| Black Mamba Serums v2.0 | ||||
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| Released | June 28, 2004 [1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 50:15 | |||
| Label | Big Dada | |||
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Black Mamba Serums v2.0 is a solo studio album by American hip hop musician Bigg Jus, a former member of Company Flow. It was released on Big Dada in 2004. [1]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| BBC Music | favorable [2] |
| Drowned in Sound | favorable [3] |
| Dusted Magazine | favorable [4] |
| Prefix | 7/10 [5] |
Mike Krolak of Prefix gave the album a 7 out of 10, saying, "Still shunning the money-cash-hoes routine for abstract, brain-twisting beats and rhymes, Jus clearly hash't let his skills atrophy." [5] Jack Smith of BBC Music wrote, "This is an engaging effort that can only build on the legacy of Company Flow." [2]
In 2015, Fact placed it at number 16 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list. [6]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "NYC Color Designer" | 1:40 |
| 2. | "Kingspitter" | 2:13 |
| 3. | "Plantation Rhymes (Southern Hospitality Mix)" | 4:11 |
| 4. | "The Fr8s" | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Silver Back Mountain King" | 5:28 |
| 6. | "I Triceratops" | 4:23 |
| 7. | "The Story Entangles (The Under Flippage)" | 4:48 |
| 8. | "You Must Be Sniffin" | 3:31 |
| 9. | "Moss Pink Coats '99" | 3:38 |
| 10. | "No Dessert till You Finish Your Vegetables" (featuring Marq Spekt) | 4:34 |
| 11. | "Dedication to Peo '97" | 4:40 |
| 12. | "Suburbian Nightmare Texas Size New World Order" | 4:09 |
| 13. | "Say Goodbye" | 6:39 |
| Total length: | 50:15 | |
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