Wednesday, August 29, 2007

"2001"-Dr. Dre




Imo, this is not as groundbreaking or as good as "The Chronic" but nevertheless a very dope album..The beats are definitley not as soul influenced as the ones previoulsy made on the 1st Chronic however they are still bananas..

4.5/5 Bananas

"A Future Without A Past"-Leaders Of The New School


This album is straight bananas....A very goofy old school rap album but its really good..Where Busta Rhymes started out kik...Basically all these songs are about childish things..kik

1. Homeroom:
2. Case Of The P.T.A.
3. Too Much On My Mind
4. What's The Pinocchio's Theory?
5. Just When You Thought It Was Safe ...
6. Lunchroom:
7. Sound Of The Zeekers @#^**?!
8. Sobb Story
9. 'Feminine Fatt'
10. Transformers
11. Afterschool:
12. Show Me A Hero
13. Trains, Planes And Automobiles
14. The International Zone Coaster
15. Teachers, Don't Teach Us Nonsense!!
16. My Ding-A-Ling
17. Where Do We Go From Here?
4.5/5 Bananas

Tuesday, August 28, 2007

"The Score"-Fugees


This album wouldn't seem like it'd be a classic..The Fugees' first album "Blunted On Reality" wasn't anything more than medicore and there are about 3 tracks on this album that are essentially cover songs.However, the entire vibe of this album is bananas and was a landmark hip-hop album of the mid 1990s..Lauryn Hill stands out on this album over the other memebers..

1. Red Intro
2. How Many Mics
3. Ready Or Not
4. Zealots
5. The Beast
6. Fu-Gee-La
7. Family Business
8. Killing Me Softly
9. The Score
10. The Mask
11. Cowboys
12. No Woman, No Cry
13. Manifest/Outro
14. Fu-Gee-La (Refugee Camp Remix)
15. Fu-Gee-La (Sly & Robbie Mix)
16. Mista Mista
4.5/5 Bananas

Monday, August 27, 2007

"Supreme Clientele"-Ghostface Killah



This is a crazy album by Ghostface.. I don't like it as much as his first album just cause that is just more raw but critics widely consider this his best album.


1. Intro
2. Nutmeg
3. One
4. Saturday Nite
5. Ghost Deini
6. Apollo Kids
7. The Grain
8. Buck 50
9. Mighty Healthy
10. Stay True - (featuring 60 Second Assassin)
11. We Made It - (featuring Superb)
12. Malcolm
13. Child's Play
14. Cherchez LaGhost

15. Wu Banga 101 - (featuring GZA/Cappadonna/Masta Killah/Raekwon)

4/5 Bananas

"Water Babies"-Miles Davis




This is a a compliation of music Miles made in 1967-1968 that wasn't released until 1976(during his hiatius)...It isn't among his elite stuff but it is still amazing jazz..Plus this cover art is bananas kikikik


1. Water Babies
2. Capricorn
3. Sweet Pea
4. Two Faced
5. Dual Mr. Anthony Tillmon Williams Process
6. Splash (Bonus Track)

3.5/5 Bananas

Friday, August 24, 2007

witches with dicks / the conversions split


this is a really good split from two really good punk bands. witches with dicks is a pop punk band with gruff vocals while the conversions are a female fronted hardcore band. the conversions remind me very much of witch hunt and witches with dicks(wizards?) remind me a lot of dillinger four. this is definetly worth a listen. if it was a bit longer (witches with dicks 2 songs, the conversions 3) it wouldve gotten 5 bannanas. (the two witches with dicks tracks later were released on a full length)http://www.mediafire.com/?53t1wt1xy2w

Saturday, August 18, 2007

"Fishscale"-Ghostface Killah


Rarely does a rapper in his late 30s drop an album that can arguably considered his best but Ghostface did it with Fishscale.

