El Nino — Hive

Out of the ashes of the East Coast collective Hit Squad, once the happy home to EPMD and their understudies superior lyricists Redman, Erick Sermon and Keith Murray banded together in 1998 to form a new crew: Def Squad. their debut album "El Nino", debuted that year, featuring the single "Full Cooperation" other bounce tracks like the Warriors sampling "Can U Dig It?" and climbed the charts at No.2, eventually going gold. but just like the unpredictable weather systems the album is named after, the crew has seemingly laying in wait ever since. what an hot album. what's y'all thoughts on this album???!!!.. #defsquad #elnino #eastcoasthiphop #longislandNY #newarkNJ #ericksermon #redman #keithmurray #defjam #fullcooperation #countdown #classic #legendary #90shiphop #realhiphoponly #fuckmumblerap #1998