Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Spanador (guitar, keyboards, bass guitar). | | Additional personnel: Uncle Murda, Fabolous, Mr. Easy, Nina Sky, Remy Martin, Sheek Louch, Styles P, Black Buddafly. | | New York City-based rapper Red Caf?, formerly of Da Franchise, dropped this solo outing in 2007 with the help of trackmaker DJ Envy. THE CO-OP showcases Red Caf?'s distinctive delivery: a lackadaisical flow that hangs back but is always on point. On cuts such as "Move like a G" and "Buck Buck," Red's rhymes typically concern the gangster grind, relating tales of guns and big money on the streets of Brooklyn. Impressive guest spots and the spare, driving nature of the beats make THE CO-OP an East Coast street rap release worth checking out. | | DJ Envy and up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper Red Caf? team up for The Co-Op, a mixtape released by Koch that boasts previously unreleased material, high-quality productions, and a few major guest features. The mixtape is largely a showcase for Red Caf?, who proves himself a relatively talented rapper, albeit one who lacks fresh subject matter. As talented as Red Caf? may be, the best songs on The Co-Op are those with major guest features, namely "What It Do" (with Remy Martin), "Dolla Bill" (Fabolous), "Things You Do" (Nina Sky), and "Buck Buck" (Sheek Louch). These highlights are all graced with high-quality productions, as is "What It Be Like" and "Ghetto Children," which also stand out. The Co-Op isn't one of DJ Envy's best releases, particularly because he carries so little of the weight here creatively, but it does serve as a good preview of Red Caf?, whose major-label debut was on the horizon at the time of this mixtape's release. ~ Jason Birchmeier |
Producer: Poke; Chemical Beats; Kutus'n Productions; G.Q. Beats AKA Wes Brown; Frequencey; Moss; Tone; Cnote; Rockwilder; J. Cardim |
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