When it comes to Hip-Hop, the cardinal rule is this: Once you get on, you have to go back and grab your crew. Many of the big-named artists follow this code of honor and its evident when it comes to the SpeedKnot Mobstaz. Known for their association with Chicago veteran MC Twista; Liffy Stokes and Mayz are back from their lay off, as they return with Mobstability 2: Nation Bizness. Twista pops up periodically to help solidify the CD, and one of his appearances is on the title track, ‘Nation Bizness.’

The only bad part to Twista’s guest spots is that he out shines his companions; that’s probably the reason why his presents is a limited one. ‘18 Hoes’ featuring Toxic is a catchy little tune about….you guessed it, hoes. Lines like, “I got 18 hoes and they all in a circle/12 of them b*tches man they love to smoke purple” should keep the fan of sexually based songs amused.

‘Chicago’ is a geography map that dissects all of Chicago into its various sections. ‘I’ma SpeedKnot Mobsta’ features another visit by Twista. The song starts off good until it gets to the watered-down and sappy hook, which sounds like they were whaling away while drunk at a karaoke bar. The Mobstaz use guitar riffs to get their point across on ‘Thug Outta Me.’

One of the standout tracks on the album is ‘Gangstaz Don’t Dance’ featuring Jim Jones. Over the Drumma Boy produced track, all three rappers explain how they’re too busy making it rain and drinking expensive bottles of liquor to get on the dance floor and cut the rug. The Mobstaz get political on ‘Bush Made It Hard.’ Both Liffy Stokes and Mayz vent their frustrations of the past eight years since President Bush has been in office.

Toxic revisits on ‘Killa’ equipped with his version of T-Pain’s synthesizer voice and all. The rest of the album contains songs with repetitive material like ‘Tippin N Ballin,’ ‘Cognac N Zesbud,’ ‘Getcha Money Right’ featuring Twista, ‘Money To Blow’ also featuring Twista, and ‘Dope Boy’ featuring Mello Tha Gudda Mann.

The SpeedKnot Mobstaz may not be the lyrical breed of MC that Chicago is producing now, but they still give a valiant effort to create something that they can call their own. The only problem is some of their beat selections will put you to sleep rather than keep you interested in what they have to say, even if they’re only talking about the norm; drugs, money, and balling. Hopefully next time around they’ll come up with a better strategy, production, and content, instead of the run-of-the-mill stuff that’s been ran into the ground already.