bought anything lately?
Kwesi Ako Kennedy
kari orr wrote:
>
> i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
> think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
Damn, I thought that was just me!
I really wish I could recomend something but I really havent heard
anything that I can feel aside from Eryka Badu and Jamiroquai.
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait for the new KRS joint.
Kwesi "in the mean time all of my disposable income goes to anime"
Kennedy
Tom Young
In article <3342FE...@weiss.che.utexas.edu>, kari orr
<or...@weiss.che.utexas.edu> wrote:
>i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
>think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
>
>I don't remember the last album i dubbed onto to tape.
>
>I'm finding myself not buying anything at all.
>the last new wax lp i bought was soul on ice.
>the last cd i bought was soul food.
>
>I find myself getting hype to hear something, and
>then when i get it, i'm just dissappointed.
>(nas, sadat x, camp lo, you name it, it's been pretty boring)
>
>and then you get something that you're not sure how
>you feel about.
>
>calling for supermarket reviews.
I know what yer saying. I must say that I liked both sadat and camp lo.
But not a lot of stuff I want has been coming out. I have used this time
to get some older stuff that I missed the first time around, or that I
wasn't around for, much of it used... eg Soul Food, Tical (which was
better than I thought it would be, but wasn't great), Sex and Violence
(which is one of my favorite albums now), Yo Bum Rush The Show, etc. There
is so much that I have missed that I need to check. It's frustrating as
hell.
On the non hip hop tip, I got this album by Eric Benet which is pretty
good. It isn't as good as Erykah, but I like it. Another guy that comes
close here is Rahsaan Patterson... similar vibe to Benet. If you like one,
you'll like the other.
Stuff I'm waiting on: new KRS, the new JB's (is that gonna drop or what?),
Extra P (me and the rest of the hip hop world).
Peace
T
thang duc nguyen
have you checked out Us3's new 12"?
-Nguyen T.
kari orr (or...@weiss.che.utexas.edu) wrote:
>i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
>think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
>I don't remember the last album i dubbed onto to tape.
>calling for supermarket reviews.
>
>peace
>k. orr
>house of phat beats
kari orr
i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
I don't remember the last album i dubbed onto to tape.
I'm finding myself not buying anything at all.
the last new wax lp i bought was soul on ice.
the last cd i bought was soul food.
I find myself getting hype to hear something, and
then when i get it, i'm just dissappointed.
(nas, sadat x, camp lo, you name it, it's been pretty boring)
and then you get something that you're not sure how
you feel about.
calling for supermarket reviews.
BH Records
kari orr <or...@weiss.che.utexas.edu> wrote:
>calling for supermarket reviews.
need to pump the old school
Slick Rick
Biz Markie
Doug E. Fresh
etc.,etc
or at least throw some old school tracks in yoru set
they will allways get a party moving.
Trey Harris
kari orr <or...@weiss.che.utexas.edu> wrote:
>i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
>think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
>
>I don't remember the last album i dubbed onto to tape.
>
>I'm finding myself not buying anything at all.
If you don't like R&B, stop reading this post now. I don't want to
start up the war right now.
As usual, I haven't heard everything that's been released recently,
but what I have heard hasn't knocked me off my feet. Camp Lo is good,
but easily forgettable. Same with Soul Assassins. BIG is nice, but it
doesn't have lasting power.
The albums that have been good have been surprisingly good have
been R&B albums. Tony,Toni,Tone, Johhny Gill, and 112 have put out
surprisingly good albums. These artists have gone back to the original
formula- Well written songs held up by good vocals and few gimmicks.
I just think that it's a down time for hip-hop. I think that there
are some albums that I'm looking forward to (but I said that last year
and was disappointed).To be honest, I hope to God that we don't have a
repeat of last year...disappointing albums from quality artists and
slept-on classics (Outkast & Bro. J).
One thing I have been doing lately is making mix tapes. There's an
odd mix of hip-hop tastes among my friend, so I pick the few good songs
off each album and put them all on a tape.
Peace,
*** MARBLES ***
Greg Wilson
kari orr <or...@weiss.che.utexas.edu> wrote:
>i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
>think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
>
>I don't remember the last album i dubbed onto to tape.
>
>I'm finding myself not buying anything at all.
>the last new wax lp i bought was soul on ice.
>the last cd i bought was soul food.
>
>I find myself getting hype to hear something, and
>then when i get it, i'm just dissappointed.
>(nas, sadat x, camp lo, you name it, it's been pretty boring)
>
>and then you get something that you're not sure how
>you feel about.
>
>calling for supermarket reviews.
By "supermarket reviews", I'm guessing you mean something pretty short
and to the point.
Camp Lo - bought on the release date, taped "Lucini", "Swing", and
that "baby come on" song and sold 3 days later.
Scarface - bought on release date, actually fell asleep halfway
through "Money Makes the World Go Round". I never thought I'd hear a
boring Scarface LP in my life. The LP sounds rushed, in order to pay
a gambling debt or fulfill a contract obligation.
