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You'll be posting Ini Kamoze next week

word em up.

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And then I found Da Unbreakables by Three 6 Mafia. I hadn't heard that one before, so was pleased to grab it.

Their last solid album, imo. Although "Mosh Pit" is unlistenable.

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And then I found Da Unbreakables by Three 6 Mafia. I hadn't heard that one before, so was pleased to grab it.

Their last solid album, imo. Although "Mosh Pit" is unlistenable.

you didn't like Most Known Unknowns? I liked that one a lot. Last 2 Walk was super-meh though.

I listened to half of Unbreakables in my car the other day. I like a lot of the slower druggy shiz like "Bin Laden," a lot more than the sort of upbeat hyper stuff on there.


Listening to:

Talk about a major surprise! Over the past decade, Snoop has released lots of stop-gap releases and side projects of varying quality. And here we’ve got a soundtrack to a stoner-comedy that nobody saw. So with that in mind it might be easy to look at this as some sort of pandering to a younger crowd via Wiz Khalifa’s name. But in actuality, this is a really solid record. It’s also extremely lean - with only twelve tracks here, there’s no annoying skits or aimless meandering. Instead we’re left with just two stellar emcees from two different generations who sound excellent working alongside each other. The beats are split between classic G-Funk (Warren G on “I Get Lifted”) and 2010’s stoner hop (Nottz’s “6:30”). As funny as it might sound, this might actually be one of Snoop’s most focused albums in quite a while.

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I feel like Most Known Unknown is where the production really started to get away from the minimalist style that I particularly enjoy about Memphis rap, so it doesn't really do it for me. Also, the absence of Lord Infamous is a big strike against it, because I feel like he's the most talented rapper out of the whole group. I do like some songs off that album, though; "Knock Tha Black Off Yo Ass" is a classic ass-beater joint with Project Pat, and "Side 2 Side" has a great beat and always makes me laugh—mainly because of Juicy's delivery of the line "posted up in the club with a pocket full of crack."

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Cypress Hill Live at the Fillmore, check that one out.

somehow I missed this post earlier... I actually forgot Live at the Fillmore existed. I'll have to keep an eye out for that. Is it w/ just DJ Muggs, or is there like a live band or something w/ them? What period of their album work does the setlist focus on?

I thought of another one - The Roots Present. It was kind of a below-radar release around the time of The Tipping Point. What's cool though is that it's all different performers doing songs w/ The Roots. Like Mobb Deep does "Shook Ones" w/ them for instance. Pretty cool.

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Cypress Hill Live at the Fillmore, check that one out.

somehow I missed this post earlier... I actually forgot Live at the Fillmore existed. I'll have to keep an eye out for that. Is it w/ just DJ Muggs, or is there like a live band or something w/ them? What period of their album work does the setlist focus on?

I thought of another one - The Roots Present. It was kind of a below-radar release around the time of The Tipping Point. What's cool though is that it's all different performers doing songs w/ The Roots. Like Mobb Deep does "Shook Ones" w/ them for instance. Pretty cool.

B-Real, Sen Dog, Bobo and DJ Muggs are all in on it. There's a live band backing them too. I'd say the album has a bit of variety:

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Blu, I'll keep my eyes peeled for that Cypress Hill live album. Sounds cool.

Last night I listened to Licensed To Ill while playing some Card Fighters' Clash. Blu, that's your favorite Beasties album, right? I've got to be honest and say I'm mixed on it. I mean, there's not a single song on there I'd call 'a bad song.' So don't get me wrong. But the bulk of the material just feels like kind of a party album, and not nearly as awesome to me as the kind of stuff on Check Your Head or Ill Communications. Maybe it's unfair to really compare material from 86 to 94 though right? I will say that it's hard to argue w/ "Rhymin' And Stealin'" though. That's just an amazing way to open a record. I can't help but wonder how this really sounded to ears in 86 either. The first time I heard the record as a whole entity was AFTER Check Your Head was released and I then went back and got the first two Beasties albums (on wax!).

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thankfully that Ini Kamoze CD hasn't shown up yet. Fingers crossed, Mike was bluffing.

There's this podcast I've recently discovered called The Combat Jack Show that has a lot of really good guests for hip hop fans. Newest episode has Pharoahe Monch from Organized Konfusion. Really interesting episode where they discuss his new album PTSD but also play a lot of clips from it. I've been an OK fan since they dropped their second album back when, and I've mostly stayed up on Pharoahe's solo work, but the clips they played really have me excited to check out PTSD.

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What's all this Raekwon not being in the Wu nonsense?

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What's all this Raekwon not being in the Wu nonsense?

it's not that he's not in Wu-Tang. He's not happy w/ the direction that RZA's taken w/ the album they're working on, so says he's "on strike" from recording verses for it until they clear things up. The latest is that they've both talked, and Rae has "demands" (?) for the label (not for RZA) that RZA is trying to make happen so they can get back to work. It's a little unclear... but it was never that Rae was not in Wu, and it is apparently being addressed... somehow.