Enta Da Stage vs Midnight Marauders

Jaz · Post by **Jaz** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:55 am

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chillhood · Post by **chillhood** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:54 am

Jaz wrote:

step one · Post by **step one** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 6:51 am

MM all day every day.
The singles off Enta Da Stage are classic but I always thought the album itself is a bit overrated. Rarely listen to it all the way through.

Who Got The Props, How Many MCs, Buck Em Down & I Gotcha Opin is a pretty hard to beat in terms of singles released off an album though. Maybe only 36 Chambers and Illmatic can compete.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:19 am

MM is perfect.

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:35 am

Has Enta ever been remastered? The sound quality on that CD is really poor. Jeru's "Sun Rises" has the same issue.

Back on topic, MM for me, though Low End is my favorite by them.

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:32 am

Philaflava wrote:MM is perfect.

chillhood · Post by **chillhood** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:46 am

Philaflava wrote:MM is perfect.

it's not
most beats are quite dull

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:57 am

chillhood wrote:
Philaflava wrote:MM is perfect.
it's not
most beats are quite dull

chillhood · Post by **chillhood** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:14 am

Echo Leader wrote:
chillhood wrote:
Philaflava wrote:MM is perfect.
it's not
most beats are quite dull

oh right I meant some but u got my point

DJMIKENICE · Post by **DJMIKENICE** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:34 am

anybody have a link for eneter the stage
if i recall the LP version differed from the cd and tape on some beats

EarForGoodMusic · Post by **EarForGoodMusic** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:43 am

Echo Leader · Post by **Echo Leader** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:50 am

chillhood wrote:
Echo Leader wrote:
chillhood wrote:
Philaflava wrote:MM is perfect.
it's not
most beats are quite dull

oh right I meant some but u got my point

i love the beats on MM. i would say without hesitation that they're perfect. no duds.

but it's all preference, so no worries.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:28 pm

i think it was in the j-zone article recently where he said he didn't love the beats on MM. i pretty much agree. great album. no question but it's too rhodes based and , after a while, a lot of it sounds the same. MM was the first tribe album that kinda set the pace for their new UMMAH sound which , imo, sucked dick.
i'd probably still take it over ETS though...maybe. close call.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:54 pm

DJMIKENICE wrote:anybody have a link for eneter the stage
if i recall the LP version differed from the cd and tape on some beats

I don't know about the vinyl, but I know the tape didn't have "Act Like U Want It", but the CD did.

Verge · Post by **Verge** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:57 pm

Too tough a choice. Not voting yet. Siding with ETS right now.

Y@k Bollocks · Post by **Y@k Bollocks** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 3:37 pm

Enter Da Stage.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:05 pm

There's a lot of ridiculous talk about Midnight marauders in here.

It's too Fender Rhodes based. Oh, ok. No doubt. Everytime I listen to an album i take out my Fender Rhodes geiger counter and if it goes over the Surgeon General's prescribed levels I just put on Enta Da Stage. Yeah.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:16 pm

There isn't one weak track on MM while Enta Da Stage has a few. And by weak I mean skipable.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:32 pm

Philaflava wrote:There isn't one weak track on MM while Enta Da Stage has a few. And by weak I mean skipable.

Yes, but the Fender Rhodes levels are safe.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:34 pm

Thun wrote:
Philaflava wrote:There isn't one weak track on MM while Enta Da Stage has a few. And by weak I mean skipable.
Yes, but the Fender Rhodes levels are safe.

That's some faggot talk. People talk like Swizz Beats were behind those keys. That shit was the birth of the magical Ummah.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 4:34 pm

Thun wrote:There's a lot of ridiculous talk about Midnight marauders in here.

It's too Fender Rhodes based. Oh, ok. No doubt. Everytime I listen to an album i take out my Fender Rhodes geiger counter and if it goes over the Surgeon General's prescribed levels I just put on Enta Da Stage. Yeah.

it's that fender rhodes based beats tend to all sound the same. like a two note progression. some shawn j. period type shit. that shit always bored the shit out of me. MM is the beginning of that, and in that, it's not even remotely as bad as the shit that followed. but it was the birth of that production style that jay dee (and other "jazzy" producers) later ran with.

