Noreaga / Capone'n'Noreaga - c/d s/d

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so i got a recommendation to buy "the war report" by cnn on ilx, but i couldn't find it for a while. so i made do with "god's favourite" by noreaga instead. listened to it a couple of times and was not too impressed - only enjoyed "nothin'" which i still give the odd airing. otherwise - thumbs down.

but i managed to get my hands on the war report, and found it a much more satisfying listen. i like the hard-as-rock solidity of the beats, and lots of good moody piano lines too. it's a very Strong-sounding record (in the physical sense, not just in that it's consistent or good or whatever) - really hard and violent and moody.

uh, so i heard c-n-n have an album out this year. either it is out already (on the net it says march release in a few places) or it is soon to be released - either way i have not seen or heard it. but has anyone on ilx?

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Sunday, 11 April 2004 23:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Fucking CLASSIC! Absolutely get The War Report (last great NYC hip hop album, probably) and then get NORE which isn't as good but has a bunch of great songs (including the FIRST Neptunes hit "Superthug" which is just insanely great.)

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 11 April 2004 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

i already have the war report alex, it took a while but i found it eventually in tower records. do you know anything about their pending release?

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Sunday, 11 April 2004 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Sorry I had too much coffee today and my reading comprehension has gone to shit. I hadn't heard about the new one, but they do have another album (from 2000-2001 or so) and it's just okay apparently.

Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Sunday, 11 April 2004 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

'Melvin Flynt Da Hustler' is really bad, even he apologised for it on the lyrics on 'God's Favorite' which is a definative piece of grimey hip-hop.

I really really dislike Capone so feel that 'Reunion' is dragged down by his presence. New album is 2004 called 'New Religion'.

scottjames23 (worrysome-man), Monday, 12 April 2004 08:09 (twenty-one years ago)

war report rules
"i was iraq before irak"

duke snore, Monday, 12 April 2004 08:22 (twenty-one years ago)

is 'New Religion' in stores, tho??

weasel diesel (K1l14n), Tuesday, 13 April 2004 11:15 (twenty-one years ago)

ten months pass...
"I can't believe i fucked up and released a half-assed album/ my excuse is, my pops just died / and i ain't wanna make music / my pops just died."
so,
classic.

djdee2005 (djdee2005), Saturday, 26 February 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

"banned from tv" is my favourite song of all time.

scg, Saturday, 26 February 2005 18:37 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

new album is surprisingly, seriously good.

Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 14:55 (sixteen years ago)

don't doubt it, every leak i've heard's been a blast - even the primo track's hot, and they invariably disappoint me nowadays.

can't imagine anyone sends you promos so where's it at titch.

r|t|c, Tuesday, 10 March 2009 15:53 (sixteen years ago)

theres a few clunkers on the production, but even on those, they rap so well that i dont really care. yeah, even primo didnt go boring on his track, but for the most part, the beats are exactly what you want. even the standard club banger track with ron browz is unexpectedly hot. basically, cnn still rap as good as they were doing back on the war report - which, i dunno about anyone else, but i didnt see that happening.

just do a google blog or torrent search innit.

Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 16:20 (sixteen years ago)

yeah "Rotate" is definitely my favorite nu-Browz single, "raps so well" isn't a phrase that comes to mind when i think of NORE but i am curious to hear the album

blame it on the HOOS got you steenin' loose (some dude), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 16:24 (sixteen years ago)

im not saying theyre doing triplets or being super technical, but how many guys rap this hard/still have something to say after doing it this long? i know ilx was wetting itself over the last heltah skeltah album, which i thought had its moments but this is way more consistent and just a better put together album. this is CNN-type nore btw, not solo nore.

Yellow Carded (titchyschneiderMk2), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 16:30 (sixteen years ago)

I def want to hear this.

The-Reverend (rev), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 19:16 (sixteen years ago)

^me too

straight up, you're payin' jacks just to hear me phase (M@tt He1ges0n), Tuesday, 10 March 2009 19:26 (sixteen years ago)

kinda tired of everyone going 'first hot premo track ive heard in forever' every time he releases a record that they hear

i mean the 50 cent one was balls but

ridin down the yellow brick road in the yellow 6-4 (deej), Thursday, 12 March 2009 21:25 (sixteen years ago)

anyway yeah this album is good

ridin down the yellow brick road in the yellow 6-4 (deej), Thursday, 12 March 2009 21:25 (sixteen years ago)

That new Blaq Poet album which is mostly Premo produced is hot.

Dennis Croissanwich (Mexican Sleeping Pill), Thursday, 12 March 2009 21:28 (sixteen years ago)

four months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnKVZc8rV_0

anybody know where I can get this? Amazon and iTunes don't seem to have it

also, "Invincible" is my all time jam

a being that goes on two legs and is ungrateful (dyao), Wednesday, 29 July 2009 18:41 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

been spinning the war report real heavy lately

deej, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:55 (fourteen years ago)

The beats on this thing were so fuckin heavy for NY in '97. What other records sounded like this then? it wasnt going for that Trackmasters R&B sound, but it sounded huge

deej, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:56 (fourteen years ago)

i like the hard-as-rock solidity of the beats, and lots of good moody piano lines too. it's a very Strong-sounding record (in the physical sense, not just in that it's consistent or good or whatever) - really hard and violent and moody.

this is otm. The shit has ~~presence~~

deej, Tuesday, 15 March 2011 01:57 (fourteen years ago)

seven months pass...

i'm digging War Report 2, I mean it doesn't even hold a candle to the original, and it's a bit workaday at times, but it's listenable and fun....

Capone's voice is sounding more and more like that goofy voice DMX used to use for his satanic alter-ego tho....

Neanderthal, Saturday, 29 October 2011 04:29 (fourteen years ago)

four years pass...

https://twitter.com/rwxoxo/status/791123717212540928

Spottie, Wednesday, 26 October 2016 22:27 (nine years ago)

melvyn flint is my fav nore album

ANU (sisilafami), Thursday, 27 October 2016 19:18 (nine years ago)


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