Favorite summertime album

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:17 am

What are some of your favorite summer albums? Don't be dropping the The Doveshack shit in every "summer thread" either. Albums, through and through which are your favorites and why.

Both Death Certificate and Midnight Marauders are a great summer albums even though they dropped in the fall. The same with Enta Da Stage and Word...Life.

De La always made great summertime albums like Buhloone Mind State but really their best summer album that was actually released in the summer is Stakes Is High.

Even though all these albums were recorded in different times and released 4-8 months after, they always carry a specific seasonal feel. Take CNN's "War Report" that shit is winter. "The Infamous" might be fall and Ras Kass' Soul On Ice is definitely summer(ish) for me.

What are yours?

ANU · Post by **ANU** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:35 am

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:06 am

Soul On Ice reminds you of summer? F'real?

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:08 am

Thun wrote:Soul On Ice reminds you of summer? F'real?

A lot actually, Drama, Marinatin, Anything Goes, Reelishymn just to name a few. I think the complexity doesn't give off that vibe but many of the beats do.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:17 am

Philaflava wrote:
Thun wrote:Soul On Ice reminds you of summer? F'real?
A lot actually, Drama, Marinatin, Anything Goes, Reelishymn just to name a few. I think the complexity doesn't give off that vibe but many of the beats do.

Yeah I forgot that he had some g-funkish type tracks on it. I've always associated it with winter because of the super cynical, almost depressing content and of course the title and cover.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:27 am

Thun wrote:
Philaflava wrote:
Thun wrote:Soul On Ice reminds you of summer? F'real?
A lot actually, Drama, Marinatin, Anything Goes, Reelishymn just to name a few. I think the complexity doesn't give off that vibe but many of the beats do.
Yeah I forgot that he had some g-funkish type tracks on it. I've always associated it with winter because of the super cynical, almost depressing content and of course the title and cover.

I went back to listen the album after the recent TROY thread and realized how much I really enjoy the production on it.

stype_ones · Post by **stype_ones** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:30 am

Lost Boyz - Legal Drug Money will always remind me of summer, as will It Was Written and Beats Rhymes and Life..

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:35 am

Midnight Marauders and Stakes Is High are great choices. Midnight Marauders is the ultimate summer album.

As far as recent albums go, Below the Heavens is a good summertime album.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:36 am

Icesickle wrote: Below the Heavens is a good summertime album.

Yup.

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:37 am

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zygmontone · Post by **zygmontone** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:47 am

this is personalized and subjective, but i think "summer" when forced to give a season to these albums. i missed a couple and i didn't repeat artists which i could have for a couple

ardamus · Post by **ardamus** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:47 am

zygmontone · Post by **zygmontone** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:50 am

Thun wrote:
Philaflava wrote:
Thun wrote:Soul On Ice reminds you of summer? F'real?
A lot actually, Drama, Marinatin, Anything Goes, Reelishymn just to name a few. I think the complexity doesn't give off that vibe but many of the beats do.
Yeah I forgot that he had some g-funkish type tracks on it. I've always associated it with winter because of the super cynical, almost depressing content and of course the title and cover.

ha me too, the subject matter and tone is what keeps me from thinking summer... i actually haven't listened to ras kass in a while i should relisten to that album.

also, i've never heard that doveshack or the nonce album, would someone up those if they had a chance?

indianaJ0nes · Post by **indianaJ0nes** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:04 pm

warren g-g funk era

the pharcyde-bizarre ride II

murs-murray's revenge

GM Dizzy Skillespie · Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:30 pm

Philaflava wrote:
Thun wrote:
Philaflava wrote:
Thun wrote:Soul On Ice reminds you of summer? F'real?
A lot actually, Drama, Marinatin, Anything Goes, Reelishymn just to name a few. I think the complexity doesn't give off that vibe but many of the beats do.
Yeah I forgot that he had some g-funkish type tracks on it. I've always associated it with winter because of the super cynical, almost depressing content and of course the title and cover.
I went back to listen the album after the recent TROY thread and realized how much I really enjoy the production on it.

I've completely dismissed this album from my life because of the same reasons Thun just mentioned. For some reason, I just hear the name of that record and Nature of the Threat and Soul On Ice come to mind and I think, "I don't want to listen to that dark album, it's summer all the time here, I'm putting on Pharcyde again!"

I'll fix that today I think.

definitely any Heiro/Pharcyde/Native Tongues/Juice Crew gets heavy summer rotation. It just has that vibe, lot of vibing out sounds, lot of funky drummer/james brown samples/p-funk samples, it just works.

Blackalicious - Melodica has been getting a ton of play this summer. I listen to "40oz for Breakfast" every morning it seems. not that I drink a long, but I just love the grooves.

axel foley · Post by **axel foley** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 12:54 pm

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:21 pm

My brain immediately says Midnight Marauders but Only Built 4 Cuban Linx was and still is my go to album for driving through Atlantic City and other havens for tourists.

Nothing like bumping Criminology at 120 dB when you're stopped at a red light next to a car full of frat bro's/benny's/guidos.

Tommy Bunz · Post by **Tommy Bunz** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:31 pm

zygmontone · Post by **zygmontone** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:41 pm

Tommy Bunz wrote:

yup this too.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:43 pm

Smithee · Post by **Smithee** » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:34 pm

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:43 am

Enta Da Stage is pure wintermusic IMO. There are very few eastcoast records that are summery, atleast to me.

Too Short - Cocktales
2nd II None - Classic 220
Dj Quik - Rhytm-Al-Ism
Twinz - Conversation
Battlecat - Gumbo Roots
Kam - Made In America
BG Knoccout & Dresta - Real Brothas
Jayo Felony - Whatcha Gonna Do
Field Mob- Lightpoles
PW & Cham - Get Ya Mind Correct

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:46 am

The Nonce- World Ultimate
Haiku De'Tat- Self-Titled
Down South - Lost In Brooklyn
Boogiemonsters - Riders Of The Storm

budhaa head · Post by **budhaa head** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:05 am

Fat 4 Ever - Black Cocaine W No Shame

Kiran187 · Post by **Kiran187** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:18 pm

Outkast - Southernplaylisticfunkymuzik
Raekwon - Only Built for Cuban Linx
Lost Boyz - Legal Drug Money
Dr. Dre - Chronic 2001
Frankie Cutlass - Politics and Bullshit

wheels · Post by **wheels** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:22 pm

The Cold Vein

jvg · Post by **jvg** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 6:19 pm

zygmontone · Post by **zygmontone** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 9:05 pm

Thun wrote:The Nonce- World Ultimate

zygmontone wrote:also, i've never heard that doveshack or the nonce album, would someone up those if they had a chance?

Yohan · Post by **Yohan** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:32 am

zygmontone wrote:
Thun wrote:The Nonce- World Ultimate

zygmontone wrote:also, i've never heard that doveshack or the nonce album, would someone up those if they had a chance?

Comedy Quaddafi · Post by **Comedy Quaddafi** » Wed Jul 29, 2009 6:37 am

Damn I just got reminded that I kinda miss that Haiku D'Etat. Easily the best liveband album I've heard, excellent summer chunes too.