The Legion. Hip hop Group @thelegionbx456

“The Legion’s in the house” uttered on the seminal Showbiz & A.G. record “Runaway Slave” there was a spark of curiosity about the group. Who are The Legion? Why are they here? What are they going to do? This was unintentionally intensified by the sheer number of times “Runaway Slave” stayed on repeat. The tape stayed on repeat in my Walkman. I bought a CD adapter for my car’s tape deck just so I could play that version when I upgraded. I memorized Andre the Giant’s lyrics and wrote them down to further burn them into my brain. The Legion benefited from being in the right place at the right time, and I wanted to know what ANYBODY who made a cameo appearance on the album was up to next. (I never did get more words from the “maniac street monster” D’Shawn and I’m still disappointed about that.) Unfortunately Legion’s debut album “Theme + Echo = Krill” barely even made a blip on the radar in 1994. It was released via an imprint fronted by Dres (of Black Sheep fame) and distributed by Polygram only out of contractual obligation, long after they had clearly lost interest in anything beyond “The Choice Is Yours”. Last year’s re-release of the album probably did more to raise The Legion’s profile than any of the various appearances group member Molecules made as a soloist (he’s stayed busy over the years, props for that) but staffer Matt Jost was decidedly underwhelmed by the project, scoring it an impressively harsh 4 out of 10 across the board. For that reason if no other I had to check out their long overdue sophomore album “Three the Bronx Way” and see what they could do reforming so many years after their debut to bring their style up-to-date. ‪@hiphopofthe90s‬ ‪@hiphopdx‬ ‪@undergroundhiphop9233‬ ‪@imhiphop06‬ ‪@ughhblog‬ ‪@90shiphop33‬ ‪@90sHIPHOPJUNKIE‬ ‪@born2win.official‬ ‪@worldstarhiphop‬ ‪@thelegionbx456‬ ‪@Oldschoolhiphop90srapsongs‬