How Many Mics- Life After Death
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Man, I miss Big..
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LAD isn't in the same world as RTD...
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Surprised this hasn't been mentioned more in this thread. The production as a whole on LAD is too polished, especially when compared to RTD.djfilthyrich wrote:I think LAD is a 4-mic album. I agree with Step One....it's almost impossible for an album this long to be 5 mics.
To me, the wack tracks were:
Fuck You Tonight
I Love The Dough (mainly because of the hook & beat....only room for 1 commercial disco-type joint which is Mo Money Mo Problems)
Another
Playa Hater (despite the comedy involved, I still can't bare to listen to this track)
Nasty Boy
Considering there were about 12 songs per disc. that's almost half of 1 CD. If those tracks were removed, it'd be 4.5 mics to me.....dope, but still not as good as Ready To Die IMO (which I'd rate 5 mics). The rawness isn't there on this album like it was on RTD, which I blame on Puffy. All things considered though, still one of the best hip hop double albums of all-time
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I think the polished production is one of the highlights of the album. As a result, an album that would have been sort of all over the place from a sonic standpoint actually becomes cohesive. It's why the hardcore songs go so well back to back with the R&B sampled songs.
He just kicks so many styles on this album. I think that shit gets lost in 2017, whether talking about new music or revisiting old music. Flipping different and new styles is what makes an MC. Different flows and cadences. I really think Big ran the gamut over the 2 discs in terms of styles and really nailed it on every verse.
He just kicks so many styles on this album. I think that shit gets lost in 2017, whether talking about new music or revisiting old music. Flipping different and new styles is what makes an MC. Different flows and cadences. I really think Big ran the gamut over the 2 discs in terms of styles and really nailed it on every verse.
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stypeones wrote: He just kicks so many styles on this album. I think that shit gets lost in 2017, whether talking about new music or revisiting old music. Flipping different and new styles is what makes an MC. Different flows and cadences. I really think Big ran the gamut over the 2 discs in terms of styles and really nailed it on every verse.
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And i think " Notorious Thugs" is godawful as a song, but i still listen to his verse regularly. Glad he went first so i can skip immediately after.
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^fisher price my first bonethugz track
the pac joint is harder
the pac joint is harder
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This was the first album to try and do something to appeal to all regions / markets right? The Bone track, the west coast joint, the Too Short and R Kelly features. Then Jay made that his formula for the next 3 albums and everyone else followed.
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Yea, and that formula produced shitty rap music for many years to come.step one wrote:This was the first album to try and do something to appeal to all regions / markets right? The Bone track, the west coast joint, the Too Short and R Kelly features. Then Jay made that his formula for the next 3 albums and everyone else followed.
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Notorious thugs was nice, but yea thug luv is def better.EMCEE DARTH MALEK wrote:^fisher price my first bonethugz track
the pac joint is harder
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+1 ... much prefer the cohesiveness of RTD... grimy from front to back... like he was possessed... it's not even closeGUCCI CONDOMS wrote:Yea, and that formula produced shitty rap music for many years to come.step one wrote:This was the first album to try and do something to appeal to all regions / markets right? The Bone track, the west coast joint, the Too Short and R Kelly features. Then Jay made that his formula for the next 3 albums and everyone else followed.
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on its surface even asking the question as to what is better RTD or LAD is ludicrous imo...and thats not a knock on LAD which is excellent
ready to die v. life after death is akin to comparing street level to stone crazy or infamous to hell on earth
the debut records in these cases (infamous is a debut as far as im concerned) are quintessential dusty golden era produced classics that are legit top 10 all time level albums and the follow ups are crispy clean produced albums that served as bridges btwn the golden era and the platinum era
ready to die v. life after death is akin to comparing street level to stone crazy or infamous to hell on earth
the debut records in these cases (infamous is a debut as far as im concerned) are quintessential dusty golden era produced classics that are legit top 10 all time level albums and the follow ups are crispy clean produced albums that served as bridges btwn the golden era and the platinum era
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Ehhhh, hell on earth is crispy clean? That's the last expression I'd use to describe that album...clark bent wrote:on its surface even asking the question as to what is better RTD or LAD is ludicrous imo...and thats not a knock on LAD which is excellent
ready to die v. life after death is akin to comparing street level to stone crazy or infamous to hell on earth
the debut records in these cases (infamous is a debut as far as im concerned) are quintessential dusty golden era produced classics that are legit top 10 all time level albums and the follow ups are crispy clean produced albums that served as bridges btwn the golden era and the platinum era
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the way the album sounds in terms of mixing and mastering it is....not necessarily the samples/beats themselves...the samples are mos def eerie and dark but to my ears the sound of the album is much more crisp and clean (as well as louder)
not to this extent but the way something made on a four track recorder versus a computer would sound different
not to this extent but the way something made on a four track recorder versus a computer would sound different
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Ok yea, the way Hell on Earth was mixed is def way more clean, I agree. However, that album is still dark as fuck, arguably darker than the infamous.clark bent wrote:the way the album sounds in terms of mixing and mastering it is....not necessarily the samples/beats themselves...the samples are mos def eerie and dark but to my ears the sound of the album is much more crisp and clean (as well as louder)
not to this extent but the way something made on a four track recorder versus a computer would sound different
The bottom line here is LAD is way more pop minded and commercial than RTD. There was a raw and gritty element of biggie's music and persona that existed on RTD that went missing on LAD. IMO, biggie's music was headed in a negative direction, and LAD signified that. Obviously biggie was still incredibly talented, but you can hear Puffy's influence becoming stronger.
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i agree with all that but it obviously wasnt exclusive to biggie...all of rap music was headed in a terrible direction....with the exception of the indy scene which was in its wheelhouse at that time
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blackstar>>life after death?clark bent wrote:i agree with all that but it obviously wasnt exclusive to biggie...all of rap music was headed in a terrible direction....with the exception of the indy scene which was in its wheelhouse at that time
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