1. The Return Of Clyde Smith (Skit)
2. Shakey Dog
3. Kilo featuring Raekwon
4. The Champ
5. Major Operation (Skit)
6. 9 Milli Bros. featuring Wu Tang Clan
7. Beauty Jackson
8. Heart Street Directions (Skit)
9. Columbus Exchange (Skit) / Crack Spot
10. R.A.G.U. featuring Raekwon
11. Bad Mouth Kid (Skit)
12. Whip You With A Strap
13. Back Like That featuring Ne-Yo
14. Be Easy featuring Trife
15. Clipse Of Doom featuring Trife
16. Jellyfish featuring Theodore Unit (Capadonna, Shawn Wigs & Trife)
17. Dogs Of War featuring Raekwon & Theodore Unit (Trife, Capadonna & Sun God)
18. Barbershop
19. Ms. Sweetwater (Skit)
20. Big Girl
21. Underwater
22. The Ironman Takeover (Skit)
23. Momma featuring Megan Rochell
24. **BONUS TRACK ** Three Bricks featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Raekwon
4.5/5 Bananas

"On The Corner"-Miles Davis


This album is wild..Orginally it was rated poorly by critics because it was so different from all of Miles' other releases however it has gotten rave reviews as time has passed..He made this album gearing it more towards a younger audience interested in funk and rock at the time..Definitley wild listening to this then "Birth Of The Cool" or "Kind Of Blue".

"On the Corner / New York Girl / Thinkin' One Thing and Doin' Another / Vote for Miles" (19:55)
"Black Satin" (5:16)
"One and One" (6:09)
"Helen Butte / Mr. Freedom X" (23:18)
The 1993 CD reissue of On the Corner (which has the "Columbia Jazz Masterpieces" logo stamped on the front cover) separates each "composition" into a distinct track so that the album has 8 tracks rather than 4. Later reissues returned the songs to their original, conflated status.
4.5/5 Bananas

"It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back"-Public Enemy


Defintley one of the top five hip-hop albums ever to be released... Basically completley created the politcal rap genre...The group's defining album..Best tracks include : "Bring The Noise", "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos", and "Don't Believe The Hype" but this whole thing is nuts..

1. Countdown To Armageddon
2. Bring The Noise
3. Don't Believe The Hype
4. Cold Lampin' With Flavor
5. Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
6. Mind Terrorist
7. Louder Than A Bomb
8. Caught, Can We Get A Witness?
9. Show Em Whatcha Got
10. She Watch Channel Zero?!
11. Night Of The Living Baseheads
12. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
13. Security Of The First World
14. Rebel Without A Pause
15. Prophets Of Rage
16. Party For Your Right To Fight
5/5 Bananas

"How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul???"-Public Enemy


2007 is the twentieth aniversary of Public Enemy's debut..One of the most influential rap groups ever, they've gone under the radar for the past few years..This album is their best since the turn of the century and arguably since 1991..Not on the same level as their first four albums, yet it does not sound the same either..Their past few albums have sounded lame at times with dated beats however many of these beats are really unique..This is PE at their best since their prime.
standout tracks: "Harder Than You Think","Escapism","Flavor Man", "See Something,Say Something"

"How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul"
"Black is Back"
"Harder Than You Think"
"Between Hard and a Rock Place"
"Sex, Drugs & Violence" (featuring KRS-One)
"Amerikan Gangster" (featuring E.Infinite)
"Can You Hear Me Now"
"Head Wide Shut"
"Flavor Man"
"The Enemy Battle Hymn of the Public"
"Escapism"
"Frankenstar"
"Col-Leepin"
"Radiation of a Radiotvmovie"
"See Something, Say Something"
"Long and Whining Road"
"Bridge of Pain"
"Eve of Destruction"
"How You Sell Soul (Time is God Refrain)"
3.5/5 Bananas

Thursday, August 16, 2007

"The Chronic"-Dr. Dre


The Chronic is one of the best produced albums in the history of hip hop.. Every track has an amazing beat and the whole album is heavily influenced by '70s funk and soul records..Dre's rhymes aren't the strongest but the whole feel of the album can't be duplicated and it still holds up 15 years after its release. Definitley one of the best gangsta rap albums of all time.