Notorious Big - bought on release date, listened to entire CD while
playing "Tekken 2". Good as a whole, but lacks the vision and concept
of "Ready to Die". Novelty songs "Playa Hater", "@%#% You Tonight",
"Another Bitch", etc. are funny exactly once. Puffy's commercial
tracks should have been saved for his own solo tape. The darker
tracks are great for fighting and role-playing games. I like
"Notorious Thugs", and "Sky's the Limit" for reasons I do not
understand.
Question: Do you think DMC was a guest on Big's "My Downfall" because
he was less expensive than a sample from "Together Forever"? I will
consider this when I start (executive) producing records.
Tela - This CD has broken the record for most time spent in my
changer and has never been in its CD case. The lyrics don't break any
new ground, but the creative, risky production goes in a new direction
as far as R&B and hip-hop is concerned. (Check the porno-flick
keyboards in "Sho Nuff", and the blues track following it). A lot of
live instruments mixed with samples, just enough sampling to alienate
a Roots fan, but more than enough bass and funk to draw in South and
West coasters. My favorite LP of 1997 that came out in 96.
Anticipating:
Big Mike - Still Serious
Mary J Blige
"Hypnotize" CD single
GW
ec...@nauticom.net
In article <3342FE...@weiss.che.utexas.edu>,
kari orr <or...@weiss.che.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
> think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
>
> I don't remember the last album i dubbed onto to tape.
>
> I'm finding myself not buying anything at all.
> the last new wax lp i bought was soul on ice.
> the last cd i bought was soul food.
>
> I find myself getting hype to hear something, and
> then when i get it, i'm just dissappointed.
> (nas, sadat x, camp lo, you name it, it's been pretty boring)
>
> and then you get something that you're not sure how
> you feel about.
>
> calling for supermarket reviews.
>
> k. orr
> house of phat beats
I know what you mean...I got Camp Lo in early December because I was
writing a review of it for an online zine', it's a pretty forgettable LP.
Personally I don't see '97 being a good year in LP releases. '96 was
very bad for tight albums, the only one I dug (meaning it kept my
interest from start to finish) was "Stakes is High" and I felt it was De
La's weakest album.
Lately I have been listening to the Latyrx LP (kinda nice), Siah and
Yeshua Dapo ED's EP (I'm starting to get tired of it though) and O-Dub's
new mix tape.
Looking into the months ahead, I'm looking forward to the Jungle Bros.
(I'm hesitant though after the lame "How Ya Want It" 12", although I
heard that new cut with the Roots called "Brain" - the combo of the 2
crews puts out a pretty cool vibe.)
I think Extra P's album will be very wack because:
1) The shit is already very, very dated material
2) The first two joints that have already been released (Mad Scientist &
IJUSTWANNACHILL) were pretty bad, poor lyrics w/ corny ass choruses
3) I'm expecting an album better than "Breaking Atoms" and I know it won't
happen
I also have this feeling that Common's new LP and Organized Konfusion's
new LP will be plagued with boring, stereotypical beats...it's just a
feeling though.
Lately I've just purchased some jazz and jungle/breakbeat CD's I've been
wanting to hear as well as waiting for the "Deep Concentration" comp. and
Del's "Future Development" to arrive in the mail.
Is it just me or was "Done By The Forces of Nature" by the JB's one of
the most slept on hip-hop LP's ever??? Very beautiful music...
-Eric
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flight
I love doldrums periods like this, because it gives me a chance to go
back and really appreciate the stuff that has been dope, but you haven't
gotten deep into yet too often you
are waiting for the next shit and don't appreciate what is before you.
for example i've been transcribing some old finesse and craig g of late.
btw, i hope all of you have got the latyryx Lp, its flave all the way
through.. i'm saving transcribing this for a real rainy sunday.
Flight
Eric Jaffe
> Lately I have been listening to the Latyrx LP (kinda nice), Siah and
> Yeshua Dapo ED's EP (I'm starting to get tired of it though) and O-Dub's
> new mix tape.
You heard the J-Live 12" with Braggin Writes (Domecracker remix) and Hush
the Crowd. If you haven't, you need to get it. It's even better than Siah
and Yeshua, which is also really good.
> Looking into the months ahead, I'm looking forward to the Jungle Bros.
> (I'm hesitant though after the lame "How Ya Want It" 12", although I
> heard that new cut with the Roots called "Brain" - the combo of the 2
> crews puts out a pretty cool vibe.)
Lame? Did you get the Native Tongues remix? It was anything but lame.
> I also have this feeling that Common's new LP and Organized Konfusion's
> new LP will be plagued with boring, stereotypical beats...it's just a
> feeling though.
I have never heard Organized Konfusion (I didn't see anything by them in
Phat Beats, maybe I didn't look close enough). However, I have the complete
opposite feeling about Common's album.
> Lately I've just purchased some jazz and jungle/breakbeat CD's I've been
> wanting to hear as well as waiting for the "Deep Concentration" comp. and
> Del's "Future Development" to arrive in the mail.
Yeah, I'm waiting for Future Development too. It is taking so absurdly long
to arrive.
> Is it just me or was "Done By The Forces of Nature" by the JB's one of
> the most slept on hip-hop LP's ever??? Very beautiful music...
I'll have to check that out.
