Poor Righteous Teachers - Pure Poverty (1991)

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01. Shakiyla

02. Easy Star

03. Self-Styled Wisdom

04. Hot Damn I'm Great

05. Strictly Mash'ion

06. Nation's Anthem

07. Each One Teach One

08. Rappin' Black

09. Just Servin' Justice

10. Freedom Or Death

11. Methods Of Droppin' Mental

12. Pure Poverty

13. I'm Comin' Again

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Poor Righteous Teachers On Allmusic.com

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The UMC's - Fruits Of Nature (1991) **Staten Island**

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01. One To Grow On

02. Kraftworks

03. Morals

04. Blue Cheese

05. Swing It To the Area

06. Never Never Land

07. You Got My Back

08. Jive Talk

09. Feelings

10. Any Way The Wind Blows

11. Pass It On

12. Woman Be Out

13. Hey Here We Go

14. It's Gonna Last

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On their debut album, Fruits of Nature, the UMC's (Hass G and Kool Kim) are endlessly imaginative, witty, and effervescent by disposition and lyrical flow, and always intelligent. When it came to the music, co-producers Hass G and RNS decked it out in vintage soul and old Blue Note-styled tracks, with reams of obscure, idiosyncratic vocal samples tossed in as hooks, breaks, and bridges. The resulting effort is yet another vastly underrated rap album out of those banner years in hip-hop, 1991 and 1992, when commercial and economic instincts had yet to turn the music formulaic. The ironic thing is that nearly everything on Fruits of Nature is sing-along catchy and so ebullient that it would have sounded great bounding out of radios or from MTV. Unfortunately, it is also the sort of hip-hop that is too idiosyncratic and brainy to garner a widespread audience. Instead of alchemizing their jazz-tinged sensibility into a more earnest and reverent underground hip-hop extension of the jazz tradition, UMC's twist their jazzy inclinations into what are essentially pop songs that, even while generating a singular style all their own, cover the full range of the catchiness spectrum: ingratiating melodic tunes ("One to Grow On"), carbonated word play ("Blue Cheese"), cleverly disguised boasts and straight rhyming ("Kraftworks," "Swing It to the Area," "Any Way the Wind Blows"), loping urban anthems ("You Got My Back," "Jive Talk"), and more serious-minded cuts ("Morals"). There's even an urban take on storybook tales ("Never Never Land") and a sort of ballad ("Feelings"). The commercial failure of the UMC's and groups like them opened up hip-hop to the same sort of Top 40-ready and cookie-cutter artistry in the latter part of the decade that had previously swallowed rock and pop music. For a brief couple years, though, rap as uniquely excellent as Fruits of Nature could be found around every street corner.

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Larry Larr - Da Wizard Of Odds (1991)

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01. Line 2 Line, Rhyme 4 Rhyme

02. Larry, That's What They Call Me

03. Lampin'

04. Neighborhood Puppet

05. Donna

06. My Ace, My Pal, My Partner

07. Confused

08. Ya Know What I'm Sayin'

09. Da Wizzard Of Odds

10. Jazz It Up

11. Keep On Y'all

12. My Own Style

13. Get Funky

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Larry Larr was part of the wave of rappers who came out of Philadelphia from the mid 80s through the early 90s, such as Schooly D, Steady B, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Cool C, Tuff Crew, Three Times Dope, and Hansoul. He released one album, Da Wizzard Of Odds in 1991, which features appearances by E.S.T. from Three Times Dope and Kwame'. The singles released from that album were 'Confused' and 'Larry, That's What They Call Me'.

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Greyson & Jaysun - Sweatin' Me Wet (1991)

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01. I Don't Play

02. Livin' Like A Troopa

03. I'm Crazy

04. Sweatin' Me Wet

05. Hard As They Come

06. Laura

07. Get Bizzy (Feat. Slick Rick)

08. Intoxicated

09. Shammin'

10. Basketball

11. Girls B Buggin'

12. Special Thanx

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Big Daddy Kane - The Lover In You / Git Bizzy / Get Down (1991) [CD, Maxi-Single]

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01. The Lover In You (Album Version)

02. The Lover In You (Mr Cee's Remix)

03. The Lover In You (Mr Cee's Remix Instrumental)

04. Git Bizzy (Album Version)

05. Get Down (Remix)

06. Get Down (Remix Instrumental)

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Big Daddy Kane - Keep 'Em On The Floor (1991) [CD, Single]

