Kaves' old-school graffiti artwork appearing on the T-shirts and websites of La Coka Nostra, and Ad Money actually joining up with La Coka Nostra these guys will finally get a taste of the mainstream success they deserve."
Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