MrJahLuv
Need to dig into the crates for some Funk, Soul Jazz, and Old Skool
because most of what comes out today is more wack than Jesse Jaymes. If
you like funk and jazz, check out Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Brother Jack McDuff,
Richard "Groove" Holmes, Candido, Lonnie Smith, Lou Donaldson, ... Any
albums from 1970-77 will move you. Guaranteed.
Guest Researcher Davide Viti
Kwesi Ako Kennedy wrote:
>
> kari orr wrote:
> >
> > i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
> > think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
>
>
> I really wish I could recomend something but I really havent heard
> anything that I can feel aside from Eryka Badu and Jamiroquai.
>
> Oh well, I guess I'll just have to wait for the new KRS joint.
>
> Kwesi "in the mean time all of my disposable income goes to anime"
> Kennedy
I bought the new US3 but I still cannot judge it!
I've been "trying" a lot of hip-hop/jazz (Guru,A tribe called quest,The
Roots) in the last period and so I tried to "walk the same way".
This album seems much more heavily based on jazz sounds then "hands on
the torch": on that albums I had like the impression that the band was
trying to "touch" also different styles (i.e there were at least 2 songs
singed in reggae style)
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eurok
In article <334539...@isy.liu.se>, Guest Researcher Davide Viti
<da...@isy.liu.se> wrote:
> I bought the new US3 but I still cannot judge it!
> I've been "trying" a lot of hip-hop/jazz (Guru,A tribe called quest,The
> Roots) in the last period and so I tried to "walk the same way".
> This album seems much more heavily based on jazz sounds then "hands on
> the torch": on that albums I had like the impression that the band was
> trying to "touch" also different styles (i.e there were at least 2 songs
> singed in reggae style)
us3 is a joke.
eurok
Existing Universally Requires Only Knowledge - EUROK
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Chew on the wax as your rap career wanes - EurokSki La
All my boys get the vinyl at half cost
bitch ass niggas catch the shit at whole a cost - Eurokalicous.
Flash
flight wrote:
> =
> I love doldrums periods like this, because it gives me a chance to go
> back and really appreciate the stuff that has been dope, but you haven'=
t
> gotten deep into yet too often you
> are waiting for the next shit and don't appreciate what is before you.
> for example i've been transcribing some old finesse and craig g of late=
=2E
> btw, i hope all of you have got the latyryx Lp, its flave all the way
> through.. i'm saving transcribing this for a real rainy sunday.
> =
> Flight
Flight, don't bother to transcribe Latyrx. Solesides sent me the
lyrics for the whole album; you can find all the tracks at
http://pobox.com/~hip-hop/anonymous/latyrx/
Peace, Flash
-- =
Steve =91DJ Flash=92 Juon Internet Road Warrior
founder: C.O.R.E., rec.music.hip-hop Cyber-Assassin, Jackass For Hire
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~hip-hop Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive
=93Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed=94 -- The GZA/Genius
Flash
Flash wrote:
> =
> flight wrote:
> >
> > I love doldrums periods like this, because it gives me a chance to go=
> > back and really appreciate the stuff that has been dope, but you have=
n't
> > gotten deep into yet too often you
> > are waiting for the next shit and don't appreciate what is before you=
=2E
> > for example i've been transcribing some old finesse and craig g of la=
te.
> > btw, i hope all of you have got the latyryx Lp, its flave all the way=
> > through.. i'm saving transcribing this for a real rainy sunday.
> >
> > Flight
> =
> Flight, don't bother to transcribe Latyrx. Solesides sent me the
> lyrics for the whole album; you can find all the tracks at
> http://pobox.com/~hip-hop/anonymous/latyrx/
> =
> Peace, Flash
> =
> --
> Steve =91DJ Flash=92 Juon Internet Road Warrior
> founder: C.O.R.E., rec.music.hip-hop Cyber-Assassin, Jackass For Hir=
e
> http://www.public.iastate.edu/~hip-hop Original Hip-Hop Lyrics Archive=
> =93Unnecessary beef is more cows to breed=94 -- The GZA/Genius
That's my bad I fucked up; actually the URL is
http://pobox.com/~hip-hop/anonymous/lateef/latyrx/
Sorry all!
Peace, Flash (dat kid who can't spell response)
Jonathan Ethan Tannebaum
kari orr <or...@weiss.che.utexas.edu> wrote:
>
> i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
> think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
siah and yeshua dapo ED.
it's an ep, but it's still a quality effort worth your loot.
it's fat as hell.
i swear.
and if you don't like it, you can give it to me- i'd love doubles.
honestly, though, the next few months will be ill as fuck.
beatnuts, artifacts, organized konfusion, triple or quadruple vynil from
wu tang, j-live...
i think i am going to be a very poor man in the mons to come, but i'm
looking forward to that shit.
-jon
fuck a ph.
Mike Burke
Tom Young <tyo...@emerald.tufts.edu> wrote in article
<tyoung-0204...@10.0.2.15>...
> I know what yer saying. I must say that I liked both sadat and camp lo.