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01. Keep 'Em On The Floor (Double Bass Mix)

02. It's Hard Being The Kane (Powerlab Mix)

03. It's Hard Being The Kane (Extended Remix)

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Tony D. - Droppin' Funky Verses (1991) **New Jersey**

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01. Check The Elevation

02. Buggin' On The Line

03. Tony Don't Play That

04. E.F.F.E.C.T.

05. Don't Fall For The Gas Line

06. Birdie Disease

07. Droppin' Funky Verses

08. Listen To Me Brother

09. Harvey Wallbanger

10. Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'

11. I Know Who I Am

12. Stop Racism

13. Shoe Polish

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Tony D, born Anthony Depula (died April 5, 2009, in Hamilton, New Jersey), was an American hip hop DJ, Emcee and musician from Trenton, New Jersey, USA. He was the first artist to have a record released on Mark Rae's burgeoning British Grand Central Records independent record label (then called Gone Clear Records). His other albums were released on Cha-Ching Records and 4th & B'way Records, and he was a part of the group Crusaders for Real Hip Hop, which released one album on Profile Records.Tony D's early records were sampled by artists including Naughty by Nature on the hit "O.P.P." and by Heavy D, without permission. All cases were settled out of court.He had also worked as a producer for DJ Muggs, Outsidaz, Scott Lark, Poor Righteous Teachers, Young Zee, King Sun, Blvd Mosse, and Pace Won. He was last reported to be working on a band project called The WBs.Apart from Tony D., Depula was also known professionally under the names Harvee Wallbangar and Grand Pubha Tony D.Depula died on April 5, 2009, after being involved in a car accident near his home in Hamilton, New Jersey. He was reported to be 42 years old, making the year of his birth to be either 1966 or 1967. An investigation of the accident is pending.

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MC Solaar - Qui Sème Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo (1991) **French Rap**

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01. Intro

02. Qui Sème Le Vent Récolte Le Tempo

03. Matière Grasse Contre Matière Grise

04. Victime De La Mode

05. Histoire De l'Art

06. Armand Est Mort

07. Quartier Nord

08. Interlude

09. Temps Partiel

10. Caroline

11. Musique Adoucit Les Meurs

12. Bouge De Là (part. 1)

13. Bouge De Là (part.2)

14. Ragga Jam

15. Devise

16. Funky Dreamer

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The best and most popular French rapper, MC Solaar found success in America among fans of acid jazz and jazz-rap (if not the larger hip-hop community) after guesting on Guru's acclaimed Jazzmatazz project. His fluid phrasing makes up for his lack of English, and the production on his solo work (by DJ Jimmy Jay and Boom Bass of La Funk Mob) surpasses that of most of his hip-hop contemporaries.Born Claude M'Barali in Senegal, Solaar later moved to Paris and released his first single, "Bouge de La," in 1990. Two later tracks became French hits, prompting the release of his first album, Qui Seme le Vent Recolte le Tempo, in 1991. Introduced to the U.S. by way of two compilations (Tommy Boy's Planet Rap and Island's The Rebirth of Cool), MC Solaar recorded "Le Bien, Le Mal" for 1993's Jazzmatazz LP. His second album, Prose Combat, earned an American release on Cohiba by 1994. Paradisiaque followed in 1997, and Solaar returned a year later with a self-titled effort. La Tour de la Question appeared in 1999.

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Professor Griff - Kao's II Wiz*7*Dome (1991) **EX Public Enemy**

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01. Assassination Attempt

02. Kao's II Wiz *7* Dome

03. Mental Genocide

04. Joey Hate Rap Calls The Cops

05. Fugitive

06. Jail Sale

07. Crucified (Prologue)

08. Crucified

09. Rev 2:26

10. Attention Please (Prologue) Verbal Intercourse

11. My Ideology

12. The Late Great Black Man

13. In-Cog-Negrow

14. Grandma Vanilla Don't Like Loud Rap Music

15. Bro Kemit Splitting Atom's In The Corporate War Zone

16. Blax Thanx Pt II

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Kao's II Wiz*7*Dome is the second album by emcee Professor Griff. The album was released on July 23, 1991, on Luke/Atlantic Records and was produced by Professor Griff, Luke Skyywalker, and Kavon Shah. The album was even less commercially successful than his previous album, Pawns in the Game, only making it to #70 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. One single was released, titled "Jail Sale," but it did not make it to any of the Billboard charts. The number seven refers to the Nation of Gods and Earths, of which Griff is a member.

