Jewelz [PA]

Performer: O.C. (Omar Credle)
Artist: Organized Konfusion; Big L; Yvette Michele; Freddie Foxxx; Bumpy Knuckles
Distributor: Fontana Distribution

Notes: Personnel: O.C.; Petawane, Miles Anthony (vocals); Big L, Bumpy Knuckles, Yvette Michele, Freddie Foxxx, Organized Konfusion. Producers: DJ Premier, Ogee, Buckwild, Da Beatminerz, Show, Lord Finesse. Engineers: Eddie Sancho, Tony Samalios, Kieran Walsh, Ken "Duro" Ifill, Chris Conway, Michael Gilbert, Norty Cotto. Personnel: Petawane, Miles Anthony (vocals). Audio Mixers: DJ Premier; Da Beatminerz; OGEE; The Show; Lord Finesse; Buck Wild . Recording information: Chung King Studios; D & D Studios; Unique Studios. Photographer: Danny Clinch. D.I.T.C. cohort OC returned in 1997 with his second full-length LP, titled Jewelz, and that is exactly what it is. Even though his 1995 debut was well-received within the hip-hop community, the same adulation did not correlate to sales success. Instead of succumbing to mainstream pressure, OC kept his music street-based, and the listeners reap the benefits of that high quality. With a production roster of top-flight NY producers (Premier, Buckwild, Da Beatminerz, Showbiz, Lord Finesse and Ogee) your ears never get a rest. "My World" sets it off and of the four cuts Primo contributed, this shines brightest: "My skills ill and all of that above/Confidence I'm not worried about a street buzz/I'm OC who you I never heard a ya/Get out my face before I turn into a mother*uckin murderer/I want the green like endo/A mansion a car/A wife who's never been a bimbo/Too much to ask well to me that's simple/Wanna retire on a yacht called 'the S.S. Minnow'." "Win the G" teams OC with Freddie Foxxx (one of the two tracks the pair collaborate on) over yet another Primo track. "Dangerous" is a party-type cut with OC and Big L flipping verses back and forth over a Beatminerz track. OC is truly one of the most skilled MCs in the business, and if he dropped a few cuts catered to radio we would probably hear more from him -- but here's hoping he never goes that route. Like OC said in his classic single, "Time's Up": "I'd rather be broke and have a whole lot of respect." ~ Matt Conaway

Vibe (9/97, p.232) - "...After a three-year hiatus,...O.C. has returned to drop some gems on 'em--or, to be more precise, JEWELZ....O.C. is still concerned with the decline of rap music, only now he's stopped criticizing and has started to lead by example..." The Source (9/97, p.211) - 3.5 Mics (out of 5) - "...O.C. is hardly compromising his MC abilities or selling out....O.C.'s ability to captivate a listener with the purity of his delivery is what drives this album..." Rap Pages (8/97, p.98) - "...Brooklyn's O.C. continues to elaborate on themes of creative control....O.C. stands apart in a world where many pose lyrical but really ain't true."

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