> But not a lot of stuff I want has been coming out. I have used this time
> to get some older stuff that I missed the first time around, or that I
> wasn't around for, much of it used... eg Soul Food, Tical (which was
> better than I thought it would be, but wasn't great), Sex and Violence
> (which is one of my favorite albums now), Yo Bum Rush The Show, etc.
There
> is so much that I have missed that I need to check. It's frustrating as
> hell.
>
This is exactly what I've been doing the last couple of months. I can't
remember the last CD I bought when it came out. The most recent album I
bought was Dr. Octagon (Unreal. Get it now.). Most of my CDs in the last
several months have been 6 dollar used classics. Some of this shit is SO
phat. EPMD's second album is the fucking bomb. "So Watcha Sayin' " has
got one of the top ten phattest beats of all time. EVERY time that hook
comes on with the vocal sample and the scratching I fucking break my neck,
and I'm not a big head-banger when I listen to music. That song was worth
the price of the album by itself. I can spend a full half-hour listening
to it over and over and over, and it still gets me.
Diamond D was the shit. An unbelievably cool vibe throughout that whole
album. If you don't have _Criminal Minded_, go to http://www.cdnow.com
right now and get it. Mine was an original issue, so if you order it
you'll probably get an original too. Heavy D's second and third albums
have got to be the two happiest albums ever. You can't help but be in a
good mood when listening to these two. Slick Rick is hella tight also, I
think everyone should have this album.
_Paid In Full_ is dope, but I don't see how you can place it above
_Criminal Minded_. I was expecting more of Rakim on there; Eric B. isn't
exactly a master DJ (Maybe it's just because I've been listening to Q-Bert
on Doc Oc's album, but he really didn't impress me. In some parts it
sounded like he was breaking something). If you don't have this album,
though, you really should get it. It's a certified classic. This should
probably go under the hip-hop confessions thread, but every time I listen
to "Chinese Arithmetic" I feel like taking a piss.
I've also gotten Masta Ace's _Slaughtahouse_, Main Source's _Breaking
Atoms_, and Common Sense's first album. The first two of those three are
must-haves, the Common Sense album is borderline crap. At first I liked
it, but now it never gets play. Why did his voice crack so much? Eric B.
& Rakim's _Don't Sweat The Technique_ did not have me sweating the
technique at all. It was my first Rakim album, and I was very
disappointed. When I put the CD in the deck and heard "What's On Your
Mind", I was thinking, "Oh, that's why everyone likes them so much." Than
the rest of the album put me to sleep (not literally). Luckily I bought
_Paid In Full_ on faith in the reputation, and it will get heavy rotation.
Buy it.
> On the non hip hop tip, I got this album by Eric Benet which is pretty
> good. It isn't as good as Erykah, but I like it. Another guy that comes
> close here is Rahsaan Patterson... similar vibe to Benet. If you like
one,
> you'll like the other.
>
On the non hip-hop tip, I bought the two-disc _Return of The Jedi Special
Edition_ soundtrack, and it's the bomb in a orchestra music sorta way. I
don't know if I can recommend it on this ng, but if you like film scores,
this is one of the all-time best. It's over 140 minutes long; that's
longer than the movie. It is a dope collector's item as well. It has phat
regal-looking packaging, unbelievably detailed liner notes with pictures,
it's digitally re-mastered, has unreleased tracks, pieces cut from the
film, the new songs for the Special Edition, and it will NEVER be
reprinted. Also, the CDs have cool laser-etched pictures of the Death Star
instead of a label, kinda like a hologram, that reflect all kinds of
colors. If you like Star Wars and was wondering which soundtrack to buy,
get Jedi, it's by far the longest, plus it's got the major themes from the
other two movies as well as the themes just from Jedi. If you want more
info, read the reviews at http://www.filmtracks.com .
> Stuff I'm waiting on: new KRS, the new JB's (is that gonna drop or
what?),
> Extra P (me and the rest of the hip hop world).
>
I'm waiting on the new KRS, Rage, maybe Wu Tang, O.K., Slick Rick, EPMD
and am interested to see how Pete Rock's joint is gonna turn out. I doubt
I will get the new Heavy D, even though I am a big fan, if "Big Daddy" is
any indication of how the rest of the album will be, the new joint will be
worse than _Blue Funk_.
Wow, I didn't expect to write this much when I started. Sorry for
rambling; hope this helps someone beef up their collection or something.
--
"If you a pimp, be a pimp,
I'll be a philosopher"
KRS-ONE
Mike Burke
Oliver Wang
Mike,
Let me be the first to take issue with this outstanding statement:
In article <01bc423a$5b495440$2f1daace@default>, "Mike Burke"
<Hom...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> I've also gotten Masta Ace's _Slaughtahouse_, Main Source's _Breaking
> Atoms_, and Common Sense's first album. The first two of those three are
> must-haves, the Common Sense album is borderline crap. At first I liked
> it, but now it never gets play. Why did his voice crack so much?
Borderline crap? Hey, I respect people's opinions and all but isn't this
a bit harsh? While "Can I Borrow a Dollar?" didn't have the polished
finesse that "Resurrection" had, it's an unsung classic. Production and
lyrics were very different from anything you'd hear on the East or West
coast at the time. Provided, his lyrical "voice cracking" style was
promptly killed by the time "Resurrection" came out, but for all the
rawness, it's still a great, really great album that I still like
listening to.