Thun · Post by **Thun** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:25 pm

Blockhead wrote:
Thun wrote:There's a lot of ridiculous talk about Midnight marauders in here.

It's too Fender Rhodes based. Oh, ok. No doubt. Everytime I listen to an album i take out my Fender Rhodes geiger counter and if it goes over the Surgeon General's prescribed levels I just put on Enta Da Stage. Yeah.
it's that fender rhodes based beats tend to all sound the same. like a two note progression. some shawn j. period type shit. that shit always bored the shit out of me. MM is the beginning of that, and in that, it's not even remotely as bad as the shit that followed. but it was the birth of that production style that jay dee (and other "jazzy" producers) later ran with.

Seriously, just stop...

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 5:26 pm

Thun wrote:
Blockhead wrote:
Thun wrote:There's a lot of ridiculous talk about Midnight marauders in here.

It's too Fender Rhodes based. Oh, ok. No doubt. Everytime I listen to an album i take out my Fender Rhodes geiger counter and if it goes over the Surgeon General's prescribed levels I just put on Enta Da Stage. Yeah.
it's that fender rhodes based beats tend to all sound the same. like a two note progression. some shawn j. period type shit. that shit always bored the shit out of me. MM is the beginning of that, and in that, it's not even remotely as bad as the shit that followed. but it was the birth of that production style that jay dee (and other "jazzy" producers) later ran with.
Seriously, just stop...

Ho1ogramz · Post by **Ho1ogramz** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:07 pm

Midnight Marauders.

thebridgeisover · Post by **thebridgeisover** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:17 pm

Are we including remixes or not?

remixes included: enta da stage
just the albums: midnight mauraders

Money Gripp · Post by **Money Gripp** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:21 pm

Philaflava wrote:MM is perfect.

MD · Post by MD » Mon Jul 13, 2009 8:39 pm

Verge wrote:
DJMIKENICE wrote:anybody have a link for eneter the stage
if i recall the LP version differed from the cd and tape on some beats
I don't know about the vinyl, but I know the tape didn't have "Act Like U Want It", but the CD did.

This made me scratch my head because I swear I remember that track on my tape (chorus is just memorable like that).

Just checked and it is on the tape. It's listed as "Son Get Wrec" in the liners, but I guess they fucked up.

"Son Get Wrec" ain't on there though.

Voted MM, but like someone else was saying, nothing's fucking with the singles on ETS. If "I Got Cha Opin (Remix)" was on there, I might've went with it.

Mark 563 · Post by **Mark 563** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:12 pm

MD wrote:Voted MM, but like someone else was saying, nothing's fucking with the singles on ETS. If "I Got Cha Opin (Remix)" was on there, I might've went with it.

Really?

I always much prefered the original version of 'I Got Cha Opin' to the remix. It's just muddier and more funky, and obviously the Barry White break on the remix had already got mad play (not the least by Big Daddy Kane's 'Brotherman Brotherman').

I've never understood why so many people liked the remix. And I'm sure Buckshot said something about it being the crossover remix in Brian Coleman's Rakim Told Me book (or it may have been his Check The Technique book).

jazzmatazz23 · Post by **jazzmatazz23** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:16 pm

Midnight. I would go far and say that smif-n-wessun's Da Shinin is just as good as enta da stage

MD · Post by MD » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:56 pm

Mark 563 wrote:
MD wrote:Voted MM, but like someone else was saying, nothing's fucking with the singles on ETS. If "I Got Cha Opin (Remix)" was on there, I might've went with it.
Really?

I always much prefered the original version of 'I Got Cha Opin' to the remix. It's just muddier and more funky, and obviously the Barry White break on the remix had already got mad play (not the least by Big Daddy Kane's 'Brotherman Brotherman').

I liked Buck's smoothed out flow and I don't think I could ever get tired of that sample. Plus that song was unavoidable for a little while, probably had something to do with it too.

Thinking on it now, best two tracks on ETS for me are probably "Nigguz Talk Shit" and "Shit Iz Real."

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