Above the law uncle sams curse

studio album by Above the Law

Uncle Sam's Curse is the third studio album by the American hip hop group Above the Law.^[1][2] It was released in , the group's final record on Ruthless Records.^[3] The album peaked at number 15 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and on the Billboard ^[4]Uncle Sam's Curse sold over , copies.

Audio production was handled by A.T.L.'s Cold um with co-producers KM.G and K-oss. The tracks "Return of the Real Shit" and "Black Superman" contain samples from the film Against the Wall.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "Cold um kicks more good grooves as producer, but he can't smooth over the lyrical nonsense."^[6]

In , LA Weekly called the album "an hourlong, funk-driven study in urban injustice and middle-American anxiety released halfway through the summer of the Brentwood murders, Newt Gingrich's Contract With America and the Major League Baseball strike