--Oli
BSE
Jonathan Ethan Tannebaum wrote:
>
> honestly, though, the next few months will be ill as fuck.
> beatnuts, artifacts, organized konfusion, triple or quadruple vynil from
> wu tang, j-live...
> i think i am going to be a very poor man in the mons to come, but i'm
> looking forward to that shit.
>
> -jon
> fuck a ph.
--
----BSE---------------------------------------------------------------
I'm just an addict addicted to music,
maybe its a habbit, I gotta use it. - Rakim
http://doric.bart.ucl.ac.uk/web/planning/Ossie/Hip-Hop.html
tmc...@erols.com
> I know what you mean...I got Camp Lo in early December because I was
> writing a review of it for an online zine', it's a pretty forgettable LP.
i want to defend "uptown saturday night"; i know it is nothing
revolutionanry, but i think there's a lot on the record that is
interesting enough that it stands up to repeated listens. i'm not crazy
about geechi suade, but i think sonny cheebah's voice and delivery are
just hilarious. they aren't taking themselves very seriously on the
record -- i like that the personas are so blatantly crafted. they're the
first new group that i've heard in awhile that is deliberately
theatrical. they aren't wasting time trying to convince you that their
stuff is gritty and real. that leaves them more room to develop their
persona.
and the music is good. i think trugoy punted on "b-side to hollywood",
but "luchini", "park joint", "swing", "black connection", "nicky barnes"
-- those are all smart songs. i like the way they'll repeatedly trigger
the begionning of a sample (like on "swing") to create a percussive
effect. it's distinctive.
i like the album. it's not as good as black sheep's first, but it's done
a pretty good job of getting me through the beginning of the year while
i'm waiting for the new jungle brothers and krs to drop.
> Personally I don't see '97 being a good year in LP releases. '96 was
> very bad for tight albums, the only one I dug (meaning it kept my
> interest from start to finish) was "Stakes is High" and I felt it was De
> La's weakest album.
what about atliens? illadelph halflife? "stakes is high" was my favorite
record of '96, too, but i think it was a pretty competitive year. and no
way do i think it's de la's poorest album, but then again, trying to
decide on the worst de la soul album is like trying to pick the worst
beatle.
>
> Lately I have been listening to the Latyrx LP (kinda nice), Siah and
> Yeshua Dapo ED's EP (I'm starting to get tired of it though) and O-Dub's
> new mix tape.
>
> Looking into the months ahead, I'm looking forward to the Jungle Bros.
> (I'm hesitant though after the lame "How Ya Want It" 12", although I
> heard that new cut with the Roots called "Brain" - the combo of the 2
> crews puts out a pretty cool vibe.)
hearing the jungle brothers do their new material live, i'm pretty sure
that "raw deluxe" will be solid.
>
> I think Extra P's album will be very wack because:
>
> 1) The shit is already very, very dated material
> 2) The first two joints that have already been released (Mad Scientist &
> IJUSTWANNACHILL) were pretty bad, poor lyrics w/ corny ass choruses
> 3) I'm expecting an album better than "Breaking Atoms" and I know it won't
> happen
>
> I also have this feeling that Common's new LP and Organized Konfusion's
> new LP will be plagued with boring, stereotypical beats...it's just a
> feeling though.
that would be very disappointing. i'm expecting common's newest to be
outstanding. i wasn't too crazy about "resurrection", but i have the
feeling that he is improving over time, and this would be his moment to
drop a classic. it wouldn't be shocking if he fucked it up, but i'd be
mildly surprised.
>
> Lately I've just purchased some jazz and jungle/breakbeat CD's I've been
> wanting to hear as well as waiting for the "Deep Concentration" comp. and
> Del's "Future Development" to arrive in the mail.
>
> Is it just me or was "Done By The Forces of Nature" by the JB's one of
> the most slept on hip-hop LP's ever??? Very beautiful music...
that's a great album. it *is* beautiful. i think most people give it
credit for being interesting, but you don't hear it played or discussed
very often. "feelin' alright", "beedz on a string", "acknowledge your own
history"... those songs are brilliant. one of the all time best albums.
>
> -Eric
i don't usually expect many new albums in winter, so i've been catching
up on stuff that i didn't catch the first time it was released, most of
which iwas reccommended to me by people on this newsgroup:
labcabincalifornia (as good as it gets, an absolute classic)
all balls don't bounce (hair-raising, especially "arythmaticulas")
organized konfusion (haven't decided yet)
psychoanalysis by price paul (hilarious, but really not too good)
soul on ice
southernplayalistic (not as good as atliens)
dr. octagon (just not good)
tris mc call
Flash
Oliver Wang wrote:
> =
> Mike,
> =
> Let me be the first to take issue with this outstanding statement:
> =
> In article <01bc423a$5b495440$2f1daace@default>, "Mike Burke"
> <Hom...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> =
> > I've also gotten Masta Ace's _Slaughtahouse_, Main Source's _=
Breaking
> > Atoms_, and Common Sense's first album. The first two of those three=
are
> > must-haves, the Common Sense album is borderline crap. At first I li=
ked
> > it, but now it never gets play. Why did his voice crack so much?