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Son Of Bazerk - Bazerk, Bazerk, Bazerk (1991)

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01. Band Gets Swivey On The Wheels

02. Part One

03. Change The Style

04. One Time for the Rebel

05. What Could Be Better Bitch

06. Bang (Get Down, Get Down)!

07. Trapped Inside the Rage of Jahwell

08. Sex, Sex and More Sex

09. N-41

10. Are You Wit Me

11. J Dub's Theme

12. Lifestyles Of The Blacks In The Brick

13. Honesty

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The sharply dressed Son of Bazerk and his equally dapper cohorts, Cassandra (aka MC Halfpint), Almighty Jahwell, Daddy Rawe, and Sandman, collectively dubbed No Self Control, delivered the remarkably explosive Bazerk Bazerk Bazerk for MCA in 1991. Produced by the Bomb Squad and boasting the turntable skills of Public Enemy's Terminator X, the album featured the dizzying James Brown-inspired "Change the Style," one of the best singles released during rap's golden age. Two other singles, "Bang (Get Down, Get Down)" and "What Could Be Better Bitch" didn't catch on as well as "Change the Style," but the album as a whole stands proud next to the Bomb Squad's other classic productions.

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Terminator X & The Valley Of The Jeep Beets (1991) **Public Enemy's DJ**

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01. Vendetta... The Big Getback
02. Buck Whylin' (Feat. Chuck D Introducing Sister Souljah)
03. Homey Don't Play Dat (Feat. Bonnie 'N' Clyde)
04. Juvenile Delinquintz (Feat. Juvenile Delinquintz)
05. The Blues (Feat. Andreas 13)
06. Back To The Scene Of The Bass (Feat. The Interrogators)
07. Can't Take My Style (Instrumental)
08. Wanna Be Dancin' (Feat. Celo Of The Casino Brothers)
09. DJ Is The Selector (Feat. Dubmaster)
10. Run That Go-Power Thang (Feat. Spacey B Experience)
11. No Further (Feat. Section 8)
12. High Priest Of Turbulence (Instrumental)
13. Ain't Got Nuttin' (Feat. The Chief Groovy Loo)

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For hardcore Public Enemy fans, the release of Terminator X's debut solo album, Terminator X & the Valley of the Jeep Beets, in 1991 was a major event. Terminator X, of course, is best-known for his work as Public Enemy's DJ; his cutting and scratching added a lot to five-star albums like Fear of a Black Planet and It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, and he has a well-deserved reputation for being one of hip-hop's most creative turntable manipulators. When you're talking about great hip-hop DJs, Terminator's name deserves to be mentioned along with the likes of Grandmaster Flash, Jam Master Jay, Cut Creator, and the seminal Kool DJ Herc. Not surprisingly, Public Enemy's influence is quite strong on this album, and yet Terminator X & the Valley of the Jeep Beets is hardly a carbon copy of PE's releases. Public Enemy leader Chuck D has a cameo on "Buck Whylin'," but ultimately this album is about Terminator's skills as a DJ/producer. Various rappers are featured, including Juvenile Delinquintz, Andreas 13, the Interrogators, and the controversial Sister Souljah; and the album detours into R&B singing when Section 8 is employed on "No Further." Overall, the raps are decent without being remarkable; most of the rapping isn't on a par with what Chuck D and Flavor Flav gave us on PE gems like "Fight the Power" and "Don't Believe the Hype." Terminator's turntable skills are what, more than anything, make this CD worth the price of admission. Even if a particular rap is merely adequate, Terminator maintains one's attention with his consistently imaginative deejaying. Not perfect but generally enjoyable, Terminator X & the Valley of the Jeep Beets is worth checking out if you're an admirer of his work with Public Enemy.

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Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs - Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto (1991)

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01. I'm Different
02. Speak Upon It (w/ Ace & Quan And Def Jef)
03. Feel Like A Nut
04. I Got To Have It
05. She Said It Was Great
06. Dedicated To The Right Wingers
07. Gotta Have Money (If You Ain't Got Money, You Ain't Got Jack)
08. Let Me Tickle Your Fancy (Feat. Pure Blend)
09. Be A Father To Your Child
10. Stop (Think for a Moment)
11. Bug-A-Boo
12. Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto

