Big Daddy Kane gave one of his most consistent efforts with
Taste of Chocolate, his third album.
Kane not only had first-rate technique and rhyming skills working to this CD's advantage, he also had quite a bit of excellent and varied material to choose from. Though he still spends too much time bragging about his microphone skills, such hard-hitting numbers as "Mr. Pitiful" and the sobering "Dance With the Devil" show just how substantial he can be. This time,
Kane is joined by a number of distinguished guests, including
Barry White (who is typically charismatic on the rap ballad "All of Me"); Malcolm X's daughter
Gamilah Shabazz (with whom he duets on "Who Am I") and the raunchy comedian
Rudy Ray Moore. When
Kane and
Moore exchange insults on "Big Daddy Vs. Dolemite" things get outrageously entertaining. ~ Alex Henderson