The Living Legends have remained one of the more tightly knit families in the younger world of Rap, new to this they are not, but involved in one another’s projects most heavily. They lend themselves to a tape slangin’ Wu-Tang Clan, with one or more artists making appearances on someone else’s work at all times. Grouch & Eligh often dropping a dose of their simmering board-work on the most recent Legends cassette. Seemingly cut from the same cloth, the G&E’s chemistry melds in near perfect harmony. As emcees they couldn’t be much more different, Grouch with his precise wordplay and Eligh with his often complicated rhyme schemes. Apart they speak in different tongues but together they compliment one another like an unsigned and hella broke EPMD.

Last year’s yellow vinyl Volume 1 was more of a maxi-single, wherein pairing a few older tracks with some fresher material. Namely “You Hear About It” featuring Abstract Rude and fellow Legend ASOP. Compiling them all together on one CD the listener is given a ample selection of the duo’s finer collaborations together. “Streetwalking” a swiftly paced tale of serving harlots under the moonlight bumps with a subtly acceptable for college radio yet accessible for the clubs. As does “Sound, Music & Noise” except with more of an edge, the two go back and forth with newly found lyrical tenacity. Obvious maturation is found from the old to the new, “I Come Cleaner” is Grouch’s solo manifesto bubbling with the attitude of “Don’t Talk To Me” or even “Fuck The Dumb”, while “The March (4 Track Shit From ’95)” sounds just like that. While the millennial polishing in production does pave for smoother audible ride evident on “These Moments” it’s still hard to front on the brash “Pussy Like Elixer”. The bottom line is that Grouch and Eligh still remain creative in their execution, delving into their innerselves each time out supported by nothing less than an arsenal of vibe-laden gems. And the dopest part of all is that they’ll probably have another album out before we can start worrying about it.