> =
> Borderline crap? Hey, I respect people's opinions and all but isn't th=
is
> a bit harsh? While "Can I Borrow a Dollar?" didn't have the polished
> finesse that "Resurrection" had, it's an unsung classic. Production an=
d
> lyrics were very different from anything you'd hear on the East or West=
> coast at the time. Provided, his lyrical "voice cracking" style was
> promptly killed by the time "Resurrection" came out, but for all the
> rawness, it's still a great, really great album that I still like
> listening to.
> =
> --Oli
Seconded. Personally I thought a lot of the Immenslope production
was pretty nice. I dig the songs like "Take It EZ", "Tricks Up My
Sleeve", "Breaker 1/9", "Two Scoops of Rhymes", and especially
"BLows to the Temple". The Beatnuts sole contribution "Heidi Hoe"
is REAL nice. And just think -- if it wasn't for the remix of
"Soul By the Pound" that everybody fell in love with we might not
even be talking about Com today.
Peace, Flash
Mike Burke
Oliver Wang <ol...@igc.org> wrote in article
<ollie-06049...@news.ricochet.net>...
> Borderline crap? Hey, I respect people's opinions and all but isn't this
> a bit harsh? While "Can I Borrow a Dollar?" didn't have the polished
> lyrics were very different from anything you'd hear on the East or West
> promptly killed by the time "Resurrection" came out, but for all the
> rawness, it's still a great, really great album that I still like
> listening to.
>
OK, I respect your opinion, but respect mine.
All I was saying was that *I* don't like it.
Steve S. Jackson
kari orr (or...@weiss.che.utexas.edu) wrote:
: i haven't bought a hip hop joint in months. I can't
: think of the last LP, that i spent my hard earned money on.
: I don't remember the last album i dubbed onto to tape.
:
: I'm finding myself not buying anything at all.
: the last new wax lp i bought was soul on ice.
: the last cd i bought was soul food.
:
: I find myself getting hype to hear something, and
: then when i get it, i'm just dissappointed.
: (nas, sadat x, camp lo, you name it, it's been pretty boring)
:
: and then you get something that you're not sure how
: you feel about.
:
: calling for supermarket reviews.
:
: peace
: k. orr
: house of phat beats
Last few hip-hhop lps purchased:
Soul Assassins (very nice)
Funkmaster Flex Vol. II (even more disappointing than the first)
Heltah Skeltah (been rockin' this since I bought it)
Originoo Cun Clappaz (I think I listened to this once)
In the past 5 or 6 months I've also purchased Mint Conditions CD (For
some reason, it''s not holding me like Straight from the Mint Factory--
still good tho'), Best of Pieces of a Dream (not because of Tracy Lee,
I've wanted this for sometime), Steve Coleman, and I've been
trying to purchase a John Lee Hooker CD. I've dubbed Enya and Pharcyde
(latest-- I lost the tape). Money's been tight but in the next few
months, I'll be trying to get my hands on some Coltrane and Parker
stuff, War (saw a best of 197*-1994), and probably some other jazz or
blues. Right now, the only hip-hop I truly want is the video version of
OutKast's Jazzy Belle. I kinda want the new Biggie, but I need to hear
more tracks first.
--
"da One & Only"
Steve S. Jackson
(Instrumentalist, Lyricist, Philosopher, all-around nice guy)
sjac...@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu*sjac...@vm.temple.edu*sjackson@thunder.
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Solesides
you can also get the shit at the website
http://www.massive.com/solesides
ad we brig id bak to repond reeak
zenski
BSE
Everyone is just about agreed that we havnt had much album action yet
this year but no body could say that there havnt been some wikid singles
especially independants like Shia and L the headtoucher.
After last year which was probably the worst 12 months of singles in
history this year has been amazing. + theres still 9 months left.
hmmm?
Robert Gabriel
tris mc call stated:
>all balls don't bounce (hair-raising, especially "arythmaticulas")>
"arythamaticulas" - produced by my man, Riddlore, of Chillin Villain
Empire.
Gotta Cumm Up!!!
Eric Jaffe
> I have to disagree with you about this year. I think there is very
little to
> look forward to except the wu-tang, and i think i'm more curious to see
whether
> they will be able to come up with a solid follow-up than i am to actually
> listen to them.
You're not excited for Hiero? Common? J-Live? KRS-One? GangStarr?
I know there a bunch of others due out this year (though who knows if they
will actually come out), I don't think the only thing to be excited about
is Wu-Tang.
Eric
AL SHEPARD
In article <5i7057$l...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu>, jone...@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu (Jonathan Ethan Tannebaum) writes:
> honestly, though, the next few months will be ill as fuck.
> beatnuts, artifacts, organized konfusion, triple or quadruple vynil from
> wu tang, j-live...
I have to disagree with you about this year. I think there is very little to
look forward to except the wu-tang, and i think i'm more curious to see whether
they will be able to come up with a solid follow-up than i am to actually
listen to them.
Beatnuts, i bought their last album but i doubt that i would do it again.
