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The Rude Awakening (Parental Advisory),Cocoa Brovaz

- The Rude Awakening (Parental Advisory)
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Cocoa Brovaz
Released 1998

Memorial
05:35
918 plays

Money Talks
00:50
908 plays

Live At The Garden (Skit)
00:40
750 plays

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songs

- 1
- Off The Wall
- 05:12
- 1,533 plays

- 2
- Still Standin Strong
- 04:00
- 1,765 plays

- 3
- Won On Won
- 03:56
- 3,171 plays

- 4
- Live At The Garden (Skit)
- 00:40
- 750 plays

- 5
- Blown Away
- 04:21
- 1,513 plays

- 6
- Money Talks
- 00:50
- 908 plays

- 7
- The Cash
- 03:56
- 1,569 plays

- 8
- Black Trump
- 04:23
- 2,541 plays

- 9
- Dry Snitch
- 04:29
- 1,285 plays

- 10
- Game Of Life
- 05:45
- 1,359 plays

- 11
- Back 2 Life
- 03:50
- 1,204 plays

- 12
- Bucktown USA
- 04:00
- 2,514 plays

- 13
- What They Call Him (Skit)
- 01:00
- 699 plays

- 14
- Hold It Down
- 04:54
- 1,059 plays

- 15
- Spanish Harlem
- 04:08
- 1,221 plays

- 16
- Myah Angelow
- 05:10
- 1,117 plays

- 17
- Memorial
- 05:35
- 918 plays

album review

Once the Smith & Wesson gun company realized there was a pair of rappers performing under the name "Smif-N-Wessun," the duo had to change their name. They chose Cocoa Brovaz and released their second album, Rude Awakening (possibly a reference to their legal troubles), under that moniker in the spring of 1998. All things considered, the legal mishap was little more than a speed bump for the duo; the end result is every bit as good as their first effort, if not better. The pair of hardcore gangstas are still hurt by their reliance on clichés -- when it comes right down to it, they aren't offering any new insights, they're simply redoing the standard dope-money-guns-n-hoes line -- but they're saved by their energy and hard-hitting delivery. Usually, that makes the standard-issue music fairly compelling, but there are moments that drag on Rude Awakening, although not as many as on Smif-N-Wessun's Dah Shinin'. In other words, it's an improvement and a step forward in Cocoa Brovaz developing their own identity. ~ Leo Stanley, All Music Guide