Best/Favourite Masta Ace album

step one · Post by **step one** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:02 pm

Dont think this ones been done before. He's never really dropped a brick so this could be interesting...(Im gonna discount the EMC album and ED OG collabo - they're decent but not really in the race)

- Take A Look Around (1990)
- Slaughtahouse (1993)
- Sittin On Chrome (1995)
- Disposable Arts (2001)
- Long Hot Summer (2004)

kartman · Post by **kartman** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:43 pm

disposable arts and long hot summer are my favorites
i know older heads will disagree, but those two were, and still are, like the best company for me

william g. · Post by **william g.** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:04 pm

All of his album's are dope but "Take A Look Around" is still my favorite.

I'm a old school head and that album not only has a lot of dope songs but it brings back a lot of great memories for me.

I remember buying the vinyl and cd when it first dropped.

fatboybrandon · Post by **fatboybrandon** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:09 pm

I'm going with Take A Look Around with Slaughtahouse in a close 2nd. I really love that early 90's Marley Marl sound where he was using such classic loops and breaks, plus Ace's creativity as a writer throughout his debut album. The bonus cuts are a great addition to that album as well

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 8:42 pm

Slaughtahouse. He was never one of my favorite emcees but he always made good songs and albums. Even the last two were, to me, surprisingly really good for this century.

I either bought the yellow Slaughtahouse tape on the same day with Fat Joe's debut or the Trendz album. Good days.

nojiveturkey · Post by **nojiveturkey** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:11 pm

went with sittin on chrome. tough one between slaughterhouse and sittin on chrome. I always dug his style, but I hardly ever listen to either these two.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 9:53 pm

I'm a huge fan of Masta Ace's 1987-1993 catalog. His first two albums are outstanding, but I prefer Slaughtahouse.

shadowmaster · Post by **shadowmaster** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:00 pm

Voted for Take A Look Around, but I like most of his standout tracks from the first three lps.

He was really opposed to the mid 90s gangsta phase in the east coast, there was one interesting interview where he mentioned being at a Zulu Nation event where kids were singing along to Mad Lion's track (Shoot To Kill?), and it pissed him off.

Slaughtahouse the track makes me laugh to this day.

edit-does anyone have the definitive reason for the beef with Fat Joe? I read it was over the Rico Suave line or something in Born 2 Roll/Jeep Ass Niguh but when I started browsing the web much later there were various other stories on forums including something about graf or something like that.

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:51 pm

I prefer Mad Green Ace over Hardcore Ace. As much as I love The Mad Wunz, Crazy Drunken Style, The Big East, Jeep Ass Niguh, Saturday Nite Live, etc., there's something about joints like I Got Ta, Can't Stop the Bumrush, Letter to the Better, Movin' On, Brooklyn Battles, etc. that just wins me over.

I also think Slaughtahouse suffers a bit for following that mad "look-at-me-i-belong-in-a-straitjacket" trend so prominent by 93, even if his remains a stellar example. Plus it was more of a group dynamic with Lord Digga and them, and Look Around is completely him.

Roy Johnson · Post by **Roy Johnson** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:18 pm

Ace probably should have had a classic album in between the debut and Slaughtahouse if these 91/92 era tracks are any indication:

So Here We Are
Can I Get A Dollar
Go Where I Send Thee
Scared Of The Dark
Wake Me When I'm Dead

And the Movin' On remix fits right in with these tracks.

I wonder what else is in the vaults?

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:32 pm

aleph wrote:Plus it was more of a group dynamic with Lord Digga and them, and Look Around is completely him.

Huge Lord Digga fan here, i think there's about 8 of us worldwide, lol. But yeah, I do love Brooklyn Battles, Letter To The Better, I Got Ta and all those joints too.