Artifacts: (i thought this was out already), i have their last album(weak) but i
doubt they will show me anything with depth.
Maybe organized but i don't really anticipate them doing anything spectacular.
Peace,
BiG Al
AL SHEPARD
In article <01bc4472$6ce5eee0$8f7306c6@dell>, "Eric Jaffe" <ho...@intac.com> write
> You're not excited for Hiero? Common? J-Live? KRS-One? GangStarr?
>
hearing from them. i guess i have to hear a single before i oficially get
hyped about them.
Me and my roomate were talking the other day about this and the only person i
could say i was looking forward to hearing was krs, and this had a lot to do
with this hip-hop drought season we're in right now. I really don't like
"rapture"(sp?), (please dont flame me) so that may be why.
I have braggin writes and hush the crowd and i really think j-live is an
overated mc, so i can't be too hyped about him.
maybe i should be hyped about hiero but for some reason i would like to hear
casual first.
Damn i sound real depressed and negative about hip-hop today....
Peace,
BiG AL
leg...@psnw.com
How can you say that there is nothing to look forward with Boot Camp
Clik coming in May? That release alone would be worth it even if there
was nothing else coming up. But with new BCC, Organized Kunfusion, Cocoa
Brovas, etc, etc, etc, I'm gonna be poor like jon.
peace.....
jalana
Jesse A McDonald
For those of you without television...
LATYRX
L. Daumont, T. Shimura, J. Davis
LYRICS BORN:
Cheyenne! Look at what the liquor brings about,
Throw out the magic basket full of wires and let them flail all on the
ground.
Why do they love it so?
Hatched seeds of light supported by light seaward breezes,
And we see these orbs in a car chase of sorts,
Absorbs sweet Lorraine and her dolly on the front porch and it escorts
them into
Deep, dark, space around Taurus,
And the Mormons can't explain the stars reflectin' in her corneas.
It makes they hearts beat hard against they corsets which
Bops they lockets up against they foreheads, and--
Who was it that sent this little girl's mind up into orbit?
She had to forfeit little dolly while in space so that she could touch
the stars like torches.
Privately, we recorded her,
Intimately, yes! We courted her with--
"Miss Cinnamon Tea, please rest your itty bitty palms in my--
Incandescently glowing hands and infinitely,
We will explore your inquisitive tendencies;
The intrinsic and the explicit,
We won't inhibit any of your inquiry,
But first the fire must be met then quenched by you candidly and randomly
venting any
Thoughts, memories, anything!
It's time for you to start channeling what you've been gathering!"
So we left gravity,
Instantly engulfing Lorraine in a shimmering cavity then,
Flattening like an elasticine band that stretches and contorts,
And then I'd widen like the space highway spiraling sideways, contract
and dilate,
Then straighten up at 100 mph then fall on myself in layers like a
thickened band of taffy,
Assuming every length and shape imaginable,
Then I catapulted Lorraine and her stuffed animal into still deeper space,
But fathoming what I had actually done and her pace increasing rapidly,
I shot out like a javelin after her screams,
First matching her speed, then surpassing her, hearing her laughter as I
passed her,
But the web I spun had not strengthened yet,
And the momentum sent them stretching through my intentions, And I popped!
Dolly lost. . . . . . .
And Lorraine. . . . . ..
Plopped back down into her bedroom,
And coughed
LATEEF:
Born
the correlation
relation shapin'
the forms
are takin'
their stations warned
we're warmed
the verbal intercourse and mind fornication
is on, whine, design is tight,
corn burn more than blunts
or oil at midnight
the clock turns, as it often does
fight it with all ya might scrub
ya learn more if ya listen
timing is more than tic-toc-tickin'
rippin's a mission so come equipped
but not with remote clickin's or clips in the nine
ya mind
is fine
with me
brother
ya chickens,
you caint rhyme
and punks react violently
but bad men respond silently
later hearing your gone, and the facts while sipping on cognac quitely
privately
commenting on society
modestly,
honestly,
asking why
fools even try it
when they're undeniably
and obviously,
undoubtedly,
decidedly,
wack
I strech out and expand
in 3-D like
galaxies establishing terrestrial contact, like
roll up the windows, crank the heat, relax recline the seat,
and thank Lateef,
take two and pass,
give it a little gas and ask
"What's the riddle mean?"
Fantastic
GE=MC2 don't be sarcastic, my mind moves at the speed of light when blasted
synchopated audiosyncratic madness
concentrated
focused
on the rabbit
like I'm rabid, gigantic, teething wolverine
armed with claws that bring murderous tragedies
to even human beings burdened with feelings of sadness
ludicrous thang is I'm glad to be the baddest
sittin' fattest after I'm finished lunchin', munchin' em
before that
I'm slashin', attackin with rippin' action
in sound clashes
bastard I'm the fastest
quick draw
like: western classics
BIG JAW, voice cuts like a saw
sprinkling you like Magic
as the cataclysm hits
like SMACK
vocabic havoc cracks
your sternum, spine, and scapula
spectacularly
propelling you backwards over the edge
of the track!
