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One Gud Cide - Look What The Streets Made
One Gud Cide (Twisted Black & Evil Seed) came together in 1991, but it took them four years to drop their debut Look What The Streets Made. Personally, I'm damn glad they took their time. Apparently they sold 10,000 copies of the record in 30 days.
This record is incredible. I pulled it out (:pause:) last night and I'm still amazed at how good it is. The beats are ethereal and haunting, and although Evil Seed is competent on the mic it's Twisted Black who really shines. The dude constructs melancholy street tales with ease; you get the impression this is a man who is truly entrapped in his lifestyle, ironically by the very same system that decrees that his lifestyle is "illegal."
Great lyrics. Great beats. What more could you ask for?
Also one of the greatest album covers of all time, imho. That photo is of Twisted Black after he was shot through the jaw. Real shit.
It was re-released on Twisted Black's Scarred 4 Life imprint in 1996, and this is the version that you see for sale on eBay and Amazon every so often. Right now there are 3 used copies on Amazon...the cheapest is going for $300, and the most expensive is going for $2500...though I can't see anybody paying these prices, no matter the quality of the music.
One Gud Cide released one more album, Contradictions, on Suave House in 1999 and then broke up, due allegedly to creative differences stemming from Twisted Black focusing on a solo career. In 2007, Black was sentenced to 30 years for conspiracy to sell crack; not that this has impeded his musical output. Seems like the dude releases a new mixtape once a year at least, and his latest album proper was recorded over the phone Mac Dre/X-Raided style.
Do yourself a favor and download this record. It's really, really good.