The Resurrection
was short-lived. After
the Geto Boys
reunited for a final go-round in 1996, the group fell apart, with
Bushwick Bill
leaving the band.
Willie D
and
Scarface
soldiered on, recruiting
DMG
to fill the diminutive
Bill
's large shoes. It doesn't quite work. There are flashes of inspiration throughout
Da Good da Bad & da Ugly
, but musically and lyrically, it neither has
' signature sound nor an interesting variation on it. Instead, it feels (and looks) like a poor attempt to keep pace with
No Limit
. Since
are better MCs than the average
rapper -- so is
, for that matter -- the record works better than the average
album, but feels distressingly anonymous. A few cuts are successful, but the record never gels as a whole, leaving it as a low point in the group's catalog. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine