Reviewed by Steve Hayes

The Fishermen (now known as Living Legendz) hail from Michigan and comprise two emcees - EMC and GS. In their words they are a hip-hop act that has emerged to interrupt the shine of conventional hip-hop and introduce the Michigan streets to the hip-hop world. These guys want to show they are alive through Christ and want to make quality, positive music to speak life, bringing an alternative perspective to most commercial rap (such as on "Get Ready"). The opening track, "We Here" is a nice party tune banger, challenging people that Fishermen come to speak life - "Jesus died for you/We don't play around." The track "Shake" was the first single from the album and is another true party track. "I'm Not" takes a darker and harder musical sound with guitar backing, with the crew spitting that they don't pretend to be what they're not. "II Night" winds down to an R&B rap flava talking about a night with the wife. We even have a track dedicated to relief from life through basketball - "Ballin'". This album is packed full of contemporary beats, commercial sounds and styles that become a little similar by the album's end. It may not appeal to the underground hip-hop fan but worth checking for commercial heads.

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