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Heather Hunter: Double H; The Unexpected


This album will take you on a historical journey through rap. I was absolutely blown away by Heather's flow. If you have $10 in your pocket, buy this album. If you have $20, buy two.

4 Seconds is a straight, catchy, club-jam with unprcedented rhytmics and her Salt n' Peppa influences shine through on the first track.

Suk-A is hard head-knocker shoulder rocker reminiscent of early NWA. The bass is perfectly aligned and you leave this joint feeling 10' tall.

Orgazmic feels like a Jodeci chain - lots of soul and sultry rhymes. This thang is hott!

Wow, and coming from an adult career. I had the biggest crush on her years ago.

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Heather Hunter: Double H; The Unexpected

This album will take you on a historical journey through rap. I was absolutely blown away by Heather's flow. If you have $10 in your pocket, buy this album. If you have $20, buy two.

4 Seconds is a straight, catchy, club-jam with unprcedented rhytmics and her Salt n' Peppa influences shine through on the first track.

Suk-A is hard head-knocker shoulder rocker reminiscent of early NWA. The bass is perfectly aligned and you leave this joint feeling 10' tall.

Orgazmic feels like a Jodeci chain - lots of soul and sultry rhymes. This thang is hott!

I can never tell if you're serious. Wait til you hear this one on a cd player hooked up with optical cables (lazzerss!), it will be on a HNL.

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I don't even know what to say about the Heather Hunter album.

Brought my wife shopping today and grabbed a few more cheapies...

Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini Wizard Of Poetry In Emerald City
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV (deluxe)
Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being
Public Enemy & Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation

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so serious

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I would only call this record being back from a hiatus, only if speaking of their commercial releases. The Boys had been plenty busy during commercial releases, putting out b-sides and remixes left and right during what "break" they had.

you are correct, and it's why I made it a point to call it a hiatus between albums/EPs proper. They did do plenty between. But I was speaking more on full length works, and defining those into sort of eras (IE: The shift from full on band Beasties, to hiring and highlighting the DJ). At any rate, HN is a far better record than I had recalled. Missteps aside, it's still a total joy to listen to. And not shocking, is there is no Beasties album I'd call "bad."

[Luke]

And not shocking, is there is no Beasties album I'd call "bad."

I think Some Ol Bullshit is aptly titled.

Miss all the traffic the Boys used to get on their site. Still busy, but not like it was ten years ago.

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I like Some Ol BS for what it is.

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Cypress Hill - III: Temples Of Boom - 1995 - Ruffhouse
Cypress Hills' third album marks a definite shift in their sound. And it's pretty easy to figure out why. Four months after they dropped their celebrated sophomore effort, Black Sunday another hip hop LP would blow way up. That album was Enter The Wu-Tang and its influence was indescribable. With that in mind, it's not shocking to see both U-God and RZA as guests whereas previous Cypress Hill albums were completely Soul Assassins family affairs. The other major change would be Sen Dog's lack of input in the project. Around this time he was also dabbling in outside work, and as such barely has any presence here at all. But while III feels very different sonically, it's still very much a Cypress Hill record. Though instead of the aggressive, high energy of the first two records, the production here takes a bit of a breather. This a far more subdued work. Tempos slow down a bit. The atmosphere is all dark tones. The rather incredible "Illusions" is a great example, with its lazy, eerie vibraphone motif. Elsewhere guitar samples and jazz breaks fill in more space, Eric Bobo gets to showcase his bongo work and there's even Buddhist Monks chanting. On a whole, it's maybe a step back from the urgent work of their first two records, but it's also nice to see the group experimenting a bit more out of their comfort zone.


Lil Wayne - I Am Not A Human Being - 2010 - Young Money
I Am Not A Human Being wasn't actually recorded as a studio album, but instead was a smattering of outtakes - I'm guessing from both Rebirth (in the case of the title track) as well as the still-in-progress Carter IV sessions. As such, it doesn't really sound like an album as much as a smattering of outtakes. But luckily, they're mostly all solid ones that deserve to make up a full length on their own. All three Drake duets (he's listed as being on "I'm Single," but he's so totally not on that song) are top-notch, and "Right Above It" certainly made a great single. Elsewhere he brings in Nicki Minaj to handle the chorus of "What's Wrong With Them," which definitely works and Lil Twist to do the same on "Popular," which also works. The record keeps its momentum while constantly switching gears. Opener "Gonorrhea" is hard as nails. The title track is a sort of throwback to Rick Reuben style guitar samples (not unlike Jay's "99 Problems") that I'm guess most people wished that Rebirth had sounded like. Slower tracks like "With You," "I'm Single," and "Popular" all have focused deliveries by Wayne so as never to sound boring. Then we get to the tenth track, "Bill Gates" which is a slow, epic, low-end filled scorcher that somehow sounds triumphant and depressed at the same time. If only the record had ended here, it would have been far better received. Instead, the final three tracks come across as tacked-on outtakes from We Are Young Money. It's a pretty downer way to end an otherwise solid collection.

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That cypress album was the beginning to the end for me. I was a massive fan of the first 2, bought the tshirts, hats, seen them in a few concerts. Probably one of my favorite groups. As far as im concerned i didn't want experimentation and shit. I wanted the same ol cypress hill sound and this cd was the start of that decline. The ice cube dis "no rest for the wicked" was prolly my favorite on that album

[Luke]

That cypress album was the beginning to the end for me. I was a massive fan of the first 2, bought the tshirts, hats, seen them in a few concerts. Probably one of my favorite groups. As far as im concerned i didn't want experimentation and shit. I wanted the same ol cypress hill sound and this cd was the start of that decline. The ice cube dis "no rest for the wicked" was prolly my favorite on that album

Like the album, but it was rather watered down, no?

I think this album came out around the same time that their wallets were fatter than usual and B-Real was dating Elektra.

Cypress Hill was great to laugh at becuase they were laughable. Talented, but laughable. But templ of boom had some whack shit left and right. The Cube diss track sticks out as pretty horrible, especially the not-ill timed lyric "cause you don't smoke buddah!".

And don't get me started on the rap-rock crap they put out. Loved those guys in the Up In Smoke Tour. That was legit.

That, and Cypress Hill put on one of the funniest SNL performances ever. I don't think they even knew where they were.