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01. Light It Up (Intro)/New Reality Style
02. Life Saver
03. Living in This World
04. Looking Through Darkness
05. Watch What You Say
06. Defining Purpose
07. For You
08. Medicine
09. Lost Souls
10. Nobody Knows (The Real Deal)
11. Hip Hop as a Way of Life
12. Respect the Architect
13. Feel the Music
14. Young Ladies
15. The Traveler
16. Maintaining Focus
17. Count Your Blessings
18. Choice of Weapons
19. Something in the Past
20. Revelation (Alot on My Mind)
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The follow-up to the heavily acclaimed Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1. This album might not have quite as much jazz-rap power as the first volume did, but it's still quite good. Some of the big guns of jazz found their way into the album, including Branford Marsalis (who, of course, had already experimented with urban beats a bit with his Buckshot Lefonque project), Freddie Hubbard, Ramsey Lewis, and Kenny Garrett. Underground rapper Kool Keith (at this point still a member of the Ultramagnetics) also makes an appearance. Dancehall reggae princess Patra is included on a track, as are Chaka Khan and Me'Shell N'Degeocello; Jamiroquai helps out in another. In some ways, the personnel on this album may be slightly superior to the first outing, but the music also seems a tiny bit blander. Still, what makes the Jazzmatazz albums special is the live synthesis of jazz and rap. With Guru's vocals over the top of live jazz performers (as opposed the usual samples), interplay is facilitated between the two, and thus a whole new dimension is added to the fusion. For someone interested in jazz-rap in general, the first album is a higher priority (as would be Us3's albums, with extensive Blue Note sampling), but this album is still high on the list.
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