How good is Godfather Don's Diabolique?

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 3:36 pm

I was thinking about buying it after work today. Pretty solid?

nojiveturkey · Post by **nojiveturkey** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:44 pm

that shit is a no brainer foo!

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 4:54 pm

nojiveturkey wrote:that shit is a no brainer foo!

I thought so, but I heard Donnie Brasco wasn't that good.

YouTube · Post by **Philaflava** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 5:16 pm

Donnie B is shit. DL it. This is worth copping.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 8:17 pm

Don kills it but I was very underwhelmed with the beats. Some real boring shit. But don's dope enough to carry some half assed production.

kartman · Post by **kartman** » Sat Jul 31, 2010 10:21 pm

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/store/ ... C=HYD801CD
nice album+instrumentals 2cd, definately worth copping

vaporized2 · Post by **vaporized2** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 9:41 am

Blockhead wrote:Don kills it but I was very underwhelmed with the beats.

agreed. not that they're bad but they are completely removed from the rawness of his earlier stuff. depends what kind of style you can tolerate really...'Do You Know' is the stand out track by a mile for me, and that's an older one from 96 anyway, I think

bistro · Post by **bistro** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:16 am

Great album, my favs are live and let die and dip dip die both have this cool erie beat

vaporized2 · Post by **vaporized2** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:25 am

bistro wrote:Great album, my favs are live and let die and dip dip die both have this cool erie beat

actually yeah. those two and Do You Know, 3 clear standouts. they're the three I saved on my drive. the rest not so much.

kimani · Post by **kimani** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 6:46 pm

You won't hate the beats as much as Blockhead. Buy it.

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 10:38 pm

kimani wrote:You won't hate the beats as much as Blockhead. Buy it.

Fair enough but they are kinda boring overall. Especially if compared to his "90's sessions" shit.
"Live and let die" is my shit though. It feels like he doesn't take a single breath that whole song.

Brokewax · Post by **Brokewax** » Sun Aug 01, 2010 11:28 pm

Properties of Steel >>>>

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:28 am

I bought it but I still haven't opened it and I have the receipt. How does everyone compare it to Hazerdous? What would the ILLatino and The Last Dolphin think about it?

bistro · Post by **bistro** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:16 am

Open it, it's one of the great albums of the late 90's. If you like any godfather don material before this, you will like this. To me hazardous is more positive public enemy style, while this is more street. Being under the same label as screwball, he went with that type of darker style

nojiveturkey · Post by **nojiveturkey** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:09 am

its worth keeping yo. There are some real bangers on it.

aREAL · Post by **aREAL** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 6:26 am

Insanely good album! Everyone should cop it who listen to hip hop music.

Y@k Bollocks · Post by **Y@k Bollocks** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 7:26 am

Hmm... Hard to compare to Hazardous as they're stylistically quite different albums. Hazardous reminds me of Ultra and early Percee-P shit, Diabolique sounds more late 90's, darker, Scaramanga-esque.

Definitely worth copping if you don't own it.

Favourite track is 'Voices' with Kool "Kieth".

AYPmagazine · Post by **AYPmagazine** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 9:34 am

Damn, now you got me in the mood to go dig that joint up.

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:06 pm

90's sessions is better than diabolique

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:24 pm

Keep it

Very good album

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:52 pm

It was disappointing after the Cenobites LP and the superb 12"s like Piece Of The Action/Seeds Of Hate + Fame/The Bomb, Baby but it's worth having for the 5 good songs : No Competition (best song on there), Voices, Dip Dip Die, Kaos, and Pick Up The Mic.

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One of the best Scaramanga verses.

nojiveturkey · Post by **nojiveturkey** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:31 pm

drizzle wrote:90's sessions is better than diabolique

drizzle · Post by **drizzle** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 2:47 pm

admiral · Post by **admiral** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:28 pm

I Drive A Lexus wrote:It was disappointing after the Cenobites LP and the superb 12"s like Piece Of The Action/Seeds Of Hate + Fame/The Bomb, Baby but it's worth having for the 5 good songs : No Competition (best song on there), Voices, Dip Dip Die, Kaos, and Pick Up The Mic.

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One of the best Scaramanga verses.

I'd add Big Katz to that list

Blockhead · Post by **Blockhead** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:32 pm

nojiveturkey wrote:
drizzle wrote:90's sessions is better than diabolique

by leaps and bounds
7 degrees of elevation, do my thing, listen close alone>>>>>Diabolique

90's session was Don in his prime, as both a producer and a rapper.

bistro · Post by **bistro** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:29 pm

The whole cd is just tight especially when hip hop was starting to go down hill. Tracks-insane, big Katz, diabolique, kaos, pick up the mic, live and let die, dip dip die, properties of steel, voices, ain't no competition, do u know, y, ain't the same, connections, burn rmx

aREAL · Post by **aREAL** » Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:24 pm

bistro said it!!

drunkmonk36 · Post by **drunkmonk36** » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:17 pm

for real! fukn crank it.

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Wed Aug 04, 2010 2:27 am

Just started listening to it today and I really like what I've heard so far. I'm only halfway through and I'm glad I bought it.

RAZAH CUTZ · Post by **RAZAH CUTZ** » Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:18 am

Godfather Don's type of production steez is so missed....like his tracks were so in between as far as their sound...he was a great vinyl hound...Diabolique is de. some of his better ish...