the thread for lost late 80s/early 90s hip hop gems

pete rock & cl smooth - T.R.O- wait never mind

oh come on

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The LONS International Zone Coaster single had some dope remixes on it. The Bas Blasta - Dangerous/The Rhythm 12" strictly for the insts. guy was pretty wack
The Artifacts - Dynamite Soul 12"
Powerule - Volume 1 LP

Almighty & KD Ranks - Trenton Where We From 12"

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And, of course, the second greatest album of the 1990s

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Which is...

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apparently not working

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What the fuck!

haha

you know, I have never heard Divine Styler. Am I missing anything?

hooray I just found some blog with the entire UMCs Fruits of Nature album posted

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Ok THAT'S the second greatest album of the 1990s.

The Beatles' White Album?

I know it's the audiovisual era and all, but maybe you could just write the album name in writing?

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OKAY! Shanté: The Bitch Is Back is the second greatest album of the 1990s! There!

Now even non-audiovisual types can get schooled.

Diamond D - Stunts Blunts And Hip-Hop (1992)

Some days this CD makes a strong case for being the best rap album of 1992.

college boyz - hollywood paradox
hard 2 obtain - l.i. groove
nefertiti - visions of nefertiti

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deej is already tired of me asking whether he's heard it, i think it's getting more accepted around the way. the equal of nearly anything coming out of the pre-chronic west.

wtf with all these Wu-Tang references in UMCs lyrics

interesting:

RZA:
At the time we were forming though there were some people who missed out on joining the Wu-Tang. Some just didn’t see the vision. They where like, ‘Fuck this Wu-Tang shit! We’re black, not Chinese!’ That always happens if you look at all the pivotal movement in history – some non-believers just don’t understand until its too late. It was around the same time that I remember UMCs come out, and they were cool, and in fact I’ve had conversations with people in Stapleton who were saying that it was because of UMCs coming out that Wu-Tang was able to come through. They had their success with the first single, ‘Blue Cheese’ and all that, but then their producer, RNS, stole Shyheim from me! Shyheim was already a little Wu-Tang soldier at the time, but UMCs were bringing out a watered-down version of this Staten Island shit and perhaps people thought that they were going to be the mega-megaton shit and so they went with them. They made their choices and they didn’t understand the Wu-Tang vision and how strong it was, but at the time Shyheim was rolling with the Black Gladiator Posse, which was already about to be infiltrated by Wu niggas.

RNS was the UMCs’ Producer and actually I liked his vibe. He had a sound that was sort of like Dre meets the RZA. He’s one of those untouched talented producers. I even did ‘Bring the Pain’ on the SP1200, ‘cos at the time I had the EPS [Ensoniq Performance Sampler] and I did ‘Method Man’ on that. I learned though that the EPS was better because the pitch of beats by pressing a key two notes down. It was superior.

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just a memo to everyone

RATE YOUR MUSIC IMAGE LINKS NEVER WORK

thankig u

Neither do blogspot images.

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There! That fucker better stay!

Notice slight indentation where fierce nail resides.

if de la got into spirit crystals or whatever they might have made this after 3 feet

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A godlike album but is it really lost?

Okay, back in the 90s I heard some hip hop song and I've been trying to figure out who did it, when, etc. It had the following lyrics, which I will type out without linebreaks so it will look rather prosey, but here goes:

"Ever been freaked so good a tear rolls down your cheek your knees get weak you can't speak and your lips get dry and you begin to cry and you wonder why Gemini so fly, I'm not only in it just for me, I love to see a woman in excruciating ecstasy, come on

Ladies let your body flow, Gemini light you up like a Broadway show " etc.

Who was this? Any clues? Why do I still care?

