Hip Hop/Rap Fanatics Unite!

[Luke]

Can we all agree that Gravediggaz is laughably listenable?

the first Gravediggaz album is a masterpiece.

I can't listen to it without laughing.

In highschool, it was my ish, but the theatrics are so over the top I can't take it seriously. For not even a second.

[noiseredux]

shrug. I still love it. Everything about it.

[Luke]

shrug. I still love it. Everything about it.

Some great beats, but the lyrics are silly.

You have a song about tripping on acid where they mention blowjobs from crackheads (froma crack head?), an entire song dedicated to a list of ways to kill yourself, a track that starts out with "They thirsty? I whip 'em up 2 cups of blood", they include a song with the hook being a Jim Croce song, and you also get a track that is set in a courtroom with horrible voice actors.

I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying it's silly.

[noiseredux]

of course it's silly! It's hip hop's Tales From The Crypt. It revels in its tongue-in-cheekiness. Remember who spearheaded it - Prince Paul. The dude who famously announced on 3 Feet High that his favorite movie was Blood Sucking Freaks.

[Luke]

Remember who spearheaded it - Prince Paul.

Wait, wait wait. THAT Prince Paul?

I had no clue. I always thought it was a RZA side project. Well slap me silly and call me Nancy.

[noiseredux]

yup, THAT Prince Paul. The first record was his baby. He produced it all and put the group together. The second album I think Rza produced most. After that he left. By the fourth album Gravediggaz was just one guy.

[Luke]

Well you certainly took me to school on that one.

I had no idea. I always associated the guy with De La Soul and 3rd Base. Since high school I thought Diggaz was just RZA and a second rate Wu that he wanted to start. Crazy stuff, so thanks for the 411.

[noiseredux]

yeah Prince Paul is a genius, man.

And as far as "second rate Wu," Paul grabbed Frukwon from Stetsasonic man! It was really just this hip hop supergroup that he assembled with the concept of a horror-themed record.

But glad to have filled you in. Maybe you can listen to it w/ new ears now?

[MC Rex Rexler]

Method Man just might be my favorite Wu member to listen to at this point.

[noiseredux]

Method Man just might be my favorite Wu member to listen to at this point.

but... Ghostface.