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the pharcyde, "runnin'"

IDK why this seminal L.A. hip-hop quartet doesn't get more love/respect. When I listen to this track I hear Dilla's influence straight away -- he samples Stan Getz's "Saudade Vem Correndo", loops his sax parts, and then drops a snippet of Run-DMC's "Rock Box" on top of it for good measure. Artists from Wiz Khalifa to UNKLE to Juice Wrld to JPEFMafia have used it in some form. And it's appeared in "8 Mile," "Entourage," "New York Undercover" and "Big Daddy," among other shows. It's a very unique, L.A. (not 2Pac or NWA's L.A.) take on alternative hip-hop (which De La Soul, another Dilla-produced group, was also mining). I think they were incredibly influential for an act that had really only one bona-fide "hit" and barely went gold once during their active career. P.S.: I'm pretty certain that the slang phrase "low key" is invented here (it's 1995, BTW). "Amani, Booty Brown Fatlip and Slimkid Tre/ we do it this way, we do it this way."

@coreydubrowa

Sep 21, 2024

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camp lo, 'uptown saturday night'

I don't know why Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede don't get more love when the subject of "golden age hip hop" comes up. Dudes were from the heart of it all, the Boogie Down (in fact their producer Ski Beatz lived in the same building -- 1520 Sedgwick -- that Kool Herc had once lived in back in the day). They invented their own lingo -- luchini = loot, jiggy vines = 70s style threads they were pioneering around the same time Digable and the Beasties were dressing that way, sugar dimes = hotties, Amaeret-tah = their beverage of choice, Hollywood = high life, etc. They were obsessed with the 70s films Uptown Saturday Night and Cooley High, this pretty much formed the basis of their entire steez. The link here is to "Luchini" which is their anthem/best known track. I've got a lot of time for this album three decades down the line. Dig the Marvin Gaye album cover pastiche too.

@coreydubrowa

Apr 16, 2024

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June 27 dj screw

nobody ever wants to listen to a 35 minute freestyle rap anymore 😔 (ft. Big Pokey, Key C, Kay-Luv, Yungstar, Big Moe, Haircut Joe, DeMo)

@scumpoet

Sep 22, 2024

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Goat Girl, Blind Faith

Goat Girl's first album (called Goat Girl). They've had two since then, including one released in the past few weeks; can't comment on that one. But the first one is stripped-down, raw, awesome. Also, dozens of covers of Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home." Everyone has covered this 50-year-old song; it's a masterpiece.

@avocado876

Aug 2, 2024