LYRICS BORN:
Now that we have made our way away from the sky apple,
You will notice from your new knowledge experience,
That the distance from the crust to the mantle to the core,
Is much greater than previous measurements,
And as lyricists in this time period we experiment with a myriad of new
findings,
Different from the supposed truths,
The ample evidence we presented,
It complemented our argument that "everything is impermanent".
Not static or at settled standstill as the opposite element has suggested
is legitimate,
And finally, as a reminder,
The precious metals and ores mined for early in the earth's surface sediment,
Cannot compare to the infinite introspective splendor,
Represented by the treasures indicative of our entrance into the earth's
center,
Incentive isn't it?
LATEEF:
yes, yes, yes, YES, well, yes, yes, yes,
You're dealing with lyricists that's fresh, fresh, fresh,
You wan test surely ya jest, look, lets just get
one thing correct before ya step focus on breath, breath, breath,
one rep,
breath, breath, breath,
select yet another set of styles? Yup, yup, yep,
each one as hard as erections I got to flex, flex, flex,
for project protection I'm collecting text, techs, tex,
while you're caught up,
thinking rap is just sex, sex, sex,
and more flesh, flesh, flesh,
robbing your soul of its precious sensuousness
most of these rappers are talking shit out of the side of they neck
what the heck?
It's more and more suckas gettin' signed for less, less, less,and less
and lesson 1: if aiming to impress, press, press,
you gotta do it yourself
quiet as kept, kept, kept,
if my work is respected I collect checks, checks, checks,
they cain't all bounce and if they do I got an ounce at the rest
So I ain't stressing off that bullshit
LYRICS BORN:
'Cuz I've walked on water weapons baby haven't you heard?
I've authored songs on different planes and left the boundaries blurred,
And I taught Neanderthal to use the rotary phone,
I kicked the devil in his neck without my rosary on.
LATEEF:
and I checked out the vampire's nest
sans garlic, dissed his harlots, then without the crucifix
plunged the wooden stake deep inside his chest
Pinned him!
thrashing around in the bottom of his sarcophagus
writhing around
till the only thing left,
were little scraps of nothingness
those scattered all about infinity
LYRICS BORN:
All different shapes and sizes going wherever
LATEEF:
But all of one entity
LYRICS BORN:
That I had brought together for my pleasure
Watch this now,
LYRICS BORN:
Your last dinner in my chamber where I tempered weapons rendered from a
rusty Ford fender,
You get your steak and eggs,
Your Caesar vinaigrette,
Savor your cigarette,
'Cuz I'ma tape your lips,
Become my marionette,
You curtsy, pirouette,
And when my blade caresses,
I scrape my bayonet,
You lose your favorite legs,
I love that fragrance,
Playful Pet! Yes I'm the patron saint of Dangerous,
You slaying La-Tyrx?
You're driving majorettes,
Over some acreage.
LATEEF:
As you sit there pensively, tentatively fidgeting with creation
but you fuck 'round with this and you'll get aten.
LATEEF:
You gettin laid to rest
ain't slayin' Latyrx
you gettin laid to rest
over the Sunset's edge
--
/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\-/-\
Jesse Dangerously http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~ad309
ad...@chebucto.ns.ca Ekam Sat, Viprah Bahudha Vadanti
Phatman
Some guy said:
>I have to disagree with you about this year. I think there is very little to
>look forward to except the wu-tang, and i think i'm more curious to see whether
>they will be able to come up with a solid follow-up than i am to actually
>listen to them.
What? There is SO much independent shit on the way --the Arsonists have a new 12" coming out, and
countless other shit is coming out on the underground level. I will say this until I run out of air...US as
participants in Hip-Hop culture need to start SEEKING OUT music and not waiting for your local
Sam Goody, Blockbuster Music, or whatever to have it for you on display for $11.99. Call up
Fatbeats in NY and do some mailorder dammit. They'll tell you all the new shit that is out on the indie,
vinyl-only, or whatever level.
>Maybe organized but i don't really anticipate them doing anything spectacular.
YOu are a nutcase.
-
================================================
Damon "Phatman" Noisette, writer, hip-hop junkie
------------------------------------------------
Pick up a copy of URB mags #52 & 53
@ your local store and peep the print
exploits, "Flow Control" pp.25 (#52) &
"J-Live" (#53--latest URB issue) pp.54-55
Or just check my website
@ users.southeast.net/~damon
and drop a line to da...@southeast.net
================================================
AbstruseX
you posted...
"For those of you without television..."
I don't have cable, does this mean there's a video out for "Latyryx"????
alan
Solesides
>>don't have cable, does this mean there's a video out for "Latyryx"????
alan<<
not to be too literal, but there are videos out for dj shadow-midnight in
a perfect world and for latyrx-balcony beach/say that...ask for it
anywhere you watch your videos...
this has been another shameless publicity insert from...
zen
Kabir
leg...@psnw.com writes:
> AL SHEPARD wrote:
> >
>
> > Artifacts: (i thought this was out already), i have their last album(weak) but i
> > doubt they will show me anything with depth.
"Between a rock and a hard place" -weak?
I`d love you tell me what angle this was from.
Please elaborate..
ps.I`m going to do a handstand when I get my hands on Thats them.
Kabir