Biohazard - Urban Discipline

Before Limp Bizkit and Kid Rock came Biohazard. Taking their lead from the thrash-hop hybrid pioneered by Anthrax's classic collaboration with Public Enemy on "Bring the Noise," Brooklyn's Biohazard spent the early 1990s mining the previously under-exploited overlap between hardcore metal and hip-hop cultures. In retrospect, the combination was a natural one: both types of music were vehicles for the expression of rage and disaffection. Biohazard made the fusion seamless with Urban Discipline. Vocalists Billy Graziadei and Evan Seinfeld swap lyrics over a backdrop of heavy beats and heavier guitars. Biohazard had a genuine political agenda: songs like "Punishment," "Loss," "Mistaken Identity," "Hold My Own," and the title track are rallying cries against the pitfalls of the urban scene that spawned them. Biohazard continued to make great albums, but Urban Discipline stands as the album that influenced an entire scene. For aficionados of hip-hop and heavy metal, it remains an essential purchase. --Robert Burrow Amazon.com

a sep up and defintly in you face

this cd is really hard to forget punishment,business,disease,urban dicipline,loss,rerecorded wrong side of the tracks/hold my ownand mistacken identity you can tell which side of the tracks their from.the sound on this cd is much better the st cd and the are definity more pissed off but now they are branching out more( more rap infleunce)but still heavy.they now have a good record company to push the off the east coast and round the world and into new spot lights.the musicanship is clearer to hear with cleaner sound and better production.this cd will mangele you ears and trip your anger into overdrive. this is a must have ! December 18, 2007

hmmm...

I don't like this album too much but I'll still give it three stars, because it's fairly good for what it is. It's a cross between rap and NY toughguy style hardcore.

It might be possible to sound a little whiter while "rapping" than these guys, but it'd be tough. Seriously, they'd give crazytown a run for their money in the whitest sounding rapping competition. The lyrics are also really bad. Apparently the singer cries "tears of blood." Poor guy. I guess the lyrics are a little better than their earlier race war lyrics on the demos (which they claim were about hardcore brotherhood or something).

Still you can't knock this too much because it's still way better than the mainstream raprock that it helped spawn. Probably, If they had not attempted to "rap" this would be a pretty high quality hardcore album. So If you like that, you'll probably like this. If you like raprock, you'll love it. July 29, 2006

One of the greatest albums of all time, in my opinion

This is one of my favorite albums along with Vision Of Disorder's self titled album. Biohazard are one of my favorite bands ever, along with Vision Of Disorder. It is the best combination of rap and rock ever. It beats Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park by far. It even beats RATM, it makes them look weak. My favorites are Disease and Punishment May 4, 2006

"here is justice, here is punishment"

i remember catching biohazards "punishment" video on headbangers ball in the early 90's .a gang of about a thousand very scarey looking fellows strolling through the streets of NY.coming to beat the worlds ass!very powerful images for a very powerful song. i could hardly wait to hear it again,so i picked up the cassette.i'm barely now, nor have i ever been a big rap fan,i like funny stuff like old luke skywalker,too short,digital underground,slick rick etc.(bigger fan than i thought)but anyway i love every song on "urban discipline" the music is tight,very powerful, w/ more of a groovy/funk element than one of hiphop. the angst ridden roars of rap fit the music perfectly & you get a good sence that these guys really know what they're talking about . i've been an extreme metal fannatic pushing 20 years now & biohazard are no lightweights. BUY IT IT JAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May 28, 2005

Someone please gives these guys a hug.

I shouldn't be judging music that I know little about, but jesus, this is probably the worst album in my collection. When I was about 13 I read up about Biohazard and how they have tough lives on the streets and all that jazz, so I thought I'd buy their record to hear what the hood sounds like to angry white men. I'm sorry, but maybe they should spend a few more years on the streets and buy some decent drugs while they're at it. I'm into all types of music, even alot of heavy stuff, believe it or not, but Biohazard to me just sucks. The lyrics are awful, the instrumentation is actaully decent, but the whole sound is just anger. It annoys me that these guys don't seem to feel any other emotion than that, and that's why I give this album a 2. September 11, 2004

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