Cappadonna — The Yin & The Yang

The Yin & The Yang

Epic/Sony

Darrin Keene (CHARTattack)

04/10/2001 9:31am

A Wu-Tang beat is like a Taco Bell Seven-Layer Burrito: a sloppy pleasure that keeps you lining up for more. It's a mystery why Cappadonna would want to mess with a good recipe, but he does just that on his sophomore solo disc, The Yin And The Yang. He comes out with lyrical guns blazing, representin' the Wu sound on "Super Model" with Ghostface Killah. He follows this up with some spiritual shit on "Bread Of Life" with Killah Priest.

What happens next still has my head spinning — he breaks into some lame-ass disco beat with Raekwon on "Love Is the Message." To make matters worse, he follows with some southern-flavored bumps, working "We Know" and "Shake Dat" like a lost member of the No Limit Army.

Cappadonna works the mike like a pinball between two bumpers, jolting around until he's ass-backwards à la Kris Kross. He briefly retains his Wu-sanity on "Revenge," but then slips into reggae mode on "One Way 2 Zion." The only thing worse than listening to Cappadonna rant over Marley-esque wails is the banjo that keeps popping in and out of the mix.

Shit is out of hand

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