Production is handeled by various producers, most notably QB’s own legend, Juice Crew frontman Marley Marl who produced the tracks „Capone Bone“ and most notably „L.A., L.A., a famous record for its attack towards Dogg Pounds „New York, New York“ and is perfomed by Mobb Deep, Tragedy Khadafi and of course Capone –N- Noreaga and those five east coast emcees horribly own D.P.G. Like I said before, the duo consists of Capone and Noreaga but at the time, Tragedy Khadafi could be counted as an unofficial third member and he is featured on 9 songs (not counting the interludes).Other guests include Mobb Deep and Havoc perfoming on two more songs, Prodigy is featured on only one song.Also the track „Driver’s Seat“ has a verse by Busta Rhymes.The album also has solo tracks by both Capone and Noreaga.The album’s lyrics also have several references towards Islam. The War Report is the debut album of the hip hop duo Capone –N- Noreaga(CNN shortly) released in 1997.Those of you who wondered from where these dudes are from, you was right again if you thought Queensbridge.The War Report was released too late to have very significant part in shifting the attention back to east from west since that happened already couple of years before and by 1997 west coast hip hop began disappearing from the spotlight like it had been in early to mid nineties.The War report can’t be included into the list of classics out of Queensbridge like Nas and Illmatic or Mobb Deep with The Infamous.Still, the album continued hardcore street themes and violence and not the mafioso lifestyle that many rappers choose to glorify with their albums, most notably Raekwon’s Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… and Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt. Review Summary: Hardcore hip hop debut by Capone-N-Noreaga, well worth giving a try.
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