I've liked everything I've heard by Stezo, especially Crazy Noise.

kgb - pick up the pace

stetsasonic - speaking of a girl named suzy (funky version)

b girls

listening to stezo for the first time good call so far, "freak the funk" is sick

Shakey, if you're really curious, the "Slept-On 88-92" nerd canon looks something like:

Chill Rob G - Ride The Rhythm
UMCs - Fruits Of Nature
Poor Righteous Teachers - Holy Intellect
Special Ed -Youngest In Charge
Stezo - Crazy Noise
Low Profile - We're In This Together
K-Solo - Tell The World My Name
Show And AG - Runaway Slave
Super Lover Cee And Casanova Rud - Girls I Got Em Locked
Three Times Dope - Original Stylin
Lakim Shabazz - Pure Righteousness
Original Concept - Straight From The Basement Of Kooley High

otm. that super lover cee song has been stretched mighty thin

I never liked umc's based on the singles, my friend tried to make me listen, eh.

intelligent hoodlum

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I have the second YoYo album but not the first... she shows up in Menace II Society too I think

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No Son of Bazerk mention yet?

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Probably a little too well known since the comeback to really count, but still, the Brand Nubian collab especially is high quality.

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Wasn't this reissued last year or something?

uptown - dope on plastic
3 times dope - greatest man alive
d-nice - they call me d-nice
just-ice & krs-one - goin' way back
kurious - walk like a duck
frankie cutlass - puerto rico

I still love Mellow Man Ace's "Mentirosa."

d-nice - they call me d-nice

Oh, INDEED.

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^^^contains funniest non-sequitur yoko ono diss ever

non-sequitur Rauchenberg diss in that post

this Stezo album is pretty great! not as in love with Super Lover Cee and Casanova Rud but not bad either.

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Arabian Prince "She's got a big posse"

thaking you this thread for 'the fruit song'

Sir Fresh & DJ Critical "Sir-Vere"

and oops, that nine lp is '95.

yz - the ghetto's been good to me

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MOBSTYLE - WHATS GOIN ON BLACK

^^^^^^^^one of the best ever

i got somethin to say
to the homeboys from around the way

yeah man

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Lately I've been listening to this album, and it's very good! Apparently Boss was discredited soon after the album for actually being middle-class and not a real gangsta, but who cares? Her flow and lyrics are tight, and the beats (by Erick Sermon, Def Jef, etc) are mostly great. In fact this is one of the best albums by a female rapper I've ever heard, better than Yo-Yo album that I mentioned for example.

"soon after the album came out"

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This goes a bit beyond the scope of this thread, since it's from 1997, but I want to give props to Necessary Roughness by The Lady of Rage. The beats on the album aren't particularly original (though they work), but as a pure lyricist she's very good, up to bar with almost any male rapper of the era, and the album definitely puts the emphasis on that. Even though it's on Death Row, it sounds more like mid-90s East Coast boom bap. Too bad her career went nowhere after this album.

are you some kinda rap version of marc loi

mc loi

noz loi

?

love afro puffs!

Who's Marc Loi?

you're just phoning it in now, tuomas

flava flav lol

Okay, I googled Marc Loi, and he seems to be some feminist guy...? Okay, I propped a couple of albums by female rappers, but so what? It's not like I don't think they're good albums no matter what gender of the rapper is. Though I have to say that one of the reasons they are lost/slept on is probably the fact that they are by female rappers. It's not like rap is an equal opportunity game.

Marc Loi has the guts to say things you won't, Tuomas. I notice you're not talking about Hilary Clinton much these days.

Why should I talk much about Hillary Clinton, I'm not American.

or she's not you're type of American. Maybe if she strutted in a bikini for you, eh?

tuomas

noz loi

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:38 AM (16 hours ago) Bookmark Link

?

-- deej, Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:39 AM

lol year old blog beef re: women rappers

ahhh. yeah noz is decidedly anti-loi

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Attn. Hoos esp.

PAPERBOY - DITTY

mods, plz change thread name to 'when rap was rugged' kthx

Concerto in X Minor is fucking awesome. Possibly the best Brand Nubian related track ever.

PAPERBOY - DITTY

-- uptown churl, Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:25 PM (Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:25 PM) Bookmark Link

damn... been hearing this song all my life and never knew what it was until today

JUNGLE BROTHERS

been looking for this forever used to have it in college, lost my copy

Lost to me anyway - not sure what the nerd canon would say. Such a thrilling record.

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

organized is rap nerd canon #1!

great group

Okay, I googled Marc Loi, and he seems to be some feminist guy...?

― Tuomas, Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:44 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol