Capital Punishment Organization, probably better known as C.P.O. to most, is from what I can gather an MC Ren produced album for Lil`Nation (a.k.a. C.P.O. Boss Hogg). The reason I say this is because MC Ren introduces Lil` Nation as C.P.O. in the music video for "Ballad Of A Menace". At first I originally thought that it was some type of group that MC Ren put together consisting of members; DJ Train, The Chip, Young D, Lil` Nation (a.k.a. Boss Hogg), Big Truck, Big Chop & Kashan The Lyrical Menace. However I`m sure that I was wrong with that assumption & think that they probably just contributed to the project itself titled "To Hell & Black" released in 1990 thru Capitol Records....
Unfortunately Boss Hogg passed passed away from natural causes on January 13, 2022. It`s a DaMn shame that he can`t actually bless the Hip Hop world with another album. His voice was incredible & most definitely very distinct in sound, just check "The Eulogy" off "The Murder Was With Case Soundtrack" featuring another lost Hip Hop soldier Slip Capone (R.I.P.). DJ Train who is mostly known for his work with JJ Fad & MC Ren also sadly passed away back in 1994 (July 26th), a victim of smoke inhalation from a house fire...
The Chip a.k.a. Chip MC (props to TERMINATED for putting me on to that link) is a high school acquaintance of MC Ren`s who
was invited to contribute to the C.P.O. album that he was producing.
Aside from that, I don`t know much else about this project. Feel FREE to
school me on anything that I may not have covered regarding this project, I`d gladly love to digest the info...
Overall I`d say that this album`s a decent listen. Is it mind~blowin`? Nope, but it does have some bangin` joints on it. MC Ren`s production definitely compliments CPO`s flows providing a solid back~drop for the lyrics to mesh with. My favorite joint on the album is most definitely "Homicide"! Wish that they had released it as a single so I could hear the instrumental, maaaaannnnnnn I dig that beat & love that scratched hook! That`s gotta be DJ Train`s work!!! The single "Ballad Of A Menace" with MC Ren is another good tune, but then again the other MC Ren assisted "Gangsta Melody" doesn`t disappoint either...
Since this album`s been so DaMn slept on, my opinion of course, I felt that it was only right to give it a little shine & hit it with that HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioN spin. I mean we gotta salute DJ Train & CPO/Lil` Nation! Had to hit the singles for the bonus tracks on this one for the most part, I`m actually kind of surprised they didn`t include any of the remixes on the retail release of the album since the tracklist was only 10 tracks in length originally. With all that being said the first bonus joint that I added to the album is an apparent Oprah DiSS, I found this on the last few seconds of "Gangsta Melody". If you listen there`s a few seconds at the end of the track that are actually reversed, so I flipped `em back around & that`s what they were sayin`. For some reason at the time MC Ren wasn`t such a huge Oprah fan, I`m sure if you listen closely it`ll all make sense...
Am I trippin` or does the last quarter of the "Ballad Of A Menace [Homicidal Theme Rmx]" have an LL Cool J "I`m Bad" vibe to it? I`m not complaining at all because once that beat flips Lil` Nation handles it like a veteran, it was actually kind of iLL to hear a West Coast spin over that type of beat. Without question "The Movement [Rmx]" is definitely an improvement over the album version. I feel that the beat`s a lot more suited for the lyrical content in comparison to the album`s version. However my favorite remix on the album overall is "This Beat Is Funky [Mo Better Funky Rmx]", that ish is straight up fiyah!!!
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C.P.O. - To Hell & Black [HeRBaN DeLuXe VeRSioN]
Label: Capitol Records
Released: 1990-2022
