November 4th, 2009 at 3:03 PM

Album review: Ying Yang Twins – ‘Legendary Status: Ying Yang Twins Greatest Hits’ (The Orchard)

Ying Yang Twins - Legendary StatusWarning: If you’re not ready to get your ass on the floor and move something, then this is definitely not the album for you. Taking a stroll down memory lane and making stops at all of the joints that put the duo on the proverbial map, the Ying Yang Twins have packaged a plethora of their bangers and put them all in one place. Highlighting the most known of the pair’s crunktastic creations, Legendary Status will remind listeners of the group who had them on the dance floors in the big nightclubs on those memorable nights. “Shake” featuring Pitbull is a bona fide party-starter, as is “Salt Shaker” (featuring Lil Jon & The Eastside Boys). Not leaving any room for a breather, “Jigglin” salutes all of the well-endowed ladies that the two seem to be such fans of themselves, and the crew’s biggest hit, “Wait (The Whisper Song),” will indeed have those club nights coming back to memory. Undoubtedly carving out an indelible niche in both the Atlanta and overall national hip-hop landscape, the Ying Yang Twins do a hell of a job of letting it be known why they are the kings of high-energy hip-hop. With a crop of classics and a couple of lesser-known joints, Legendary Status proves that the two will go down as just that: legends of crunk.

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February 9th, 2010 at 8:28 PM