Firing Squad (album)

Firing Squad
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 22, 1996
Studio
Genre
Length1:04:58
LabelRelativity
Producer
M.O.P. chronology
To the Death
(1994)
Firing Squad
(1996)
First Family 4 Life
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Muzik[2]
RapReviews7/10[3]
The Source[4]

Firing Squad is the second studio album by the American hip hop duo M.O.P., from Brownsville, New York. It was released on October 22, 1996, via Relativity Records. It was produced by DJ Premier, Big Jaz, Ali Dee, M.O.P. & Laze E Laze and it also features a guest appearance from Kool G Rap. The whole album was mixed and overseen by DJ Premier, who continued the work for the next two M.O.P. albums. The album is broken down track-by-track by M.O.P. in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.[5]

  1. ^ Mills, Brad. "Firing Squad – M.O.P." AllMusic. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  2. ^ Ashon, Will (January 1997). "MOP: Firing Squad" (PDF). Muzik. No. 20. p. 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  3. ^ Malko, Terry (December 1996). "M.O.P. :: Firing Squad :: Relativity". RapReviews. Retrieved February 11, 2018.
  4. ^ Rodriguez, Carlito (November 1996). "Record Report: MOP – Firing Squad". The Source. No. 86. New York. p. 129.
  5. ^ Coleman, Brian. Check The Technique: Liner Notes For Hip-Hop Junkies. New York: Villard/Random House, 2007.