DSD:Beastie Boys/8Ball & MJG/Heavy D/Jeru
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DSD:Beastie Boys/8Ball & MJG/Heavy D/Jeru
Tuesday, May 24th, 1994.
Four LPs: The Beastie Boys' fourth, through Grand Royal Records, 8Ball & MJG's second, on Suave House Records, the fifth by Heavy D & the Boyz, via Uptown Records and Jeru the Damaja's debut, on PayDay Records.
Pick your favorite and / or the best album, doesn't matter.
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Jeru. bitches, jungle music, mental stamina > any tracks off the others (imo)
never really got into Ill Communication, beasties doing the hardcore punk/live instrument jam thing never did it for me. that 8 Ball & MJG album is nowhere near as good as their next one On Top Of The World, which I would take above Sun Rises. that Heavy D is decent but a bit tame...
never really got into Ill Communication, beasties doing the hardcore punk/live instrument jam thing never did it for me. that 8 Ball & MJG album is nowhere near as good as their next one On Top Of The World, which I would take above Sun Rises. that Heavy D is decent but a bit tame...
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Yeah, this one is a gimme. Huge landslide so far.
Which brings me back to this week's theme. (The others so far have been two straight classics, crew member debuts, Jive record releases, state to state and deceased crew members.) Right now we have a solo debut killing it against a second, fourth and even fifth album by established groups in '94.
I like when people make claims like this in these threads, whether I agree with them or not, because it causes me to think about it. And yes, this one, although their second, was in a large way just a lead up to On Top of the World.vaporized2 wrote:That 8 Ball & MJG album is nowhere near as good as their next one On Top of the World, which I would take above The Sun Rises in the East.
Which brings me back to this week's theme. (The others so far have been two straight classics, crew member debuts, Jive record releases, state to state and deceased crew members.) Right now we have a solo debut killing it against a second, fourth and even fifth album by established groups in '94.
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Yeah, I fucked up, I'm pretty sure you're right vaporized, it's their sophomore. I was gettin' it confused with On Top of the World maybe.
And chief, wasn't Listen to the Lyrics just their first single, not a full album? I don't know all that much about them honestly, I was half just goin' off of memory.
Anyway, since there isn't much of a debate to be had here, does the Ill Communication and / or On the Outside Looking In vote wanna explain their reasoning? This is a safe place.
And chief, wasn't Listen to the Lyrics just their first single, not a full album? I don't know all that much about them honestly, I was half just goin' off of memory.
Anyway, since there isn't much of a debate to be had here, does the Ill Communication and / or On the Outside Looking In vote wanna explain their reasoning? This is a safe place.
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Yeah, this is about as one sided as it possibly gets.
And I'm serious about being interested in people explaining their votes, even if / when it's on some type shit, because like it says in the original post, it's not necessarily even the best that you're voting for, you could be choosing something because it's a personal favorite.
And I'm serious about being interested in people explaining their votes, even if / when it's on some type shit, because like it says in the original post, it's not necessarily even the best that you're voting for, you could be choosing something because it's a personal favorite.
Well said.TheBigSleep wrote:Yeah, this is about as one sided as it possibly gets.
And I'm serious about being interested in people explaining their votes, even if / when it's on some type shit, because like it says in the original post, it's not necessarily even the best that you're voting for, you could be choosing something because it's a personal favorite.
Jeru the only album that I actually got anything out of from this line-up. Altho to be honest I never gave the 8&MJG album a proper spin, but I doubt it would change my answer cuz Jeru debut was a big thing in general that could be put up against a lot of heavy weights from that year and still stand strong. Plus I think it aged nicely, imho.
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I'm assuming Jeru's lyricism is the reasoning behind most of the votes, Monsieur The Big Sleep. At least for me, the Beastie Boys joint was fun and had some creativity, the other two were basically non-factors, and The Sun Rises In The East is on some serious, classic East Coast steez. I mean, My Mind Spray has probably been sampled more times than the other three records combined.
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illest track by far on that album
8Ball & MGJ's post-2000 stuff has been poor. last few albums have been terrible, but this recent track with big krit is quality
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illest track by far on that album
8Ball & MGJ's post-2000 stuff has been poor. last few albums have been terrible, but this recent track with big krit is quality
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Jeru, no question. An entire album produced by Premo! Loved it back in the day, still play it now and again. Come Clean. Bitches. My Mind Spray. D.Original, so many dope tunes on this one. I really liked his second album too but it's his debut that I find myself going back to more often.
Was never into 8Ball & MJG and whilst I did kinda enjoy the Heavy D album at the time, it's not aged all that well and is a little too smooth for my liking with all the R&B hooks etc.
I quite like Ill Communication but it's no Paul's Boutique and I do struggle with some of the harder edged punk stuff to be honest, just not my bag.
So it's Jeru, hands down.
Was never into 8Ball & MJG and whilst I did kinda enjoy the Heavy D album at the time, it's not aged all that well and is a little too smooth for my liking with all the R&B hooks etc.
I quite like Ill Communication but it's no Paul's Boutique and I do struggle with some of the harder edged punk stuff to be honest, just not my bag.
So it's Jeru, hands down.
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Does this mean you didn't vote for Jeru? 'cause you'd be the first to say so, which would be cool.STAM wrote:
Jeru over everything is great and all (I mean, that's what I voted). We hadn't had a ninety percent blowout before, my problem's just the other ten percent present in the poll is missin' from the comments, which's one hundred percent Jeru.
I guess with a majority that strong people don't wanna out themselves and stand behind their choice. Or maybe those are lurker / throw away votes.
Regardless, I'm not ever asking for people to defend their choices. It's just always more interesting of a thread if people do more than simply state who they voted for, especially when it's one sided like this, where the other side isn't even doing that.
Also, if anybody would've voted for Ahmad's self titled debut, feel free to post a comment in favor of it.
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kimani wrote:I'm assuming Jeru's lyricism is the reasoning behind most of the votes, Monsieur The Big Sleep.
His lyrics do make that LP but it also featured some of Premier's best work. Jungle Music is still a fave of mine, I just wish I had an instrumental of it. I read that it sampled the Isaac Hayes track but I can never figure out exactly how it ended up sounding like the finished beat (it was kind of explained but it still blows my mind). Same goes for the CNN T.O.N.Y beat but for different reasons.
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