Search - Criminalz :: Criminal Activity

Joe C. from PASADENA, CA
Reviewed on 2/22/2007...

Tower Fire Sale. I got the bright idea to buy multiple copies of every rap/hip hop cd they had in stock. I figured someone might want to check them out. No way I was going to pay $16-$20 a pop for music I'm unfamiliar with.

Anyways, this CD is still in the shrinkwrap and has never been opened.

This band is Spice 1 and Celly Cel. There's a few special guests on the album : Jayo Felony, Tray Dee, Bun-B (from UGK), Yukmouth and more.

Bring Back That O.G. Style

Darrick Walton | Philadelphia, PA USA | 06/16/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This album is definitely for real G's only. It's got classic style gangsta beats that a O.G. can relate to (Three Wheeling, Dope Dealing, and Cap Peeling).
That's riiight!! I wish other rappers that's on the same level as these three heavy weights would bring back that O.G. style. Check out Puttin' In Work, What They Hittin Fo', and Rollin' Wit My Folks."

Gangsta collaboration

Philip Y. | Israel | 07/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Criminal Activity" is a group poject which unites 3 of the hardest West Coast rappers - Spice 1, Celly Cel and Jayo Felony. The album was released on Celly Cel's label Records and it was one of the best albums in 2001. The production is top notch, straight West Coast Gangsta sh**, nothing less. The beats are bangin', both the hard ones and the laid-back ones. Celly Cel is at the top of his game, legendary Spice 1 rarely dissapoints, and even though I never really felt Jayo's style, on this kind of record, he comes out quite well with some heated verses. The guest rappers are all top of the line guests and they all do great job - Yukmouth (who just tears the song appart of his agressive thugged out verse), Tray Dee, Bun B and Silk-E-Fine. Lyrically and in terms of flow, The Criminals do not dissapoint - the album is straight gangsta, real sh** from the streets, with a bit of baller/playa mentality. There isn't even one song not worth listening to, and it's an album you can bump to the fullest. This "group" (they were never really a group, they just collaborated for one album) will probably never re-unite, but it's a rare thing to get 3 big names (for the West, that is) and big egos to work together on a whole album. And the result is beautiful, they've got great chemistry together. I think this album will be considered a classic in a few years, since those guys are true O.G.s in this rap game."