1. The Chronic (Intro)
2. Wit Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')
3. Let Me Ride
4. The Day the Niggaz Took Over
5. Nuthin' But a "G" Thang
6. Deeez Nuuuts
7. Lil' Ghetto Boy
8. A Nigga Witta Gun
9. Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat
10. The $20 Sack Pyramid
11. Lyrical Gangbang
12. High Powered
13. The Doctor's Office
14. Stranded on Death Row
15. The Roach [The Chronic Outro]
16. Bitches Ain't Shit
5/5 Bananas

Sunday, August 12, 2007

"Birth Of The Cool"-Miles Davis


This album is so noice...Miles is a genius babyyy kikik

1. Move
2. Jeru
3. Moon Dreams
4. Venus De Milo
5. Budo
6. Deception
7. Godchild
8. Boplicity
9. Rocker
10. Israel
11. Rouge
12. Darn That Dream

5/5 Bananas

"Let's Get Free"-dead prez


One of the best political rap albums since "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back"..Let's Get Free is an amazing album..Over the years it has been seen as racist by some critics but there is no denying this is one of the best underground rap albums in recent memory and one of the best rap albums of the 2000s(it was released in 2000)..

1. Wolves
2. I'm A African
3. 'They' Schools
4. Hip-Hop
5. Police State
6. Behind Enemy Lines
7. Assassination
8. Mind Sex
9. We Want Freedom
10. Be Healthy
11. Discipline
12. Psychology
13. Happiness
14. Animal In Man
15. You'll Find A Way
16. It's Bigger Than Hip-Hop
17.(Silence)
4.5/5 Bananas

Saturday, August 11, 2007

"RBG: Revolutinary But Gangsta"-dead prez


Not as good as "Let's Get Free" but still an awesome album..I never noticed how lyrical these guys were until really listening to this recently.

"Don't Forget Where U Came From" – 1:14
"Walk Like a Warrior (featuring Krayzie Bone)" – 3:32
"I Have a Dream, Too" – 4:00
"D.O.W.N" – 2:07
"Hell Yeah (Pimp The System)" – 4:12
"W-4" – 4:04
"Radio Freq" – 2:51
"Fucked Up" – 2:43
"50 In The Clip" – 2:42
"Way Of Life" – 2:57
"Don't Forget Where U Goin'" – 2:09
"Hell Yeah (Pimp The System) [Remix featuring Jay-Z]" – 4:20
3.5/5 Bananas

"Harlem's Finest: A Freestyle History"-Big L


This shows Big L was one of the illest freestylers ever...Bananas!



"Interview Intro"
"Rock N. Wills Audition"
"Stretch & Bobbito '92"
"Stretch & Bobbito '93"
"Stretch & Bobbito '94"
"Stretch & Bobbito" (feat. Jay-Z)
"Stretch & Bobbito '95 Pt. II" (feat. Jay-Z)
"139 - Tony Touch"
"Universal Freestyle"
"My Niggaz - Doo Wop"
"Stretch & Bobbito 98" (Including a part 2 that isn't on The Big Picture)
"Roc Raida Mixtape"
"Flamboyant I"
"Flamboyant Pt. II" (feat. Royal Flush)
"Kay Slay Freestyle"
"Devil's Son (Live In Amsterdam)"
"Nigga Please" (feat. Stan Spit & McGruff)
"How Will I Make It"
"Final Four Interview"
4.5/5 Bananas

"Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous"-Big L


One of the most slept on gangsta rap albums of the '90s.Big L is one of the best lyrcists in the history of hip hop..Crazy shit right here kik


"Put It On"
"MVP"
"No Endz, No Skinz"
"8 Iz Enuff"
"All Black"
"Danger Zone"
"Street Struck"
"Da Graveyard"
"Lifestylez ov da Poor & Dangerous"
"I Don't Understand It"
"Fed Up wit the Bullshit"
"Let 'Em Have It 'L'"
4/5 Bananas

Thursday, August 9, 2007

"Enta Da Stage"-Black Moon


OMG this album is so good it makes me cum..kokokok

1. Powaful Impak!
2. Niguz Talk S--t
3. Who Got Da Props?
4. Ack Like U Want It
5. Buck Em Down
6. Black Smif-N-Wessun
7. Son Get Wrec
8. Make Munne
9. Slave
10. I Got Cha Opin
11. S--t Iz Real
12. Enta Da Stage
13. How Many MC's ...
14. U Da Man
4.5/5 Bananas!