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If you truly know east coast Hip-Hop, you know you need to be checkin’ for Ed O.G. Reppin’ Boston since the early 90’s, the MC now also known as Edo G, has been a staple on the east coast since dropping his seminal classic Life Of A Child In The Ghetto back in 1991. Hailing straight outta Roxbury, Ed has built an iconic following in his hometown as well as around the globe. Whether collaborating with homegrown talent or working closely with golden era legends, Edo has consistently been on the grind. His last album, My Own Worst Enemy, released in 2004, was produced entirely, in largely unprecedented fashion, by legendary beatsmith Pete Rock.
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Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)

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01. Lost at Birth
02. Rebirth
03. Nighttrain
04. Can't Truss It
05. I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Niga
06. How to Kill a Radio Consultant
07. By the Time I Get to Arizona
08. Move!
09. 1 Million Bottlebags
10. More News at 11
11. Shut 'Em Down
12. Letter to the New York Post
13. Get the Fuck Outta Dodge
14. Bring tha Noise (w/ Anthrax)
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Coming down after the twin high-water marks of It Takes a Nation of Millions and Fear of a Black Planet, Public Enemy shifted strategy a bit for their fourth album, Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black. By and large, they abandon the rich, dense musicality of Planet, shifting toward a sleek, relentless, aggressive attack, Yo! Bum Rush the Show by way of the lessons learned from Millions. This is surely a partial reaction to their status as the Great Black Hope of rock & roll; they had been embraced by a white audience almost in greater numbers than black, leading toward rap-rock crossovers epitomized by this album's leaden, pointless remake of "Bring the Noise" as a duet with thrash metallurgists Anthrax. It also signals the biggest change here, the transition of the Bomb Squad to executive-producer status, leaving a great majority of the production to their disciples, the Imperial Grand Ministers of Funk. This isn't a great change, since the Public Enemy sound has firmly been established, giving the new producers a template to work with, but it is a notable change, one that results in a record with a similar sound but a different feel: a harder, angrier, determined sound, one that takes its cues from the furious anger surging through Chuck D's sociopolitical screeds. And this is surely PE's most political effort, surpassing Millions through the use of focused, targeted anger, a tactic evident on Planet. Yet it was buried there, due to the seductiveness of the music. Here, everything is on the surface, with the bluntness of the music hammering home the message. Arriving after two records where the words and music were equally labyrinthine, folding back on each other in dizzying, intoxicating ways, it is a bit of a letdown to have Apocalypse be so direct, but there is no denying that the end result is still thrilling and satisfying, and remains one of the great records of the golden age of hip-hop.
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Naughty By Nature - Naughty By Nature (1991)

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01. Yoke the Joker

02. Wickedest Man Alive (Feat. Queen Latifah)

03. O.P.P.

04. Everything's Gonna Be Alright

05. Let the Ho's Go

06. Everyday All Day

07. Guard Your Grill

08. Pin the Tail on the Donkey

09. 1, 2, 3 (Feat. Lakim Shabazz)

10. Strike a Nerve

11. Rhyme'll Shine On

12. Thankx for Sleepwalking

13. Uptown Anthem

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To qualify as a classic, a rap album must be solid from start to finish, containing no fillers,all thrillers. The musical production should match the lyrical skills of the MCs and the artist should posses his or her own style and flavor. Naughty By Nature's self-titled debut can rightfully be called timeless. When it dropped in 1991, the global hip-hop community took notice, and its stature stands years later. Featured here is the sing-along club classic "O.P.P." Queen Latifah spices up "Wickedest Man Alive" while Lakim Shabazz guests on the Luis "Louie Louie" Vega-produced "1,2,3." This collection of bouncy beats and powerful rhymes is a must-have for lovers of East Coast hip-hop.

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Professor X - Years Of The 9, On The Blackhand Side (1991) **X-Clan**

