World Renown are a duo consisting of Seven Shawn (cousin of K-Def) and John Doe (cousin of Marley Marl), who released a couple of well-received singles, with 1994's 'How Nice I Am', and the 12" follow-up 'Come Take A Ride' both appearing on Warner Brothers Records. Due to the buzz surrounding the singles, the duo were given a one-album deal with the label, and they recorded their self-titled project, included interludes, and it was even given a Warner Bros. catalouge number (WB.4/2-45715). Unfortunately, as with so many lost mid-'90's albums, it was shelved by Warner Brothers, after a promo copy received a less than favorable review from The Source in a 1995 issue, praising the first half of the album, but feeling that the second half was lacking, with the final words of the review saying "The B-side didn't measure up to the album's first half, yes there are some strong songs like 'Real MC's' and 'Easy On The Tweeter' but the level of quality declines." It's not known if this was the reason that Warner Brothers shelved the album in mid 1995, but as of today it's still unreleased, although bootlegs soon started to appear online. As well as the tracks recorded for the album, there are also a few others that were taped at the same time, and these have been added to extended versions of the album, but as a couple of them were only short interludes I thought that I'd use the original track listing of eleven songs, as this is not currently available on the net, and if you like what you hear and want to listen to the other songs then you can find them on YouTube.
Track listing
01 Roll Wit' It
02 Shoowa
03 Definition Of A MC
04 Long Gev
05 How Nice I Am
06 Don't Trust Ur Man
07 Butta Love
08 EZ On The Tweeter
09 Come Take A Ride
10 Easy Connect
11 Long Gev (Instrumental)