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

"Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik"-Outkast



Outkast's first album...They sound extremley different on this album considering they were only 19 years old when it was released(1994). It is considered a classic by many although I prefer a few other of their albums over this..Its just crazy listening to this and comparing it to their other albums.Some standout tracks include "Player's Ball (Original Version)","Ain't No Thang","Southerplayalisticadillacmuzik","Crumblin' Erb",and "Git Up, Get Out"


"Peaches" – :51
Samples "As If" by Soft Machine
"Myintrotoletuknow" – 2:40
"Ain't No Thang" – 5:39
Samples "Sivad" by Miles Davis
"Welcome to Atlanta (Interlude)" – :58
"Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik" – 5:18
"Call of da Wild" featuring Goodie Mob – 6:06
"Player's Ball [Original Version]" – 4:21
"Claimin' True" – 4:43
Samples "The Window" by The Steve Miller Band
"Club Donkey Ass (Interlude)" – :25
"Funky Ride" – 6:31
"Flim Flam (Interlude)" – 1:15
"Git Up, Git Out featuring Goodie Mob" – 7:27
"True Dat (Interlude)" – 1:16
"Crumblin' Erb" – 5:10
"Hootie Hoo" – 3:59
"D.E.E.P." – 5:31
"Player's Ball (Reprise)" – 2:20

4/5 Bananas

Tuesday, August 7, 2007

"ATLiens"-Outkast



This is OutKast's second album(1996) and is also one of their best..Their first album focused on many typical subjects in mainstream rap and pimping yet this one focuses on a lot of odd topics..Andre 3000 went a little nuts and stopped drinking,smoking, and having sex during this time period...He also had a lot of odd religious beliefs and started wearing a turbin(even on the cover of this album he is wearing one as a cartoon kik)..There are so many classic tracks on this.. My favorites are : ATLiens, Two Dope Boyz(In A Cadillac), and Elevators(Me & You) to name a few....Amazing shit right here..


1. You May Die (Intro)
2. Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac)
3. ATLiens
4. Wheelz Of Steel
5. Jazzy Belle
6. Elevators (Me & You)
7. Ova Da Wudz
8. Babylon
9. Wailin'
10. Mainstream
11. Decatur Psalm
12. Millennium
13. E.T. (Extraterrestrial)
14. 13th Floor/Growing Old
15. Elevators (ONP 86 Mix)

4.5/5 Bananas

Small Arms Dealer - A Singe Unifying Theory


Small Arms Dealer is a melodic punk molotov that hails from Long Island and has quickly became one of my favorite bands. Every song is so good and it never gets old. This is defintely worth a listen. 5 bannanas - 5 bannanashttp://www.mediafire.com/?aode23yznsw

Sunday, August 5, 2007

"Presidents Of The United States Of America"- Presidents Of The United States Of America


The craziest band of the '90s babbbaayyy..I really wanna be naked and famous after listening to this..kikikikik * giggles ;)


"Kitty" – 3:23
"Feather Pluckn" – 2:57
"Lump" – 2:14
"Stranger" – 3:04
"Boll Weevil" – 3:16
"Peaches" – 2:51
"Dune Buggy" – 2:44
"We Are Not Going to Make It" – 1:52
"Kick Out the Jams" – 1:25
"Body" – 4:11
"Back Porch" – 2:59
"Candy" – 3:16
"Naked and Famous" – 3:42

4/5 Bananas

"The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill"-Lauryn Hill


Too much rapping on this for me to really consider it an rnb album but too much singing on it for me too consider it a rap album..Regardless this is a classic album. I don't know how she'll ever make an album that can be nearly as good.


1. Intro
2. Lost Ones
3. Ex-Factor
4. To Zion
5. Doo Wop (That Thing)
6. Superstar
7. Final Hour
8. When It Hurts So Bad
9. I Used To Love Him
10. Forgive Them Father
11. Every Ghetto, Every City
12. Nothing Even Matters
13. Everything Is Everything
14. The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill
15. Can't Take My Eyes Off You (hidden track)
16. Tell Him
4.5/5 Bananas

"Rage Against The Machine"- Rage Against The Machine


Before I listened to this I judged them on "The Battle Of Los Angeles" which is a solid album but not a classic imo...This album is bananas and much better imo..Their debut album and also their best..

