Dubcnn takes a quick trip to the south for an update on Partners ﾑN Crime, one of Crescent Cityﾒs most popular rap groups. Since the 90s they have helped pioneer the cities thriving hip hop scene. The duo, comprising of the notorious Walter Williams (alias: Kangol) and the infamous Michael Patterson known on the streets as Mr. Meana, are two childhood friends from New Orleans 17th Ward who have been rocking the Southern underground for well over a decade. In that time they had interest from the then fledgling rap label Cash Money, before they opted to ink a deal with another local label called Big Boy.
In that time they garnered local notoriety through a bitter rivalry with another N.O. rap act by the name of UNLV. After that had been squashed the group enjoyed hits with “Pump the Party” and “N.O. Block Party.” Yet even though they were selling thousands of records independently they still found their careers hitting a glass ceiling.
All of that changed when they got the chance to record with Juvenile who sat down and talked to them about their career. They told him that they werenﾒt happy with the way things were going and wanted to start their own label, Crime Lab Entertainment. Juvenile, knowing the duos struggle first hand, offered them a split label deal with his label UTP shortly after inking his deal with Rap-a-Lot Records. They accepted and quickly started working on their new album “Club Banger.” As the name suggests, “Club Banger” has its share of rowdy, club-friendly jams; Partners ﾑN Crime when asked about the new album said: “This album is real universal, I mean you can listen to this album anywhere and itﾒll be banging. You can put us on the West Coast, the East Coast, the Mid West or the South and believe me thereﾒs gonna be something on there that they gonna love. This is our best effort to date. And itﾒs gonna get even better on the next one.”
We have the lead single of the new album due out on April 4th called; “Bubble, Bubble” which features Juvenile & Skip.
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