Good post...alot of us ATLiens consider "I'm Serious" to be a slept-on hit...had some classic shit on there honestly
Shit I still jam that album to this day.
Before They Were Famous: 10 Little-known Debuts from Big-time Rappers
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Shit I still jam that album to this day.
Does anyone know when or why producers were incorporating da sax in so many of da beats during that era???
For myself, it originated from 'My Philosophy,' the greatest set of vibrations I've ever heard. Now, the roots of the production, to my knowledge, goes back to Critical Beatdown. They did experimental and influential things, sonically, with that record. And you can also factor in Pete Rock (and Marley) for molding that organic jazz fusion over homely bass and hard drums (knocks). The wind echos and low hums definitely come from his production.
Good post...alot of us ATLiens consider "I'm Serious" to be a slept-on hit...had some classic shit on there honestly
That's where I first got wind of TI and actually thought it was a banger. First song I heard was "Hotel." Shit rocked.
The Mobb Deep album I remember because of the Hit It from The back video.
The GZA I remember the "Come do me" video and thought it was king of dry along with RZAs " We Love you Raheem"
The Fugees first album was introduced to me by a local artist who I went to school with. That Vocab joint was fire with just the acoustics. The remixes put them in the mix though.
Man...I stayed up in the Wiz and Tower Records so I peeped most of these cats when they dropped those Freshman joints. Some let you know who was gonna blow.
'24s' really, really helped and escalated T.I.'s career as an artist IMO. Following the strings sound that rappers Jim Crow, amongst others had set: 'Holla At A Playa.'
And the 'Be Easy' track is/was a monster that proved that a "pull up in a blue coup that's damn near clear," rapper could rock over an organic/ backpack track.
And the 'Be Easy' track is/was a monster that proved that a "pull up in a blue coup that's damn near clear," rapper could rock over an organic/ backpack track.
Got'cha.
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You wouldn't happen to have a the link to T.U.I. tho?
Shit I still jam that album to this day.
Me too...me and my friends were talking about this yesterday...the media really tried to dog TIP on the Serious album...man we had those big ass cd players with the skip protection in the bookbag, jamming that album and Pastor Troy-We Ready...those are considered hometown classics that should be viewed the same nationally, especially Pastor Troy's debut....that album did to Atlanta what DMX did to New York
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