That Lost Tapes record he put out in 2001 was damn good, too:

1996 - 1997:
A1 Always
A2 Game
A3 Dopes, Pushers, Addict

1992 - 1994:
B1 Way Of The World
B2 So Here We Are
B3 Can I Get A Dollar

http://www.olasunbekons.com/2011/04/mas ... -2001.html
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4XZGVW7G

aleph · Post by **aleph** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:36 pm

Roy Johnson wrote:Ace probably should have had a classic album in between the debut and Slaughtahouse if these 91/92 era tracks are any indication:

So Here We Are
Can I Get A Dollar
Go Where I Send Thee
Scared Of The Dark
Wake Me When I'm Dead

And the Movin' On remix fits right in with these tracks.

I wonder what else is in the vaults?

True enough. Ace very much in transition with these joints. We're at least four short of a decent comp here.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:37 pm

Roy Johnson wrote: Go Where I Send Thee

I know this song so well that i thought it was on that first album. Great shit.

Scared Of The Dark
Wake Me When I'm Dead

I don't remember these by title.

I wonder what else is in the vaults?

I'm sure there's plenty as we've seen even the most random one 12" having artists releasing tons of vaulted music, I'm sure someone like Ace has plenty in the vaults.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:54 pm

Ok, duh, now I know what Wake Me When Im Dead is, dope. Listening to "Scared Of The Dark" now, never heard it. Tough since I'm so used to hearing Beatnuts over that sample but still, its dope. Definitely some transitional shit between the first 2 albums. Without the hook, I could see this on Slaughtahouse.

Bigg Boss Luciano · Post by **Bigg Boss Luciano** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:14 am

It's all about that Brooklyn Bass!

step one · Post by **step one** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:59 am

Roy Johnson wrote:Ace probably should have had a classic album in between the debut and Slaughtahouse

yeah, I was thinking that. something around 92 with some Pete Rock or Large Pro beats couldve been great.
Shame he never dropped a full set in the late 90s aswell - he had some good features and indie 12"s round that time though.

IKH5150 · Post by **IKH5150** » Thu Jun 02, 2011 4:30 pm

Sittin' on chrome.

Cuz the 14 year old in me is telling me so...

-Bruce- · Post by **-Bruce-** » Fri Jun 03, 2011 7:03 pm

Slaughtahouse without a doubt..

JankZ · Post by **JankZ** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 4:19 am

Verge wrote:
aleph wrote:Plus it was more of a group dynamic with Lord Digga and them, and Look Around is completely him.
Huge Lord Digga fan here, i think there's about 8 of us worldwide, lol. But yeah, I do love Brooklyn Battles, Letter To The Better, I Got Ta and all those joints too.

That Lost Tapes record he put out in 2001 was damn good, too:

1996 - 1997:
A1 Always
A2 Game
A3 Dopes, Pushers, Addict

1992 - 1994:
B1 Way Of The World
B2 So Here We Are
B3 Can I Get A Dollar

http://www.olasunbekons.com/2011/04/mas ... -2001.html
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4XZGVW7G

Also i will add this... His 1st record..

Ace (aka Masta Ace) & Action - Together / Letter To The Better (1989, Single)

Together (Long Version) 5:37
Together (Radio Edit) 3:50
Letter To The Better (Vocal) 4:56
Letter To The Better (Bonus Beats) 3:07

http://www.olasunbekons.com/2011/03/ace ... ether.html

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Sat Jun 04, 2011 11:07 am

First album, easily. Every other album is compromised in some way, thought hey are all worth hearing and most worth owning.

Krisch · Post by **Krisch** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 8:38 am

I had to decide between Slaughtahouse and Take A Look Around and went with Slaughtahouse

KITFUNK · Post by **KITFUNK** » Sun Jun 05, 2011 9:17 am

ALHS
DA
SH
TALA

All dope, all classic.

battlecatmeowstab212 · Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:02 pm

'Dispoable Arts,' but I have a huge sentimental connection to that record and the time in my life that it dropped. Love its three predecessors though.

dooksp · Post by **dooksp** » Sun Jun 26, 2011 10:29 am

slaughtahouse for me, still dope to this day, although the first 3 albums were all my ish.

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