"Bombtrack" – 4:05
"Killing in the Name" – 5:14
"Take the Power Back" – 5:37
"Settle for Nothing" – 4:49
"Bullet in the Head" – 5:09
"Know Your Enemy" – 4:57
"Wake Up" – 6:04
"Fistful of Steel" – 5:31
"Township Rebellion" – 5:25
"Freedom" – 6:06
4.5/5 Bananas

Friday, August 3, 2007

"4:21...The Day After"-Method Man




I didn't expect a whole lot when I heard Meth was coming back with a new album a few months ago but after reading a few positive reviews I purchased it and was suprised..This is actually a very solid come back album with a few tracks that really stand out..Not as good as Tical but it is the next best effort that he has put out.


1. Intro
2. Is It Me
3. Problem
4. Somebody Done F**ked Up
5. Shaolin Soldier (Skit)
6. Fall Out
7. Dirty Mef (Feat. Ol' Dirty Bastard)
8. 4:20
9. Let's Ride
10. The Glide
11. Kids (Skit)
12. Got To Have It
13. Say (Feat. Lauryn Hill)
14. Ya'meen
15. Konichiwa Bi*ches
16. Everything
17. Walk On
18. Pimpin' (Skit)
19. Presidential MC
20. 4 Ever
3.5/5 Bananas

"Aquemini"- Outkast


This album will take a few listens to really sink in but is truly a masterpiece..To me..this album defines the group..Their 3rd album, "Aquemini" is taken from both of the members zodiac signs (aquarius and gemini)..There is a good mix of guests on this album everyone from Raekwon,George Clinton, Cee-Lo, Erkyah Badu, Witchdoctor, and Slick Rick( a writer on "Da Art Of Storytellin' Part 1")..It somehow works perfectly..A lot of controversy came out of the song "Rosa Parks" in which they rap about how they were pushed to the back of the music industry because they were different much like Rosa Parks was told to sit in the back of the bus because of her skin color..The actual Rosa Parks heard the song and found it offensive because of all the profanity and because she wasn't asked if it was okay if they used her name as the title...5 mics in the source in 1998 at a time when rap was dominated by materialism..
The Source-
"Aquemini is a brilliant record.... It possesses an uncanny blend of sonic beauty, poignant lyricism and spirituality that compels without commanding. The record offers a rich blend of potent beats--tight snares, booming kicks and cool rimshots--and a diverse tapestry of various musical textures...."

1. Hold On, Be Strong
2. Return Of The 'G'
3. Rosa Parks
4. Skew It On The Bar-B
5. Aquemini
6. Synthesizer
7. Slump
8. West Savannah
9. Da Art Of Storytellin' (Part 1)
10. Da Art Of Storytellin' (Part 2)
11. Mamacita
12. SpottieOttieDopaliscious
13. Y'All Scared
14. Nathaniel
15. Liberation
16. Chonkyfire
4.5/5 Bananas

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

Jets to Brazil - Orange Rhyming Dictionary


Hey guys, I'm back and here is one of my all time favorite albums. After Jawbreaker disbanded, Blake Schwarzenbach moved to NYC and began playing some tunes with a friend, Jeremey Chatelain. They then recruited Texas Is The Reason drummer Chris Daly to round out the band. This release is their first out of three, and in my opinion, their best. The lyrics don't compare to those in Jawbreaker, although they are just as heart-breaking and poetic. I hadn't listened to it in a while, and then a song came up on my iTunes shuffle and I was brought right back to when I first listened to this album. The music is, I'd say, less "punk" than Jawbreaker, but more technical and well-rounded. There are some good leads and the music molds well into the lyrics. In my opinion, the best songs are "Sea Anemone" (the lyrics are great), "Sweet Avenue" (aw, it's a love song!), "I Typed For Miles" (the best part is at the end when Blake screams "you keep fucking up my life!"), "Lemon Yellow Black" (a fun song overall), and "King Medicine" (everything just goes well together in this song). There is only one song under 4 minutes on this album, but you'll be wishing that every song was longer than it already is.

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