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01. Sleeper Has Awakened

02. What's Up G?

03. Call A Spade A Spade

04. Definition Of A Sissy

05. Years Of The 9, On The Blackhand Side

06. Ahh!

07. Vanglorious Crib

08. Black Boot Stomp

09. Gorillas In The Mist

10. Reality

11. Pull Up To The Bump

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As a member of the fiercely polemical hip-hop collective X-Clan, Professor X spearheaded rap music's embrace of Black Nationalist politics, later continuing his activism with a series of solo efforts. The son of civil rights pioneer Sonny Carson, Professor X was born Lumumba Carson in Brooklyn in 1956. As a child, he met Malcolm X and regularly accompanied his father in traveling to political rallies both at home and abroad. But as a teen Carson drifted into gang life, and was shot, stabbed, and imprisoned before rededicating his life to politics, vowing to introduce his father's principles into hip-hop. Carson first entered the music business as a promoter for rappers like Whodini. Some years older than the artists he mentored, he eventually dubbed himself Professor X in honor of the brilliant guru leading comic book heroes the X-Men. In 1988 Professor X teamed with Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson "Brother J" (born Jason Hunter), the Rhythem Provider "Sugar Shaft" (Anthony Hardin), and Grand Architect "Paradise" (Claude Grey) to found the Brooklyn-based X-Clan. Clad in medallions and traditional Black Nationalist gear, X-Clan immediately served notice that their music would serve to educate and uplift listeners of all races and creeds. Professor X was the group's sage, spouting his signature lyric "Vainglorious! This is protected by the red, the black, and the green with a key, sissy!" on several cuts on their acclaimed 1990 debut LP, To the East, Blackwards. The album fell just shy of the R&B Top Ten, as did its 1992 follow-up, Xodus. In the interim, Professor X issued his debut solo effort, Years of the 9, On the Blackhand Side, and after X-Clan dissolved, he resurfaced in 1993 with Puss 'n Boots (The Struggle Continues...). As the rise of gangsta rap cast conscious hip-hop to the commercial margins, Professor X channeled his energies into more traditional activist pursuits, co-founding the Black Muslim group Blackwatch. Amid rumors of an X-Clan reunion, Professor X died of complications from spinal meningitis on March 17, 2006.

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3rd Bass - Derelicts Of Dialect (1991)

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01. The Merchant Of Grooves

02. Derelicts Of Dialect

03. Ace In The Hole

04. French Toast

05. Portrait Of The Artist As A Hood

06. Pop Goes The Weasel

07. Sea Vessel Soliloquy

08. Daddy Rich In The Land Of 1210

09. Word To The Third

10. Herbalz In Your Mouth

11. Al'z A-B-Cee'z

12. No Master Plan No Master Race

13. Come In

14. No Static At All

15. Eye Jammie

16. Microphone Techniques

17. Problem Child

18. 3 Strikes 5000

19. Kick Em In The Grill

20. Green Eggs And Swine

21. Derelicts Of Dialect (SD50 Remix)

22. Pop Goes The Weasel

23. M.C. Disagree And The Re-Animator

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Although 3rd Bass didn't fully realize their tremendous potential, the Brooklyn rappers offered enjoyable, if uneven, albums. Like the group's 1989 debut, their second and final album, Derelicts of Dialect, makes it clear that the MCs weren't aiming for the pop charts, and were loyal only to the hip-hop hardcore. When MC Serch and Pete Nice tear into such aggressive and forceful declarations as "Pop Goes the Weasel" (an inflammatory attack on Vanilla Ice), "Portrait of the Artist as a Hood," and "Ace in the Hole," it's clear why they were among the few white MCs who were successful in the young black community, someone who heard their rapping without seeing their picture could easily assume they were black. Although the goofy "Herbalz in Your Mouth" shows some De La Soul and Tribe Called Quest influence, 3rd Bass don't allow themselves to be nearly as lighthearted, and keep things hardcore and intense.

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Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - All Souled Out [EP] (1991)

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01. Good Life

02. Mecca and the Soul Brother

03. Go with the Flow

04. The Creator

05. All Souled Out

06. Good Life (Group Home Mix)

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This six-song EP officially introduced Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth to the hip-hop listening community, and it is hard to imagine a stronger or more confident introduction. Pete Rock's unmatched production sound is already in place, fully-formed, drenched in obscure soul music samples and rumbling, cavernous bass. Characterized by his trademark sonic signature, muted and phased trumpet, and flute loops, the songs sound regal with endless depth (with the exception, perhaps, of his own enjoyably buoyant rhyming vehicle, "The Creator"). Of course, C.L. Smooth's lyrics have just as much to do with that regal quality. His vocals are so laid-back and understated, even soothing, that they can be deceptive and difficult to grasp. Once the listener finds a way in, however, there is much to be found in his words; bypassing the normal rap self-involvements, Smooth instead opts to make moral arguments and ask intellectual questions of the urban community, in essence holding a mirror up to that community without ever devolving into didacticism or soap-box judgment. He is decidedly tough-minded but also sympathetic. Standouts include both versions of "Good Life," the irresistible "Go With the Flow," and the anthemic title track, with rapid-fire rhyming from Smooth and a perfectly funky organ riff, but the whole EP is essential.

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