Leaked. Thoughts?
01) Monumental feat. Tyler Woods & Pete Rock
02) Prevail feat. Raekwon
03) Thatגs Hard feat. Sean Price & Styles P
04) Top of the World feat. Memphis Bleek
05) Feel Me feat. Rock of Heltah Skeltah & Bun B
06) Roses feat. Freeway
07) Fire
08) This One feat. Top Dog, Jahdan Blakkamoore of Noble Society
09) Do It feat. Hurricane G
10) Nighttime feat. Pete Rock & Buckshot
11) (Iגm a) Stand Up Guy feat. Black Rob
12) Go Off
13) Time To Say
Well, there's some beats on here but there's really nothing i would want to listen to again. The joint with The Mexican beat with Hurricane G, I can see that getting friday night radio play but it probably won't.
I'd give it a 7/10. It's certainly well executed and even though it's not the ideal shit I want to hear from Monch, it's hard for me to imagine anyone reasonably open minded listening to it and coming away with "utter trash" as the lingering thought.
Just listened to the song with Hurricane G, can't believe Pete Rock just looped one of the most famous breaks ever and let his name grace this record. I'll pass.
I bumped this last night for the first time and it didn't sound as terrible as you guys are making it out to be. Maybe I was in a forgiving mood, who knows?
I like that new Monch though - it's still in rotation for me.
Boot Camp Clik - The Chosen Few
Various Artists - Collect Dis Edition
2003
Buckshot - The BDI Thug (expanded re-released version)
Black Moon - Total Eclipse
2005
Sean Price- Monkey Barz
Buckshot & 9th Wonder - Chemistry
Smif-N-Wessun - Smif 'N' Wessun: Reloaded
Black Moon - War Zone Revisited (expanded re-released version)
2006
Boot Camp Clik - The Last Stand
2007
Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar
Boot Camp Clik - Still For the People (For the People re-release)
Boot Camp Clik -Casualties of War
Special Teamz - Stereotypez
Smif-N-Wessun - Smif-n-Wessun: The Album
2008
Buckshot & 9th Wonder - The Formula
Kidz in the Hall - The In Crowd
Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T.
DJ Revolution - Kings of the Decks
Ruste Juxx - Indestructible
2009
B-Real -Smoke N Mirrors
Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel
General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun - Welcome To Bucktown
Blue Scholars - OOF! EP
Blue Scholars - Bayani Redux
KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills
Skyzoo - The Salvation
2010
General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun - AmeriKKKa's Nightmire Part 2: Children of War
Kidz in the Hall - Land Of Make Believe
Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - The eXXecution
Marco Polo - The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo
Various Artists - 15 Years Of Duck Down
Skyzoo & Illmind - Live From The Tape Deck
2011
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows (Through Javotti Media/3D)
Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)
Random Axe (Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, Black Milk) - Random Axe (TBR June 14)
Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (TBR June 28)
Philaflava wrote:With the exception of the re-issues and Best of compilations how many of these release in the past 11 years are worthy to grace your collection?
Boot Camp Clik - The Chosen Few
Various Artists - Collect Dis Edition
2003
Buckshot - The BDI Thug (expanded re-released version)
Black Moon - Total Eclipse
2005
Sean Price- Monkey Barz
Buckshot & 9th Wonder - Chemistry Smif-N-Wessun - Smif 'N' Wessun: Reloaded
Black Moon - War Zone Revisited (expanded re-released version)
2006
Boot Camp Clik - The Last Stand
2007
Sean Price - Jesus Price Supastar
Boot Camp Clik - Still For the People (For the People re-release)
Boot Camp Clik -Casualties of War Special Teamz - Stereotypez
Smif-N-Wessun - Smif-n-Wessun: The Album
2008
Buckshot & 9th Wonder - The Formula
Kidz in the Hall - The In Crowd Heltah Skeltah - D.I.R.T.
DJ Revolution - Kings of the Decks Ruste Juxx - Indestructible
2009
B-Real -Smoke N Mirrors
Torae & Marco Polo - Double Barrel
General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun - Welcome To Bucktown
Blue Scholars - OOF! EP
Blue Scholars - Bayani Redux
KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills
Skyzoo - The Salvation
2010
General Steele of Smif-N-Wessun - AmeriKKKa's Nightmire Part 2: Children of War
Kidz in the Hall - Land Of Make Believe
Marco Polo & Ruste Juxx - The eXXecution
Marco Polo - The Stupendous Adventures of Marco Polo
Various Artists - 15 Years Of Duck Down
Skyzoo & Illmind - Live From The Tape Deck
2011
Talib Kweli - Gutter Rainbows (Through Javotti Media/3D)
Pharoahe Monch - W.A.R. (We Are Renegades)
Random Axe (Sean Price, Guilty Simpson, Black Milk) - Random Axe (TBR June 14)
Pete Rock & Smif-N-Wessun - Monumental (TBR June 28)
Monkey Barz, Chemistry, Jesus Price Superstar, The Last Stand, DIRT, Double Barrel, WAR and Random Axe were all at least semi-solid releases, imho. Not saying that Duck Down doesn't have a pretty bad batting average since about 2005, but they've still released albums that get consistent spins from me.
samdoom wrote:Monkey Barz, Chemistry, Jesus Price Superstar, The Last Stand, DIRT, Double Barrel, WAR and Random Axe were all at least semi-solid releases, imho. Not saying that Duck Down doesn't have a pretty bad batting average since about 2005, but they've still released albums that get consistent spins from me.
Same thing I thought too, I have yet to hear some of the other albums on that list btwn 2005 and now released by Duck Down though, including Monumental. Some of them I just haven't had the chance to check out sometimes, especially as albums are now being released quicker than ever since the rise of the net.
I saw a thread at another forum that voiced some of the same views about Monumental as I see here:
I've yet to hear the Random Axe project or WAR or Monumental, but I'm sure the first two are sure to be dope, or at least cop worthy. Perhaps the third too, iono tho.